Late this spring, I went to my favorite flower nursery and purchased young plants for my garden. I even made a #MarketFriday post on it. All of these flowers have grown up and made my yard beautiful. That is what we do here, for this challenge. Show and tell... share.
Today is #MarketFriday initiated by @dswigle (Denise, that's me!!) Join me as we share our markets across the globe. I always look forward to seeing what you send me! It is amazing to see different markets and cultures of our friends here on Hive.
I suppose most would not consider what I do a traditional market any week, and it didn't start out this way and evolved into what it is today, in ways to fit each person. After all, this challenge is all about your experience, sharing your home country, teaching us a little about your culture, it comes with each post as you go about your business.
It has been wonderful!
I have a friend in Norway who is a musher. A dogsledder. He trains his team, eats with them, sometimes sleeps with them, and even plays with them. I learned more things through him than I would have through National Geographic. I learned all about his culture over many years. It was interesting and I was curious. Meeting new people, experiencing different cultures. How many people do you know that are mushers?
Photo by: Jan Vimme in Norway
Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music, and arts, this according to Google.
This is what each and every one of you gives me when I read through your posts. I must say that I receive some of the best posts on the platform, describing in detail what you are doing, eating, even thinking. And I thank you, dearly. All of you.And I know the effort it takes to pull one of these together.So, it makes me feel even more humbled by this.
STOP!! IMPORTANT VOTE AHEAD!
Question:I know that people like contests and I have been reluctant to change, but, change can be good. How many would you like to continue #MarketFriday as it is, or would you like me to award prizes? I will see what everyone votes and then I will decide on how to do it, in the case of a contest. I cannot upvote and spend money on a contest, so there will be that. Thank you for giving me your time this week! Please give me an answer in the comment section.
Rules of the Road
Go to the market, or anywhere that you pay money for a service.
Take pictures! Be creative (or not, we don't judge!)
Tell us a little bit about the market, what brought you here?
Post the picture(s)
Use the MarketFriday Community Platform to post
Or drop the link into the MarketFriday post so I can find it
Have fun!
Please leave the link to your post here so it can easily be found by others. It helps you and me to have them in one place. Where else can you take such a quick trip around the globe? Thank you so much for joining us!! ❤
As always, there must be a flower to color my world. #alwaysaflower
And just like that, this post is done. I hope you had a good time and learned a little something new. As always, I want to thank you for taking the time to visit #MarketFriday!! Thank you for supporting the challenge! Have a most fabulous day! Cheers!!
Even though many places have been cleared to carry on as normal, please wear a mask when you go out and use proper social distancing.
Thank you for visiting my post 💖 Because of you, I come back to post again and again, I am encouraged by you, for the time you take to visit, comment or even upvote. For all of these reasons, I am eternally grateful. Don't ever forget what a wonderful world we live in, people. Some days, it is not as easy to see, how wonderful it really is. Kindness counts. Wherever you go, whatever you do.
they set my aunts house on fire
i cried the way women on tv do
folding at the middle
like a five pound note.
i called the boy who use to love me
tried to ‘okay’ my voice
i said hello
he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened?
i’ve been praying,
and these are what my prayers look like;
dear god
i come from two countries
one is thirsty
the other is on fire
both need water.
later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered,
"where does it hurt?"
it answered,
"everywhere"
"everywhere"
"everywhere"
warsan shire
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