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Hello Hive!!!

Jumping into the Hive community as I switch over from Steem, where I was formally known as @steemydave.   I figured I'd change my name in the spirit of this awesome new community and dropped the "steem" part.   Henceforth, I shall be known as the simple, friendly and approachable @hidave.  

For folks that haven't met me before I enjoy writing articles on Astronomy, my adventures traveling the South Pacific and a few humble attempts at SciFi writing.  I grew up in Los Angeles but spend most my time with my fiance and son in a small rural outback town in Queensland, Australia.  When im not in Australia i spend my time helping my parents in rural South Carolina.  Previously I was a part of the @teamaustralia community and look forwards to being a part of that community here at Hive.  Speaking of which, here are some fun facts about me for teamaustralia.  When I first arrived in Australia an orbweaver spider to the face caused me to leap backwards five feet where I landed hard on my butt, much to my fiance's laughter.  Also, I've seen on more than one occasions UFOs. 

Interestingly, I'm a professional landscaper specializing in tropical gardens but strangely I haven't written much about that topic here before.  Well, with the launch of Hive I plan on doing much more of just that and participating more in the gardening community here.  

Speaking of here.  I wouldn't be here if it weren't for my awesome and amazingly talented fiance @kaelci.  She is my inspiration and the one that encouraged me to start posting.   I have many thanks to give to her and am forever immensely proud of her.  
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<sub> @hidave @kaelci and our little boy </sub>

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In the next few weeks I'll be continuing with my Astronomy articles and posts in which I'll be contributing to the Astronomy community here at Hive. The community is founded by Astrophysicists, astronomers and astrophotographers and is the place to be if you have any interest or curiosity in all things space.

https://peakd.com/c/hive-184554/created

 I already have a few that I'm doing the finishing touches on.  Below are a few links to my prior posts on that subject under my old name steemydave.  A bit of a warning all of my posts tend to be chock full of pictures. Big colourful pictures! 

https://peakd.com/astronomy/@steemydave/the-hunter-and-the-boy
https://peakd.com/astronomy/@steemydave/a-surreal-nebular-safari-in-the-southern-skies
https://peakd.com/astronomy/@steemydave/the-mystery-of-the-celestial-guest
https://peakd.com/astronomy/@steemydave/the-leviathan-within

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Recently I started up a little series on a recent adventure in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu.  Its a colourful collection of beaches, flowers and local life.  But I especially focus on the sea life and various snorkeling expeditions I take. 
https://peakd.com/palnet/@steemydave/island-adventures-with-dave-day-1
https://peakd.com/photography/@steemydave/island-adventures-with-dave-day-2
https://peakd.com/photography/@steemydave/island-adventures-with-dave-day-3
https://peakd.com/travel/@steemydave/island-adventures-with-dave-day-4

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Recently I've tried my hand at SciFi writing.  Mainly to better understand the efforts my fiance @kaelci goes through to create her fiction which is so much better than mine.   I have deep respect for all the creative writers out there on Hive and plan to start following many of you.  One thing I've discovered is writing is not easy.  

Anyways, I started a SciFi series called Starswift as a testbed to get some of my ideas down in a story form.   I plan on rewriting the series in the future now that I've gotten a better idea of where I want to go with it and the stories characters.  Although I have eight chapters or so, here's a link to the first one that started off the series. 

https://peakd.com/fiction/@steemydave/starswift

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I have a few other projects I'm currently working on for future series of posts.  One is chronicaling the development of a vegetable garden I'm putting together for my neighborhood.  Since many of us are stuck at home with the current situation I figured why not create a community garden for the families on my street.  I've just started with the prep work for the planting beds but will be posting updates as I go along in the future weeks.  

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And last before I finish off this long introductory post, I plan on supporting the creative worldbuilding community here on Hive. 

https://peakd.com/c/hive-191038/created

@worldbuilder has put together a fantastic community of creative members who encourage each other to showcase our imaginations and the imaginary worlds we design.  At the worldbuilding community you can upload anything from maps of fantasy ruins, temples and mythical kingdoms to even deck plans for your next starship. 


Finally, I'd like to take the time to thank everyone who got Hive up and running.  You guys did it so fast, and smoothly.  Hive looks fantastic.  I think Peakd.com deserves a huge shout out also for taking the initiative to get such a fabulous front end up and running for Hive.  Peakd runs so flawlessly on my tablet.  Thank you guys! 

Wishing everybody here in the Hive community success and long live Hive!  


Best, 

Hidave (formally steemydave)

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All photos by hidave except the following;
NASA/ESA/Space Telescope Sciance Institute via Wikipedia.com (cc0)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpler_14

One image from pixabay.com