Spring 2016 Photography Contest Winners.....YEAH....finally

It was so hard to pick the winners this time because the entries were all so good. There is so much talent out there...
All pictures were taken at the Retreat...stop by anytime!!!

Anyway you can see all the entries and more at the Retreat Flickr Page...

Congratulations to the following winners:

Third Place: 
Kylie Quinn
"Dancing Upon the Water"

Second Place:
Actionjackson86
"Snapshot R_004"

First Place
Myra Wildmist
"I'm Coming"

You may view these photographs and others at the Galicia Art & Cultural Hall

If you like to have your art displayed, just let me know inworld.

Spring Photography Contest 2016

Take a picture at the Retreat and garden and post it here in the Retreat Group.

The contest starts March 5 and ends March 31, 2016. 
Winners will be announced the following week.
Winners will also be displayed at the Galicia Art & Cultural Hall

Prizes:
L$500 first place
L$300 second place
L$200 third place

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Come by soon and get started...relax, dance, and smell the flowers :)
Enjoy!!!
Post your pictures here:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/amretreat/

Winners for the Halloween Photo Contest!!!

The winners for the Photo Contest will be announced tomorrow November 3, 2015...We are very excited!!!

All winners will be displayed at the Galicia Art & Cultural Hall.

I love Halloween---Come enter the Photo Contest!!!

“Be silent in that solitude,

Which is not loneliness—for then

The spirits of the dead, who stood

In life before thee, are again

In death around thee, and their will

Shall overshadow thee; be still.”

—From “Spirits of the Dead” by Edgar Allan Poe

I love Halloween, it is the perfect time to take pictures. Don't forget to enter our Photo Contest...go to the Galicia Spine-Chilling Hunt and at the entrance will be a sign with a notecard for the contest. Hurry!!! The Contest ends on October 31, 2015.

NEOVictoria

A dark world where faeries, demons and clockwork constructs (powered by gears and magic), humans, vampires, were-beasts and celestials roam the streets. All held against the ravages of time by magic, intrigue and human ingenuity.

That evening I followed him to the galaxy of the planet NeoVictoria.

He promised to shield me from the evils of the night.

I think along the way I lost my head.

You may want to check out this link 

Visitors from around the Grid

There have been so many visitors from around the grid to visit the Retreat. In the past few days over 350 gifts have been given by the Advent Calendar.Remember get your daily gift until Dec 25th. The gift hunt runs til December 31st.

One special visitor was Pearl Grey, who is also a Blogger and she was kind enough to mention the Retreat on her Blog. Go read her blog here: Pearl Grey

Take a picture with Santa!

It's always good for us to pause

And think awhile of Santa Claus--

That jolly symbol we revere

When we approach the changing year.

Behind his beard so long and white,

In which our children take delight,

There beats a heart from color free

Which bids all children "come to me."

The Retreat is happy to have Santa Claus ready for you to sit on his lap. Have you been a good girl or boy?

Don't forget to visit the Pavillon and look for the Advent Calendar...starting December 1 it will give you a gift every day.

The Photo Contest has ended...Time to vote :)

Here are the entries for our first photo contest...

1.

This is called "Angel" by Sonja Smedley

2.

"Garden" by .MiaMariposa

3. 

"Decor" by LokiPoki00

4. 

DawnM01 entered this photo

UPDATE 7-15-2015 wow I found out that DawnM01 had affairs with Micheal for all this time I was with him...what a fucking old bitch she is and a loser he is....I may just delete all entries concerning her and him.

5. 

entry by bobbyb4488

6. 

another entry by bobbyb4488

Please either comment here with your choice of photo or IM me inworld at Anjelikka

Woohoo...some great entries...good luck to all of you...we hopefully have the winners announced by May 6 or 7