Brand New Everything! [ Personal Note]

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

~~ GIFT ~~
Thank you to GoN Geak-of-Nature for THIS:   
When I first saw this, I adored it upon sight.  It speaks volumes to the love of nature, in general, and to GoN's genuine love of nature. This is why I love his work, because I get that feeling of how much he loves nature when I visit his galleries. It's such a great feeling.
GoN is one of the nicest people I've met on dA! Not only he is very supportive of me, but as I was saying I also love his work. I hope you'll visit.



~~~Some Personal Info. ~~~

NOTE: I will be taking some time OFF from dA, from Thursday August 19th - Tuesday or Wednesday Aug. 25th of next week. [About a week.]
I've been trying to tie up loose ends HERE for a couple days now, and of course I'm running behind.
A few of you have known that I've been plannning this NEEDED break for a while.

TWO REASONS:
The GOOD NEWS!
I have SO MUCH Tea Photography work, that I NEED to catch up on. I have two actual paid orders that I need to complete. I need to gather content for the TeaPhotography.Com website that I keep mentioning, which we started building so long ago, but now have gotten WAY behind on. I was asked a while ago, by the shelter to actually donate my own work for their walls, so I would like to begin looking into how to accomplish this, also.
Yes this is the good news, because though it is work that I'm behind on, it is the work that I love, and it keeps me mentally focused, and it's good and positive.

The NOT-SO-GOOD NEWS.
We've received news at the beginning of July, about a total income loss. And my disability income will not sustain us. It already affects my ability to cover bills, and it will soon affect our housing situation.  

Plus, I want to keep my pets, as they are always considered members of the family.  I've spoken with my old realtor many times and a lender, but so far only by phone. It takes me longer to accomplish and understand certain complex things due to my types of medical issues.
I need the actual appointments again, and hope for better health on those days.  
I just need the time to really figure out exactly the situations and narrow down any option/s.
Things are coming down, and as far as housing, need to know more about HOW and WHEN it comes down.

Doing ALL of this will require more than a week!
But I have obligations here, and I try to be responsible to everywhere in my life. I am sure I will need another week off in September.

It's difficult/painful to say anything personal here- I rarely do, but because there could and would be a point that I'd disappear for a longer length of time, I can't know if I'd have a chance to explain, so I thought I'd start to say something now.

Yet don't worry, I've been through MUCH in my life,
and I will aspire to be as if a CAT- to land on my feet.


I do yoga, meditate, and drink tea, and I will keep peaceful images like THIS in my mind:
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I admit, I was panicking at first, but I am honestly doing my best to take care of myself during this very challenging time. So I'm doing the best I can.

TO those few, I've already mentioned this to, in varying detail, believe me, your kind words -even few- ARE ACTS OF KINDESS!


~~~An Important THANK YOU Feature! ~~~

Philippe philippeL 's VERY special THANK YOU Feature remains on my PROFILE PAGE, under the JOURNAL! Please visit him. He's SO WONDERFUL! 's

Many of the people or friends, I've met over my time on dA have been very kind and supportive to me/my art,
and I will always be grateful. I've just noted that some have been been supportive to me in recent times this Summer- some having to do with the above mentioned, or regarding my health, or in a few cases, both... sometimes, we don't realize that words ARE acts of kindness.  

I didn't do my traditional monthly features, anyway, because I just couldn't manage it this time, but doing these type of features make me nervous, because I'm BOUND to leave someone out, and I know I have, and I DO apologize for it. My mind is also full, and it gets hard to be organized and recall. I don't have much time and space anymore either, but I really do appreciate the kindness of everyone.









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~~ CONTESTS ~~

My friend is having an extremely interesting and diversified CONTEST! I will be involved with judging, and prizes, too. [GREAT prizes so far!] Please see the the NEWS ARTICLE, HERE: news.deviantart.com/article/12… and for updates, SEE HERE: quarterbacker.deviantart.com/j…

TWO Groups I work in are each holding wonderful and fun CONTESTS! Please feel free to visit the groups to take a look! I'm very excited about each of these contests in: and