Liebster Award, thanks so much Emilia!

My dear blogging friend Emilia of the blog BookBug’s World… has been so kind to nominate my blog for the Liebster Award.

Thanks so much, Emilia, and best wishes for you and your blog!

Here are the rules of this award:

Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog!
Give your readers 11 random facts about yourself.
Answer the 11 questions from the blogger who nominated you.
Nominate 11 bloggers to receive this award.
Come up with 11 questions for your nominees!

11 facts about me are:

1. Where did most visits to my blog come from so far today?

Country	Views
United States	69
New Zealand	5
Australia	5
United Kingdom	4
China	4
Netherlands	4
Canada	4
France	2
Malaysia	2
Japan	2
South Korea	2
Philippines	1
Hungary	1

2. Where did most visits to my blog come from this month?

Top Views by Country for 30 days ending 2015-05-28 (Summarized)

Country	Views
United States	6,710
United Kingdom	1,761
Jamaica	701
Netherlands	544
Canada	375
Australia	339
Germany	283
France	272
India	174
Romania	157
Belgium	126
New Zealand	114
Norway	113

3. Which blog posts and pages attracted most visits so far today?

Title		Views
Home page / Archives		7
Most hated animals top 50		3
Edward Snowden ‘is a hero’, Apple founder says		3
Bahraini king’s sexual harassment of Lebanese singer		3
Very Inspiring Blogger Award, thank you Vijay!		2
Will innocent Guantanamo prisoner be free at last?		2
Abused Peruvian ex-circus bear’s rehabilitation		2
Obama lizard became extinct with dinosaurs		2
PJ Harvey song about Guantanamo prisoner		2
Spanish republicans organize referendum on monarchy		2

4. Which blog posts and pages attracted most visits yesterday?

Title		Views
Home page / Archives		28
‘British politician abused children’		21
Stop wasting food, petition in Britain		19
Buddhist clerical sexual abuse in the Netherlands		12
NSA spying and Germany		6
Helen Keller photo rediscovered after 120 years		6
Poisonous caterpillars infest Spurn Point in England		6
Rubens, Rembrandt, differences in what they painted		6
Most hated animals top 50		6
New ‘apeman’ species discovery in Ethiopia		6

5. Which blog posts and pages attracted most visits to my blog this month?

2015-04-28 to Today

Title		Views
Home page / Archives		1,525
Most hated animals top 50		103
Bahraini king’s sexual harassment of Lebanese singer		102
Buddhist clerical sexual abuse in the Netherlands		93
Poisonous caterpillars infest Spurn Point in England		92
Rubens, Rembrandt, differences in what they painted		82
About		78
Holocaust denial in British UKIP party		69
Dutch in Suriname, most cruel slave-masters		67
Shine On Award, thanks rabirius!		64
Poverty in Britain		59
Will US soldier escape punishment for rape of Dutch girl?		57
German anti war artist Käthe Kollwitz		52
Dear Kitty, song about Anne Frank		51
Russell Brand’s new film, The Emperor’s New Clothes		51
Dadabhai Naoroji not the first Indian to be elected to British parliament		50

6. Which search terms brought most visits to my blog this month?

Search Terms for 30 days ending 2015-05-28 (Summarized)

Search	Views
helen keller	8
nigel farage wife	6
poisonous caterpillars	5
egyptian sarcophagus	5
the oldest tortoise in kenya	4
sexism in yemen	4
will the whales be migratingoff of camano island?? 2015	4
jim murphy and blairism	4
ruach ministries scandal	4
slave market jakarta	3
crow gives little girl gifts	3

7. Which search terms brought most visits to my blog ever since it moved to WordPress in December 2011?

All Time

Search	Views
iguana	433
watergate scandal	386
prostitution in bahrain	366
egyptian sarcophagus	324
poisonous caterpillars	303
atsinganosaurus velauciensis	257
napalm girl	249
iraq war	208
long tailed tit	200
cercopithecus lomamiensis	189

8. On which links did visitors to my blog click most this year?

Clicks for 365 days ending 2015-05-28 (Summarized)

URL	Clicks
en.wikipedia.org	1,137
WordPress.com Media	412
rspb.org.uk	93
nos.nl	85
morningstaronline.co.uk	78
theguardian.com	70
snopes.com	67
independent.co.uk	63
wsws.org	63
allytimberwolfblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/butterfly/	62

9. Which referrers referred most to my blog this week?

2015-05-21 to Today

Referrer		Views
Search Engines		1,429
WordPress.com Reader		43
boeddhistischdagblad.nl		34
Facebook		30
topix.com		22
WordPress Dashboard		20
widgets.wp.com		19
staatsbosbeheerrottum.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/derde-weblog-van-de-vogelwachters-van-rottumerplaat-noordkromp/		7
sdbast.wordpress.com		7
thesecularjurist.wordpress.com/2015/05/23/bp-complicit-in-torturing-colombian-trade-unionist/		7

10. Which referrers referred most to my blog ever since it moved to WordPress in December 2011?

All Time

Referrer		Views
Search Engines		301,485
WordPress.com Reader		13,754
Facebook		6,828
WordPress Dashboard		5,352
Twitter		3,628
mail.yahoo.com		3,046
topix.com		1,761
en.gravatar.com/petrel41		1,279

11. Which search engines referred most to my blog ever since it moved to WordPress in December 2011?

All Time

Referrer		Views
Search Engines		301,486
Google Search 215,583 Google Image Search 56,272 Bing 13,948 Yahoo Search 8,208 AOL 1,293 Google Mobile 838 Ask.com 818 Yahoo Image Search 699 duckduckgo.com 550

My answers to Emilia’s questions are:

1. Mountains or sea? One can find beauty in both.
2. Walk or bike? Walk.
3. Sweet or salty? Salty.
4. Hot&humid or warm&breezy? Warm & breezy.
5. Beer or wine? Pineapple juice.
6. Airplane or car? Bus.
7. City or farm? City.
8. Ice cream or sherbet? Ice cream.
9. Mystery or Romance? Both.
10. Sunbathing or hiking? Hiking.
11. Hardcover or paperback? Depends on the contents.

My eleven questions are:

1. Which country have you never visited yet, but would you like to?

2. Who is your favourite musician?

3. Which politician, anywhere in the world, should resign?

4. Who is your favourite sports person?

5. Who is your favourite author?

6. Who is your favourite visual artist?

7. Which is your favourite quote?

8. Which is your favourite food?

9. Which is your favourite blog?

10. Which is your favourite news site?

11. Where would you blog if your present blog host would stop?

My eleven nominees are:

1. ON VA TOUS MOURIR

2. The Hairy Housewife

3. CIGUDEG pleis bilong tu mi

4. Be Like a Lady

5. Chista Note

6. This Labyrinth I Roam

7. tsuyopinn blog

8. mysuccessisyoursuccess

9. Cindy Knoke

10. Kaligrafi Nusantara

11. Talains Photography Blog

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