The Lemonade Stand Award

The Lemonade Stand Award is presented to people with a good attitude or sense of gratitude.
However, it comes with a few rules:

Receipients are asked to:

Post the award on your blog
Nominate 10 other blogs and link to them.
Send some love back to the person who bestowed the award on you by: a/telling them who you gave it to and posting a link to their site.
Let your nominees know that they've received the award.

I was so pleased to find that I have been awarded the Lemonade Stand Award -- by one of my favorite bloggers -- Toad of To the Manor Born.

I feel very honored and am humbled by what Toad wrote: The award for best food, drink and comfort blog is awarded to Martha of Lines from Linderhof. As Martha knows all too well, I'd rather eat asphalt than my veggies, and I will eat asphalt before laying a tooth into cheese, yet I am addicted to Martha's recipes especially for things I wouldn't touch with a fork. I know Martha will make lemonade, and add just a touch of something I would have never thought of, and it will be memorable. Thank you Martha.
And not to let Toad down, I do have lemonade for 10 of my favorite bloggers. But not ordinary lemonade but rather lavender lemonade -- with the recipe to follow!

I bestow the Lemonade Stand Award to:

Susan from Between Naps on the Porch for I adore her blog (and who wouldn't adore someone who has each and every decorating book that I do!), love participating in her Tablescape Thursdays and her Met Mondays (when there is a Metamorphis at Linderhof).

Susan from A Southern Daydreamer whom I knew I would adore when I first found her blog and the blue and white table appeared. I love her Outdoor Wednesdays.

Judy from Judy's Kitchen. A fellow columnist for her local paper. She was in my neck of the woods this weekend at a pie contest. How cool is that?

Elizabeth from A Home is Where the Heart Is. She and her husband Gary are a sweet couple and I enjoy reading her posts.

Carolyn from A Southerner's Notebook. A dear friend from long ago food boards. We are truly kindred spirits even though I'm a prairie girl and she's a southern girl. Although we've never met, I feel as if we've been friends forever and I treasure her friendship.

Pat from Back Porch Musings. She, too, blogs from the midwest and we have visited some of the same places although we've never met. Hers was one of the first blogs I ever stumbled on oh so many moons ago.

Cass from That Old House. I look forward to each new post and another adventure at That Old House. Cass and I share the love of Johnson Brothers Indies dishes . . . and a love of old houses.

Susan from Savoring Time in the Kitchen. I feel Susan and I are kindred spirits in the kitchen and if it wasn't for Susan I wouldn't have those great red lion's head bowls!

Becky from Random Musings of a Deco Lady. Another old food board friend. Whenever I read her posts, I feel her smile radiating from the monitor.

Mary from One Perfect Bite. Another old food board friend whom I always admired and then lost touch with. Was so happy to find her again at One Perfect Bite with her interesting stories about great recipes.

And now as promised . . . the recipe for the lavender lemonade. Made super simple by using frozen lemonade concentrate!

Lavender Lemonade

1/4 cup lavender flowers (fresh or dried)
1 cup boiling water
12 ounce can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 quart water

Cover the lavender flowers with the boiling water and let steep 10 minutes. Strain. Combine lavender infusion with lemonade concentrate. Add 1 quart water. Chill and serve over ice. In lavender season, decorate with fresh lavender sprigs. At other times, garnish with sliced lemons.