By tomorrow the first payouts on the new system will start and things will be moving to the new normal. It hasn’t been all that bad, potential payouts are showing smaller than they were but are gradually increasing as we were told they were.

Yesterday I wrote about my dad as it would have been his 93rd birthday this past Sunday. You can read that post here.

Onward to today’s rambling

[Gig Reflections] Played to over 600 people for a live taping of an Emmy-winning late-night talk show!

@jessamynorchard shares the experience of performing live in front of 600 people for the first time.

Easter Eggs - Colored by my Chickens.

I have a friend who has a hobby farm and I sometimes buy my eggs from them. When I open the carton instead of the all white or all brown that you get in the stores, my eggs are a range of colours. @whatsup writes about how that range of colour on eggs is produced.

The 17 Most Creative Ways People Have Turned Boring Signs Into Something Hilarious

I don’t know about hilarious but some of these are pretty cute.

Growing Spicy Gold - The Magic World of Jalapeños & Friends

@surfermarly writes about her family growing hot peppers and the growing world-wide market.

Limerick Contest Week One. Ned. The Winners and Grinners.

@writing-trail posts the winners of their limerick contest. Congrats to the winners.

Look what I found at the local Goodwill...

@jrcornel shares his delight at finding a gem of a game at the Goodwill store. There is a catch though, his family doesn’t have the knowledge to play that he does, so they wont play. He has a plan though.

Meme of the Day! It's Forrest Gump discussing STEEMIT strategy!

Not many of the many memes posted on the platform catch my attention but I like this one. I think it is pretty cute.

My photorealistic works!!

It often fascinates me the talent that some artistic people display. @neonartist shares shots of his artistic process in recreating a photo with airbrushing. Great work.

User's Chain #11: Adding Another Creative, Positive, Engaging and Dedicated Contributor to the Chain.

I crossed paths with the User Chain again today. I’m really glad I did. @hanshotfirst chose @rigaronib for the next link in the chain and what a good choice he is. I've seen some of his material but was surprised to find that I've not yet followed him. So, I fixed that today.

Wrap-up on Day #89

Well, today was a wet spring day. After the drought we had last summer, I really appreciate the need for lots of spring rain. It's just that the rain makes the day rather dark and dreary. Guess we can't have it both ways.

In exploring through posts today, I got rather frustrated by the number of posts with really long paragraphs or no spacing between them, so, I wrote a quick post about the importance of paragraphs and good spacing in a post. It just makes it so much nicer for your reader and what you post really is about your reader.

With the limits on posting being removed I'm seeing a big increase in people doing posts that are just a photo or just a video embedded. There is a lot to see on the platform, if you can't take the time to explain even briefly why the photo matters or what it represents to you or why the video is worth watching, well, I'm moving on. Lots more to see.

Still Pending Posts

I hope you enjoyed reading my post. Below are the posts still pending payout as of the time of the writing. I invite you to visit the posts and upvote them if you like them:

Steemit Ramble #86 — payout Apr. 5th
Steemit Ramble #87 — payout Apr. 6th
Steemit Ramble #88 — payout Apr. 6th
Happy Birthday Dad, Where Ever You May Be — payout Apr. 10th
Paragraphs People! Use Paragraphs — payout Apr. 11th