Around this month's (August) Power Up Day, Hive pumped and during the course of the month, strengthened beautifully and then, just like that, crashed again. So, from thinking that we were beginning to enter a crypto spring, it seems winter's struck again. The photo I used in this month's banner is of the mountains above our village in 2018. We haven't had a decent snowfall this year. We need some. And soon. We have had rain - not enough - and it's the snow that the farmers need. Not just for the water, but the cold that kills the critters that bother the crops.
Anyhow, whatever the weather, and whatever crypto and Hive are doing, you cannot stop the power of three (Silver Blogging Women).
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).
September Hive Power Up Day is approaching
All that's a very long-winded way of saying that for September, my usual delegation of 100 HP will go ahead and 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.
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 as it did last month. I always say, I don't make decisions on my own, so if, as has happened in the past, there are "slim pickings", I will be working via Traci who is also with the 
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 September 2022.
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 by clicking on the logo.
Original artwork:
- I am participating in the twice-yearly initiative to post a blog a day for a month on the Hive blockchain.
- I also share my
occasionalInstagram posts to the crypto blockchain, Hive.
