Wow, 5 years.
The highlight of the this year... and of the 5 years I have been on Hive was the opportunity I had to go to HiveFest in person, in Amsterdam, and meet my long time friends! @asgarth, @livinguktaiwan, @delishtreats, @soyrosa
I also made some new friends @zirochka and @yozen and met many others.
Thanks @HiveBuzz for the cute badges for all the HiveFest I have attended.
My post about HiveFest 2022 Amsterdam
My post about my first HiveFest 2020
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Oh wait one more HiveFest badge!
Yes, the winner of Balls of Steel and a group shoot with @Jarvie's phone.
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Travel
Speaking HiveFest in Amsterdam, I was so happy to be able to travel internationally again.
@jarvie and I went to The Netherlands and then Norway. It was amazing.
Amsterdam
I had a wonderful time in Amsterdam. It was full of great art and architecture and cool canals and good food and friends.
- HiveFest 2022 Amsterdam
- Share Our World: First Impressions of Amsterdam
- Art Talk: Van Gogh Museum Highlight Tour
- Restaurant Review: Nomad aan het IJ (10/10)
- Art Talk: Barbara Hepworth at the Rijksmuseum
- Art Talk: Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum
- Share Our World: Hortus Botanicus Garden, Amsterdam
- Art Talk: Rembrandt House Museum
- Wednesday Walk: Canals of Amsterdam
- Art Talk: Rijksmuseum and Gothic Architecture
- Art Talk: Gallery of Honor Tour at the Rijksmuseum
- Restaurant Review: Rijks- My First Michelin Star Restaurant (8/10)
- Art Talk: Rembrandt in Amsterdam
- Restaurant Review: 6 restaurants in Amsterdam
- Art Talk: The BEST OF TOUR at the Rijksmuseum
- Share Our World: Rijksmuseum Garden
- Textures in Amsterdam
- Art Talk: Vincent Van Gogh
- Highlights of Amsterdam!
- Art Talk: Rijksmusuem
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Here is a collection I made of 19 authors posts of Amsterdam
DC
DC is one of my favorite cities and I visit every year. This year I went to see the Open House of the Washington DC Temple and I went to Hillwood for the first time and Wow is it amazing!
- The National Mall
- Share Our World: Washington Monument
- Share Our World: The George Washington University
- Art Talk: Stained Glass Windows at the National Cathedral
- Share Our World: Washington National Cathedral
- Wednesday Walk: Bishop's Garden
- Art Talk: Resurrection Chapel the National Cathedral
- Wednesday Walk: National Arboretum azalea collections
- Share Our World: Washington Youth Garden
- George Washington's Mount Vernon
- Share Our World: A gorgeous walk!
- Share Our World: National Arboretum
- Wednesday Walk: Mount Vernon
- Share Our World: Hillwood Estate
- Share Our World: Hillwood Gardens
- Wednesday Walk: Japanese Style Garden at Hillwood
- Share Our World: United States Botanic Garden
- Art Talk: Hirshorn Museum
- Art Talk: Hirshhorn Garden
- Share Our World: DC Temple
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A great collection I made- Places to Visit in and around DC
Lake Powell
We had our family reunion on Lake Powell and it was awesome. I did so much jet skiing!
- Share Our World: Highlights of Lake Powell Vacation
- Share Our World: Upper Antelope Canyon Hike
- Share Our World: Glen Canyon Dam
- Share Our World: Horseshoe Bend Hike
- Share Our World: Wahweap Marina
- Share Our World: Storm on Lake Powell
- Share Our World: First Day's Camp at Lake Powell
- Share Our World: Jet Skiing West Canyon at Sunrise
- Share Our World: Rainbow Bridge Monument and Hike
- Share Our World: Oak Canyon
- Share Our World: Jet Skiing Reflection Canyon
- Share Our World: Jet Skiing Anasazi Canyon
- Share Our World: Hole in the Rock
- Share Our World: Jet Skiing Face Canyon
- Share Our World: Traveling in another storm on Lake Powell
- Share Our World: Sailing back to the marina
Lake Powell and Page, Arizona Collection
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Norway
We spent an incredible week traveling around the country. A dream come true!
- Share Our World: Mount Ulriken with cable car ride
- "Alone In The Wood"
- "It looks like glass!"
- Share our World: Driving from Bergen to Stavanger along the coast
- Share Our World: Sverd i fjell
- Wednesday Walk: Stavanger, Norway
- Share Our World: Pulpit Rock Hike
- Restaurant Review: Motell Restaurant and Kaffe
- Sekse Fruit Farm Airbnb
- Channeling my inner Ansel Adams in Norway
- Wednesday Walk: Voringfossen
- Share Our World: Makka Pakka's Field
- Share Our World: We found fall in Norway
- Share Our World: Hardangervidda or Hardanger Plateau
- Share Our World: Hagafoss, Norway
- Norway's Route 7: Scenic drive from Sekse to Hagafoss
- Share Our World: Foggy Fjord Cruise
- Share Our World: View from Stalheim Hotel
- Share Our World: Our stay at Solneset sheep farm
- Share Our World: Train Ride from Bergen to Oslo
- Share Our World: Airbnb on an island
- Share Our World: High Mass at the 17th Century Oslo Cathedral
- Scooter ride through Oslo
- Wednesday Walk: Frogner Park in Oslo, Norway
- Textures in Norway
- Restaurant Review: Smalhans
- Share Our World: Gol Stave Church
- Share Our World: Highlights of our week in Norway
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I would like to again give a shot out to the great people at @pinmapple for their constant support and the great map!
Oregon
After Christmas we went to the Oregon coast and on the way stopped at the Redwoods.
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Blogging about my travels is one of my favorite things. I really enjoy taking the picture, doing the research about the place, and designing fun posts.
Texas
The first few post from my birthday trip to Waco, Texas just barely makes it into this 5 year review.
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| Art Talk: Armstrong Browning Library and Museum | Share Our World: Tiny House Airbnb in Waco, Texas | Share Our World: Magnolia Tour |
I also put a lot more videos in my posts this year. :)
Art Talk
I started Art Talk posts in September 2018 (Art Talk: Introduction). There are now 142 posts in the Art Talk All Collection.
The Art Talk Community was create three years later in September 2021. It has been great to see others add to it. There are currently 10 active users. It is small and I am ok with that. I blog about art because I find joy in it. I want to have a space for others to post about art too.
Each year I highlight a different area of art. In 2022 I highlighted Artists
- Vasily Kandinsky
- Etel Adnan
- Dale Chihuly
- Heloise Crista
- Yoyoi Kusama
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Barbara Hepworth
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Vincent van Gogh
- Art Talk: Artists Highlighted in 2022
As you can see from the list above, I highlighted Dale Chihuly, one of my favorite artists. In 2022 the Desert Botanical Garden and Taliesin West hosted Chihuly in the Desert. There were amazing glass exhibits throughout the garden and I went 27 times! I took pictures of each piece throughout the six months and in all types of light. It was amazing! I am a self proclaimed Chihuly Groupie and go to exhibits all over the world. This year the exhibit (s) came to me!
Here is a small sample of some of the Chihuly Glass.
One of the nights I went with fellow Hiver, art lover and photographer @laurabellamy. That was great fun.
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I even did a little ICM with the Chihuly pieces
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Wednesday Walks
One of my favorite communities is Wednesday Walk by @tattoodjay. It is so fun to see other parts of the world in a very simple way, like a walk. I also like posting my strolls, hikes and rambles around the world.
I really like making collections (Thank you PeakD for this cool feature).
In January 2022 I made A Collection of my Wednesday Walks.
I will highlight the six most popular Walks in 2022.
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| Wednesday Walk: NYC-Penn Station to South Ferry | Share Our World: Rainbow Bridge Monument and Hike | Wednesday Walk: Central Park |
Restaurant Reviews
I have been blogging about my travels for 5 years now. Just this year I started do restaurant reviews which is fun cause I like to eat out when I travel.
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| Restaurant Review: Nomad aan het IJ (10/10) | Restaurant Review: Rijks- My First Michelin Star Restaurant (8/10) | Restaurant Review: Motell Restaurant and Kaffe | Restaurant Review: Smalhans |
Restaurant Review: Magnolia Table
Garden
Another great community that I post in from time to time is the Hive Garden Community
I find a lot of peace and enjoyment being in my garden, with my hands in the soil, the sun on my back and lost in my own thoughts. Here are three of my garden posts from 2022.
I enjoy plants so much I even started a Plant Profile Series in May 2022. It didn't get very far. I might have been too ambitious to take on another series. Plant Profile: New Series
I did manage to highlight three of my favorite plants
Collections
As I mentioned earlier @peakd is great and they are always adding to our user experience and one of my favorites is Collections. I made 9 more collections in 2022 for a total of 24.
- Museums Higlighted
- My Black and White Collection
- Lake Powell and Page, Arizona Collection
- Top 3 in the Daily Travel Digest
- Amsterdam
- Places to Visit in and around DC
- Art Talk Posts 2022
- Artists Highlighted
- A Collection of my Wednesday Walks
Stats
Thank you to @hivebuzz for the fun updates, cool graphics and stats.
795 posts! That is awesome.
I hit 1000 followers in June 2022
I posted every day in a month in December 2022
2022 was a year of HiveFest, Travel, Art Talk, Wednesday Walks, Restaurant Reviews, Garden posts, and collections.
I also organized and played Season 4 Photogames and did some Crypto Talk tutorials. I have realized that it takes a lot of effort to consistently make posts that are good quality and comment on a few other posts so I need to focus my efforts this coming year.
Archive of Yearly Posts
4 Year Hive Birthday (2021) Highlights for me this year were travel blogging, Art Talk, Collections, @WednesdayWalk @Photogames Season 3 and a 30 Day Challenge.
3 year anniversary on HIVE (Look at 2020, posted Feb. 20, 2021) I talked about Hikes, Series (Share Our World and Art Talk), Community (Dinner, Packages and HiveFest) and COVID19 (Monthly Updates)
My 2019 Steem Journey. Since the end of the year and my Hive birthday are so close to each other this was my look at 2019 and what I learned.
My Year Journey on Steem (A look at 2018, posted Feb. 10. 2019)
I talked about playing #photogames and #Steemmonsters (which is now #Splinterlands) making the #Arttalk and #Sharemyworld series.
Introducing myself (My first post, Feb. 10, 2018) I introduced myself with travel, plants, garden and art. Those are still major themes in my posts.
Whoa, congratz!!! I realize I missed my 5 years anniversary! Wow! Time flies. You're a Hive Rockstar in my eyes, posts always are creative, worthy of a read, and your smile brightens up the blockchain <3 Hope to still see you here in another 5 years!
Aww thanks so much Rosa! What kind words. I miss your posts.
Happy 5 year Anniversary what an achievment :)
One day I hope to make it to a hive fest but not sure I will but one can hope LOL
an awesome post to celebrate this milestone
Thanks for joining the Wednesday, its always fun for me to visit the walks from all around the world, getting a feel for communities where people live and what they see on their daily walks
Thanks so much Jay. I hope you do make it to HiveFest and we can meet. I am so happy to be a part of Wednesday walks!
Most welcome
and who knows maybe some day
Have a great day
What a wonderful year...and post!
My pleasure met you in person in Amsterdam.
Amazing shots!
Thanks Andrea! Hopefully we'll get to me again soon.
Wow it's a long journey on Hive @sjarvie5
You are one of a few people I know first on Hive, and until now I have learned a lot from you.
Thank you so much wish you a happy journey on Hive. Let's party!
Hi Do Do you are welcome. So great to see your posts here on Hive and learn about Vietnam!
Your content is always interesting to read and a pleasure to view ) And your smile always makes me smile in response :D
I'm very glad to meet you in person ❤️
Congrats on the anniversary!
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Thanks so much @zirochka!
Congratulations!! This is simply amazing!!
Thanks so much @belug
Happy Hive birthday 🎁🎆🎁
I can't believe the history of this wonderful community :) Hopefully we will have the documentary about its birth soon. I'd love to see it become the first of many Hive movies 🙌
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Thank you and yes that would be cool. I wonder how things are going with the documentary?
Congratulations! 5 mark achieved, cheers for another five and more!
Thanks @greddyforce and yes! So glad to have found you on this journey.
Happy anniversary! Time flies, I guess!
Yes it does. How are you? How is school? I haven't seen an update lately. Are you done? Time really would have flown. :)
I quit school, so I still got 2 more years to go if I ever feel like it again :) I want to get back on the blogging horse, but things aren't super duper at the moment. But at least I know that when I do come back, there is still some familiar friendly faces around!
Yes, I will be here and will be happy when you return. 😀
What a wonderful milestone! So many great memories to share and look back on.
Yay, so glad you were part of this past year. Let me know when you want to come down again. :)
Oh, I most definitely will, you'll be the first one I call! LOL Likewise, let me know next time you're in my neck of the woods and we'll see if we can do something fun and adventurous!
Many many congratulations @sjarvie5 for completing 5 years on hive, You are truly one the best content creature i have ever seen on hive. Just keep doing that and keep us smiling with your content. I love you dear !!!
Thank you so much. That is very nice and means a lot to me.
Wow! Congratulations on your 5 years on hive. It was such an amazing journey seeing how you started and grow here on the platform. It was indeed an awesome motivation for us newbie to do great here.
Thanks @selflessgem I remember being a newbie and in awe of those that had been around so long and knew so much. I am happy to be there and would be happy to chat with you if you have Peakd, there is a chat feature there.
Thank you @sjarvie5. You are so kind.
Congratulations on your 5 years anniversary 🥳🥳
Wooohhoooo cheers to many more years!
Thanks @littlebee4 so glad to have met you during this time. You are an asset and light to this community.
You are so welcome @sjarvie5 👋🏻😊 I am too, happy we met. As it is fun talking to you and seeing some awesome posts come by.
Thank you so much, that’s wonderful to hear 😃 makes me happy. I am sooo loving hive and having lots of fun here.
Happy weekend, enjoy every second of it! 👋🏻
Well I have recently joined. But looking at your journey it seems I'm here to stay till I die. Good to be a part of the Hive community. 😄❤️
Welcome to Hive!
Such a busy year for you Sara and I'm so glad that Hivefest was your top highlight
and I got a mention 😀Congrats on your 5th Hiversary and I wonder where we shall next meet, look forward to it....
What? Finally meeting you was so great. Of course you got a mention. I wonder where we will me next too! How is Taiwan??
This content is just so superb! Happy five years with Hive!
Thanks so much @gailbelga so glad you liked the post. Thanks for the well wishes too.
Happy Hive Birthday!
Gracias and to you too!
thank you so much :)
You have created many beautiful memories in the last five years. May you stay with this blockchain for the rest of your life. Very good experience. Congratulations on 5 years. Very well done
Thank you very much @momins I want to stay on Hive and blogging for a very long time.
This is such a great article i joined last year and i could understand the platform more better with this post
Yes, being a part of and blogging in communities is great!
Congratulations 🥳
Thanks @crazy-mermaid
Congratulations. Damn I will have my anniversary as well :) Thank you for being with us.
Thanks @wnfdiary I just looked and you started in Dec 2017 so happy anniversary too!
Wow! 5 years, quite a career! Congratulations! HiveFest is the best, I have never attended and I would love to be part of that wonderful experience. I really enjoyed watching your adventures at that event, glad you had fun. Now I'm even more excited! Cheers!
Thanks so much @rosmerby I hope that you get to go to HiveFest soon.
That would be great!
Joyeux anniversaire et reste de longues années encore sur Hive ;)
Merci @iptrucs
Congratulations! Its a lot of time!
Thanks @imagen, yes and it has gone by so fast.
Many many congratulations dear. I am also here long time ago I used to work on steemit then since it came I have been working on it for some time I quit working but now I am active again. I have also made many good friends here with whom I can talk to.
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A big round of applause for @sjarvie5, who just earned another badge on Hive! Keep reaching for the stars.
Happy anniversary! you had great memories these past few years
Thank you, yes it has been a great place to blog about my experiences and know people all over the world.
well done, man, travelling is the thing that broadens our minds
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Wow - 5 years, thats pretty awesome ! Your pics are amazing - it was nie to scroll through your post highlights.
And I'm still looking forward to seeing your Mongolia post (joking) !
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