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Posting this is going to be very, very hard. The Little River Zoo here in Norman, OK has officially been shut down. Many have lost their jobs and numerous animals are losing their homes. I have many regrets regarding this issue. I loved the Little River Zoo, yet I never made a single donation until they were in such dire need of help and it was essentially a lost cause. I feel horrible and the wound is only going to be healed with time.

However, there is some very good news I have concerning this situation. The Royal Gauntlet, a performance group and well known falconers that come to the Norman Medieval Faire heard about what was happening. They approached our group and informed us that after the second day of faire they had an appointment to go to the zoo grounds to purchase as many animals as they could. The Arthurian Order of Avalon, the performance group that I am involved with, gathered as many donations as we could and handed the Royal Gauntlet several hundred dollars to aid in purchasing animals and aiding in the transport of these animals. The Royal Gauntlet is a group very close to us and many of us couldn't help but break character and cry as we approached them. This is a very happy time for us, the zoo keepers, and especially these animals.

If you purchased/requested a commission from me during my Little River Zoo Fundraiser, I will still get those to you. However, as you can probably tell, I will not be putting those donations towards the Little River Zoo. Instead, I am going to be making direct donations to the Royal Gauntlet to help them with their falconry birds as well as the newly purchased Little River Zoo animals.

Thank you all for you support and blessed be,
-:jsenn: Melissa
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Oklahoma is full of animal rescue centers, sanctuarys and rehabilitation centers. The Little River Zoo located here in my hometown is one of these places. Recently the owner has accumulated a lot of debt and the zoo is no longer available to the public- which is not only cruel to the animals but keeps our local boy scouts and schools from learning about our local wildlife. In addition to that, they are at risk of being shut down. What this means is that the land will be reclaimed and probably turned into a housing district and the animals- some of which are vulnerable or endangered- will be sent to potentially worse facilities and those that aren't in danger of extinction will probably be euthanized. Many of these animals have been in captivity for a while or have injuries that still need tending to so releasing them at the Witchita Mountains isn't exactly an option either.

In order to help them raise money I've started a few projects. I will be making sculptures, watercolors, badges, icons, etc. If I get a commission, 50% of what I charge will go towards the Little River Zoo fundraiser.

Current item list:

*Little River Zoo animal sculptures
*Watercolor of Little River Zoo animals
*Con Badges
*Icons
*Commissions

All are priced at $1 (+shipping if it needs to be shipped). If you wish to add a larger donation, PLEASE do. All of the proceeds will go towards the Little River Zoo in Norman, Oklahoma.

Please feel free to copypasta a link to this journal and feature it in your own. Also, if you want to make a direct donation to the Little River Zoo please do at www.littleriverzoo.com/

Thanks and Blessed Be.
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I checked my inbox today and saw that the group :iconalltheuglydeviants: had a new journal post. one of the members had this posted and I thought I would pass it around since I don't have the means to donate right now:

HI DEVIANT ARTIST twisted lil lullaby here!!!!!
On the 11th march im gonna be shaving my head for charity, and im hunting for donations. if you wish to donate electronically;

1. go to www.worldsgreatestshave.com.au

2. click on the SPONSOR link

3. Under individual search, type teresa spencer-salt, this will take you to my profile page

4. CLICK SPONSOR ME and follow the prompts

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DONATE AND HELP SAVE LIVES >,<

PS; photos of my head shaving exploits will be posted in my gallery AND ON THIS GROUP PAGE for your devious entertainment
THANKYOU

-The Cause He is helping Info:
Every March thousands of people shave, colour and wax their hair to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. It's one of Australia's biggest fundraising events, it's also the most fun!

Since 1998, World's Greatest Shave has raised in excess of $106 million and support for our biggest source of income has never been more important.

Every hour, someone in Australia is diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma. Every two hours, someone dies from one of these blood cancers.

The money raised is used by the Leukaemia Foundation to fund services to support patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders. All our services are free. Your fundraising also funds blood cancer research to find better treatments and cures.

:icontwisted-lil-lullaby: is the one who posted it. Feel free to drop her a line and offer up your support in any way you can. It takes guts to change your appearance for a cause... You know, something other than shaving your head out of the desire to incorporate it into a mixed media painting and then wishing you had donated it instead. *twiddles thumbs*

-:jsenn: Melissa

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So after I cleared out my hundreds of messages and moved on to do other things I discovered that after only 10 or so minutes of being away from my computer that I had 500+ messages again..... :wtf:

So, regrettably, I've had to remove 30+ watches and while I was at it I cleaned out my favorites so that only my absolute favorites are in there.... In fact, I'm still rummaging through unwanted watches and favorited pieces that I'm not sure why I favorited. It's probably going to take a while to organize and will require a lot of coffee and wasted hours of my life.

Enough of that though. I found a contest you all should join if you're interested in Norse Mythology: ferun-namid.deviantart.com/jou…

Found it via :iconpaganarts: If you're interested look into both.

...in the meantime I need to guzzle down more coffee and continue cleaning not only my DA but my cluttered little apartment. Ug. :skull:

Blessed be.

-:jsenn: Melissa

:icondapagan: :iconpaganarts: :iconwitchgirlclub: :iconfairydoorsandmore: :icondark-fairy-tales: :iconthefairyclub: :iconthgremlinz: :iconalltheuglydeviants:
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Sorry about that... I'm rarely on DA anymore and if I am its just to sort through all of my accumulated mail.

I've had a new resurgence though so you'll be seeing a lot more of me. I've joined a few new groups and have new motivations for creating my work.

I'll post more of my work up here soon. First I have to find the cord to my camera and a place with decent enough lighting to actually take them.

My friend :icontarqua: haven't talked much but I may hire him on again to help me with that.

Other than that I really don't have much else to say.

See you all around DA very soon ^-^

Blessed Be,
-:jsenn: Melissa

:icondapagan: :iconpaganarts: :iconwitchgirlclub: :iconfairydoorsandmore: :icondark-fairy-tales: :iconthefairyclub:
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