HiveDiscoMod Curation Highlights July 16, 2025

Image Generated Using Meta AI Oh, my goodness! The wedding was actually doomed the moment the bride's expensive wig suddenly caught fire. It wasn't symbolic. No! ...

A slow, romantic song was playing as I wiped down the kitchen counters. I swiped off all the flour, dough bits and sugar grains into the trash bin I held with my other hand. Samuel dried off the last dish and set it up in the cabinet above him. He turned to me as he took off apron ...

English Berto “President Berto, you finally did it. Congratulations! ” His assistant shook his hand. “Finally ...

It’s easy to say “Be strong. Keep fighting”. But to actually live it — day after day, year after year — takes a kind of courage most people will never understand. Especially if you’re a mother of six, carrying the weight of everyone’s dreams on your shoulders ...

Greetings to all those lovely people who take a few minutes of their time to read my posts, and also my warmest regards to the Top Family community that brings us this excellent contest, and to all those who take the time to participate and comment on other participants' entries. Don't change your mind, we love you. Saludos a todas esas lindas personas que dedican unos minutos de su tiempo para leer mis post y también mis más cordiales saludos a la comunidad de Top Family que nos brinda este excelente concurso de y para todos aquellos que se toman el tiempo de participar y comentar las entradas de los demás participantes, nunca cambien se les quiere. The following image belongs to the contest and to @lanzjoseg ...

I still can't believe it happened. Our first international trip as a family. Just saying that out loud makes me feel proud. It was me, Hannah, and our little baby Ethan ...

Hoy, al terminar el servicio de la escuela dominical en la iglesia, todos los miembros de la fe presentes se miraron y dijeron: ¿Qué haremos el domingo 20 de julio, ya que es el Día del Niño? La pregunta resonó en el salón, y los niños curiosos también se miraron con alegría, ya que cada año en la iglesia celebramos ese día como un momento especial para fortalecer el bienestar de los niños y asegurar que puedan seguir creciendo en un ambiente de paz y armonía con sus padres y todos los que los cuidan. En Venezuela, el Día del Niño se celebra cada tercer domingo de julio, y esta fecha es precisamente el 20 de julio. Es precisamente un momento para honrar a nuestros pequeños y seguir contribuyendo a su bienestar, donde es valioso e interesante ver cómo los niños continúan desarrollándose y fortaleciéndose física, mental y emocionalmente ...

/ Saludos amigos Español Hoy es uno de esos días buenos para hablar de esos momentos que tienden a sacar lo peor de nosotros, pero que con mucha paciencia logramos no ceder al enojo y guiandome por la temática de nuestra amiga @charjaim quiero hacer mi participación porque como todos también paso por momentos de estrés e incomodidades que fácilmente pueden sacarme de mis casillas, así que sin más preámbulo espero se entretengan con mi experiencia en " Tragos amargos, ¿a qué le das permiso para que saque lo peor de ti"? Resulta que en esta vida no estamos exentos de pasar algún trago amargo, bien sea en nuestro sitio de trabajo, estudio, incluso en nuestro hogar, pero como todo, debemos buscar la manera de controlar nuestras emociones o terminaremos recubiertos de mucho cortisol, la hormona del estrés, así que una de mis experiencias trata sobre mi día a día dónde tengo que ver a muchas niñas sin recibir carácter de sus madres, vivo cerca de una escuela y como bien saben a diario se ve mucho lo que es el bullying y yo pensaba que esto me afectaría si se trataba solo de mi hija pero ahora veo que no es así. / He tenido que ver cómo atropellan verbalmente a algunas niñas y esto hace que en mi sucedan cosas incontrolables, tanto que me ha provocado en ocasiones llegar hasta donde están éstas chicas y darles su merecido, pero entiendo que muchas de ellas están carentes de educación, así que respiro hondo y me dirijo a alguna de ellas para conseguir que me expliquen lo que sucede y no sé aún como lo hago pero terminan disculpándose con la chica agredida. No les voy a negar que al principio siento mucha impotencia y hasta llego fuera ...

Saludos amigos de Holos&lotus, muchas felicidades @charjaim por este nuevo aniversario de Esa Vida Nuestra Tragos amargos, ¿a qué le das permiso para que saque lo peor de ti? Hay muchas situaciones o actitudes de otras personas que pueden provocar reacciones de rabia, tristeza e impotencia y  como reaccionemos a esos sentimientos determina no solo lo que puede ocurrir posteriormente sino también y muy importante como se afecta nuestro equilibrio emocional. Hay dos cosas que a mi me afectan mucho, y como dice la iniciativa pueden sacar lo peor de mí, una es la injusticia por el abuso de poder y otra es la maldad hacia un ser indefenso. Ante estas situaciones he reaccionado en el pasado, cuando era aún muy joven, de manera no controlada ...

The best part of this hike was the incredible reflections bouncing off the lake. The conditions were nearly perfect for this. Zero wind, and mostly sunny skies, although a bit of smoke in the air from distant forest fires. This here lake is called Yankee lake, and it is one of three lakes we hit during this loop hike ...

Adding some depth. As seen in Zaandam, the Netherlands ...

Hail to the Hive! My wife, best mate and now fellow Captain @millycf1976 has recently stepped up and took control of the tiller on the narrowboat and learned to drive our floating home. My absence from hive was also an absence from being able to move the boat and thus my beautiful wife stepping up to bat as it were to get things done. I’ve always been quietly amazed at her attitude towards doing new things and in doing so putting in 110% in all she does ...

One of the things that is definitely going to get under your skin pretty quickly about living in Da Nang, which is a lovely city, is that quiet is at a premium. Everything is so noisy here and that seems to be the default. There are rules against noise pollution and I have actually seen police officers stop a car and slap around a guy that was driving around with an advertisement truck that had big speakers on it. This much is good, but I think that only happened because it was a commercial vehicle ...

Since a couple of weeks I've been posting updates of my weekly cycling stats. This forces me to look at the progress of my yearly goal (cycling 5000 kilometers) on a weekly basis. I'm quite far behind of my schedule because of my long term injury earlier this year, but I'm working hard to catch up! In these blogs I'll also share tome highlights of my tours ...

Hi Hivers On this beautiful day I was very excited to go to a beautiful place even though I had to fight with the drizzle on my journey today, the beautiful place I visited was a meunasah called Meunasah Gampong Ulee Pulo, Dewantara District. Although the weather was cloudy today, the view I enjoyed when I first arrived at this meunasah was truly breathtaking. From the outside, the meunasah was striking because of its unique gate design. The gate is flanked by two large Acehnese kupiah (traditional Javanese traditional hats) on the right and left, making the gate look truly beautiful ...

I was once asked why I photograph religious ceremonies and rituals if I'm an atheist. Well, first, I'm not an atheist; I'm agnostic. And this doesn't mean I'm not interested in documenting experiences that represent views entirely different from, and even contrary to, my own. In fact, it's better that way, because it opens my eyes and takes me out of my comfort zone ...

They say good things come in small packages (like perfume in a tiny vial), so this post will be rather short — though that hardly means it was effortless to put together. Just picture it: I woke at 6 a.m., and by 8... 🤭 the passion was in full swing. But let’s press pause for a moment, shall we? ...

Aceh's natural beauty is endless when it comes to exploring. Besides its beautiful beaches, the verdant mountains are also a draw. On one occasion, I visited one of the rivers in the interior of Aceh. The Keureto River is one of the rivers that provides water for the North Aceh region of Aceh province ...

Hello everyone! I noticed this beautiful contest organized by @melinda010100: \ Photo essay Red contest and I just couldn’t resist joining in! So I started looking around for something red to photograph and submit to the contest. Luckily, my wife came to the rescue, she was about to prepare some oven roasted vegetables, including red bell peppers ...