Welcome to the Pay It Forward Curation Contest, sponsored by the PIFC community you will find at @pifc! There you will "meet" a dedicated group of fellow Steemians hard at work on a weekly contest. Our goal is to find and encourage under-valued contributors of great content to our Steem blockchain.

To be selected, your post needs to have a minimum of 200 words of high quality, original content. And your reputation cannot be above 55. Pretty simple!

If you are reading this, perhaps we are looking for or have already found you. 😊

So, let's get started! My two entries for this week are:

Selection #1: ⭐ @alphaccino.art (454.894 SP) ⭐

Do you ever find yourself looking at something and admiring talent you know you don't really have? In looking for selections this week, the picture on this post "grabbed me" and pulled me in and that was my first thought. Great photographic skills!

So, my first selection - @alphaccino.art - is writing to us about plants in her Photography | Aloe Duckeri (Ep1) post. She really enjoys writing about plants and is very good as both describing them and photographing them.

One image from this post:

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What is this beautiful plant, in the "land down under?"

"Anyhoo, the plant I've featured in my photos today is one that grows abundantly in my front garden. It's called Aloe Duckeri and it grows so well in fact that last winter I must have pulled up at least half of them and it hardly even made a dent in the patch."

These photos are just the beginning, as she is putting together a series:

"This post will be the first of a series, containing four sets of images showing the various stages as the flower develops."

I think you will really enjoy reading this first one.

In her introductory post, we learn how her account name came to be. A mix of two of her favorites - coffee and dogs! What's not to like there? 😊

She is a native Australian and working steadily to create her own sustainable income. I would encourage to read more about this new Steemian, how she came to our Steem blockchain, and her aspirations for the future.

Since starting in August, @alphaccino.art has been steadily generating very nice content. Overall, a fellow Steemian well worth supporting!

Selection #2: ⭐ @juliamulcahy (45.626 SP) ⭐

A recent post of mine was based on a family story around the idea of "the road less traveled." So, in the Steem version, "out on the curation trail," looking for the unusual, both the title and the picture associated with my next selection caught my eye.

Glad it did!

So, my second selection - @juliamulcahy - is writing to us about ... words! Ohhh, you might be thinking I don't have time for this, but please trust me. You would be making a mistake. The Little Voice - Bringing a Light to the Word is definitely worth reading!

One image from this post:

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Here is an example of how she describes "meeting" one of her favorite dictionaries:

"However, I am also rather partial to my other dictionary, and we've been friends since 2004. I remember when I first cast my eyes on her. She was sitting there bold as brass on the bookshelf in the Owl Bookshop in Kentish Town, just daring me to take a peek inside."

Very creative! But, she's just getting started ... She gets more "creative" ... 😉 ... still, but I don't want to spoil it, so you'll definitely want to "stop in" and read her post for yourself.

In her introductory post, a short time ago, she describes herself as a "people watcher" and was a little unsure about how to go about introducing herself. If you read it, though, I think you agree she did just fine!

As a nice bonus, this was an opportunity to become reacquainted with this new Steemian. I had a brief exchange with @juliamulcahy soon after she joined our Steem blockchain. It was very nice to "see" her again and encouraging to me to see how well she is doing. For example, she has already won a Curie award for "exceptional content!"

@juliamulcahy is a very good writer and has already made some very nice contributions to increasing the value of our Steem blockchain. Again, an under-valued fellow Steemian well worth supporting!

Thank you for investing your time to read through this post. If you haven't already, please visit the posts highlighted above and encourage these fellow Steemians in their efforts.

A big “shout out” and a sincere “thank you” to our judges for this week’s contest - @thedarkhorse, @tryskele, @headchange, and @viking-ventures! And to our great sponsors - @thehoneys, @bengy, @andrewharland, @el-nailul, @stever82, and @thedarkhorse!

All the best to you for a better tomorrow, as we all work together to build our Steem Community! 👍 😊

Respectfully,

Steemian @roleerob

Posted using SteemPeak and “immutably enshrined in the blockchain” on Tuesday, 27 November 2018!

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Interested to know how I found this community and why I support it? The following post tells you the story:

• Chapter Two: My “Journey” and the Pay It Forward Community
  
  

If you have found this post to be of interest, the PIFC team would love to have you join us. Here are some posts to help you in making your decision:

• @PIFC's 1st Post: The beginning of a Steem movement flowing from the tireless efforts of @thedarkhorse and all of those who consistently and faithfully work alongside him to build up our Steem blockchain.
• @PIFC's Latest Update Post: The "latest word" on how well this movement is doing, through the eyes of @thedarkhorse, along with details about the judges and curators helping make it happen!
• @PIFC's Latest Financial Post: For transparency and accountability, the latest from @thedarkhorse on the @pifc account's financial status.
• @viking-ventures' post on Curation: Help from one of the dedicated PIFC team members on writing great Steem content.

Entries from previous weeks:

• Week 23
• Week 24
• Week 25
• Week 26 Then Boom! HF20 impact edition …
• Week 26
• Week 30
• Week 32

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