Garden Members of The Month
By Bonnie

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GARDEN MEMBER OF THE MONTH!!

Staff Member of the Month
Our Staff Member of the Month is someone who has always taken a few moments of her time each day to send through a cheery note through staff, brightening spirits, and reminding us that each day can be a good day. She's usually very quiet in the background, yet runs her garden with a great deal of success. She took on the position at a time when the Garden was on the verge of collapsing. The garden's webpages were a mess, with hundreds and hundreds of pages to correct and change, yet she dug in and turned the garden AND its webpages into a success! She stepped up when she was needed and never asks for anything. She is well deserving to be named Staff Member of the Month. Please congratulate DIANE of the Recipes Garden!!!! Well done, Diane, and thank you so much for reviving such a delightful garden!!


BIG SISTERS
See You Next Month!

BUTTERFLIES
The Social Butterflies are pleased to announce that our Butterfly of the Month is Mandy. Mandy always has her assignments turned in before the deadline and is a lovely person to know and work with! You can send your congratulations to Mandy at: www.mandysdepression.com


CELEBRATORS
Our pagemaker has been in the garden for 6 months. Designs beautiful sets, always has assignments in on time. Willing to jump in and help out anytime asked with extra page. Our May Pagemaker of the Month is Sindy.

Our gifter/signer has been in garden for a year this month! Joy to have in the garden! Our May Gifter/Signer is LadyDestinee.... Happy 1 year Garden Anniversary!

Congratulations Ladies...


CREATORS
We are pleased to announce that our Creator of the Month of June is Bette . Bette is a wonderful lady and she has grown as a creator and her designs are just awesome. It's a pleasure and an honor to have her in Creators Garden. Visit our Creator of the Month page Here


CRITTERS
Congratulations to our Critter Keeper of the Month....Deborah!

Deborah is a very sweet lady who shares a lot with our Garden. She offers lovely signature tags, sharing the artwork of her very special son. She shares the wonderful tubes that come her way. And, most importantly, she shares her ideas, her thoughts and her warm welcoming spirit.


DESIGNERS
SUMMER IS COMING! I am so excited...I just can't wait a moment longer! My 1st official duty in the Designers Garden is to Announce the DOTM. And without further delay, June's DOTM is ...
Ankhs!!!
Please everyone help me congratulate Ankhs.
Ankhs you can also pick up your award here...
http://www.wosib.org/designers/dotm/
And every one can read the short note I wrote bragging about you...LoL
Sending Smiles Your Way!
Jill W.


FAE
May's Fae with Attitude is....Fairy Mists of Avalon


JUDGES
Our Judge of the Month is …..http://nothing-inside.com (Stephanie)! Stephanie is an excellent Beginner/Intermediate judge. Her reviews are always on time….and thorough. We appreciate so much Stephanie’s contribution to the garden. Thank You, Stephanie, and Congratulations!



LITERARY
Literary Member of the Month is.... Joanne
E-Mail --- midnightmusic62@yahoo.com

1. What is your favorite Literary Garden Nook and why? Challenges; they're fun and it's an interesting challenge to express a thought, idea or mini-story in just 250 words. For me the real challenge would be to write poetry, which isn't really my style, but I am always willing to try something new. This would be a real challenge I'd love to master someday.

2. What do you like best about being a member of the Garden? I love the camaderie and friendly banter, and the sharing our our own unique styles through the weekly challenges. Caring and sharing through our different writing styles, ideas, customs and ways of thinking in an openminded way shows that we are indeed practicing the principles that make up Women of Strength and Inner Beauty.

3. Do you believe "the pen is mightier than the sword?" Why? Yes, because it is through the written word that humanity first forged its own particular history. Once that history began as the written word, then all other aspects of life eventually followed. Some of the world's greatest literature, including religious and philosophical works, have influenced humanity to the point of becoming pivotal references upon which it lives and thinks.

4. If you had the chance to speak on international television and your speech had to be about you, what would you tell the world? I wouldn't talk about myself personally, but about my combat against global warming. I would explain that it is up to each and everyone of us to do our part, for we are responsible for the lifelihodd of Mother Earth. This is even more so when we consider the fact that the Earth is all humanity has left in the Universe.

5. Do you have any pets? No, not any more. Our beloved dog passed over the Rainbow Bridge last February. Due to the fact that we will be spending the next few months fixing up our house, repainting and restoring, and also plan an extended trip to New Zealand to see my daughter, we won't be able to look for another pet before sometime next year.

6. When life gets you down, who can make you laugh? Whenever I feel down I go outside and take a walk. I feel very close to the inner nature of the Earth, and feel inspired by trees and from being around natural things, like plants and even little animals. If it's late at night, then I go out in my garden or outside in front of my house and look up at the night sky. Just seeing all the stars out there, and seeing the different constellations, is sobering enough for me. I then realize that my problems are not as big or important as the great movements in the Universe above me. Then I let them go.

7. Do you collect anything? If so, care to share? Yes, I like to collect old books. I have several from the 19th century in English and French. My favorite is a French ladies' book from the early Napoleanic period (dated 1806). It is Book 1 of a larger collection of the tales of the One Thousand and One Nights. A lady would keep it in her little handbag and read it during while travelling or in a public park, for example. 8. Can you tell us one thing about yourself that we might find surprising? Not everyone knows that I am partially deaf (80% loss). I can talk and wear hearing aids, and have learned that through intuition and determination it is possible to prove that a physical handicap shouldn't prevent one from following his/her special dream or higher goal in life.

9. What is your favorite thing to do on a rainy day? I particularly enjoy walking in the rain; it can be quite inspiring sometimes. As a rule I like to curl up in an armchair with a favorite book and a cup of herbal tea. As I enjoy historical novels, some of them are pretty thick and very involving stories.

10. Who or what inspires you to write? I am mostly inspired by being surrounded by natural things, even in a room full of plants. Walking down the street, Seeing a blackbird at work or the wind rusling in the trees is enough to get the ideas going. On the other hand, I like to take a ride to the big city (for me this is Paris); there's always something new to see or visit. For that reason I always carry a little notebook around with me wherever I go.


Pixel Park
Starshine


Quilters
Congratulations to Diane whom we have chosen as our Quilter for the Month of June 2007. Diane is an integral part of our group and is always there when we are working or playing. Always gets her assignments done and joins in on the fun. Congragulations Diane. We are pleased to present you with this award this month.


RECEIVERS
See you next month!


RECIPE
Recipe of the Month Winner
Aletha
Apple Cinnamon French Toast


RESOURCE
See you next month!


RESOURCES
Our member of the month is Teena. Teena's link submissions are fantastic and contain the information we all can use. She is a very hard worker and a sweetie to boot! You can visit her and leave your congratulations at: www.luvzbluez.com


REVUE
See you next month!


Snail Mail ~
See you next month!


TLC
Our MOTM is always attempting her personal best in the garden. Despite needing LOA a few times, she always comes back to show us why she's in this garden. We are always so happy to see her return and push herself to her full potential. Our MOTM for TLC is Ceri Ann!!! Congrats hon!!!