oh you know just some bits n pieces, bit of an explanation, that sort of thing..............

hiya lovely ssg friends!

ok it goes like this; recently my main goal was to get up to the next level tier in ssg delegation thingy, and luckily I manged it, was quite proud of meself I was, however it left me with 0.36 RC

not a worry I knew I would get it back up soon and so I am apologising to all those who have commented and I have not been able to answer, also sorry for my lack of commenting lately soon my rc will be back to normal, I have powered up constantly, however it is not quite there yet though it is much healthier :) it's just now I have to factor in playing on the battlefield :) my love for the steemmonsters grows daily :) and so it is taking a little longer to get it back than I first anticipated :)
in order to not appear terribly impolite I am going to answer comments here if I try to answer them all as comments what little rc will go down and I will not be able to rest until I have replied to people I was brought up with a strong sense of manners
dear @dfinney In August I was just at the Pirate Museum in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.........
thank you my lovely friend for visiting me and I am impressed and slightly jealous i love museums and have filled my kids whole childhood with every museum i could find and this one is brilliant and you got to see the actual bone and shoe! i have museum envy right now :) have a wonderful day my friend much respect to you

dear @ronaldoavelino Excellent story! So young to die, but it was his wish. A pity... thank you i appreciate your kind words and your support have a wonderful day respect

dear @thedamus Great piece of history! It was all new to me — y’Arrrr! :) i love hearing from you mr damus you always bring a smile to my face, huge thank you for your contnued support i appreciate it thank you for visitng much respect to you

my dearest @kerrislravenhill Wow, if I were his neighbor's kid I could have played Pirate...... hiya lovely friend always good to hear from you and yup i love adventures and would have been right there with you as a mum it worries me to see such a young one in such a situation but as an adventurer i can imagine the sea and the pirating and the fun :) thank you for your support i really appreciate it my respect to you

dear @stokjockey I am a Big Fan of Pirate Sunday especially Great Blogs about Adventure me too i love piratesunday damn good idea and i work hard on the posts try to find as interesting as i can soon as my rc returns to normal i can get back in full flow much respect to you

dearest @kerrislravenhill A sweet little pendant, maybe you should look into having a dolphin symbol as your personal stamp mark, as almost every Pourer has his or her identifying mark. hiya many thanks for this and you are completely right i had toyed with the idea and have started stamping the back of of them with a v for velveteen but now you mention it i would like to have something a bit more i dont know but something :) i have put my thinking cap on and so far i have messed bout with a fluer de lys and a v still havent got a complete thing sure i will though, thank you for your kind words i really appreciate your support my full respect to you

dear @fat-elvis Thats a nice pendant! good job hiya my friend good to hear from you have left messages for you on discord thank you for your lovely comment i really appreciate it much respect to you my friend

dear @ronaldoavelino A beautiful piece. Congrats. thank you for your kind words my friend i appreciate you have supported me from the first day of my joining ssg a huge thank you i hope you have a wonderful day respect

dear @thedamus “Handmade” deffo has its charms 😁 nice work beckieg 👍 thank you mr damus and to me handcrafted is the best i buy handcrafted before i buy coins :) hope you have an excellent day much respect to you

phew! managed to get evryone I think if anyone is missing please just say and I will reply

now on to a little explanation, recently I noticed that a few on here have been under the wrong impression about me, for those who maybe didn't see or read my early posts or who didn't know me then I have to say........I am not a pourer I explained back at the beginning in one of my 'oh my i just watched dixie pour i want to make silver' rather enthusiastic posts though it was all months ago now, that I am disabled (its not something i like to talk about really it doesnt identify me as a person its just the reason why i cannot pour ) and so therefor I am not able to pour I would love to and was greatly inspired by dixiesilverminer it was watching their videos that made me want to create silver stuff but I have limited functionality in my limbs more specifically my left arm is just there to look good :) the holding or carrying of things it is not so keen on, so I had to find another way, I use prometheus and it's expensive, it's a lot of hard work, more finishing required, and very fiddly, because of these reasons I do not promote using it, apart from anything it is the most expensive way to create silver stuff believe me pouring would be cheaper , easier and I could do bigger pieces, so I watch still with a quiet envy those who can pour , however in saying I must point out I am glad it exists and will continue to buy it as for someone in my position it offers a way of still following my dreams so I am very grateful for that, I just don't feel good recommending something thats expensive and really good for someone like me, I have tried thinking of all ways to make it safe for me to pour but as of yet have not really found a suitable method, so there you go for all those that think I pour i don't I would love to but I have to work within what I can physically do.

and now for something completely different......... well not completely it's still silver :) so for those of you still reading I have a little surprise :) before xmas I had been entertaining the idea of having my own little giveaway, I lacked the confidence to go ahead then but thanks to the kind words or @silversaver888 I feel a tad more confident now, I also wanted it to be something that required no input at all from others :) as in I didn't want to post about it as I didn't want people to have to comment, vote etc and I love secrets so I decided to have my very own SSG :) as in my own super secret giveaway :) so secret it wil not be revealed the method I chose for the winner all I will say is; it was fun :)
so without further ado I shall show you the prize:

the skull and two hearts are crafted by myself and are of course 999 silver, the beads are genuine amethyst, moonstone, and the moons are howlite, I only ever use genuine gems or sometimes I either make beads or will buy some beads if they are particularly beautiful, it is the second of my skull series and wasn't featured in a post because it was meant for the giveaway, and now for the bit you have all been waiting for :)
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the winner is:
@kerrislravenhill yay! woohoo! and other excited exclamations! the room fills with ticker tape! my dearest kerris would you please contact me on discord so I can arrange sending you your gift, a huge thank you for supporting me and for showing true friendship and kindness I hope you like your gift!

hope everyone has a wonderful day!