My Long Overdue Introduce Myself Post

(Edit: I wrote the wrong month lmao! It should say May I took that photo today.)
Well hello fellow stemians! I have been on steemit for a little over a month now and I figured I was long overdue for an introduce yourself post. (Better late then never right? Lol) While I prefer a certain level of anonymity, my munchkin pictured above shall be my representative. ;) I am woman about to turn the milestone age of 40, and I am now at point in my life where it is time for me to get back to having a serious creative outlet. When I was a teenager it was writing poetry and drawing. My late teens and early 20s were dedicated to singing and the music scene. My late 20s I discovered my joy of hiking and photography. I spent my most of my thirtys until very recently with out any real creative outlet and it's been like a piece of me was missing.. I can not tell you how happy I am that I joined the Steemit community. This blog has truly inspired me to be creative again!

(Photo credit: Wikipedia; for re-use)
I am an avid reader, and have been since I was a little girl. I have a large collection of books that grows on a monthly basis. I love to learn about the world around me and do so by constantly reading new research and articles on various subjects from a number of different sources. I happened upon Steemit one day through an article @antimedia posted on the dreaded facebook. Towards the end of it, as an afterword, the author gave a short explanation of what Steemit was all about. I was intrigued enough to do some research. I'm very glad I did, I truly enjoy being a part of the Steemit community!

(Photo credit: @paradigm42)
I have a great love for being out in nature. I enjoy hiking nature tails with my munchkin. I am rather introverted so I often hike by myself and will take landscape shots as well as photos of plants, insects, (and animals if I'm lucky), it's something I have enjoyed as a hobby for many years. Having this blog on Steemit has inspired me to try and take my photography to a perhaps more serious level and I also have a new found intrest in macrophotography thanks to looking though the work of some very talented photographers on here. I plan to research the flora and fauna I take photos of and add it to my posts as well.

(Photo credit: @paradigm42)
I absolutely LOVE camping!! My boyfriend of many years and I now go at least once a year in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York. (I'm a New Yorker born and raised, started on Long Island and made my way north upstate over the years).

(Photo credit: @paradigm42)
I can't wait to go this year, so I can take more pictures like that and share them with all of you! I am very lucky to have access to beautiful scenery like this with in a few hours of me. Until then, now that spring is finally here, I plan on spending a lot of time hiking the nature trails in my area and taking photos to share. I also like to grow my own plants which I will occasionally share photos and stories about to. I hope to start growing some kitchen herbs indoors this year, I'm looking forward to starting that project soon and documenting my progress.

(Photo credit: @paradigm42)
I have learned a lot since joining Steemit 40 days ago. I know far more about blockchain and cryptocurency in general and have learned much about how this type of platform works. I am very grateful for all of the great informational posts and advice from veteran members, Steemit truly has a good community of people supporting each other. I have written in posts before of my thoughts on resteem and bidbots (not a big fan), but to reiterate my steemit goal; I want to grow my reputation organically through posting quality content without using bidbots. I use the #nobidbot tag started by @whatamidoing on all of my posts for that reason. I also want support my fellow authors with upvotes and well thought out, relevant comments. I do enjoy interacting with authors and artists whose work I like and find interesting.
In conclusion; I am very happy I learned of and joined the Steemit community. I look forward to growing my reputation and following (And lets not forget earning Steem!!), organically through quality content as well as comments, and I look forward to meeting and interacting with more cool and talented steemians on here! :)