Blog of the Week winners and new topic deadline: 28 June 2021

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Authored by @fionasfavourites

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This week's edition saw nine great entries - two up from last time. While I'm on numbers, our Silver Bloggers' community is now up to 171 members, of whom 94 are active users.

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(Translation: too long; didn't (don't want to) read.... It'll just take 5 minutes...

If you don't want to read too much, skip to the end and for the #bow winner and the new topic.

This week's contributions

Before I get to the entries, a word from the panel:

Again there were some super entries. There was a clear winner and we were unanimous about the top three and one which gets a special mention.

Do pop over and read the contributions.

Remember -

  1. you can find all the entries by putting #bow in the search bar on whichever of the Hive interfaces you use
  2. that even though payout dates may have gone, you can still comment and reward deserving posts by sending a tip
  3. From next week's competition, if you do not include the #bow, your entry will not be considered. Full instructions about how to enter, coming up towards the end of this post.

Embracing Silver: living, learning and making peace with Mondays

Like last time, our members contributions are as diverse as we all are. About life, its ups and downs, from hair to old dogs learning new tricks.

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We particularly enjoyed @justclickindiva's life lessons about Mondays - I know her learnings (and advice) resonate for many - whether one's formally working or not!

The silver selection - the top 3

As I mentioned, it was not a difficult decision: here are the three shining contributions.

A life journey - before and after silver hair

Evgeny (@antikus369), in a long, and winding post takes us to places he's visited and to questions he's pondered. Some answers? Pop over and find out.

Forty is NOT old

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Our resident senora renegade @carolynstahl ranted, understandably, how so many folk, when they reach forty, complain about how old they are. She observes how the younger set perceive anyone beyond a half century as virtually the living dead, but when challenged, would be hard pressed to keep up the her pace!

Blog of the Week: an old dog knucklehead learns new tricks

One of our resident funny men is this week's clear winner. He had the entire panel in fits of laughter about learning new tech related things, and specifically for posting on Hive. And, to boot, went and blamed it all on @riverflows! Mind you, if it were me, River, and this is the result, I'd take it!

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So, @thebigsweed, congratulations and here's to you and continuing to learn - well into your dotage!

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What @thebigsweed wins

@thebigsweed wins 50% of rewards on this post so his account has been set as a beneficiary.

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Theme for the week ending 28 June 2021

The theme for the new week comes from panel member @ericvancewalton and is a question to ponder

"If you could go back in time and change one thing in your life, what would it be? "

Have fun!

If you have topic suggestions, please leave them in the comments?

How to enter your post for the Blog of the Week (#BoW)

  1. Posts must be in English and obviously centre on the week’s topic.
  2. Prose must be a minimum of 350 words. If it’s a photo or graphic essay, the photos must be your original work and preferably with some sort of back-story to the images.
  3. The blog must be posted in/from our community
  4. Tag it #BoW - blog of the week. And follow the tag so you can easily find other entries.
  5. Share the link to your post in the comments of this post.

Deadlines

The contest closes at midnight GMT (also known as UTC) on Monday 28 June 2021 and the winners will be announced later the following week.

The panel
Thanks as always to the panel headed up by @lizelle, with @papilloncharity, @ericvancewalton, @tarazkp and I (@fionasfavourites). We may, from time to time contribute to #bow, but will not be considered for prizes.

Speaking of the panel, and this week's theme, Eric celebrates an epic half century tomorrow. So -

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Congratulations to @thebigsweed. I just adore the humor along with the excellent post which was well deserved as a win! Also congratulations to @justclickindiva!

And oh wow I did not expect this renegade to be mentioned. I thought I was ranting a bit much. I need to search deeply for some sunshine and rainbows. Thank you so much!

We really enjoyed you entry and some of us can identify with having the hackles rise when someone who's almost one's age, addresses one as 'senora', gave us a good old chuckle😆

Hello @carolynstahl. Thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate your support. And congratulations to you also.

Thank you all for your support, and congratulations to @antikus369 and @carolynstahi.

TL;DN(W)R, I'm glad you explained this one @fionasfavourites, I thought I was going to break out my decoding book again. Wonderful presentation with this post. It sounds like we're headed in the right direction with growing the community. 😁

Having the panel of judges experiencing fits of laughter while reading my post, is the best reward of all.

Happy birthday Eric, so you will be turning 50, it's a pretty big number, but it's a lot better than the option, stopping at 49.

Thanks again everyone, stay safe and stay sassy you'll.

TL;DN(W)R, I'm glad you explained this one

I kept on seeing it and had to get it decoded, myself!

Thank you for the kind words. It seems we are heading in the right direction. Thank you for the support.

Keep on helping us to laugh with you!

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Thank you for the birthday wishes! I agree, turning 50 is a blessing that I won't take for granted. Congrats on the win!

Thank you for the lovely entry Jackie O'Silver!

Silver bloggers! Thank you @owasco for letting me know about this awesome new community. Thank you all for the support and congratulations to the weekly winners. I'm slow to adapt to new challenges, but I'll try to get these three things done:

  • add the community account to your fanbase (what new structure is this?) so that you can autovote the Silver Bloggers community account (@hive-106316)
  • with a delegation which you can either do yourself from your wallet, or pick an amount from the table below
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What I posted today was brewing before I even saw this week's prompt. I realized my #1 Life Mistake is that I fail to offer SUPPORT without also offering my OPINIONS or ideas on how to fix the complainer's plight. I'm a fixer by nature but a has-been or former fixer now.

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(Hyperlinked! I do learn new tricks now and then!)

Yes, I recently had a big meltdown, and of course I regret it. Had I just PUT UP AND SHUT UP (my dad's mantra, which applies only to others, not himself), I might have kept the peace and my tenuous sanity.

Cheers! Thank you Silver Bloggers for being here!

It's fabulous having you here @carolkean !

Thank you!! It is good to be here. Thank you for Silver Bloggers.

Congrats to the winners of the #bow and I agree with all that the technical progress of the @thebigsweed is due to his powerful naps 🤣

I tried to nap, but I got up so groggy that I tripped over the cat. Oh I am still a bit groggy as I don't have a cat so I must have tripped over something that looks like a cat.
I bet that @johannpiber and @tattoodjay will have a lot to say about this.

But if they get on my case, I will put @thebigsweed's sidekick @farm-mom on them. She has a shotgun 🤣

hahaha so no cat huh? Hey it could be worse, where you live it could have been an elephant or a tiger or some such animal you may or may not have tripped over.
Just give me a shout if you need any assistance with those buggers @johannpiber OR @tattoodjay, I am locked and loaded, with my water pistol, I forgot where I left the shotgun. That's Jackie O'Silver for ya.

Wow! I see that a real conversation was sparked here.

@farm-mom we have solved the object that I tripped over, as @johannpiber reminded me what it was. I have genuine Russian, Siberian, Mongolian fur hat made in China that I wear in winter. I must have gotten into bed with it still on my head and taken it off at some stage in the night

Good thing my reply as everyone can get to know everyones tricks. A lady with a water pistol, a mountain goat scared of his fur being wetted and even that lady that owns this #silverbloggers house taking sides 🤣

At least that mountain goat will not have to go to the doctor to get shotgun pellets out of his bum and the @farm-mom threat to wash him seemed to work to keep him in line.
I have no idea who Jackie O'Silver is, but if @farm-mom and @lizelle are so impressed by him, then we should invite him to this community. We need all of the airy-fairies to join here 🤣

Blessings to all of you and if anyone gets offended by any of my replies, I will freely send you the number of the great African witchdoctor that is my counsellor.

So glad to hear the cat/hat mystery is solved. But a picture would be further evidence to convince Jackie O (Onassis) Silver aka farm-mom that it's the truth and nothing but the truth.
It could be just a whopper of a story from the witchdoctor.😂

Hahaha, you people with your witchdoctor beliefs 🤣
A friend @johannpiber reckons it is a ghost that not only wears the hat at night but also helps himself to the delicacies in our fridge. He also thinks that is the ghost that makes our squirrels to disappear.

But of course he is an Austrian mountain goat and they know such things. So now I sleep with the hat under my pillow every night just in case you know? 😜

!LUV and a slice of !PIZZA for you Lady Robin.

hahaha what an imagination!! I don't believe in ghosts. But hat under pillow, not a bad idea, at least you won't trip over it.

They say that us South African's can always make a plan my dear 🤣
I also don't believe in ghosts, but as you must have noticed, the Austrian mountain goat @johannpiber and me love to have fun, as it lifts our spirits.

Life is too short to go about crying so best is to rather smile, as it wipes the tears away.

Blessings to you guys,

!LUV AND !Pizza

... and the hat will be warm when it's needed 👻


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Yep, water can wash away all this nice odor I have built up over the years. So I'm very careful when some of this wet stuff is around 🤣

You mean the one who reads my future as well as my health from old bones he throws on the ground? No, my friend, you could never offend me and so I hope this witchdoctor stays south of the equator 😜


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Yes indeed water is a great solution, but at times I have ro take the shoe off and walk around like a drunk cripple to search for a stick to scratch the stuff out in the grooves of the sole. A studious and stinky task.

My eyes are fixed on the camera visor as I walk along to keep my focus on the flying eagle so I have to trust that my shoes will find the way. But alas, and drats, as at times they step right into that stuff.

Ah! Great that you remember the witchdoctor and I have forgotten that I told you about his amazing skills. He told me at our last consultation that he was waiting for some crocodile eyes, so that he can turn them into sight for my shoes. Then my shoes can watch out for landmines so that I don't step into them 🤣🤣🤣

Cheers and thanks.

Hahaha,

I think your shoes are doing it on purpose. They might not be able to see, but the certainly can smell. So I believe even with crocodile eyes they will step into this stuff 🤣

They are jealous on your camera. Maybe you should talk to your shoes sometimes ... a nice good morning might be enough for a day ✌️😄


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Ah! Thank you for the sage advice here Hannes.

From tomorrow morning I will spray my shoes with Marian's stink stuff. I think she uses some japanese spray Issi se Jacket or Issy make nie kak nie or something like that 🤣
Then the shoes will have a mindshift and instead of leading me into landmines, they will lead me to young unmentionable girls 💗💗💗

Thank you for this great solution 😉

Cheers and thanks.

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How did you know how to scare a mountain goat? Take your shotgun and I will laugh at you, but leave the water pistol at home. The water will wash all of the good smells out of my fur, so please stay away with the water thing and I will be the nicest goatie from now on, I promise 🐐


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Too funny! ok the water pistol is holstered. Now I am laughing with you.

Hm, I don't know if I can trust you. Are you sure you don't hide a full water bucket behind your back? 🤣
Have a wonderful weekend @farm-mom 🌞


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Hey, how did you know I was thirsty? Thanks.

LOL @farm-mom, a water pistol sounds more like it for our Jackie O'Silver🔫

Hey @lizelle,yes, I will do the water pistol for sure, the shotgun is just for show.😅

Power naps, cat naps, nap naps, they all work, just as long as you wake up from them!
Those dam cat shadows will get you every time.

Not only does @farm-mom have a shotgun, but she was also the frontrunner for Gold Metal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, in Vancouver Canada, before an injured trigger finger ended her quest.

Hahaha, well I think that I will stick with the hat naps every time as at least it's on my head and cannot trip me 🤣

Wow! You surely live with a very capable woman my friend and I hope that you never dare to look at another woman 🤣

Congrats to her and that is a great achievement methinks.

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Congratulations on your win @thebigsweed, we thoroughly enjoyed your entry!
Oh boy, so you have to watch your step and mind your p's and q's with a shotgun gold medalist right there at home 😉
It's great having you guys in our midst!

There was a movie about an imaginary white rabbit that was a guys friend, but I haven't heard about an imaginary cat, so it really must have been something different - did it meow? If not, I bet it was your hat, you know which one I mean, Zac 😉 It must have fallen from your head while you took your nap.

A shotgun is worthless against a Kiwi and an Austrian mountain goat because we smile and the bullets will avoid us - you will need cannons, you could tickle us with them.


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Haha I like that one so will keep on smiling;)
Nice seeing you @johannpiber 😉

🤣 LOL thanks Lizelle 🤗
I'm not much around in the Hive at the moment and mostly when I got some free minutes at work, just as now during lunchtime, I try to reply. The weather is too nice to sit at home at the computer after long days at work, so I do only necessary photo editings at home and use my phone when I'm out :)


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Enjoy the summer while you can. Here where I live, we have such mild winters that we can enjoy the outdoors throughout the year although summertimes can get unbearably hot!

Oh yes, I try to enjoy every single minute I can get off work, thank you so much @Lizelle :)
I love warm temperatures, but at about 30C from time to time it's enough 😅


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Good evening Hannes and at last I arrived at the replies.

So I see 12 comments and replies here and I think that I have answered this one, but then I open it to check and I see that I haven't replied, as I know nothing about some imaginary rabbit.

Yes and thankfully I know excactly about wwhich hat you are referring to and it has also explained my trip completely. Iwas not acat, but a furry hat. So I am not going insane thank goodness 🤣

Hahaha, I can certainly expect such an answer from you, but I know I know that a mountain goat's fear is some angry ladies with baseball bats looking for some balls to play with 🤣

Cheers and thanks!

Good morning Zac,

I have been too tired to leave the computer on yesterday evwning, but today I am at work and before I start I have to do some replies it seems - important things first ;)

The cat was a furry hat and I think I'll have to search for a safe place where some special ladies with baseball bats can't find me - maybe a far away tropical island with snowy mountains and fast internet connection :)


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Good afternoon Hannes,

One of those busy days again, but thankfully I could also stop off at a place to take some photos.
I hope that you had a good Sunday.

The Hive price has dropped to the floor and I can kick myself for bying with all of my HBD when the price was higher, as now is the ideal time to buy.

Or you can also try our Sahara desert, as there are wide open spaces with only sand and you can see anyone coming from miles away. You can also connect to the great sattelite internet connection.
But if I know those ladies they will make a baseball shaped drone with a dynamite stick inside to trace your signal and there might be a new big hole in the desert where you were relaxing on your towel on the sand 🤣

We can also say the furry hat thought it was a cat 😉

Cheers and thanks.

Good evening Zac,

I have had a great day but now I am very tired because I have been sitting on my motorbike all day long and got off only when I needed gas ⛽

I have always bought too high. But I always do hope that the Hive price goes high enough that this doesn't matter. At the moment it looks quite the opposite though 😂

There seems no place on earth where I could hide from these ladies. Maybe I should ask Elon Musk for a ticket to the Mars 😉


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Good evening Hannes.

So, you must have travelled far? But weren't you supposed to be sitting at work instead of on the bike?

Just to think that at my last buy the price was 35 cents and I thought that it wouldn't go down lower.
Now it is at 28 cents and it is the ideal opportunity to buy more HP with HBD.
I have 20 HBD and can get 73 HP with it, but I will rather wait and build the HBD bigger.

Nah, no need as only be very nice to all ladies and they will all love you insread of beating you up. Problem solved 🤣

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LMAO, Sometimes when I am just waking up I imagine things to, used to be I imagined things after drinking to much, but since I don't drink anymore it must be lack of sleep and naps LOL
As @johannpiber says We can avoid shotguns, and @farm-mom's offer of a water pistol wont help I would just find it refreshing LOL

Well maybe you can work on those naps, as @thebigsweed uses his naps to create miracles after each nap 🤣 He might even turn out to become one of Hive's top coding developers if he keeps up with his new founded wisdom 😜

Yep, you are a veteran and @farm-mom will have to get some "muti" from my wichdoctor to keep you in line 🤣

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Not sure anyone will be able to keep me in line, cant teach an old dog new tricks

I do have naps somedays but dont always feel better after them LOL

Hahaha, you and I belong to the rebel (veterans) club mate and yes we like to live right on the other side of the line.

I would like to take naps, but maybe someday when I am old :)

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Water gun fights are so much fun, especially on a hot summer day. I keep an arsenal in the toy closet.
Hey @tattoodjay hope you are happy and enjoying retirement.


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Hello @hive-106316 and thank you so much for the mention. I enjoyed participating in that round. I appreciate the support of the Community.

Hope to see you in this round, too!

Glad to have you on board!

Well done with this supreme #bow post Lady @fionasfavorites.

I doubt that any of us poor Mods can do this as well and I think that I will have to whisper in the ear of Lady @lizelle again.
Now don't panic as it is nothing bad that I will whisper, instead it will be a prestigious achievement for you to be appointed as the official #bow post writer of @silverbloggers.

What say ye ?

LOL, excellent suggestion, Fiona our Silver Flower has once again done a sterling job Sir Sterling Silver! Thank you to the panel for helping with the judging.
Our members have outdone themselves with their #bow entries ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Glad that it worked out find Lady Lizelle and Fiona did a very good job.

Blessings.

Congratulations everyone! 🎉🎊 And thank you Fiona! I laughed out loud at that .gif…..hilarious! I can say with absolute certainty that I won’t be wearing a tutu tomorrow. 😂

I dare you to wear one...can you imagine the looks on the faces when you go cycling in a tutu :)
Happy 50th birthday for tomorrow Eric, wishing you tons of blessings, you deserve every bit of happiness that comes your way.
AND...enjoy the launch of Ephemera!

Lol, the world isn't ready for that. Thanks so much Lizelle. It was a birthday to be remembered. I appreciate the good wishes for Ephemera too!

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You really put your heart and soul into your blogs, great to have learned more about your world @antikus369 !

Thank you! Оnce again...))

What fun to read these posts, humour is the one thing we all need at all stages of life but more so in our sliver years. We have earned this crazy roller coaster of a ride.

For sure @angiemitchell, now is the time to let the hair down😉

Hello @hive-106316 Thank you so much for mentioning me. I appreciate your support and that of the Community.