hey there! I am still here, active in the background even though I didn't post a lot in the last couple of weeks and months. I had too much to do and in the spare time I really had to take a rest.

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1. The gardening season has been crazy
   I build many new things, planted & harvested veggies, mowing the lawn every single week, watering a lot because of the hot summer we had here in Germany and more and more and more.
   I am on my way to create a cozy, flowerish and refined garden over the last years but this year has been very sucessful. I will make a video especially about this soon.

2. Sidehustle
   Currently I am learning/coding flutter for a personal side hustle project. This is top secret since we did not claimed registered a trademark and all that. But perhaps Iwill give you some insights when we launch it.

3. road trip through France
   I have gone on a 2-week vacation with my lovely girlfriend through Northern of France. I will write a few posts about that experience, the places and side information very soon.

4. @DIYHub is growing and collaborating with other projects
   We made a big step further to be more professional, curate much much more and we have collaborated with a few projects like Hive account@cleanplanet and Hive account@skatehive. More will come and the background work is of course also something I had to manage over the last weeks.

5. But now THE REAL NEWS: We have 2 new flat mates
   After our holidays 2 new cats have joined our lifes and I am soooo happy about it!

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They both lived together

.. at a friend's apartment with around 20 guinea pigs, 2 dogs, a few fishes & shrimps. Our friend (bff of my girlfriend) is nursing pets back to health and normally she can't resist to keep them when they are fit again. She has a positive obsession with guinea pigs and most of her flat are reserved for them. But every individual in her flat is treated equaly even human.

My girlfriend knows and loves Mikel for a long long time and she always wanted to live with him. Because of her being allergic to cat hair she never did the step to invite him to live with her. While sitting at the beach in Northern France we decided half-spontanously to give it a try and offer them space at our apartment, they agreed and finally moved to us.

They had a difficult arrival

For the first 2 weeks they have been shy and often hidden under the bed or behind the couch. That's pretty normal as far as I know but additional to this we had to give them really bitter antibiotics which did not help to build trust. But now that their illness cured the medication period is over and they can walk around without being in fear.

This has been a very good and heartwarming decision

.. I love to hear them welcoming me with their cute meow meow, serving them food and hearing them eat. Playing and cuddling with them is also very calming and spiritual to me. They are happy too as far as I can interpret cat language.

They both grounded very well, developed trust and excitement about their new home. Probably I will make a few more updates about those two cuties and perhaps I will make one or two videos with them as soon as they are not that camera shy anymore :P Because we all know: The internet is made just for cat videos!

I will get myself into hiving again

I feel the need to make more content on here and Hive account@dtube. I will set up a video schedule for myself to stay productive and getting back into making videos more frequently. I want to shift my channel to more commentatory things where I need to research much more so a schedule is absolutely needed. Additional, to this I will make short FAQ videos for the DTube help page - I guess that will bring me back into the game.

Are you also as excited about my upcoming cat and non-cat content? Please let me know in the comments!

As always - thx for the support and for reading until here!

Love ya ❤️