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Hi All :)

It's been more than a year since my last journal entry here. My life has changed since, actually my priorities. Real has become more and more demanding and I've also started to pay more attention to my facebook and flickr account. I also have a blog on wordpress. I do miss at times everyone I used to talk to here on dA, all the activities, the community, the contests and the groups I was active in. I am not planning  to close my account, it will remain here and if maybe someday (maybe when I retire - in 40 years) I'll become again a active dA user :rofl: 

Anyway, I wanted to use this opportunity to apologize for all of you whom I forgot here, I still keep you in my heart. Deviantart and the friends I made here helped me grow as an artist more than anything. I can't be grateful enough. It's been a wonderful journey, a true blessing. One of those experiences that one doesn't forget in a lifetime, it was life changing. And as everything in life changes faster than we expect, sometimes we just have to move on and accept life as it is. 

Whenever you wish to contact me, feel free to drop me an email (klaudia.katona@yahoo.ro) or just follow me on my FB account (www.facebook.com/K.K.Photograp…), Flickr account (www.flickr.com/photos/23139690…) or on my wordpress blog (klaudiakatona.wordpress.com/).

I would also like to use this opportunity to wish you all "Merry Christmas", hope you spent it with your loved ones. Enjoy the holiday season and use every chance you have to do good to others. For the year that is to come, I truly hope you all get your wishes fullfilled, may joy, peace, health and love surround you. Happy New Year!

:heart: and :peace: 
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Almost here.

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Can you believe that in a week it's already December? I'm sooo eager to start decorating the house. I also want to prepare some cards from my shots to send them to some friends of mine :aww:  The entire city will be lit up and decorate, there'll be caroling in every store :love: I just melt away even when I think about it :xmas:





Recent Favourites

:thumb339641121: :thumb339681898: Holding On by WishmasterAlchemist Kilchurn Castle by SebastianKraus -Anxious poetry of autumn- by Janek-Sedlar Summertime sadness by Ophelia-Overdose 78 by NastiaOsipovaStock Never stop. Never quit. by naked-in-the-rain Last Leaves II by LarsVanDeGoor Way through the fog by valiunic Sunrise over Saint George City 3 by JoeGP Bold by Deb-e-ann A Glimpse of Autumn by CozyComfyCouch :thumb336023435:
5583 by KariLiimatainen



You can also check out my work on Facebook: www.facebook.com/K.K.Photograp…. I'm more active there. I'd really like to keep in touch with you there too :aww:
Hope you all had a great weekend and may this December bring you all the present you wish for! :heart:

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** Andrei has left this world this afternoon :(  I really wanted him to get better and had so many hopes. Unfortunately life had other plans for him. Thank you very much to all of you who kept him in your prayers and who helped any way you could. I appreciated it and he did too. Thank you very much.

May his soul rest in peace :pray:

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I've never done this before. But I've seen it happen happen here a lot of times and I've helped others as I could. Even if it was only by spreading the word.

Now I'll you to do this for me too. I need you to at least spread the word of the story I'm about to tell you.
I come from a small town in Romania, it has only about 6.000 people or so. Maybe less. I've grown up there and even if I wasn't the type to have a lot of friends around me, it wasn't hard to know the most of the kids my age since the town is quite small. Mostly, nothing happens there, it's very quiet. But when something out of the ordinary happens, everyone hears about it, talks about it. Unfortunately, sometimes they talk more than they should, but that's not the point.

The point is that a boy (Andrei) of my age (23) has been recently diagnosed with leukemia and it's pretty bad. Actually, it's bad. He's in the hospital now, receiving some type of treatment, hopefully he'll respond so that later on the doctors might operate on him and fix everything that needs to get fixed. I don't know him very well, I'm not part of his closest friends, but I don't it even matters in this kind of situations. What matters is that he needs help. A lot of help. He needs support, positive thoughts to keep him going, and he needs a lot of money in order to pay for his medicine, the hospital bills and all the treatment. Everything costs around 100.000 Euro. That's a lot of money for everyone. I can't even start to imagine how much that is and what could one buy with all that money. I can only imagine that that amount of money could save his life and give him a second change. Even if everyone from my town would donate 1 or 2 euros it still wouldn't be enough. That's where you come in. You, with the big and generous hearts who are out there and have the possibility to help others. It doesn't matter the amount, what matters is that you helped as you could, what matters is that at least you tried.

What amazed me is the support of his friends. They have done so much in the couple of weeks since he's in the hospital. Andrei's mother was most of the time with him in the hospital, his father had to take care of all the paperwork and other things and his friends have organized all sort of events, have spread the words as they could to help raise the money that their friend needs so much now. By now they only have a couple of thousand euros and everyday he spends a certain amount on medicine and everything else he needs in the hospital.  His life actually depends on that money. Having such great friends gives you strength to fight, but without the treatment, well…I don't want to think about that.

They have opened two bank accounts at Raiffeisen Bank:
RO55RZBR0000060015060981 – account in Lei (for those who want to donate and are from Romania)
RO27RZBR0000060015061000 – account in Euro.

As I told you before, every act of your kindness helps. Spread the word, mention him in your prayer, donate if you have the possibility and you'll be thanked. If not by him and his family, life will thank you in some way for your generous act. His life depends in you, it's in your hands to reach out to him and help!

 
We're here to help each other in times of trouble, we're here to make the life's of others a little easier to bare, we're here to bring a smile on the faces of those who have forgotten how to smile, we're here to make the burden of others a little easier, we're here to share the joys and sorrows, we're here for each other. I believe in the power of humanity when they all fight for the same purpose. I believe that magic can happen if we all help in making it happen. Let's help Andrei believe in magic, too.



Here's a song that inspired me to choose the title of this journal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmLNs6…

and some beauties you might enjoy:


Masjid Lighting by uae4u Early Morning Moonrise by metacom :thumb328784953:
Gold Dust by DennisChunga Autumn in New England by DennisChunga watermirror by vanerich Fall in Vermont by professor-pi :thumb333666064: A Fall Stillness by kkart   Mlha by Andenne :thumb335943226: autumn warmth by thestargazer23 My reward by Vampirbiene Autumnal II by Alessia-Izzo Autumn Fire by RobinHalioua
:thumb266165015: :thumb119141022: Zebra by tina1138 Let the wind blow by SaTaNiA Little Kitsune by DAV-19 Mouse Slayer by ZoranPhoto feathers I I by Dabadus soft by Sssssergiu Flower by toysinthe wild by theoryNpractice   ISTANBUL by nurtanrioven Extraterrestrial by marinsuslic
:thumb335435400: Disney Magic by UntamedUnwanted Enlightenment by iNeedChemicalX Autumn Blues by juliart5 Expand by CMWVisualArts November backyard by bebefromtheblock Cup of Tea and a Story Maybe? by UntamedUnwanted Japanese Maple - Crimson Queen by La-Vita-a-Bella


We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
R. Reagan
:peace: & :pray:

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:thumb331194518: Lost. by ZEUS1001 Through The Looking Glass by CrowsReign beautiful soul ~ by justiv Can you hear him play by MichelLalonde :thumb328932482: The Catch by dukeofspade :thumb329003857: Diana by purplesinner 0495 by HibertFreeman :thumb326631295:






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October!

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Hi everyone :)
September has been quite gentle :) pretty nice weather, warm afternoons. October's here and the wind smells like something sweet and sad. There's a sort of nostalgia in the air. Fall always makes me feel this way.
How do you feel about this season?











Recent Favourites

   Temple Of Juno by aFeinPhoto-com Autumn Light by tourofnature Good morning sun by FlorinALF -Rembrant_s evening- by Janek-Sedlar :thumb330494011: Transition by tourofnature Season colours by Vampirbiene fading leaves by Altingfest :thumb329796391: In The Cypress Tree by WishmasterAlchemist Autumn Town III by Snowfall-lullaby Purple Rain by FireflyPhotosAust Lake Louise - the boat house by La-Vita-a-Bella :thumb326809703: Anticipation by Dave-Derbis Lupathana Thunder by hougaard A Zephyr's Tale by iNeedChemicalX :thumb331020727: Sandrina by nairafee When you believe in magic. by incredi






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:iconblueheartplz: Cleaning time by dukeofspade by dukeofspade






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:iconredheart-plz: Big Red by IvanAndreevich by IvanAndreevich




:iconyellowheartplz: The Best of Friends by SharonLeggDigitalArt by SharonLeggDigitalArt





:iconblueheartplz: Springtime by LadyCarnal by LadyCarnal




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:iconredheart-plz: Poppy Version 2 by FrancescaDelfino by FrancescaDelfino





:iconyellowheartplz: Pollen Bath by Miztliyuma by Miztliyuma



:iconblueheartplz: Grandfather Tree ~ Spring 1.0 by quasi-Virtuoso by quasi-Virtuoso











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