I was lazy so used a pixabay image.

I know I could have walked outside and took a picture of tonnes of the white stuff, though hey, it is what it is.
Two people caught my eye today and both gave me a huge chuckle. As some of you know, I do not reside at the farm in the winter, I just go there daily to do some bike restorations and feed the wildlife. So here I am in town looking out the window this morning, surveying the new 6 inches of white stuff called snow, that was deposited on the ground the night before. Trust me, there was already enough of it before that.

And a good looking young lady caught my eye, she was meticulously removing the snow from a car with a hand-brush, She was moving so gracefully that I could not take my eyes off her. She did such a good job that the car looked perfect when she came down to the front bumper and brushed of the last of the snow. A look of horror appeared on her face as she cleared the number plate, and realized it was not her car. A throw of the brush later, she caught me looking at her as she moved two cars over to do her own car, I smiled and she burst out laughing and so did I lol. I could see her mouthing something whilst smiling and shaking her head, I just have no idea what.

WAIT it is not just a woman thing you see. When I went out to clear the snow off my car, a guy started clearing his too. I noticed a problem with the way he was doing it though, he brushed all the snow off his car to the front, whilst he had nowhere to reverse. So after he finished he tried to come forward through now 12 inches of snow, and was grinding his front bumper on it. So he got out and started angrily kicking at the snow, by the time he finished he was covered in it from head to toe, snowman anyone?.......

Big bitcoin movement next week?.

I picked up on this story this morning whilst sipping coffee, it is with regards to Russia buying $12 billion of BTC next week, to avoid sanctions, due to a stalling economy. From the source of this story below, though I have since found multiple sources all confirming the same thing.

Russia On The Verge Of Investing $10b In Bitcoin

New reports came out earlier this week claiming that the world’s 12th largest economy is on the verge of investing $10 billion into the leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin.
The rumours have come from a Russian economist and lecturer at the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in Moscow. Vladislav Ginko has said that the United States sanctions are forcing Russia to diversify.
Speaking to the Australian cryptocurrency outlet Micky, Ginko said that he believes Russia doesn’t have any other option: Full source.

I found another interesting article that relates to how the bitcoin price is tied to the US dollar, and this is a quote from that one below.

Why Bitcoin (BTC) Might Begin Its Next Uptrend A Lot Sooner Than Expected

Bitcoin (BTC) is about to enter overbought territory on the daily time frame but there is still room for an aggressive rally to the upside short term. As frequently mentioned in our previous analyses, Bitcoin (BTC) will have to retest previous market structure sooner or later. This is the best time to do that considering Bitcoin (BTC) is close to topping out short term but there is room for a rally towards $6,000. This is speaking about Bitcoin (BTC) independently but as we have seen in the past, Bitcoin (BTC) looks up to bigger markets at critical points. If EUR/USD had started a recovery instead of continuing to decline around July, 2018, we would have seen Bitcoin (BTC) do the same.

Just as the EURO showed signs of a false recovery before the fall towards its true bottom, BTC/USD also gave investors false hope around July, 2018. This is because Bitcoin (BTC) is paired to the US Dollar (USD) on most exchanges across the globe. If EUR/USD goes up, this means that the Dollar (USD) goes down and when the Dollar (USD) goes down, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) goes up. The exact same thing is happening today. The positive movement in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies we have seen over the past 24 hours has more to do with EUR/USD than the cryptocurrency market. If we look at the BTC/USD chart, we see a yearlong bear market which if followed by patterns of the past should see Bitcoin (BTC) trading sideways for a long time before any hopes of a recovery. Full source.

Both stories are worth a read.

If either of those stories ring true, we could be on for a massive rise in steem price and voting values. Since the downturn in the price of steem/btc - the 500 sp vote shrank from 5 cents to 1 cent. So any upwards movement from btc inevitably drives all other cryptos up including SBD and steem.
Fingers crossed with regards to those stories any news that is good is music to my ears.

I rate the Russia article as a 9/10 due to the fact they want to escape the US dollar and sanctions, and crypto is perfect for that. Let me know your thoughts below.

@shepz1 is off to cook food for my ladies, stay safe good people and have a superb day ahead.