With this month's power up delegations, what began as a personal way of paying it forward has become a collaborative effort, and tripled in value. I am delighted that there are three of us who share anniversaries of joining Hive in July. Two of us, in 2017 and one of us, just last year, The idea of a rep of over 70, seemed entirely unattainable, let alone helping to administer a community. Then, two years ago, when I started this initiative, it was based on two three things: it's hard to get going and after a couple of hard forks (that's a series of conversations for another time), even harder than when I started my journey on this blockchain. The third element centres on the fact that this is a social blockchain so community, communication and engagement are key. It's what's kept me on the blockchain and it's also what has given rise to this collaboration.

Strength in numbers: the power of three

Power Up Day is all about numbers and strength. For individual Hiveans, it's about adding Hive (numbers) to your wallet. This strengthens your presence on the blockchain. I've been humbled by the number of folk who have told me that my little delegations have made a big difference to their activity on the Hive. I am equally humbled and thrilled that @coquoin and @lizelle want to follow suit. What's that old saying? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

July Power Up Day

If you don't know what happens on Hive Power Up Day and how accounts stand to gain, read @traciyork's Power Up Day post and join next month?

The Power of Three delegations - if you didn't follow the link...

Each month I, and now @coquicoin and @lizelle, set aside 300 HP each - a total of 900HP. Then we each individually delegate 100HP to the three accounts that meet the basic Power Up Day Criteria.

In our case, though, and given our focus on redfish, the 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, and Actifit.
  As a reminder, the reason I added the second criterion is because -
  Hive is a social blockchain: it's for socialising, ruminating and just generally hanging out.
• 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

Qualifying accounts for July

This month, when @traciyork sent the list of qualifying accounts, there were just two and when I looked at them, one fell away. She, as she often does, suggests that I help really new, noobs. These are generally accounts that for whom she's Power Up Helper. As I always say, the ultimate decision as to which accounts are helped, is not mine alone. This month, in addition to Traci, and in consultation with @coquicoin, we chose two of these accounts. Our third wheel was out having a necessary break away from the keyboard.

The three accounts to which each of us will delegate 100HP for 21 days are:

@karizma, @elamaria, and @purpleglitter

And no, the choice of the last account has nothing to do with my passion for purple... Rather, it's my delight that we can now also support members of the Hispanic community.

Evidence of Delegation - @fionasfavourites

Here is proof of my delegations:

Lizelle and Eli will do their delegations, themeslves, so keep an eye on your wallets.

But that's not all

In addition to the delegations,@karizma, @elamaria, and @purpleglitter have all been added to my fanbase and receive a daily 100% upvote (when my mana remains above 90%); I also ask @ginabot to notify me each time they post. If I have an opportunity, I pop over and have a gander and occasionally weigh in on whatever the post may be about. Oh, and if I've got less than 90% mana, and the autovote hasn't happened, I will manually upvote.

A last word - or two

Thanks as always to @traciyork, @victoriabsb and @hivebuzz for all the hard work they do each month - and around the blockchain, generally.

Thanks too, to @doze for the super Hive graphics that he develops and shares for us all to use. Do check out his posts and perhaps drop by and show some Hive love.

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.

I blog to the Hive blockchain using a number of decentralised appplications.

• 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: @artywink

• lastly, graphics are created using partly my own photographs, images available freely available on @hive.blog and Canva.