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I expect a fair bit of the thinking has to do with most of the city revenue being from tourism and visitors, so "we make it pretty for them, at the expense of local residents." Of course, the

Thank you!

I would think that was also a bullet well-dodged. From what I hear, South Africa had some extremely touch restrictions. We're grateful, on a daily basis, that we called it quits when we did.

It sounds intriguing, but I am a little apprehensive by the possibility that the chance to make 20% with HBD will significantly reduce ant reasons to hold Hive. It might render content creation meaningless

It certainly is a very beautiful part of the world!

Somebody once pointed out to me that *"no" is a complete sentence. It seemed a bit brutal at the time — being also one who has been trapped in the people-pleasing loop — but it is truth. We have

It does look like CUB is finally coming back to life after a very long time of not doing anything at all. And that's certainly a welcome thing! Maybe people are finally starting to accumulate again, after

Such beautiful images! Is anything ever really free? Maybe "going for a walk" is free, but if something is actually promoted as being "free" it's a pretty good bet that it isn't, by

You definitely have a unique approach (or, if not unique, at least RARE) in the way that you creatively merge art and writing. In many ways, what you are saying also matches what we were seeing towards

That's beautiful! And nice to see you back again!

Change does seem inevitable. I guess the important thing is to try to find things to be grateful for, on a daily basis.

This is excellent news! I'm so glad some life is going to come back into the CCC community, and I really hope it can be built into a Hive-based hub for all manners of creative content.

Thank you!

Thanks for the kind words! I think you touched on one of the important aspects here — having a vision, rather than just randomly pointing and hoping that something turns out.

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Thank you! I definitely have fun with the camera and trying to find unusual views of regular stuff.

Yes, there is beauty in almost everything, if you just take the time to pause and look!

Thanks! Yes, it is a lot of photos, but this "database" goes back to my earliest digital cameras from around 1998.

Beautiful sunset, trees or not. The bird on the railing is extremely evocative; brings to mind tropical islands, very far away.