I am trying to work out where the year is going. Much of it seems a bit of a blur. In the last month, I've both had a holiday and worked harder than I have in rather a long time - at my day job and my side hustles. And, unseasonally, we've had a lot of rain.
All this is good - mostly. There have been some other dramas but they're not entirely over yet, so I'll save them for as and when. What has been good is the unseasonal rain which means we can hear our grass growing and my bloomin' potato bush has more flowers than it's ever had.
What is not so good is that I am mostly AFK. I am hoping that life will...ahem...calm down to a panic in April and my online life will return to some sense of normality.
In the meantime...
Power of three
Despite all this the commitment of power of three (Silver Blogging Women) which began last July, continues.
The beneficiaries of our delegations are selected from accounts that participate in #HivePud, and who Traci identifies with the help of, as she calls him, numbers man 
When Traci is about to publish her final results post, she also sends me a list of accounts that meet the basic criteria of age and HP, and then I go through them to see if they meet the additional criteria (see below).
The fourth Hive Power Up Day of 2023 is approaching
All that's a very long-winded way of saying that for April - and 2023 - my usual delegation of 100 HP will go ahead and, as has become customary, that delegation will be tripled by matching delegations from 
Eligible accounts must also be -
- be less than 6 months old
- have at least two qualifying posts since the previous power up day.
Posts that qualify must have 200 words or more and exclude posts for Power Up Day, as well as which are specific to Actifit and gaming.- a reputation of less than 61
- not more than 500 HP in their accounts before they power up - both on the first of the month
As a reminder, the the second criterion is because Hive is a community -
Hive is a social blockchain: it's for socialising, ruminating and just generally hanging out.
A note -
We noted in our March delegation post that our criteria are under review. Partly because of lower than usual participation. We have made no decisions in this regard.
so
if we do apply different criteria, we'll explain all in our delegation announcement - around 8th April.
And that's not all -
Every account that participates in Power Up Day, and does so regularly, stands a chance of receiving a delegation from 
Now, back to our contribution:
What happens if no accounts qualify?
Thanks for asking, and yes it does happen. I don't make decisions on my own, so if, as has happened in the past, there are "slim pickings", the three of us put our heads together, working via Traci who is also with the 
The three of us make a joint decision about the accounts that are ultimately supported.
Delegating is not enough (speaking for myself)
Remember that in addition to the delegations, I add these accounts to my fanbase so that they receive a daily 100% upvote (if my voting power is still more than 90%; if it's not, I do try to manually upvote (qualifying) posts.
That's my intention, but as I've mentioned, RL is getting the better of my virtual one at the moment. This is also why I ask
Also, 
See you on Hive Power Up Day, 1 April 2023
PS Thank you for 
Until next time, be well
Fiona
The Sandbag House
McGregor, South Africa
Photo: Selma
Post script
If this post might seem familiar, it's because I'm doing two things:
- re-vamping old recipes. As I do this, I am adding them in a file format that you can download and print. If you download recipes, buy me a coffee. Or better yet, a glass of wine....?
- and "re-capturing" nearly two years' worth of posts.
- From Wordpress, I use the Exxp Wordpress plugin. If this rocks your socks, click here or on on the image below to sign up.
- Join Hive using this link and then join us in the Silver Bloggers' community.
Original artwork:
- lastly, graphics are created using partly my own photographs, images available freely available on
and Canva.