To forget about work drama, I decided to join a photography contest on Hive. I’m not a photographer, but my phone takes nice pictures and I have tons of them, so why not use them to try my luck?
https://ecency.com/hive-194913/@fantagira/empty-road-photo-quest-competition
Only first picture is my entry to the contest, but I picked 7 empty road pictures and also added them to the contest post. Let me know which one of the 7 is your favourite 🤩
Last dahlia’s I found in the neighbourhood in my last day in Poland. I have not much to say, so just sharing some pretty flowers with you all.
I managed to write another article last night. I posted it on Hive first and later on read.cash:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/mental-health-day-c9160a75
On a ‘bright’ site - seagulls have made a toilet out of my car. Pure joy 😅
It’s time to head to bed with the second part of the comic I bought in Poland.
Meanwhile at home… Bulbophyllum Kalimpong orchid decided to grow first ever flower spike for me. I waited over 4 years for this to happen! Now I can’t wait for it to open. Never saw the flower of it in real life.
Night night noisy people 💙
While in Poland, I went to Douglas store. I wanted to check some perfumes. I tried a few and told the sales lady I’ll have a ponder with one to take and wanted to leave, but she wouldn’t let me leave until I made a purchase.
Finally she convinced me to buy an advent calendar for my friend - it’s full of various make up stuff. My friend will sure love it 😁
Yesterday I found mushrooms in the least expected place! At the carpark of a supermarket 😅 They were too wet and eaten by worms to take it home, but underneath the big one I found 2 little ones which I took with me.
I didn’t feel too great at work yesterday and went to sleep at 9pm, still tired after the journey back home. Today my stomach is flipping and I decided to stay at home. Call it sick off or mental health day. I need it to rebalance myself.
Another capture from my journey back home. I arrived safely and back to work this morning. I can’t bring myself to talk to anyone. Just wanna go home and sleep 😴 Should have booked Monday off too, but I don’t have any holidays left anymore I think 🤔
Oh well, I guess I’ll just do as little as possible and go home early. Wish I was still in Poland with my parents
The last goodbye of this holiday was done today and it was by far the hardest. No more fun stops on my journey back home, just 2h journey on the ferry and 3h drive home.
I’m not exactly looking forward to going back to my empty house. I guess that’s the worst part of the holiday. It always ends 😏
The journey yesterday was longer than expected, but it coincided with a very pretty sunset, half an hour of heavy rain and last hour driven without any shoes on. It was exhausting, but ended safely in my destination. Been catching up on sleep and other things since I arrived here. Tomorrow I’ll be back on the road 🤪
Hope everyone is keeping well here. I’ll get back to all the comments when I’m back home next week 💙
Last stretch of the journey… stuck in traffic 🙈
Ehh, I’m so tired from the lack of sleep and this long journey and now I just sit here looking at the same cars for the last 10 mins 🥱
How are you noisy people? Hopefully better than me 😅
Got up at 6:30 today and took auntie for shopping. Quick coffee with auntie and last hugs.
Ohh, maybe also… Last picture with my nan and I’m on my way to Belgium. Maps say 10.5h journey ahead of me. Wish me luck!
I was very pleased to see how well my moutain trip post did on Hive today. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a good amount for my articles on read.cash. Sometimes it pays to venture out of my comfort zone and onto a new journey:
https://ecency.com/hive-127788/@fantagira/a-trip-to-a-little
There was a barricade on the motorway on my way to my nan’s today. Must have been a bad accident. The journey here took me over 4 hours, rather than usual 3 hours. Still, I managed to arrive safely just before midnight.
Goodnight noisy world. Early start for me tomorrow - 6am 🙈
Last appointment in Poland was to do my nails. I picked a more natural look, with a little twist. Do you like it?
I also managed to go to the comic book store and pick not 2, but actually there were 4 more parts if the comic that I read yesterday!
Now onto packing my car and I’ll drive for one more visit at my nan’s. I can feel my stomach getting a little squeezed…
Last day with my parents! I took a picture of not quite fully opened Amaryllis flower and will have to wait for my dad’s picture when it opens fully to share with you all here.
I asked dad to hold it for me and then to smile for the picture. They thought I’m only taking pictures of the flower, so they smiled in a surprise photo 😍
That will be a nice memory for my family collection 💙
Well, that comic book was too short! I already read it from back to front and from right to left. That was the first time I read something like this, it’s quite fun! Now I have to drive to nearby town again to get the next 2 parts of the comic 🤪 I thought this can wait till my next trip to Poland, but it can not!
I also realised I haven’t shared my yesterday’s article with you here:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/october-2022-my-crypto-journey-787113f5
Now I can go to sleep 😴 Night night all 💙
Well, what do you know? We have a comic store in the main street of a nearby town. 2 young cashiers looked at me all surprised when I walked into the empty store. I’m not 20 anymore, but thanks to online friends I have a young heart ♥️
I saw an interesting comic on a display, so I walked straight to the shelf where it was and took it.
At home I realised it’s a weird book. It’s back to front, how confusing! The description and barcode is in front and what supposed to be a cover is at the back! Is that how comics are printed? 😅
I must confess, I did something silly and dangerous yesterday. It looked easy and after passing the first one my adrenaline was pumping and I was happily posing for pictures.
I tried another one and another one and at the last one I almost fell 🙈
I sat down to cool off from emotions and requested daddy to come and save me. Sadly my mum didn’t take pictures of that last process. It would be embarrassing enough to punish me for my stupidity 😅
In the end he caught me, but we both fell on our bums and laughed like naughty children. It was fun, but next time we’ll do it when the park is open and we’re attached safely to the lines
All saints day seemed very quiet at the cemetery. I haven’t been in Poland on this exact date for many years and a lot has changed. Is used to be bigger, busier and somehow more fun. Now it’s quieter, more posh, but somehow with less people. Or maybe we went after most people already visited and went back home before another working day starts for them tomorrow morning.
I still took a great bet with assuming that most people will be busy visiting graves, because there were not many people visiting mountains. We found the parking without issues and food was served very fast.
My parents were already in bed at 21:30 today, wiped out after the trip. I’m heading to bed now. Eyes are closing 💙
Look at my dad’s happy face when he saw his meal arriving after we barely walked for an hour 😅
My mum obviously took the smallest portion of pierogi, even though we covered the prices so she couldn’t get a heart attack. Still she got hold of the bill and couldn’t believe her eyes! I loved especially my soup served in a bowl of breed 😍
Half an hour rest at home and now we’re off to cemetery
We have arrived in Istebna! I would lie if I said it was an easy drive. Roads are quite bent, but the views are absolutely amazing 🤩
Happy belated Halloween noisy people!
I kinda missed the Halloween fun in the rush of getting things done. It’s now exactly celebrated here in Poland. Most important day is today - All Saints Day. Today the masses of Polish people will walk to their closed ones graves to celebrate their life. In this area of Poland I don’t have any family graves, but I will still go to the cemetery in the evening, as the mood there on this day is absolutely out of this world.
Not celebrating Halloween, but when I went to the shop to buy black hybrid nail polish, they had none, as they sold out for Halloween 🎃
Yesterday I wrote my second post on Hive. If you feel like you missed out on Ernesto joke and it’s origin, go have a read, as I introduce Ernesto to the people of Hive:
https://ecency.com/hive-174578/@fantagira/first-week-as-hive-initiate
Before I go to the graves in the evening, I’m taking my parents for a walk in the mountains. I’ll take plenty of pics!
I’m wiped out today! Don’t know where the morning went. I was writing my second article for Hive when I realised how late it was and I rushed out of the house for my 2pm appointment. This time I gifted myself a session of laser hair removal for the whole legs. I almost fell asleep while laying there 😅
Since my new dermatologist is in the same place, I also went to see her, as she wanted a quick look at my face after the treatment she did for me last week. She was very happy with the result and so am I.
The day was nice and sunny and I went for another round of shopping at the big shopping centre. Once I spent enough money I went to see my friend and her 2 cats. The white/grey one is my favourite. His eyes are so blue 😍
Tomorrow I’m taking my dad for a trip into the mountains. We’ll walk for a few hours, maybe have a dinner and then back home, so I can also visit graves at the nearby cemetery. It’s All Saints day and a day off work in Poland.
Now I’m really, really tired. All I want is sleep 😴
It’s past midnight and I’m off to sleep.
Dad and I did indeed go for a walk. It was already getting dark, but we had a great time. Part of the walk was around fields, part around forest, part around meadow and finally back home by the road.
We were laughing and talking about funny things that happened to us at work and the hour went by in a blink. There were pretty red leaves on the way and a perfect tiny moon 🌙
Night, night noisy world 💙
My creative juices are flowing again today. I’m writing a few different drafts, but I also managed to finish and publish one update article:
https://read.cash/@fantagira/blissed-out-yet-a-little-bitter-6782a6fe
I must say I really enjoy taking my first steps on Hive. There is much to explore and learn and so many interesting people around.
Noise app has also been amazing, but I decided to change my approach here. I will write all about it in tomorrow’s article. Some followers might disappear from my profile after I say what’s on my mind, but I fear not. I value my integrity more than popularity 😎
Good afternoon noisy people! Has everyone enjoyed their extra hour of sleep last night? I sure did 😁
I’ve been a busy bee and I’m sure happy with all that I achieved, but my sleep suffered a little, so I’m happy that today I was able to sleep until my body was rested and ready to get up.
I’m hoping for another forest walk with dad today. My busy schedule made us skip 2 days and today looks like a perfect day for a walk 💙
These little tubes of toothpaste from the dentist always make me weirdly excited. Like a little prize for being a good girl AND they’re of perfect size to be taken in hand luggage on board the plane 😁
I got myself a new pair of shoes on street market this morning. Exactly the same as those I looked at yesterday, but so much cheaper that I could also get a jumper and a scarf for the price of the shoes in the big shopping centre. Score!
My introduction post on hive is getting some nice upvotes - score!
My new dermatologist is absolutely amazing 😻
My car is also back from the mechanic, clean and skiny, fully serviced and with a pair of brand new tyres for my journey back home (also for half price back in uk).
I feel like I’m winning today 😅
Woohoo 🎉
Finally I started my journey on Hive. It wasn’t without some hiccups, but thanks to lovely Eliana @coquicoin who delegated some HP to me, I was able to publish my introduction post:
https://ecency.com/hive-174578/@fantagira/who-is-fantagira
This morning I woke up to 27 notifications from
Hive. Feels good to be on a new adventure 😍
New hair also feels good 😁
Ok, ok, I hear ya guys! I can’t hide my new hair anymore, cause too many have asked to see it. For me it looks and feels good, but tell what ya think too 😁
NewProfilePic app has some new templates every few days and I had some fun with the app yesterday. Haloween is just around the corner!
I still haven’t decided which shoes to pick… can you help? Check my previous post to see the options 💙
What do you know? Nice people are still around! My dearest Eliana, also knows as coquicoin on read.cash kindly delegated some HP for me and thanks to her I was finally able to publish my introduction post to Hive:
https://ecency.com/hive-174578/@fantagira/who-is-fantagira
I spent 3 hours at the hairdresser and apart from nice hair, I got a contact to a nice dermatologist, which I will be visiting tomorrow and also after all the wetting and drying, my ear finally popped and unblocked 😅
I also went to try some new shoes - which ones do you like? Oh, and my car went to see the doctor for full service and change of tires. That was a full day!
Chilling the hairdresser now. A good chat and a nice cup of coffee, plus a helpful hand from my good, old friend on Hive has made everything SO much better 😍
Let’s see what my hair will look like after this visit!
Well, that walk last night was meant to help me wind down to sleep early, but instead I was up till 6am!! What the heck? I haven’t had such a sleepless night for a long time. So I slept till midday and woke up in not so great mood and my hear so blocked I can’t hear anything 🤬It’s probably time to do get back to my meditation practice to calm my mind.