A change of pace from my usual articles for a good reason, I am still alive.
I was up at 6 AM and took a walk into the courtyard to be surrounded by swooping swallows, (birds) that tend to come down low for insects when the rain is due. So I grabbed my Nikon, set it on sport mode and this is some of the results.
(I think these are of the saw-wings variety)
You will get the picture with the next photo.
There are 4 in that photo but I could see many many more swooping in and out the yard totally unbothered by my presence.
Anywho why so glad to be alive?
Well I will get to that at the end. But come on, every day is a good day if you make it one, so why not want to be alive?
I sold most of my steemonsters cards over the last week and cashed the dec for Hivepegged today. I changed that by sending it to my hive wallet as hive and it totalled over 5500. I added a spare thousand hive I had in my wallet & sent it to bittrex , now I am currently selling it at a fixed rate netting me around $2700 for some cards I paid around $400 for.
Now who can complain about that?
I still have some of my most expensive cards rented out for a passive income too. If you play you know Yedin Zaku, well that is one I rent out, why? Because last night it was worth $950 and today it is worth $1100, that is why. What price next week or month?
#steemmonsters IS worth investing in for sure. #splinterlands
Bonus number 1 today = Nature/wildlife.
Bonus 2 free money courtesy of steemmonsters.
Bonus 3 sort of free food.
Count your blessings time.
Running a farm is not easy, not for this city boy anyway.
You can plant as many seeds as you want but timing is everything.
We harvested the wheat fields at the weekend.
Good job we did, torrential rain landed yesterday and those that did not want to do their fields at the weekend now have rotting fields of wheat, devastated by the rain. (you need a bit of luck sometimes)
Most of the harvest will be shared, the combine owner/driver gets one fields worth, all the other fields were taken to a silo to be shared with those that need it and some auctioned for the local orphanages. All proceeds go to them.
I do not need money so sharing is caring.
We have been doing the food is free for 7 years now.
We still have a mile of corn (on the cob) to sort out once ripe. And barley.
- Bonus 4 fresh pesticide free home grown food for the day.
Today we picked 2lb of raspberries, 1lb of wild strawberries, much smaller than the variety sold in shops but 5 times juicier and sweeter.
We picked a pound of peas in pods, 1 bowl of runner beans. 3 courgettes, 4lb of cucumbers and a lot more besides.
Raspberries and potatoes.
Peppers are starting to bud, carrots looking good too.
Cucumbers, rhubarb (massive) x2 and the mint garden is looking fresh.
The garlic is growing nicely, parsley, apples, grapes, water melon, tomatoes got a bit washed down by the storm though.
There is a lot more than that growing. The thing I like about this lifestyle compared to city life is I can walk outside when hungry and have instant fresh food. If I am in the fields and hunger strikes I just grab an apple from the orchard, normally off the floor as they are the ripest, and hunger is gone in an instant. (helps the immune system too) Politicians and doctors take note!
- Bonus 5, my partner pulled out in front of another car side on, my side.
Even after I yelled watch out. The other driver was going slow enough to miss us. I put my hand up to thank him, he nodded, and I get 1 more day or more of being alive.
Well I have bored you enough. Have a superb and lucky week. Thanks for looking in and make it a fantastic day.
Peace and out.
Yo, man, you didn't bore me at all. Wooh, you have such great things going on for you, man, I would say especially your farms! Being able to grow a lot of food like this and have a lot to share for free is simply phenomenal! At first I thought your $2700 was great until I read further and read about your farms, great stuff, man!👍
Also cool, there was no car accident, more time and energy for you to enjoy these sweet things you got.👍
Thanks man, got to count our blessings, and when you have so much to share it seems selfish if I do not as my private pension is more than enough for us to live off. Cheers bro.
Damn , i didn't find time to do a post for weeks now ... how do you do that whit all blessed stuff going on in your life ?
I see those birds up here to , everything is still new to me ... again :-) ... but not that i do not create , .. just now i create some real constructions again , challenging Bezos and Musk ;-)
Splinterlands , invested by playing mostly , 50 dollar max , i didn't have a look jet ..
Let's enjoy our moments :-)
"Damn , i didn't find time to do a post for weeks now ... how do you do that whit all blessed stuff going on in your life ?"
I only sleep for 4 hours, some nights not at all, it started when I came back from Thailand one time, 14 days no sleep. Never been the same since.
I have to spend 2 days a week now away from family because they sleep and I do not. All good though.
Indeed bro, you have so many blessings to count from your cash outs to your farm produce. You are really doing well, I could say a bit of luck is orbiting around you. You really don't need the city life, your local rural environment is beautiful and you are fit for business.
Looking at your photo I would say you are both blessed, with love, superb.
Thanks for the warm compliment. 👍 Up
Celebrate life way to go👍
Agreed, tag all your posts POB or proofofbrain bro. I have a much larger stake there than hive and can upvote your posts then. If you stake the pob you also win. proofofbrain.io when you post on pob it auto posts to hive, you get double bubble payment.
Cheers thanks mate.
A full days worth of blessings 🌈👍😉
Cheers bro. Indeed it was, what a fantastic day.
Wow!that's a large farm you have there, good job, keep it up.
Thanks, nice photo by the way.
Thank you
This is really a wonderful news, I wish you more blessings and achievements, and to you all shall give good testimonies too, kudos bro
That's great bro it's not easy to be among of werking people or would need is to just be thanking him because he's always good to us
Life is for living, enjoy the ride.
I have two couples of housemartins that come back every year to nest in my shed. When they arrive they dance around the sky for hours to let everyone know they're back and it means summer is here.
Wish we had better weather here so I could grow as much as you, trial and error to find what grows best for now. You're doin good.
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Thanks for a reminder to always count my Blessings... Never take them for granted. I have spent so much time in d past thinking about what I don't have that i miss enjoying what i do have. Guess it is Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.
I see all of these in your post . THANKS FOR SHARING!!
Your work show that you are a hard working type keep it up, thanks.