Hello and Thank You to Anyone who has a chance to read my journal.
I know time is precious.

I Hope May is Going Your Way...

~~ GIFTS! ~

Thank you to my so sweet friend Andrea for:
It was such a sweet and special surpise! And such a refreshing & well done photo, but something renewing,
and I needed that.  Andrea, is one of the sweetest, kindest friends I've ever met on dA!
It is why I HOOOOPE you will be able to SOON:
Visit her delightful work HERE: [link]
As, recently, I see she has deactivated her Account, and I am so sad about it.
I can only hope she will come back to dA, as I already miss her so much, and I would miss her terribly,
if she was not on dA.

Thank you to my good friend Sandy for:
It is an amazing image and I adore it! She continues to be a wonderful and loyal friend to me, and I will always be grateful for everything!
Please visit her wonderful work HERE: [link]

Thank you to my sweet friend Benita for:
How cute is this? It made me smile so much! Benita is so nice and kind and very artistic.
I have appreciated her friendship from the start!
Please visit her awesome work, Go HERE: [link]

Thank you to my good friend Lin for:
What a beautiful fractal, and such a surprise! I have appreciated his kind supportive friendship here on dA,
for a very long time by now!  His work is wonderful.
Please visit his talented work HERE: [link]

Thank you to my kind friend N088 for:
I love this beautiful and customized musical gift. It was unexpected and so thoughtful!
She is very talented, and I have enjoyed her support as well as artwork for quite some time on dA!
Please visit her marvelous work HERE: [link]

Thank you to my very dear friend Jocelyne for:
An instant smile from me! What an adorable treasure. I can never thank Jocelyne enough for her generous friendship,
and for so long by now. I am blessed.
Please visit her fabulous work HERE: [link]



Special Groups & Info.!

#Unframed-Nature
My Main Group is having a
NEW CONTEST: "BABY NATURE"
BEGINS: May 1st.
1,100 available for FIRST PLACE!!!
READ ABOUT IT HERE:

Unframed-Nature's "Baby Nature" Contest!:iconfireworkplz: Welcome to Unframed-Nature's Next BIG Contest :iconfireworkplz:

:iconbeauroseplz: THEME: SPRING- "BABY NATURE" :iconbeauroseplz:

LIST OF EXAMPLES
Any kind of baby animals- newborns, young animals, newborn birds or their eggs.
Larvae of insects- insect eggs, cocoons, chrysalises, caterpillars.
Newly planted trees, or new saplings, small and young trees, new buds on trees, newly budding leaves or flowers, opening flowers, flowers of springtime preferably in their earliest stages, spring tree blossoms of early spring.

While this IS a Spring Contest, think of the most baby aspects of Nature, which usually do occur in Spring,

#OurArea51
This lovely Group I'm a Member of is having a                            
NEW CONTEST: "Reflections"
BEGINS: MAY 1st.
READ ABOUT IT HERE:

DW #51 Drawings and Paintings + CONTESTHi everyone!

Here are the deviations of the week, chosen from

Drawings and paintings...

and the winners are

by :iconJust-a-Witness:

and

by :iconphilippeL:

:boogie: Congrats to the winners! :boogie:

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Two birthdays in the group!

:devDanaAnderson:
April, 18

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#TreeLovers
This awesome group is holding a great year-long project:
"ART FOR TREES"  

Art for Trees - project :iconspringtree-1plz::iconspringtree-2plz::iconspringtree-3plz::iconspringtree-4plz::iconspringtree-4pl5:

Trees are important, valuable and necessary to our very existence. It's not too hard to believe that, without trees we humans would not exist on this beautiful planet. Trees are the largest and longest living organisms on earth. To grow tall the tree has become a miracle of engineering and a complex chemical factory. It is able to take water and salts out of the earth and lift them up to the leaves, sometimes over 400 ft above. By means of photosynthesis the leaves combine the water and salts with carbon dioxide from the air to produce

#dAWishingWell
Not only does The Well help grant dA wishes, but we host
various weekly events:
"TUESDAY TREATS"

Tuesday Treats: Security Blankets!Tuesday Treats!Do you have some kind of a security blanket?

I'll tell you a little secret... *shhh* I sleep with a night light. Ever since I was attacked, I have been terrified of dark places, even my own bedroom. A night light is my security blanket. Do you have a security blanket? Find an image that depicts your security blanket and link it in a comment on this blog! One deviation per member please. Each submitted deviation will be added to our gallery! Enjoy and have the best day ever!

And did you know we had a Tuesday Treats May 1st Birthday?! We sure did! :devfluffy-puffy-fifi: celebrated her birthday with us, so here is a little belat

"WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY"

Wonderful WednesdayThe Wishlist | Granted Wishes | Featured Member | Featured Print
Point Features | Well Wishes | Tuesday Treats | Feature Friday | FAQFAQ

Share the artistic talents of your watchers or friends

Here is what you can do to help promote your watchers or friends:
* Visit your watchers or friends list and pick one from the list you would like to share.
* Visit your chosen deviants gallery and pick one deviation from their gallery.
* Copy the deviation link and paste the link into the comments of this blog.

Next:
* Tell us "Why the chosen deviant and deviation is Wonderful?"
Example deviation: the deviation reminds me of bright and sunny day

All of it gets reported in...
"WISHING WELL WEEKLY"

WishingWell WeeklyThe Wishlist | Granted Wishes | Featured Member | Featured Print
Point Features | Well Wishes | Tuesday Treats | Feature Friday | FAQ

:iconpoppy3plz: Welcome to WishingWell Weekly :iconpoppy3plz:

Hello Dear Members, Watchers, and Visitors, 

We at The Well, hope you all had a pleasant MOTHER'S DAY! :rose:

:sun: Happy Reminders & BIG Thank You's :sun:

:iconcuterainbowplz: If you want to wish for your Group to become a SuperGroup,
you could wish for this if you are an Affiliate Group.
To become an Affiliate, you must post a BLOG advertising our Group and what we do, in your Group, and then link it to us, so we may see it. :aww:

I am also promoting a couple Artists I met at #dAWishingWell
with his poem: Xenophon's Anabasis Encamped in Persia searching for
the city Plato made.
Armed glory, Spartan friends, regret:
The loss of homeland gained.
He wishes for more readers on it...
AND, I am so glad I read it, and discovered him, because he is an excellent writer!
Check him out!!

Also, who is
my 99th Special Random Artist Feature, so you can see her feature below for that.
But please stop by her page for views, comments, faves... LOVE!!!


#deviantHEART
This Group I love to work in that promotes Positivity,
promotes various Positive Projects around dA...
It is where I found, and continue to support:
"The Warm Winter Project"

Warm Winter Project: 2012 - HALFWAY THERE!!!UPDATE 5 - As of March 21, 2011, we are already halfway there. The current time is 7 30 pm and we are, at the moment, EXACTLY AT 80,000 points! Talk about teamwork and gettin' it done, guys! This is so amazing and wonderful, and thank you so, so, so, so incredibly much to everyone for everything so far! :squee:

UPDATE 4 - As of January 16, I'm officially soon receiving a shipment of hoodies from :devSavoirfaire-Roma: that they so generously offered to donate in addition to the hoodies being purchased by the project here on deviantART!!!This is just awesome!!!
:thumb279869474:

UPDATE 3 - As of January 6, we've broken the 50k mark on the War

and ways for matching points...

To Help ToxicAlice92 - PROJECT COMPLETED:new: :omg: Due to some amazing final donations... The full 10,000 points have now been donated to :devtoxicalice92: :iconsupereagerplz:

Thank you all for your support, I am so glad that this was completed with such great support. Thank you to everyone.

:new: Please fave and comment on this journal to help others see it!

I almost never buy "extra" things, for me this includes items like points :points: from deviantART. However, that has changed as of today.

Earlier this year, :devtoxicalice92: announced a project
On my profile, in the top right, there's a donation pool. I want to spend the entire year raising up enough points to buy 50 V

Blurple's 'Warm Winter Project: 2012' Challenge:star: A :+fav: goes a long way! :star:

If you didn't know, :devToxicAlice92: started the
Warm Winter Project: 2012 at the end of last year. It is her goal to raise enough :points: to purchase 50 devWEAR Hoodies to donate to a local homeless shelter at the end of this year. When deviantART heard of this they offered to match her purchase. That is a possible total of 100 hoodies!

To help her toward her goal I present to you a challenge.

I am now collecting :points: on behalf of :devToxicAlice92:'s project. I will personally match this amount

2x up to 5,000:points:.

This means that your donation of...
1:points: becomes 3:points:
20:poin

#SolutionsSanctuary
Have you ever wanted to be part of the SOLUTION??
This might be the Group for you!
I think it's a great group, and I'm also promoting
their recent Contest: "Navigating deviantART"

May Contest: Navigating deviantARTIt's a common complaint...
Particularly for our newer members. "I've set up my profile...now where do I go?"

May's contest aims to answer that question. Your challenge is to create a tutorial aimed at deviantART's new members that shows them as much of the site as possible. Think about when you were new - what areas of the site did you discover only after blundering around? What areas did someone else point out to you? What do you wish you had known as a new member that seems like common knowledge now?

The Rules
:bulletpurple:  You must be a member of :devsolutionssanctuary: to enter. All join requests are automatically accepted.
:bulletblu

Important Info. & Program Help

It is "Kitten Season" everyone. And I know, it's true that everyone who loves cats, seems to love kittens, too.
Why? Because, they're so dang cute. But, there's much more to a kitten, and ALL the billions of kittens, than mere "cuteness". "Kitten Season" is more of an epidemic, that impacts our neighbourhoods in countless ways, and impacts our humane societies greatly, as we are inundated with them between the months of March and October... and most are sick, with respiratory illnesses, and much more... and most of these types of facilities euthanize many of these babies, for lack of space, and ability to find homes at a rate fast enough compared to the huge numbers that they are intaking.

The goal, of some of these places, are Spay, Neuter, Release PROGRAMS which is just what WE happen to call it, in our area, but other places call it Trap, Neuter, and Release. But by whatever the name, the practice is the same, which is to humanely trap and spay or neuter feral cats, in the effort to control the populations, by preventing the unwanted offspring. This prevents so much overbreeding, illnesses, euthanizations, AND...
heartache of the people who are involved, too- because it's all really extremely sad...

I have been directly involved personally, in our own program at The South Coast Humane Society. In fact, we had two of our ferals released back to our own property to live, with continued monitoring and sponsorship. They are a lot closer with us, now than ever, and MUCH MORE healthy, than they used to be.
Winston:
Raya:     and
Mocha:
One of Raya's babies, who we trapped, spayed, fostered, socialized, and took in for adoption.  


The support I have received from PURCHASERS of "The Shelter Project" help to support ANY and ALL of what The South Coast Humane Society does, which involves so many programs, including this type of VERY NECESSARY program, which is just not cheap at all, but SO important. It is also a No-Kill Shelter, and therefore very expensive to run, and it's run solely off of Private Donated Funds. Anytime those get scarce, the programs are in jeopardy, as is the facility itself.  It is why the fundraising events are MANY, and why the asking for direct donations is ongoing.

Again, I thank you SO MUCH to those on dA, who have helped, via The Shelter Project.
And of course, a direct donation can always be made right to: The South Coast Humane Society.

But, this DOES brings me to...
my friend *sassawj
who is trying to set up a Trap, Neuter, and Release PROGRAM, for the FIRST TIME,
in her own area, since there is none yet, and it is a program that is desperately needed, but to do that, FUNDS are of course necessary.


She has a lot more info. about ALL of this right on her Profile Page: [link]
You will see that she is selling these 2 works on dA, to go to the program:

While each deviation also has info., along with her profile,
so does this Journal Entry:

Operation TNR - Help & ShareOperation TNR

Here is the link to Chip In Fundraiser which I have started in effort to raise money for these cats of our community, but please do not feel obligated or sorry if you cannot help me help these cats because it's more than understandable, I can barely help them myself or at all, it's just so costly and you cannot expect others to dish out cash that they need for themselves just to help a couple of cats get proper care and alter surgeries; if you would like to help cats like Stiffy, father Pop and Buddy / Claude with being altered and receiving veterinary care please consider being a contributor. I really want to help these cats,

And you'll find The CHIP-IN ACCOUNT there, too...
But I'll also place it HERE: [link]

If you can't donate, maybe just spread the word, because maybe someone along the way... could donate.
Never know!

Thank you for your kind attention.


The South Coast Humane Society here, on the SW Coast of Oregon IS keeping me very busy these days... I do the photoshoots of their animals for adoptions for "Adopt-a-Pets" and "Pets-of-the-Week" for the newspapers, plus I work on the photos for the animals and upload them to their page at Petfinder.com. The same photos go their fb page. I share SOME, of these same photos with you here on dA!

It's always busy!


The Shelter Project!
REMEMBER- The South Coast Humane Society here,
DOES welcome The Shelter Project: [link] as an official fundraiser of theirs.

They are happy to have this, and help of any kind.

EXTRA SPECIAL THANK YOU'S!

First of All...
THANK YOU, [AGAIN] to those who have 'd "Part 2" of THE SHELTER PROJECT, HERE:
The Shelter Project was presented first, HERE:

Most recently I have updated with: as a SPECIAL Thank-You to ALL dA Affiliates of the Project.

Thank you to all who continue to the Project to at least simply spread the word, about helping animals in need.

Even a is a big deal with a project like this, because by 'ing it DOES at least spread the word for a good cause.

An Extra Special Thank You to the Following Artists who have recently featured for the FIRST time, or re-featured The Shelter Project on their Journals or Profile Page.










has a feature of The Shelter Project on their Profile Page now!
So... not only does the Group, become an Affiliate of the Project, here's a feature from
their Featured Folder:







[Sandy always finds creative ways to support The Shelter Project.
She recently surprised me with a project that she was keeping on her Profile Page-
a COMMENT BOX from my friends about THE SHELTER PROJECT,
She continues it, and it has been moved inside to her Journal Pages.

PLEASE NOTE: SANDY, =Iluvbiscuit2 HAS HER OWN PROJECT, which also involves CARDS, called:
"The Card Project"
She states, it goes to pay off her horse, and advertise her photography, BUT she also plans to donate to a great cause called RDA: [link]

For A LOT more DETAILS and PRICING, PLEASE see her PROFILE PAGE, on down the LEFT-SIDE!

I am very excited for Sandy, and super proud of her!




Those who CONTINUE to feature, have featured other times before, or also maintain a Promotion of The Shelter Project on your Profile Page or Journal- Thank you for your ongoing support.

The names of those who have taken The Shelter Project further in a variety of ways, through their various types of features of the Project, on behalf of the project, and Purchases DIRECTLY through Tea Photography© are placed on my Profile Page inside the Custom Box, titled: If Only- The Shelter Project and are listed in the AFFILIATES SECTION, because their type/s of support have earned them their official AFFILIATION with this project. Their names, or Group's names are also placed inside, in the Artist's Comments sections of each one of certain official pieces of associated with The Shelter Project. This is a permanent status.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS KEPT AND MAINTAINED PROMOTIONS  OF THE SHELTER PROJECT ON THEIR JOURNALS OR PROFILE PAGES! THIS IS MORE THAN I COULD HAVE EVER EXPECTED!

The Extra Special THANK-YOU Features for DIRECT PURCHASES, are also on the Profile Page, on the Left-side.

is there for the OTHER project that we worked on together, where she sponsored the 5-piece set of framed prints of my images for the Shelter, as asked of me by the manager to donate, HERE: [link] . While not the same as The Shelter Project, "The Shelter ART Project" STILL went to benefit that SAME Shelter!

are still there, and remain there, for their business AND repeat business of my work.

Repeat business, is not even all that a few of them have done, even though that's the epitome of awesome, and is direct help. But the repeat &  ongoing promotions on the Journals and Profile Pages of Philippe, Jocelyne, Cheryl, Dana, Cecelia,  
They have worked so hard to help promote, in addition to their purchases. I never could have imagined, not just awesome customers, but as if partners, throughout this whole Project.

I thank each of the following people for the various extra that they've said and/or done for me, lately.




































































Emerald Harbour Emerald Harbour

Sometimes I wish to get lost in you
But can I afford that?
And outside it's raining

Maybe I could get a loan
And let the rain pay
Or I'll just stay broke as a joke

On moments like this it feels
That city lights know me
Better than fellow humans do

When you're not here
It's only them
Who will kiss me good night

My stormy eyes glow cunningly
Like emerald temptation
The night is my harbour and ships go off shore

In each and every blushing rose
There lies a promise dormant
So know that I'm blooming for you, just in all secrecy Northern Stars Northern Stars

A son of giants from forgotten myths
Drinks in dear seashore with his eyes
To waves he whispers of a distant land
Where even in tender loving May
There eternal snow blooms instead of roses

If there are some, cold gives them colour
And their perfume they get from bloody wounds
After nights so long when men fight over rule
Of ancient throne graven of ice
In wolves' kingdom, in sad song of crows

In flames of fire that doesn't seem to burn out
Fair hair of women shines like dawn
Their kisses are gilded with sweet mead
While their breasts' shivering warmth reminds you
Of new day's relentless arrival

God reigns that c Daughter Of Ancient Gods Daughter Of Ancient Gods

I am a wishing well
Hiding dream's murkiest depths
Born of winter's pure breath
On drifter's wrinkled face

A mayfly's memory
Of warm June afternoons
Those will not ever come
Or vanished much too soon

I am a pearl in mud
A diamond in the dirt
The storm-clock ticking fast
A song you've never heard

High-priestess from the past
Caring for gods' delight
Vow quietly pronounced
In temple of the night

I am a raven's claw
Spirit you'll hardly tame
A Vestal warrior
Healing wounds with a flame

Silent dove's crying eye
Hurts me more than a sword
Stars, mist and foliage
Build my eternal fort