Your art is beautiful and vibrant as always Donna. 

Something you said in this blog has really hit home for me:

> online life can be not only a time stealer, but can make one feel 'odd'. Feelings of covetousness or the Fear Of Missing Out etc. All of that, which IS built into the system, is just not my bag, so I unplug.

I got a post written this morning and I feel much more positive having the rest of the day to focus on the real world. I think I may try your mode of work myself for a while and see how it suits. My biggest problem is that inspiration for writing doesn't always appear on demand... but I'm getting better at letting it flow 🙂

Those coy carp in the painting are so calming. Thanks for sharing your gift.

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I'm  having trouble getting onto Steemit since this morning and I also had an issue uploading a post on Ntopaz today. Maybe it's better if I breath some fresh air today :D lol
Beautiful artwork, dear Donna!

I love this design, it is so cool, the lovely soft shades and the feeling of flow of the fish

And yes last night and even this morning Steemit has been giving me so any errors its quite frustrating t try and get anything done
Like this comment, trying for a third time 

I love this design, it is so cool, the lovely soft shades and the feeling of flow of the fish

And yes last night and even this morning Steemit has been giving me so any errors its quite frustrating t try and get anything done
Like this comment, trying for a third time 

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I heard Steemit was one of the social platform that got targeted by the DDOS attack. Some people probably think it's hilarious when they make website stops working? O_o;;

I like the design of this picture :).

Love the mermaid sketch AND the fish phone case....really looks good especially for summer. 

So, your note about how amazon hosts most of the internet and Steemit - my brain exploded over this!  This upsets my apple cart big time...I thought that Steemit at least was free of feeding the google/amazon/facebook greed cycle. Sigh, very depressing and I'm also glad I know, thanks for bringing this to light.

I din't notice the 'off' day, as I was busily processing photos offline and such.  But it is a bit scary, and unfortunately shows how reliant we are on all of this in daily life, when it DOES go down. And I suppose it isn't 'if' but 'when', when someone really takes a lot down for a long time.  Though on the flip side, I sure do love being on here. Creating and talking with friends. It has become a large piece of my not-that-exciting, which is OK with me, life.   
I enjoyed your fish in a bowl analogy. So apropos.  I vote on becoming a Plecostomus myself, if I do have a choice in the matter.  Used to love those doobers in my aquarium years back.  I also greatly enjoyed your lady with a fish tail.  Your whimsy always tickles my laugh bones.  Well, I hope this finds you happy and well. So glad you are finally back at 'The Hall'.  Though I am bummed you said you might re-name it.  Though I often seem to be stuck in the past in life. So maybe it's a good thing. 
Cheers and a nice Friday night, my friend.  And enjoy your gardening, hope it's coming to fruition.

It is true about the oddness that enters your life with social media. Sometimes I just fell wrong. Hard to explain what it really is causing it.