Thankful Thursday

It’s Thankful Thursday hosted by Brian of Brian’s Home. He wants us to post what we’re thankful for.

I think it’s a good thing to do each week. Focus on the positive things in our lives.

Make sure you link up to the Blog Hop at Brian’s Home and get the code to put on your blog. Then visit all the participants.

Today I’m thankful for the wonderful gift hubby and I bought for each other. We’re not much for knick knacks, but we fell in love with this. We find ourselves watching it for a long periods of time. Mesmerizing.

The rotation of a Mova globe is driven by magnetism and a photoelectric mechanism powered by light. There are actually two spheres. The outer one is an acrylic shell, inside which a second sphere is suspended in liquid. This inner sphere is covered with a graphic design, such as land masses and water of the Earth. There is about ¼-inch of liquid in between, which has about the same density as the inner sphere, so the interior sphere floats with exactly the same amount of liquid on each side.

A magnet within the inner sphere is aligned with the Earth’s real magnetic field. This process is the same as that with a compass. The magnet, in turn, is situated within a photoelectric drive system powered by photovoltaic cells, which are also located inside the inner sphere. The pigment in the graphic design allows light to pass through, which hits the solar cells and allows the mechanism to harvest energy from the light. This energy is used to power the drive mechanism. Source: Sciencing.com

What are you thankful for today?


1. Brian’s Home
2. Eastside Cats
3. Animal Shelter Life
4. Messymimi
5. It’s a Snap!
6. Dash Kitten
7. Zoolatry
8. Max: Dog Art
9. Shelter Cats
10. My GBGV Life
11. Sognafaret
12. A Shutterbug
13. FriendsFurEver
14. 15andmeowing
15. Comedy Plus
16. Milo Moments
17. Kitties Blue
18. Friendship Friday
19. Loulou
20. Catscue
21. Flowers
22. The OP Pack
23. Layla’s Woof
24. Midweek News
25. Friday Fluffers

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50 Comments on “Thankful Thursday”

    • We hadn’t seen it either until we went lighting for our bathrooms. 🙂

    • We love it and we stare at it often. You have a wonderful day. 🙂

    • I love it when we can turn off the AC and open the windows too. 🙂

  1. That’s pretty cool. What a nice thing to be able to watch and it is relaxing too.

  2. Memories of Eric and Flynn – I started this blog to show my holiday photos but haven't added to it for so long, but you can see my other holiday photos at https://allatseawithme.blogspot.com My main blog is my cat blog at https://twodevoncats.blogspot.com
    Memories of Eric and Flynn

    What a lovely gift to each other! It is fascinating to watch.

    • We love it and it was a great gift to each other. Have a great day, Jackie. 🙂

    • They are most fascinating to watch. Very soothing. 🙂

  3. Your globe is much more interesting that the glow-in-the-dark blow-up globe that we have!

  4. terrible storm last night, thankful we weathered it without damage.

    • I’m thankful that you didn’t have any damage. Great news. 🙂

    • They are a bit pricey, but worth it. No batteries or power needed. 🙂

    • It’s most fun to watch. Thank you for hosting the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. 🙂

  5. Eugi – Atlanta Ga – A Pushcart Prize nominee in 2025, my poetry appears in twelve anthologies, and my work is published across six platforms, inclusive of WordPress, PoetrySoup, Spillwords, BlueSky, Mastodon, and Tumblr. I am among those who received Socialite of the Year (Honorary Award) for the Year 2025 by Spillwords Press. I’m thrilled in be in the company of such a talented group of kindred souls. Now retired, I enjoyed a dedicated career in the insurance industry for over 40 years being rewarded professionally and personally.
    Eugenia

    How cool and unique! I can see why you and your hubby like it. Happy Thursday!

  6. Dakota/Caren/Cody – Michigan – Freelance writer, pet blogging professional, product influencer, half of the writing team behind Dakota's Den and "Cat Chat With Cody & Caren" Most importantly, I am a "pet mom" to Dakota, (Shetland Sheepdog) and Cody (my silver gray tabby!)
    Caren

    that looks like it would be quite relaxing!

  7. Feline Opines – Writer, entrepreneur and lover of felines (and all furry creatures). You can learn more about me and my connection with felines in my story, All My Children Wear Fur Coats, In the 2016) issuer of Chicken Soup For the Cat Lover's Soul, My Very Good, Very Bad Cat. Feline Opines was awarded a Muse Medallion in 2018 from The Cat Writer's Association. The Felines have a book called "Felines Opine on God" available at Amazon & Barnes and Noble and a cozy mystery will be released soon.
    Feline Opines

    Meowza, that Mova Globe is cool! We told The Human we’d like to have one to watch but she said she’d have to find a place where we couldn’t knock it on the floor!
    Purrs & Head Bonks,
    The Feline Opines Tribe

    • There is that. You made me laugh. Scritches all around. 🙂

  8. Bette A. Stevens – Central Maine, USA – "I'm a writer inspired by nature and human nature!" ~ Bette A. Stevens Bette A. Stevens is a retired teacher, a wife, mother of two and grandmother of five. Stevens lives in Central Maine with her husband on their 37-acre farmstead where she enjoys writing, gardening, walking and reveling in the beauty of nature. She advocates for children and childhood literacy and for monarch butterflies, an endangered species. Stevens’s children’s activity book, THE TANGRAM ZOO and WORD PUZZLES TOO! was first published in 1997 by Windswept House Publishing, Mt. Desert, ME; a second edition was self-published by the author in 2012. AMAZING MATILDA , Stevens's second children's book, self-published in 2012, won a 2013 Purple Dragonfly Book Award (Honorable Mention for Excellence in Children's Literature - Ages 6 and older category) and placed #9 on The 2013 Gittle List TOP 10for Self-published Children’s Picture Books. Stevens has written articles for ECHOES, The Northern Maine Journal of Rural Culture based in Caribou, Maine. In 2013, the author published her first book for the YA/Adult audience: PURE TRASH, a short story of a boy growing up in rural New England in a family whose poverty and alcoholism mark him as a target for bullying by young and old alike. This short story is a prequel to Stevens's debut novel, DOG BONE SOUP, A Boomer’s Journey released in January of 2015.
    Bette A. Stevens

    Fascinating! 🌎🌈 Thankful for rainbows after the rain… Have a blessed and beautiful day, Sandee. xo

    • Love rainbows. You have a blessed and beautiful day too, Bette. 🙂

  9. Oh my, that you even thought to find and buy such a thing is amazing in itself. I can see where it would be fascinating, especially to watch in person. Hope you’ve had a good Thursday.

    • We had no idea there was such a thing. We love it. 🙂

  10. Kismet – New River, Arizona. – I'm a 16 year old Indian Ringneck parrot curmudgeon in New River, Arizona in the wild west country. If you're a sunflower seed, you're dinner.
    Kismet

    That is sooooo old fashioned. As the world turns was yesterday. Today it’s as the world burns.

    • I think it’s a globe from 1790. Very different. I love you, Kismet. 🙂

    • It’s mesmerizing for sure. We’re out on a cruise on our boat with friends. Having a great time. Hugs. 🙂

  11. Marv, Kozmo, Jo Jo & Nutmeg – Midway, BC – This is our Wordpress login. We also create the badges for the Cat Blogosphere. The Cat Blogosphere is INCLUSIVE! Although it is a US based, we accept all pets from around the world! (Including Canadians and Dogs). Each month you can find badges for special events at the Cat Blogosphere. If you need a smaller size, each Month we upload smaller versions of the badges to our blog (cats-astrophic-events . blogspot . com extra spaces around the .) BTW, we ARE CANADIAN! Elbows Up!
    Marvelous Marv

    That Mova globe is so cool! I really really want one, but I can’t make up my mind which! I went down a rabbit hole! I watched a ton of videos and went to sites and spent about an hour admiring, learning and lusting! Thanks for the fun interlude! Love Barb

    • There are many to choose from and some amazing colors too. We fell in love with them. Sending love back. 🙂

  12. Kathe W. – Married to my best pal, mother of three grown children, retired and wouldn't be able to fit work in now-too busy having fun and learning new things every day.
    Kathe W.

    As the world turns! Great post!

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