PayItForward Week 17 - My Entry
This is my entry for the Pay it Forward Contest Week 17
@thedarkhorse suggested doing a LOOK BACK post as well, but considering I just found this contest and curation initiative last week, that's not going to really accomplish anything.....
Contest overview (check the contest post for official rules.)
The Pay it Forward Contest is a way to identify users who are not quite getting the attention that they deserve and hopefully get them a little closer to their goals on Steem. The Contest was started by @darkhorse and looks like it will transition to @pifc next week (so be sure you are following both). The contest has a load of supporters:
The Basic Pay It Forward Contest Rules
- Nominate 2 bloggers
- The 2 bloggers need to be rank 55 or below
- The bloggers you nominate need to be creating quality content.
Nominations
It's going to be hard to follow up last weeks win featuring two awesome people @janton and @rentmoney, but I enjoy the Pay It Forward concept, so I'm going to try. So why do I like the PIFC, I want to show appreciation to people I have connected with or that seem to be doing a great job on steemit, but My little dust vote just doesn't cut it yet. It's one of the things I had ingrained in me to thank people, be generous, and show appreciation. My upvote my not be what I want it to be but I can put in a little work on a post like this and maybe make up for it.
I think I found some gems this week, here two steemians who are putting in the effort but may not be getting the recognition they deserve yet. One has been here for a couple months and one has only been here a couple weeks. Well, enough rambling, on to the show.
Entry #1
@hippie-witha-gun The wild and crazy, rainbow-hat wearing, gun-toting, silver loving, homesteading, activist himself... Let me warn you hippie-witha-gun is crazy, but a good kind of crazy. We've had a couple conversations, and I've had some good laughs watching him. He has also had the pleasure of meeting and being interviewed by the illustrious Papa-pepper. Hippie-witha-gun's posts are a mix of homesteading, activism, nature and pretty much what ever comes to his mind, which is always entertaining and funny.
His last post, Check out this Pandora Sphinx Caterpillar I found! is a great example of finding something that intrigued him and turning it into a post to share what he has learned, and have a little fun with. He went a little deeper on this one and did some research and found pictures of the eventual form of the Pandora Sphinx Caterpillar. The post is great, but he also engages well with his commentators, which is usually good for a few laughs.
Entry #2
@sugarcreek is an off-grid homesteader, taking care of a sizable homestead, gardening and some critters. I think I finally found someone on here that talks like people around my house. I went though several posts, and I have to say i'm impressed. She's been on the platform for about 14 day and has pulled off 16 great post and over 150 comments, Plus she uses real english in her posts, not that yankee style english most people on here use.... I don't know precisely where she lives but I figure(that's a southern word for think) she would fit in well around where I live.
Sugercreek's posts are quite a mix, some with animals, some homesteading musings, and some more personal touching caring posts. Her latest post Keeping Up on the Homestead probably fall just short of the 200 word minimum so I'm going to go to suggest her The Guinea Keets went Offgrid! post. It's a brief post about having to take over care for a bunch of keets (baby Guinea for those who don't know). She does a great job of mixing in humor, and a little personal flare to give you an idea what it takes to care for the keets, plus the keets are just plain cute.
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I supported all three of your entries. Thank you for entering
I would suggest that the comment you leave should indicate that you featured them with a link to it
Will do, I'm still learning the ropes.
Hey, wow! Thanks @coinsandchains! Long story short, I think so far outside the box that I fail to realize that I am still indeed trapped inside a box. I'm autistic too if that helps.
lol, I could see you pulling off jack sparrow. Papa-pepper's last contest even wrote the theme song for you "Steem Pirate".
HA HA yeah I saw that.
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STOPTo support your work, I also upvoted your post!
done all supports you needed for the featured bloggers.. really love to read homesteader post.. always something new to find out and enjoy their posts. do you think the second blogger purple weed is echinea or corns flower? never seen one.. so I can't decide even though there's so many picture available on google. Best Regards!
anyway.. next time you can include the link to your post while commenting on your featured bloggers, you can edit the first comment or just add another reply on it. that's the best way I've learned to let the featured bloggers know.
Thanks @cicisaja, will do, both know now, so I think I'm good for this week. On the flower, I don't think it's a coneflower, It looks a little closer to the daisy family, but I'm not sure what it is.
Absolutely.. you're doing really good, hope that you'll win again😉. Well... sometimes we need to dig some information from selected website to find out what it is. Thanks anyway for your information.. I will check on my weed collection articles too.
@coinsandchains I am so humbled! Admittedly a little overwhelmed learning the ropes but the outpouring of support is so amazing and humbling. I'm actually very shy and private so making the decision to post my life on Steemit took me about a year. Lol thank y'all so much from my humble homestead down here in beautiful Tennessee, USA.
It was my pleasure, yes there is a steep learning curve here. Hopefully, this will help get you over the initial hump and on your way. LOL, I have to go up to Tenn., I'm about 30 minutes southeast of Copperhill TN.
I do not know that town what is it close to
Cleveland is probably the closest, it is basically where TN, NC and GA meet.
Oh OK east TN we are closer to Memphis
You aren't far from us. We are in northwest Arkansas.
Hop skip and a jump. Lol
Hello @coinsandchains , thank you for featured the 2 bloggers .. didn't make any comments there because I really like the pictures and done Upvote. have a great day
thanks, I know the feeling of not having the time.... didn't get anything done on here yesterday.
Thanks for your entry. All bloggers have been upvoted and you also got a 100% upvote from @pifc.
Thank you for hosting the contest, it's my pleasure to participate.
Thank you for hosting
The contest, it's my pleasure
To participate.
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Those look like great features! I am headed off to check them out right now.
great, they both seem like good people, thanks for stopping by their posts.
Thank you so much for joining us again @coinsandchains!! Your participation is greatly appreciated.
I enjoy it, it's a lot of fun and helps people at the same time, what more could you ask for.
Thank you for your entry @coinsandchains!
No, thank you for helping to get this contest going and continuing to support it. I love the initiative, and the idea of helping others.
Aww that's nice @coinsandchains, thank you! It's great to see so many joining in too and obviously finding value in it!