A powerful spring in my step this September 1st!

The weather over the last few days belies the fact that in South Africa, September the first is the "meterological" first day of spring. Ahem, no, looking at the mountains and feeling the cold blowing down the valley.

All of that said, there is cause to be grateful. As the farmers say, the mountains bless our village: the snow is water that we so need. This August is the coldest and wettest we've had in seven years and really does herald the end of a long drought. We can literally hear the grass growing. That's a story for another time.

Today's Power Back Story

I have been a fan of Power Up Day for over a year; when I did my first power up post is not important. What is, is that @streetstyle's initiative made me pay attention to what it meant to have Hivepower. It's not only an investment but it enables me to do so much more on Hive. I am delighted to be able to offer, even if they are very small, delegations to redfish through Hive Power Up Day (which you can read about here). As importantly, if not more so, my votes on posts - even if I don't comment - actually make a difference. Call me an old softie, but I like being able to do that.

This month's Hive Power Up Day is the beginning of a new, and hopefully lasting collaboration (don't you love that?) between two great women, @traciyork and @victoriabsb.

• Read Traci's post here. She's doing a great job holding the fort while @streetsyle is away. Oh, and as always, I am sending best wishes to him and hope to see him back soon!
• Read Victoria's post here. I love the way she's bringing the Spanish community into this initiative.

International

I also saw a contribution from @winniex - in Chinese - making this a really international initiative like the rest of the Hive.

Putting in some power

When I participated in the August Power Up Day, I only powered up the liquid HP in my account. It was miniscule. I have been, and am saving, some of that for the current rainy days. This time, I don't mean literally: I'm talking about the rainy days that are thanks to the Corona virus...

So

This month, I've gone out on a limb and I've used some of those liquid Hive Backed Dollars to buy Hive (using @blocktrades very useful quick trade service). Because I like either round numbers or multiples of 2, 5 or 10, I used 15 HBD:

Then I powered up both what was already in my wallet - about 7-odd Hive and what I bought:

Then this - I can't wait to get my badge from @hivebuzz

Looking forward

This has probably got to have been one of the most difficult years that most people alive have ever faced. I know that I speak for myself. I have, however, decided, also for myself, but I hope for others, too, that things are beginning to turn.

Buying Hive using my HBD is reinvesting my earnings which is as much about putting back and getting out.

I am realistic: when the proverbial hits the fan in real life, it's good to have something to fall back on. So, I'm hedging my bets on Hive and at the same time doing what I can in my 3D life to earn fiat to pay the bills.

It's taken a while, but I have learned that it's insane to have all one's eggs in the same basket!

Until next time, stay safe, stay healthy
Fiona
The Sandbag House
McGregor, South Africa

Post Script

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