While clearing up my stuff last week I found this beautiful diary I once received from my dear friend. She gave it to me as an encouragement to write a book.
While the book is still not happening, I do try to write articles more regularly these days. Even posting every other day is great for me and Ernesto, but I managed a 3 days streak this week. How far can I take it this time? I think one week of daily posting was my record last year.
Today’s article is a fun challenge’This or that’:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/my-type-bad-or-cute-1ae0e6d0
Another sunny day today, so I decided to pack my backpack and go to the allotment again. The work is going rather slow, but it makes me feel better being outdoor and seeing a slow progress of my work.
I dug up the first small patch and will plant some seeds of beetroots, parsnips, carrots and spring onions. Not sure how much will grow, as it’s not a very sunny patch, but I can only try.
On the last picture you can see how much work is still ahead of me. Day by day, hour by hour I will do what I can 💙
The other day I moon invited me to come out for a walk in the evening. I forgot to share pictures with you all. Some types of magnolia trees are also in full bloom, so the two of them go well together I thought :)
Today was another sunny day, so I decided it was time to visit my allotment. There is so much to do! I got a little overwhelmed just by looking at it all. Nonetheless I picked the tools and started digging the ground. Little by little I will get there. If I manage to plant at least some first seeds I bet the work will be more cheerful afterwards.
I also managed to write another article about Earthing. Short and sweet 3 mins read with plenty of pictures:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/earthing-for-good-health-and-mood-a8120b07
Today was the first day of spring guys! Yesterday was first day I went outside and took off my socks for a little earthing session. In fast I started writing about it, but then I picked up some secateurs and started trimming all the bushes that I forgot to trim earlier and soon enough I forgot about my phone altogether. No post here nor on read.cash 🙈
Today I also had to skip the article I was going to write, as PVM reminded me of the ChiFi Bots contest which I haven’t wrote about. Since the prizes are still available, I decided to write my 5 cents about the game:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/chifi-bots-p2e-game-coming-out-on-aspire-blockchain-eb50c702
From other news… I am not on the leaderboard of Honeycomb 😁
I’ve been hiding my back garden a bit, cause I don’t visit it as often as the front garden, but now that the sun is shining brightly the past 2 days, I just need to share a few pictures with you.
From the left - early yellow tulip, a few hyacinths and daffodil.
I really love this sunny weather. Everything looks just a little more optimistic 💙
Today the sun was shining and so I took this opportunity to meet up with a friend for a nice walk in the park.
Other than that I’ve been busy planting some of my succulent babies as well as tidying up lots of boxes of old stuff that I don’t need. So much paperwork that we gather over the years. How long do you guys keep the old documents for?
I also managed go squeeze some writing time. Talking about my JOY addiction 😅
https://read.cash/@fantagira/the-joy-of-earning-joy-5fe99ac9
Today is a really sunny and warm day here in England.
I took this picture the other day when it was a rainy day. I’m happy that today it is not the case. It’s probably the first day when I enjoy my coffee outside without being wrapped in the robe ;)
Wishing everyone a great day 💙
I found this old picture of one of my favourite tulips from my garden, so it became a cover picture for my newest article:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/why-am-i-a-dreamer-part-2-ae9f7bc1
My eyes are closing, so I better go to sleep. My sleep patterns are slowly going back to ‘normal’ and I’m very happy about it, so let’s not push it anymore ;)
Who else loves getting rect? 😅
In the last 2 days I’ve been playing honey comb way too much! I got a little addicted I think.
At first I was playing on my main account, but my BCH was slowly disappearing and I couldn’t quite tell whether I’m earning or loosing, so I sent around $5 worth of BCH to my other account and played until it was all gone.
This morning once all JOY from yesterday’s gaming was in my account, I exchanged it back to BCH and turns out I have around $10 worth of BCH. Not bad, at least now I can play with clean conscious that I’m not loosing any money while playing.
PS. You need Joybot NFT to play the new games. I was able to mint it for free since I had 1 cashcat NFT in my wallet
It’s that time of the week when I visit my favourite doggies. None of the puppies want to pose much, cause they just jump allover me, but at least I caught Lady for now 💙
This morning I was woken up rudely by the phone ringing. I looked at the number - local landline and decided not to pick up of course. I kinda wanted to throw my phone on the wall when the same number called again 5 minutes later. It was 8:40 and I barely had 6 hours of sleep by then.
Eventually I decided I am half awake, so I should get up and break my sleeping till late cycle. If I get tired during the day, maybe I will manage to fall asleep earlier and go back to normal people sleeping pattern?
So I’m here on my front porch early with my coffee and I see those white flowers. This reminded me that I saw a picture of it on fb last night in ‘Wild food gatherer’ group.
Turns out that this plant that sprouted in my yard out of nowhere is called 2 cornered leek and all parts of this plant are edible. Apparently they taste similar to onion or garlic.
I remember seeing this flower at my neighbours and wondered what it is. He was it was highly invasive and just ‘grows everywhere’. The source I read mentioned the same - as a non native species it is considered a danger to our native species.
Well, nature is nature, it will do what it wants to do. Now that I know that it’s edible, I will consider it a free crop that makes my garden pretty in spring 😍
How did I not post yesterday? Or did I? 😅
Oh well, it was a very busy day yesterday. I had been cleaning my house, buying Virgin Pega, writing article about it, racing my horsies too of course and in early evening I left the house to meet up with my friend Crystal, before we all went to a salsa party together.
What a night full of amazing dances it was! My feet hurt really bad now, but the smile also doesn’t leave my face. My life would be boring without salsa 💃
If you fancy reading my ramblings about buying Pega, here is the link:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/zhia-the-virgin-joins-my-stable-13ffa88b
Spring is coming, spring is coming!
I keep saying this, then I try to go outside for a little while and realise it doesn’t feel like spring just yet. 9 degrees Celsius is still not a temperature that I enjoy when working in my garden or allotment.
The colours popping out here and there do announce the arrival of spring however. I enjoy seeing more yellow these days. I do need a bit more optimism in my life right now. Nature never fails to deliver 🥰
Another trip down the memory lane. Trees waking up to life in early spring.
My days in Netherlands were peaceful for the main part. I was walking daily and taking lots of pictures. The only thing I missed is being surrounded by a bunch of friends and of course my garden.
I do have a nice collection of pictures from that period though. I was editing them daily too. Something I rarely do these days.
Good afternoon noisy people. Another sunny day here and I grab hold of my old phone to scroll through my photo gallery.
This time last year I was in Netherlands. A year earlier the planted out the area around the canal with a huge amount of spring bulbs and I took many pictures of these colourful fields.
I guess what I miss this year is seeing that amazing show again. In second year I imagine there are many more flowers as the bulbs matured and multiplied. It must be a spectacular show there right now.
My creative juices are flowing. Already 3rd article this month, not bad for Ernesto and I 😉
Speaking of creativity - the article is actually about the creativity test I did. My result? The Dreamer of course. I have always been a dreamer. If you fancy a little fun, you will find the link to the test I did in my article:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/how-creative-are-you-4404dd4f
Now it’s bedtime. Goodnight all 💙
Another sunny day happened here today. I wrapped myself up in my comfy robe and managed to sit outside for the length of my morning coffee this time.
Not much news in my outside garden yet, but indoors this beautiful Cattleya type orchid has finally opened all 3 flower spikes and adores me with beautiful yellow/red flowers in my hall.
The flowers on this one don’t last long at all, so I cherish them while I can. The colour goes from lime-yellow when they first open to bright sun yellow, to orangy yellow as they age. All within a span of around 2 weeks. Then another year of caring and waiting for next blooms.
First yellow daffodil is finally out in my garden.
This morning I was lured outside by the sunshine coming from the windows. I made myself a coffee, took my sit and went outside to sit on my front porch.
3 minutes later I was back inside for the scarf, but even with the scarf I didn’t manage to sit there long enough to even finish my coffee. 5 or 6 degrees Celsius is really not warm enough to enjoy the sun outside yet.
I did manage to inspect my front garden and take a few pictures though. My succulents are looking plump and some plats from last year seem to self seeded in my pots. I’m looking forward to warmer days to start working in the garden.
Mainly rain here today, or just gloom in general 😉
Last night I had lots of fun at the salsa party. I wish I was at the salsa party every day. Life seems happier when I dance.
How about you noisers? What makes you happy?
Today is finally a nice sunny day here in England. Needless to say I missed half of it, as I only managed to fall asleep around 6:30am this morning 🙈
I cut my inspired writing into 2 pieces and managed to post it before I went to sleep. It’s 9 minutes long, so most people never read it all, only commented for the sake of commenting. Can’t blame them, there is so much to read on read.cash every day. One person however ( sis BlackDoll) managed to read and absorb it all, which means my writers job is done.
If you manage to read it all, I’d be happy to read your thoughts here or there. There is a bonus video there too 😉
https://read.cash/@fantagira/why-envy-when-we-can-admire-and-learn-03d72810
It’s a mad, mad world we live in. Or maybe it’s just me who’s mad? I don’t know anymore.
Somewhere mid day I sat down to write an article. Actually I just wanted to pour out all that was rumbling in my head at that time.
Now it’s 9:30pm, my article is 2620 words long and I just jump from one thing into another and not sure which topic to stay with. There is probably enough for 3 articles in that one word file, but all I wanna do now is smoke a cigarette.
Did I mention I quit smoking? Yeah, I did, but I really wanna smoke a cigarette and drink a beer now 😅 Please don’t tell me smoking is bad for me. I know!
Anyway, here is my article from yesterday that I don’t think I posted here:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/back-on-track-february-2022-crypto-journey-920348dd
It’s been another gloomy and rainy day here today. Not that it matters much - I haven’t even left the house. Just busy with my daily hustle and planning.
So I’ll share with you a capture from a few days ago, when I was inspecting my garden on a sunny day.
This cute miniature fuchsia is such a delight. Probably the best £3 spent on a plant. It flowers pretty much all year long and keeps growing bigger and bushier. I also took a few cuttings from it and have it growing in different parts of my garden.
Guess who I visited today? 😁
I know, I keep asking you guys to guess things.
I visited Lady and her 2 pups. And of course my friend too ;)
We were so busy catching up for the past 2 weeks, that I forgot to take any pics. So here go some of the old ones 💙
Can you guess what today’s article is about from the first picture?
Haha, that was easy right? If not, here is the link:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/where-is-the-snow-ade9ce53
While we’re technically still in winter, weather is not very wintery here in England. Might not be super sunny, but it’s not cold either.
What are you up to guys? I’ve been sorting out my seeds for planting and of course working (like every other day, weekday or weekend 😅).
Yesterday was a busy day. I still can’t sleep at night, so I have to catch up sleeping during the day. Then before I knew it, I had to be on my way to London, as the party I was planning to attend was starting earlier than I expected.
At least I can say that it was very worth it. There were 3 ladies dj’s and they rocked the floor with the most amazing music. At times I thought I’ll die if I dance one more song!
Today the weather was lovely, so I went for a walk and picked a few beauties to share with you 💙
Did I mention spring is just around the corner? No? Well, it is! I took a closer look in my back garden today and I found many hidden signs of spring there.
Some crocuses, snowdrops and even one type of daffodils. For more of those I’ll need to wait another week or so. Plenty of buds showing up though, so I’m rather excited.
Anyway, another day of hustle is nearing to the end and I’m hoping to fall asleep earlier than last 2 nights (5am!)
Check me out! I managed to publish an article 2 days in a row. With todays news, I decided it was time to finish my crypo draft and publish it:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/eat-sleep-live-crypto-in-times-of-peace-or-war-fcd81b0b
I also decided to brush up my photo editing for this article. Two of the things I love - crypto and nature blended in one picture. What do you think?
Buds spotted! Just a few more days and my Cattleya orchid will open her first blooms. She grew 3 flower spikes this year - very generous of her ;)
First year that I had her, all the flower spikes never developed fully and dried before opening, so I am very happy and grateful that she’s been gracing me with blooms 2 years in a row now.
From other fun facts - we’ve been loading Tropical Wonders Marketplace with NFTs, ready for community testing due to start this evening. Not long till the opening time. Exciting 🤩
As I was inspecting my garden a few days ago, I found what I thought was a snail. As I looked closer it turned out to be an abandoned snail shell, pierced and lifted of the ground by the strong new leaves of emerging bluebells.
Nature is so mesmerising to watch.
Fun fact about my recently acquired Pega - I call her SLEZAM for short, although her full name is MOSKVA SLEZAM NE VERIT. Yesterday I googled the whole phrase and it turned out to be a title of the movie. It translates to ‘Moskva does not believe in tears’ and it is an old Russian proverb. Who knew?
Calling her Slezam for short means I am calling her TEAR
We have a few moments of sunshine today, poking through grey clouds, so I decided it was about time to give my orchids a nice soak in fertiliser for a good start of the growing season. First batch is soaking already.
In my garden I noticed a few purple heads of crocuses in a few places. Spring is sure coming soon!
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