Cinco de Mayo is a big deal in Mexico!
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Cinco de Shout-Out
So once again, it's time for #shoutoutsaturdays!! Or as the venerable senior citizen of Steemit, 
People say it's like Mexico's Independence Day ... but that's not accurate. Again -- another topic for another post ... on another day. (Hmmm. I better get busy.)
Time for food, folks and fun!!
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Getting organized
It's been an extremely busy week for me, and I'm getting a late start on this post. (Again!) But it's going to be the Cinco de Shout-out edition anyway, whenever it gets done. (Maybe somewhere in the world it will still be May 5. Let's hope so.)
Let me look through my "followed folks" list and see if I can come up with a theme. Last week we did the Geezers of Steemit. No way to rank these folks except on the same superior level -- so here they are in the order to which they come to mind. 
Finally ... a theme
(Ok, Editor's Note:) It looks like what I've written this week is a post based around Primo Contributors to Steemit. These people do fabulous work to make Steemit more interesting. They help you find other great people. They live extraordinary lives of their own. They simply enrich your experience here -- just by being themselves.
I know there are plenty more who belong in this category, so it will come up again. Once I start writing I can't seem to stop though -- and you haven't got all day to spend reading this post.
I guess I'll start here with 
She does two curation projects -- one on the fiber arts at 
She has great taste in people to feature and I have found some very worthwhile blogs by tagging along in her wake.
The next one I'm going to mention is the guy who started this whole effort, that 
He runs the 
Rumor has it he makes a mean lemon-drizzle cake ... but he didn't share the recipe with me. Just mentioned it over and over. And over.
However, he has promised to post a video if his partner ever lets him install a fireman's pole from the top floor of his house to the bottom. That prospect alone keeps me following him. That would be a sight worth seeing.
He has dogs. He's from England, but lives in Bulgaria. (Don't ask me why. Even he hasn't got a good answer for that.) And he heats his house with a stove he recycled and refurbished himself. (He wrote a post about that. My Lord, what a job.)
He also started the #shoutoutsaturdays tag, idea and project. So, if you're reading this, it's all due to him. He gets either the blame or the credit -- and you get to choose which.
For that alone, AFAIC he deserves a cyber-hug and some virtual cheesecake. He likes that, too ... and teases me with the image of him and his little hamster-cheeks just shoveling it in. Come to think of it, he's kind of a sadist. Maybe you shouldn't follow him after all.
Next up in this theme is that sweet, lovely angel 
She edits the Daily Qurator -- which you can find at 
She sleeps once in a while (I suppose) -- or she'd look even more frazzled than she already does. I'm not sure what's going on there with the hair, but I'm not going to hold it against her. She does even more than I do in a day, and believe me ... that's a recommendation. Go see what she's into. It's sure to be fun.
The last one I'm going to mention feels very bittersweet. It's 
The melancholy is because she's taking some time away from Steemit, so you'll have to catch up on her work already in place -- and wait for her return. She says it's only for the month of May -- but I have a feeling it could be longer than that. No evidence. As I said -- just a feeling.
But she has created and left behind some terrific stuff for you to prowl through. I enjoy rummaging through her past issues when I have time. It's tough to find interesting blogs on Steemit (IMO.) So I really appreciate those who do most of the leg-work and searching for me -- like
The visibility issue on Steemit is awful. The developers should be ashamed of themselves. But they're not. So we have to pick up the slack ourselves. (We're like pioneers -- who are a very special breed of human!)
Closing remarks
Now it's up to you. All of you I've showcased here already do your own #shoutoutsaturdays post, so keep up the great work. Next Saturday ... same time, same station. Anyone else reading this, you are cordially invited to join in the fun whether anyone has tagged you or not. Sometimes you need to blow your own horn. Get fired up. Just do it.
Talk about people you like. Talk about people who brighten your day. Talk about people who make life better -- here and elsewhere. Let them know they haven't just been taken for granted -- or lost in the crowd. Feeling invisible and unheard can be fatal. Become a solution -- not part of the problem. We are all counting on you.
Ok, that's it guys. I've met my requirements. Yeah, I know it's late, but it's better than nothing. And trust me, I could not have gotten it done any sooner. It's not like I slack off. As
P.S. I invite anyone reading this post to leave me a link to someone you think is terrific. I am always looking for great new people to follow -- and great posts to read. I may do a New Friends edition of #shoutoutsaturdays soon -- featuring the latest fun people I've followed. You could be doing us all a favor it you take a minute to throw a name in the hat.
Love to you all!!
One last note. All the people featured here are members of 
About the art in our visual essays ...
Although sometimes the background pictures in our visual essays support the topic and text, they don't always. Sometimes the connection is clear. Sometimes it's symbolic and subtle. Sometimes, there's no connection at all.
The scenes depict landscapes and natural features, buildings and wildlife. They were chosen because they show something lovely or interesting ... or simply because the photo appealed to me.
Our spectacular and remarkable planet is changing at astonishing speed. Rarely are these changes for the better. Few people seem to know ... or care ... or have the will and power to do anything about this. It may not be long before the world humans have known and lived in for centuries is forever lost. We certainly won't be able to make repairs as fast as we destroyed it.
So a few years ago I began collecting pictures of the way things were ... and still are for now, a record of the beauty we have while it is still ours to love and honor.
The photos here are part of that collection, with sincere thanks to the artists who saw these moments ... and with their cameras ... preserved them. All of us at Enchanted Spirit are profoundly grateful to them for their generosity and skill ... and for the added grace, depth and dimension their art brings to ours.
Original images used under this Creative Commons license or this Creative Commons license and modified by added text.
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