Hoot is currently: preparing to wander the forest for a while and see if she can make any friends...
Light is currently: working on commissions and trying to keep her motivation from flying away.



. a ray of sunshine . a whisper of breeze . the sweet sound of laughter . drifts through the trees .

Eulengesicht (pron: Oil-en-guy-sht), or Eule-hoo (Oily-who) is presently a laughing ball of feathers and fur who rockets her way about the forest. She is half-owl-half-deer, does NOT fly but CAN glide and jump like crazy. She HATES the cold snowy ground right now and avoids it every chance she gets by riding around on other deer's backs and antlers. She is very friendly and loves just about everyone and is always glad to make new friends.

Name: Eulengesicht (Eule) | "Owlface" | or just "Hoot"

Age: Somewhere in between young and grown

Picto:



*Friends*/Acquaintances: Virgil, Taliene, Cutlass, Riptail, Xaler, Ephiré,
Who-hoo are you? No friends yet, just people she's met... Would you like to be one too?

alright, I am full of epic fail this year as I haven't been able to squeeze in the time for any giftarts for all of the beautiful deer I'd love to draw here. < T-T > so my apologies for the lack of presents to be presented and gifties to be gifted... my tablet is scrooge this year.

As things seem to slowly be getting better here at home, I'll eventually have a little more time to freely scribble, which means most of those on my list will be getting something more like easter presents, < ^.^; > but ah well? <3 I will get to them, it will just be a while longer... christmas really snuck up on me this year..


*just became an iscribble addict.....*

So forgive me, and Happy Holidays, and I hope that this new year brings in wonderful things for everyone!!!

... it is full also of overcoming it. "

- Helen Keller


My way of reminding myself that bad times are just times that are bad - eventually they end and the sun shines again.

I wanted to apologize to anyone who was looking forward to the hunting party, since it was eaten completely. And also to Belair who's gorgeous deer will have to wait a while for a better piece of fanart-a-thon art from me. And to everyone my deer have missed in the forest the past few weeks... *facehugs* you all know who you are.

I have to vent and need some place to rant/cry over this since I am having to do my absolute best to keep sane and it's making me CRAZY. < T-T > .... if you are not up to listening to random problems just skip ahead until you see the smiley deer face again. Believe me, I won't hold it against you in the least. *lol*

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I've been sucked away from my online-deer-life at one of my most favorite times of year, as one of my roommates chose the last couple weeks as his time for having a serious manic issue and going all multiple-personality on us... I won't go into details because I do respect him. But he is making me crazy....... it takes ALL of my energy to battle him when he has these fits... every waking minute I'm having to be his brain for him until we can get things calmed down enough to get his brain back working again...and I have a hyperactive 8 year old daughter to deal with plus my own health issues on top of all that...

I'm exhausted, creatively dying, and just plain burned out...

please, for the love of chocolate-season do read the information before screaming "OMGGGGG! KILLER DEER!!!" < >.< > it's not meant to be something to fight over... < T-T >



[center]Beasties, Zombies, Demons, and all you other handsome Devils of the Forest - Hallows is always your time to run wild! (within reason - of course.... if you eat EVERYONE there won't be anyone left to snack on later....)

the nameless one invites you to join him on an all-Hallows hunt-and-go-seek in honor of the spooktacular festivities of the season!



We are currently considering October the 30th: 1:00 pm Chicago, USA time *clicky for a world time clock* | for the date & time... for about 2-3 hours.... tapering off.... as people get bored... < .___.' >



Our party shall be themed for a wicked chase. A flight, and fright, and all-out race! Be ye hider or seeker or sneaking-wood-creature there shall be fun to be had. With a nod and a bow and the rush of the wind, shall we all then go running like mad?

We will be playing a hallows game of Hunt-and-seek in the forest! (more fun if we can round up some fog... but any weather will do....) Those who follow the rules will be welcome - those who do not the nameless one shall consume.



follow them or be consumed, dear children of the woods...

[center][=#94A36B]¤ the nameless one | nameless forest | that green thing over there... ¤
¤ | pictogram | ¤

¤ Status: HUNGRY and contemplating hunting something larger than a squirrel. ¤

¤ Species: unknown deerlike creature... sometimes... ¤

¤ ageless ¤

¤ loves water | most active when raining/foggy/or at twilight | least active when sunny or very cold ¤

¤ sketchblog ¤

< T-T > Missing my forest like crazy right now... <3 But my time is required elsewhere and so for now I have to remain absent.

We've been hit by more chaos again and so I'm just dropping in to say 'hello, and I miss you!' to all my friends. <3

The layoffs that we have survived up until now and managed to avoid finally hit home enough to cut one of the jobs of our household... and it is taking a very big bite out of our income right now. We were told that unlike the other layoffs the company has had recently this one is supposed to only be 'short-term'...... but when is that ever a guarantee?

So in the mean time to try and help us keep afloat, I am opening up commissions on my DA account. Right now I won't be picking up any Forest-based commissions since I still want to donate the proceeds of those to TeF... and I really need the extra that non-TeF commissions bring in.

<3 If anyone is interested I can be found at sundri.devaintart.com

Well we're back from our weekend trip and I'm finally getting caught up with things enough to have a little time for my Forest again. <3

The Ren fest was amazingly fun! So much so that we are going to go back the first weekend of August for the final weekend. They have it themed like Mardi-gras and it sounds like it's going to be an absolute blast! ((And it gives me an excuse to start trying to make those masks I've been contemplating for so long..... pictures to come soon, I hope.. < >.< > ))

Our drive up there was rather interesting as well... we got a seriously late start when while getting an oil change done the mechanic discovered the oil pan plug had stripped some of the pan grooves off and we spent two hours getting it fixed - thankfully that did NOT involve having the oil pan replaced. < .______.' >

Then we drove through two storms, one of which was dropping tornadoes and hail - we had to time our stops just right to avoid the worst parts of the storm as they were scraping their way across the interstate. My daughter can now say she has seen wall clouds trying to make a few tornadoes, though they weren't really successful while we were in view.

The second storm we stopped for a few pictures of as it rolled towards us because it was so absolutely amazingly strange and beautiful...



The festival was so much fun though and we stayed all day for both days. I ended up seriously sunburned after the first day since my sunblock decided to give out on me, so I'm now healing the blisters on my shoulders. < T-T > ouch...

I've made up my mind and I'm asking any others who have done the same to join me!

This is not going to be an easy task and one person alone is NOT going to be able to manage it. But I've decided to dedicate myself to trying to make this work - and with the help of other's who are willing to do the same I BELIEVE we can do this!

... so without further babble I present to you:




It takes a lot of time, effort, and FUNDING to keep our forest running and without the funds we don't get updates or repairs. Without funding eventually we loose our Forest! The goal of Project Greenleaf is to help to provide the funding to keep our Forest running! We want to show our support to Auriea & Michaël and to let them know that WE LOVE OUR FOREST and want to see it continue to thrive and maybe even GROW!

We want to see our Forest continue and hopefully to stay free-to-play, since paying a fee each month would seriously take away from the very nature of TEF. By promoting donations specifically to The Endless Forest and raising funds for the same goal we hope to help make a dent in the expenses of keeping our Forest running!


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This is a big job - and it's going to take a lot of dedication in order for this project to succeed - but we believe that it IS possible for us to make a difference if we work together to do so!

.... because I really want to know!

Update: April 20th - Project Greenleaf has been founded! Go here to check it out!


Lately I've been starting to get a little worried.... and I'm wondering if anyone else has the same secret fears?

I love the Forest - even though I had to be away for a few months last year I couldn't help myself coming back. I will always come back. The Forest is my sanctuary and resting place... it's where I go to relieve tension, break out of the stress of life, become someone/something other than what I am stuck as... I stretch and breathe and it brings ME back to life again every time.

But lately we've been having more and more glitching issues as things are moved to new servers (why new ones? Because we lost funding for the old hosts - I think...?) The founders are having to move on to other projects and we are not getting updates/fixes for issues we have now...

Now, I can live with the Forest as-is and not mind. I'll miss the live map, but if it never comes back I would stay. I can live without new pelts or new actions, or new scenery, my Forest is perfect already if I need it to be and I can be content. < What I can't live with is the idea that we could ever possibly LOOSE the Forest due to the lack of funding. I can't say that I really would want to have to PAY to play here... I might consider it if it was a small amount and would keep things going... but I think it would take away from the feel of things in our world, it would destroy some of the feelings of peace & freedom that we have now.