My Not-so-Secret Santa gives socks, sweater, and shiny!

”Blackbirds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven

If socks and sweaters are often the Christmas gift fare of Goth or Punk Grandmas and Grandpas, the world would be alright to me. Toss in the wool Skull arm warmers and Jolly Roger fishnet stockings and with the right outfit I can arrive to work in a stylish BADASS! But, I know you’re not here to read an article out of a Gothic Living Today magazine.

What you care about is this…

This more like it, the shiny!

And first up is….

A dragon bar from the Great River Mint and likely among the last bars that came out of that mint since taking down their website earlier this year. A casualty of Covid lock-downs and the tight physical silver supply no doubt.

The Dragon almost fills the entire cloud field inside the Oriental border, the border is always a nice touch. The matte finish of this side makes it difficult to discern details and not easy to photograph. A fine portrayal of wickedly vicious looking Asian Dragon.

The back is tastefully done but I wonder why there is no identifying mark to indicate it as from the Great River Mint. No website, no records, no mintage numbers, so will this achieve Vintage status? Let’s give it ten years.

Next are something many seasoned Stackers here are familiar with.
From the Golden State Mint

Half, quarter, and tenth oz Fractional Aztec Silver Rounds

Who knew the Aztecs made change even when had no concept of money. 🤔😉

Next is a beautiful handmade Memento Mori Cross rosary necklace, a vintage Victorian inspired design with onyx beads, skull, and a filigree styled brass crucifix.

This necklace comes from a UK retailer, The Black Wardrobe , and being close to one of centers of Gothic culture they sure know their Gothic styled accessories. Now, to match it to an outfit or two.

I will have to cut this post a bit short since it’s also #hivepowerupday for one more time, And, that there are more Christmas unboxings to come and some I am still mulling about them due their personal nature. But rest assured, more is coming later.

Hive Power Up day

With the much higher Hive values I can understand the drop in actual inflow of liquid Hive.

As like many of us are likely doing is having a part of out savings in our native Stable-ish HBD Token. At an APR of 12% it’s not bad considering real inflation is about the same and far better than a Savings account in any Bank! My modest floor goal is 500 HBD and I may decide to set my payouts to 100% HP in the New Year.

This Funding of this January’s #hupd comes from the following sources;

From my HBD Savings in three tiny tranches.

20 Hive

Tip.cc Discord because sometimes you get lucky with a surprise little airdrop.

6.036 Hive

From @chronocrypto’s #utopis Project ‘Hustle’ and it just got a recent dividend upgrade too.

3.531 Hive

The New Beeswap Token and I got 4.8 BXT, if you got them, Stake them for daily rewards! And the Beeswap Exchange looks slick too.

3.046 Hive

Plus a few micro payments…
Less; Carry over 100 Liquid Hive Float leaving 32.812 Hive to Power up!

Hive Powering Up!

Before

After

And while we’re here…

Leo Powering Up!

Before

After, and done.

2021 Has been great for me on our Blockchain.

Wishing you all have a Happy Prosperous 2022 New Year on Hive.

Thank you @traciyork, @hivebuzz and a cast of generous contributors for this fun initiative of #hivepowerupday and #HivePUD. Even though I have crossed beyond the 8000 HP threshold in terms of eligibility I can still enjoy a bit of fun and participate.

And most of all, Thank You to my Not-so-Secret Santa!🎅💋

References

1. My own pictures shot with a Samsung SM-A530W P. Image under PixabayW. Wiki Commons 🌹 💀 Seasonal Page Dividers by @thekittygirl 🎃 ❄️

I work in a Health Unit. I am a Gothic Nurse. - Salutem laboro in Unit. Nonne ego sum Antiqua.