Greetings Fabulous Felines and Hoomans of Hivelandia and surrounding communities!
It's a "long weekend" here in the USA — I guess what's known as a "bank holiday weekend" in some parts of the world — and this weekend is also Father's Day.
Posing for the camera....
Of course, the main thing of interest for me is that today is CATURDAY, my favorite day of the week!
Sadly, it is a slightly uneasy Caturday this week as we have a lovely houseguest staying this weekend, but unfortunately she has her DOG with her... the horror!
I'm sure it's a very nice dog, but I'm told this one is a cat chaser, and that simply will not do! So I am basically "in hiding" until they leave again on Monday...
Can you spot the cat in this picture?
Meanwhile...
I suppose a lot of us are a bit worried about what's happening in the Cryptosphere, as well as in the broader financial markets and the economy, in general.
Although I primarily just want to know that there's still a reliable supply of cat food and Hoomans to serve it to me, it's still a little depressing to see so much "value" being evaporated, like morning mist before the sun.
Makes me wonder whether this is all simply a reflection that there really isn't any "value," at all?
On my blanket, in the Dad-Hooman's space...
Of course, who even knows what "value" is? A can of cat food has risen in price from 79 cents to $1.29, just since the New Year. Did cat food suddenly become more "valuable?" I don't think so... it still represents "one meal."
Anyway, whereas the temptation might be to step away from all this, I think I'm just going to keep on plugging away at my cat blog here... which had a "value" in excess of $4,000 at the turn of the New Year, and now is about $800.
I don't write this because I am crying in my kibble, but to offer a contrast vs. the price of a can of cat food... a radical swing between one value and a different value.
In the World of Smudge...
Smudge, our wise and sweet old lady kitty, thinks we're all taking it far too seriously!
She's old enough to have experienced many of life's ups and downs, and realizes that you just have to "keep on keepin' on," and as long as we all have each other we will all be fine, in the long run.
Those are probably good words to keep in mind!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful remainder of your Caturday weekend!
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Love Cats? Get Involved in Hive's Cat Communties!
If you're a cat lover and often/sometimes post pictures or other content that includes your feline friends, why not become an active part of Hive's growing Cat Communities?
These are some of the more active Cat Communities — why not join them ALL? Remember, you can also "cross-post" your cat posts to them!
HiveCats by @curatorcat is a central "gathering place" for cat content on Hive; promoting the use of the #hivecats tag for feline content!
Cat Snaps by @manorvillemike is a place to post pictures of your cats when you don't have a whole lot to say beyond just sharing your cute photos!
Caturday Community by @saboin is a community where we get to celebrate posts relating to Saturday — aka "Caturday" — our own special day!
Cat Photos by @andrarchy is a "mixed use" cat content community; posts can be just photos or longer, as long as the subject is CATS! It has a lot of subscribers but is not very active.
Cats by @captainklaus (and Sissi!) is another "general" cat content community; it's there, but not very active.
Last, but certainly not least, a special shoutout to the recently formed Hive Pets Community which has become quite active and has quite a bit of cat content!
There are a number of other feline communities listed on Hive, but I am not sharing them for now as they have not had any activity (by their Admins OR users) since the Steem/Hive fork. Updates as they become available!
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Not to worry Curatorcat, although grocery prices have sky rocketed your Dad-Hooman will always keep you supplied in cat food. 😻 just make sure you appreciated him today -Fathers Day.
I'm not too worried about us getting the food... I just hope we won't have to do without other things!
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The example of the cost of cat food is very clear! 😀 and yes, you are right, the situation on the crypto exchange is depressing😏
Of course, cat food is not the only thing that has gone up in price... but it's just noticeable because it is so much more of an increase than the official rate of inflation.
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this is amazing! the impression is that for businessmen everything that happens in the world is just an excuse to raise prices, regardless of the level of inflation. for example, in Israel, while housing prices are falling all over the world, apartment prices have risen by more than 2 times, although there are absolutely no objective reasons for this 😏
Hello @cuddlekitten! Always nice to see you here!
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