My 5th year on Hive... in review

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Wow, 5 years.

The highlight of the this year... and of the 5 years I have been on Hive was the opportunity I had to go to HiveFest in person, in Amsterdam, and meet my long time friends! @asgarth, @livinguktaiwan, @delishtreats, @soyrosa

I also made some new friends @zirochka and @yozen and met many others.

Thanks @HiveBuzz for the cute badges for all the HiveFest I have attended.

My post about HiveFest 2022 Amsterdam
My post about my first HiveFest 2020

Oh wait one more HiveFest badge!

Yes, the winner of Balls of Steel and a group shoot with @Jarvie's phone.

Travel

Speaking HiveFest in Amsterdam, I was so happy to be able to travel internationally again.
@jarvie and I went to The Netherlands and then Norway. It was amazing.

Amsterdam

I had a wonderful time in Amsterdam. It was full of great art and architecture and cool canals and good food and friends.

Here is a collection I made of 19 authors posts of Amsterdam

DC

DC is one of my favorite cities and I visit every year. This year I went to see the Open House of the Washington DC Temple and I went to Hillwood for the first time and Wow is it amazing!

A great collection I made- Places to Visit in and around DC

Lake Powell

We had our family reunion on Lake Powell and it was awesome. I did so much jet skiing!

Lake Powell and Page, Arizona Collection

Norway

We spent an incredible week traveling around the country. A dream come true!


@jarvie


@jarvie

I would like to again give a shot out to the great people at @pinmapple for their constant support and the great map!

Oregon

After Christmas we went to the Oregon coast and on the way stopped at the Redwoods.

Blogging about my travels is one of my favorite things. I really enjoy taking the picture, doing the research about the place, and designing fun posts.

Texas

The first few post from my birthday trip to Waco, Texas just barely makes it into this 5 year review.
Art Talk: Armstrong Browning Library and MuseumShare Our World: Tiny House Airbnb in Waco, TexasShare Our World: Magnolia Tour

I also put a lot more videos in my posts this year. :)

Art Talk

I started Art Talk posts in September 2018 (Art Talk: Introduction). There are now 142 posts in the Art Talk All Collection.

The Art Talk Community was create three years later in September 2021. It has been great to see others add to it. There are currently 10 active users. It is small and I am ok with that. I blog about art because I find joy in it. I want to have a space for others to post about art too.

Each year I highlight a different area of art. In 2022 I highlighted Artists

As you can see from the list above, I highlighted Dale Chihuly, one of my favorite artists. In 2022 the Desert Botanical Garden and Taliesin West hosted Chihuly in the Desert. There were amazing glass exhibits throughout the garden and I went 27 times! I took pictures of each piece throughout the six months and in all types of light. It was amazing! I am a self proclaimed Chihuly Groupie and go to exhibits all over the world. This year the exhibit (s) came to me!

Here is a small sample of some of the Chihuly Glass.

One of the nights I went with fellow Hiver, art lover and photographer @laurabellamy. That was great fun.

I even did a little ICM with the Chihuly pieces

Wednesday Walks

One of my favorite communities is Wednesday Walk by @tattoodjay. It is so fun to see other parts of the world in a very simple way, like a walk. I also like posting my strolls, hikes and rambles around the world.

I really like making collections (Thank you PeakD for this cool feature).
In January 2022 I made A Collection of my Wednesday Walks.

I will highlight the six most popular Walks in 2022.
Wednesday Walk: Mesa Temple GardensWednesday Walk: Bishop's GardenShare Our World: Magnolia Tour
Wednesday Walk: NYC-Penn Station to South FerryShare Our World: Rainbow Bridge Monument and HikeWednesday Walk: Central Park

Restaurant Reviews

I have been blogging about my travels for 5 years now. Just this year I started do restaurant reviews which is fun cause I like to eat out when I travel.
Restaurant Review: Nomad aan het IJ (10/10)Restaurant Review: Rijks- My First Michelin Star Restaurant (8/10)Restaurant Review: Motell Restaurant and KaffeRestaurant Review: Smalhans


Restaurant Review: Magnolia Table

Garden

Another great community that I post in from time to time is the Hive Garden Community
I find a lot of peace and enjoyment being in my garden, with my hands in the soil, the sun on my back and lost in my own thoughts. Here are three of my garden posts from 2022.


Share Our World: Spring 2022 Round Garden

Garden update (July) My Nursery


Fall Garden Update (October)

I enjoy plants so much I even started a Plant Profile Series in May 2022. It didn't get very far. I might have been too ambitious to take on another series. Plant Profile: New Series

I did manage to highlight three of my favorite plants
Plant Profile: TulipsPlant Profile: AgavePlant Profile: Flowering Dogwood Tree

Collections

As I mentioned earlier @peakd is great and they are always adding to our user experience and one of my favorites is Collections. I made 9 more collections in 2022 for a total of 24.

Stats

Thank you to @hivebuzz for the fun updates, cool graphics and stats.

795 posts! That is awesome.
I hit 1000 followers in June 2022
I posted every day in a month in December 2022

2022 was a year of HiveFest, Travel, Art Talk, Wednesday Walks, Restaurant Reviews, Garden posts, and collections.

I also organized and played Season 4 Photogames and did some Crypto Talk tutorials. I have realized that it takes a lot of effort to consistently make posts that are good quality and comment on a few other posts so I need to focus my efforts this coming year.

Archive of Yearly Posts

4 Year Hive Birthday (2021) Highlights for me this year were travel blogging, Art Talk, Collections, @WednesdayWalk @Photogames Season 3 and a 30 Day Challenge.

3 year anniversary on HIVE (Look at 2020, posted Feb. 20, 2021) I talked about Hikes, Series (Share Our World and Art Talk), Community (Dinner, Packages and HiveFest) and COVID19 (Monthly Updates)

My 2019 Steem Journey. Since the end of the year and my Hive birthday are so close to each other this was my look at 2019 and what I learned.

My Year Journey on Steem (A look at 2018, posted Feb. 10. 2019)
I talked about playing #photogames and #Steemmonsters (which is now #Splinterlands) making the #Arttalk and #Sharemyworld series.

Introducing myself (My first post, Feb. 10, 2018) I introduced myself with travel, plants, garden and art. Those are still major themes in my posts.

journaling travel photography shareourworld arttalk garden wednesdaywalk collections
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Your content is always interesting to read and a pleasure to view ) And your smile always makes me smile in response :D

I'm very glad to meet you in person ❤️

Congrats on the anniversary!

!BEER 😉

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Congratulations! 5 mark achieved, cheers for another five and more!

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Happy anniversary! Time flies, I guess!

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Yes it does. How are you? How is school? I haven't seen an update lately. Are you done? Time really would have flown. :)

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I quit school, so I still got 2 more years to go if I ever feel like it again :) I want to get back on the blogging horse, but things aren't super duper at the moment. But at least I know that when I do come back, there is still some familiar friendly faces around!

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Yes, I will be here and will be happy when you return. 😀

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well done, man, travelling is the thing that broadens our minds

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What a wonderful milestone! So many great memories to share and look back on.

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Yay, so glad you were part of this past year. Let me know when you want to come down again. :)

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Oh, I most definitely will, you'll be the first one I call! LOL Likewise, let me know next time you're in my neck of the woods and we'll see if we can do something fun and adventurous!

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Wow! Congratulations on your 5 years on hive. It was such an amazing journey seeing how you started and grow here on the platform. It was indeed an awesome motivation for us newbie to do great here.

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Thanks @selflessgem I remember being a newbie and in awe of those that had been around so long and knew so much. I am happy to be there and would be happy to chat with you if you have Peakd, there is a chat feature there.

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Congratulations on your 5 years anniversary 🥳🥳
Wooohhoooo cheers to many more years!

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Thanks @littlebee4 so glad to have met you during this time. You are an asset and light to this community.

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You are so welcome @sjarvie5 👋🏻😊 I am too, happy we met. As it is fun talking to you and seeing some awesome posts come by.
Thank you so much, that’s wonderful to hear 😃 makes me happy. I am sooo loving hive and having lots of fun here.
Happy weekend, enjoy every second of it! 👋🏻

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You have created many beautiful memories in the last five years. May you stay with this blockchain for the rest of your life. Very good experience. Congratulations on 5 years. Very well done

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Thank you very much @momins I want to stay on Hive and blogging for a very long time.

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Such a busy year for you Sara and I'm so glad that Hivefest was your top highlight and I got a mention 😀

Congrats on your 5th Hiversary and I wonder where we shall next meet, look forward to it....

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What? Finally meeting you was so great. Of course you got a mention. I wonder where we will me next too! How is Taiwan??

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Many many congratulations dear. I am also here long time ago I used to work on steemit then since it came I have been working on it for some time I quit working but now I am active again. I have also made many good friends here with whom I can talk to.

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This content is just so superb! Happy five years with Hive!

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Thanks so much @gailbelga so glad you liked the post. Thanks for the well wishes too.

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Congratulations. Damn I will have my anniversary as well :) Thank you for being with us.

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Thanks @wnfdiary I just looked and you started in Dec 2017 so happy anniversary too!

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Wow! 5 years, quite a career! Congratulations! HiveFest is the best, I have never attended and I would love to be part of that wonderful experience. I really enjoyed watching your adventures at that event, glad you had fun. Now I'm even more excited! Cheers!

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Many many congratulations @sjarvie5 for completing 5 years on hive, You are truly one the best content creature i have ever seen on hive. Just keep doing that and keep us smiling with your content. I love you dear !!!

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Thank you so much. That is very nice and means a lot to me.

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Wow that is cool, thanks.

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A big round of applause for @sjarvie5, who just earned another badge on Hive! Keep reaching for the stars.

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This is such a great article i joined last year and i could understand the platform more better with this post

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Yes, being a part of and blogging in communities is great!

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Happy anniversary! you had great memories these past few years

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Thank you, yes it has been a great place to blog about my experiences and know people all over the world.

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What a wonderful year...and post!
My pleasure met you in person in Amsterdam.
Amazing shots!

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Thanks Andrea! Hopefully we'll get to me again soon.

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Happy Hive birthday 🎁🎆🎁

I can't believe the history of this wonderful community :) Hopefully we will have the documentary about its birth soon. I'd love to see it become the first of many Hive movies 🙌

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Thank you and yes that would be cool. I wonder how things are going with the documentary?

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Whoa, congratz!!! I realize I missed my 5 years anniversary! Wow! Time flies. You're a Hive Rockstar in my eyes, posts always are creative, worthy of a read, and your smile brightens up the blockchain <3 Hope to still see you here in another 5 years!

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Aww thanks so much Rosa! What kind words. I miss your posts.

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Wow it's a long journey on Hive @sjarvie5
You are one of a few people I know first on Hive, and until now I have learned a lot from you.
Thank you so much wish you a happy journey on Hive. Let's party!

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Hi Do Do you are welcome. So great to see your posts here on Hive and learn about Vietnam!

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Well I have recently joined. But looking at your journey it seems I'm here to stay till I die. Good to be a part of the Hive community. 😄❤️

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Happy 5 year Anniversary what an achievment :)

One day I hope to make it to a hive fest but not sure I will but one can hope LOL

an awesome post to celebrate this milestone

Thanks for joining the Wednesday, its always fun for me to visit the walks from all around the world, getting a feel for communities where people live and what they see on their daily walks

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Thanks so much Jay. I hope you do make it to HiveFest and we can meet. I am so happy to be a part of Wednesday walks!

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Most welcome
and who knows maybe some day

Have a great day

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Wow - 5 years, thats pretty awesome ! Your pics are amazing - it was nie to scroll through your post highlights.
And I'm still looking forward to seeing your Mongolia post (joking) !
!PIZZA

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