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Hello and Thank You to Anyone who has a chance to read my journal.
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Thank you for being here whether you are a Member yet or not!
We welcome you and your support!
Since the beginning of January 2012, we’ve grown nearly 600 Members!
So, a GRAND welcome to all of our NEW MEMBERS!
Thank you to our loyal Members who have been submitting to our Group for a long time now. Without you, we wouldn’t be here.
Thank you to ALL the Members who came back to vote again, for what is usually our monthly Membership Voting for this special event that we hold each month!
We completely appreciate you supporting your Group in this particular way. It is so generous of you to take the time to VOTE!
Let’s continue to submit our own BEST QUALITY work, enjoy it, improve upon it, enjoy the work of others, and Nature in general. It’s what it’s all about-
combining our art with our love of Nature, and coming together under that commonality!
Without further ado...
Please Enjoy The Voted Top Submissions of April 2012.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SELECTED IN APRIL
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Each section/folder has a small group, at the VERY TOP, where those had received just slightly more votes. The others are in no particular order.]
From: Birds, Invertebrates, Aquatics, Amphibians, Reptiles
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From: Wild Animals
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From: Domestic MAMMALS
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From: Nature Much Closer
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From: All ‘Scapes
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From: APRIL 2012’ s THEME FOLDER:Celebrating Unframed-Nature’s BIRTHDAY with Nature’s COLOURS!
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A feature of this Artist’s Work:
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A feature of this Artist’s Work:
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A feature of this Artist’s Work:
Runner Up 
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A feature of this Artist’s Work:
Three Others With “Only Slightly More Votes” 
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There were 146 members who entered into our FIRST THEME Folder Mini-Contest, for our BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!
This was a brilliant turn out of participation!
ALL the submissions were marvelous, and many were full of colour!
A very special thank you to those MEMBERS who spent the EXTRA time to vote on these, for us!
And NOW, for the little Birthday Particpation BONUS!
As part of the rules for The BIRTHDAY THEME FOLDER, it stated:
BONUS! A bonus for anyone who writes:“Happy Birthday to #Unframed-Nature” in the COMMENTS of their submission!
[We won’t require it, but we will LOVE it if you did! ]So, for those who participated in this Birthday Celebration with us, in the above way:
3
each, PLUS your entry, will ALSO be placed to the FEATURED Folder!
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You’re all AWESOME!
Featured From: “The Group’s Donors’ Folder”
Our Group’s MEMBERS of THE MONTH Each of these wonderful Members have been devoted to our Group for a long while, participating in a variety of ways, submitting their work, and voting each month, and being supportive and encouraging. We truly appreciate them for being such a great part of our Group here!
Dead MarshesOnce armies proud,
their enemies vile
Once armies proud,
now they rest in a mire
Side by side lie
noble Elf with a Man
Side by side lie
Orcs from a dark den
In dreamless sleep
Forever they'll rest
In dreamless sleep
Hosts of East, hosts of West
The waters cold
Are their murky grave
The waters cold
Above soldiers brave
Dead faces in water
Some noble and sad
Dead faces in water
And mud is their bed
Cold and pale faces,
Both evil and fair
Cold and pale faces
With weed in their hair
All foul, all rotting
Lit by corpse-lights
All foul, all rotting,
Fell barrow-wights
You should not look in
Or you'll lose your wit
You should not look in
When the candles are lit
Our Group’s MOST Recent Donors of POINTS 
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Also, a HUGE THANKS!
New Contributor! Welcome to
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Our Group’s News & UPCOMING EVENTS! Our “Baby Nature” CONTEST! Ends: June 10th
1,100
available for FIRST PLACE!Read ALL about it, HERE:
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And we have begun to kindly ask for
points again for our group, because after this contest, we will need to build back up, A LOT, to help especially with the BIG ITEMS coming up for the REST of 2012:
Our annual Autumn Contest SuperGroup renewal in DecemberWe don’t want to be rushed at the end...
The Widget is HERE:
:thumb270966894: Any and ALL Donations would be HIGHLY appreciated... and you will read how you will be recognized and rewarded for your kind generosity!
NEW FOLDER A NEW FOLDER HAS BEEN ADDED CALLED:
“Featured News and Journals of 2012”
Of course, I have updated our TOTAL FAQ sheet, with regard to the RULES about this Folder, HERE: [link]
[Scroll, to under the other regular folder descriptions... ]
Or, for your convenience, I have placed the RULES to this folder, INSIDE the folder, itself, HERE: [link]
It is also possible, Admins., will request some News and Journals, that follow along these lines. 
Group Reminders
We are an ALL-Media Group, but NOT all Subjects. MUST be ALL Nature-Related. Read more inside the LINK provided just below. 
DO submit your BEST QUALITY work- we are NOT an elitist group, but we DO want your best quality, please! 
Do NOT Submit to the “Group DONORS’ Folder”, as it is being used for Group Donors. DO Submit Birds, Etc. to the folder labeled WITH Birds, Etc., even though most birds are considered “Wild”... We are MORE strict in 2012, than in 2011, with Architecture and will NOT be allowing nearly as much... We have certain restrictions with humans, bridges, BOATS, etc., as well. If you have NOT read the COMPLETE “New Folder Descriptions and Rules” feel FREE to do so by going HERE: [link]. SCROLL to that section. OR Rules for each Folder, are right inside of EACH Folder, for your convenience.
Affiliate News & CONTESTS 
is still a fairly NEW GROUP!It’s where “Wishes Can Come True!”
So if you have a dA wish, come check us out!
We also hold and participate in a variety of awesomely positive activities...
such as: “Tuesday Treats”
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and: “Wonderful Wednesday”
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which then are featured, weekly to: “WishingWell Weekly”
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is hosting a lovely Contest: “Reflections”Starts: May 1st
Ends: May 31st
Please Read about HERE:
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is a dynamic group about pets and nature. It would be lovely to check them out, and if you can, help to support them in their ongoing effort to finally become a SUPERGROUP, - perhaps by their 1 year B-Day, in about 3 months?
Please feel FREE to CHECK them out!
is a very caring and fun group about animals. I think it would be great to check them out, too, and also support them in their ongoing efforts, as well! They have a lot happening!
Please feel FREE to CHECK them out!
is a positive group spinning the world of dA NEWS your way!Simply JOIN, to find out what’s going on in the dA world around YOU!
We, our group, of #Unframed-Nature has been featured with them a couple times, in recent months... how AWESOME OF THEM!
is hosting a BIG and Year-Long Community Project called:“Art for Trees”
Read about this wonderful and worthy project HERE:
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hosted: “Time Freeze” Contest!
These are the WINNERS!
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CONGRATS TO ALL!!
Thank you for your attention to our wonderful Affiliates.
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Thank you ALL,
Members and hard working Admins. alike!
We, at #Unframed-Nature wish you all a marvelous rest of
the month of MAY.
We look forward to seeing more of your awesome submissions!
Also thank you very much for including an image from my gallery it is most appreciated. 
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April's TOP Subs of Unframed-Nature & MORE!by #Unframed-Nature