OCD's support is expanding!

Hello everyone! This is the 1224th compilation post of OCD's latest curation efforts. It has been known that OCD has been supporting leading niche communities under its Community Incubation Program. However, there are still a lot of other niche communities not supported by OCD. This curation initiative will help in supporting those communities.

This newest curation effort aims to encourage authors to post in appropriate communities even if those communities are not under the incubation program. This will also encourage users to explore more into the different communities in Hive.

OCD curators and community leaders will find posts from other niche communities and recommend them for an upvote. Unlike those communities in the incubation program where curation is focused, this curation initiative is spread out. This will help find undervalued posts from smaller communities that deserve support.

This will highlight both the author and the community where the post is located. This way, smaller niche communities can focus on growing their subscribers and increasing the engagements within their respective communities. A small boost goes a long way.

Speaking of boost, here are the curated posts for this batch:

It turns out that I didn't have bedside tables or nightstands, whatever you call them, and it was a headache and quite uncomfortable to have creams next to the bed, on the floor. So I urgently needed something to place them next to the bed and solve that problem. I went online to look for something that would be good, nice and cheap, since my budget was not very high. So I looked for options with melamine, and there was not much variety, and their prices were very high. So I kept looking, and I got some nice but old tables. Besides, the color didn't match anything I had at home since they were brown.

Particularly, I have been pleasantly surprised with beautiful details made by some friends using upcycling. A technique that undoubtedly contributes to the welfare of the planet, to the economy and to the satisfaction that some of us feel when we are flattered by a humble but full of love gift. However, I am a total failure with upcycling. First of all I have a very bad memory, so what I save to supposedly reuse at a later date gets so badly stored that over the years it's no longer useful. Simple I occupy for years a space that detracted harmony to my environment.

People say that the color green means "Hope" right? This week I need to remember this word a lot, and since sometimes it becomes complicated to do so when circumstances get difficult, I decided to start this week with this color to fill myself with all the hopeful vibes.

They also say that connecting with nature is a way to focus on the now and all that we have here around us that God and life has given us, but I haven't been out much lately except for some medical exams, so I haven't been able to connect much.

It turns out that we were going to make a few little things to distribute in the boxes, my sister made some fritters, my mom some coquettes, my aunt some panetelas, in short, a series of little things to fill the children's boxes, although the economic situation is a little bad, we tried to do our best so that everything would be more or less fine.

About three months ago I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, or pregnancy diabetes. This means I have to watch what I eat, particularly when it comes to sugars and carbs. But to my delight I found this lovely recipe that is completely diabetes proof! Though, to be fair, anyone who enjoys pancakes will enjoy this recipe!

Just now, I realized that one of my issues with producing content here is that I've set myself for writing only medium-length pieces. I rarely have so much to write about that I can end up with 2,000 words in a single post, but for some reason I feel uncomfortable putting out only 400-500 words too. Most of my posts are about 700-1,000 words for this reason and this is sometimes troublesome because I force myself to fill a quota of words when everything I could say the same thing I wanted to say for less investment. It's just odd to write in short-form here.

Today I bring you and teach you how to prepare a delicious brownie with cocoa and candied fruits! If you are a lover of intense desserts, full of essence and flavor, like us, here I present this delight. Every bite of this mixture will envelop you, as the cocoa powder brings its distinctive chocolate flavor, while the candied fruits add a perfect touch that beautifully balances the sweetness of this dessert, this brownie has a crunchy crust on top and inside very soft with a delicious flavor.

I hope you are well and that you had a good Monday. This time I share the step by step to make a beautiful flower-themed pencil holder. For those who follow my post and those who don't, I've always loved organizers, so whenever I can I share one and make a new one for my collection, haha. Pencil holders are a very easy organizer to make and we can literally make it for any theme, and there is a wide variety of materials that we can use for its base, such as: cans, paper rolls, containers, etc. Everything leads us to the same, recycle one or more materials depending on how we want to do it.

For today I bring you a series of different murals along a whole wall, that I got in some residences near the place where I live. As you can see they are of long date, being one of them in its central part covered with another one of a different style, perhaps when observing the deterioration they wanted to cover it a little by adding this other one.

In this blog post, I want to take a moment to reflect on my journey here. It's been a year already, but I can still remember how nervous I was when I clicked that 'Publish' button for the very first time. I clearly remembered how I prepared for that introduction post! I'm glad I did it anyway.

In my twelve months of staying here, Hive has become my go-to place, the place where I can unleash my thoughts and share the memories I want to cherish. And the best part is, I've met some of the most amazing people along the way.

This concludes this batch's curation report. We would like to congratulate those who are featured and supported. Keep up the good work and continue to explore Hive Communities.