what a lovely day!

What a lovely day, both IRL and in the forest. Spring is arriving, outside there was lovely sun and the sheep were happy, and for a while I have greater freedom to spend time in the forest so I went in early evening and sat on the hill while I did some tidying in the house. Before long I heard mooing and looked to see Eris and friends running near the little hill so I woke up to join in the fun.



Fun and frolics amongst the flowers ensued.



And silliness of course, with deer becoming one with the very forest itself, amidst that lovely glow of companionship.



I was already smiling but I had to go and cook my tea, so eventually I sat down in good company whilst I went off to do that. Inside a tree, because of course.



After tea and a bit of telly I could hear the sound of mooing and hoofbeats and I awoke in the forest to find a load of deer there! Aah and Saater amongst them, haven't seen them for a few days, so nice to see them again!



So many deer! And so much frolicking! I'm smiling again all over as I join in. I don't normally have music on while I'm in the forest as it's usually late at night, but today I put on Chill Out by the KLF. It's weird and ambient and blends well with the sounds of the forest, big tree noise, mooing, and all.



We run around a bit and end up near the ruins. So many deer! I love this! I should come on earlier more often, obviously.



We're all just dancing and being mad as cheese and it's lovely. I dance proximate to Eris and Saater.



Everyone gathers for a moment inside the ruins, some climbing up on the stones. I swear I've seen deer levitate sometimes.



The party moves on to the big old tree, and deer frolic inside and out.



There are so many deer here! I absolutely love seeing the forest so full of life! After all this time, it's still full of joyous deer!

That's really amazing. And lovely.



For a moment we came together to create a rotating glowing deer vortex.



I like this group shot, with the two friends sitting together in the old tree in the background there. And Saater looking striking as ever.



Eventually it was time for me to do a few other things so I went and sat on the little hill, and I could see the frolics continuing amongst the rest in the distance.



Deer came by the hill again and I couldn't help but get up and join in again. After all what could I do here that would be better? Watch telly? Wash dishes? Much rather spend more time with these deer!



I really like when you all line up and I can try to get a good screenshot of you all in a row Smiling



Always so lovely to see the friends together <3



Eventually it was time for me to rest so I said goodbye on the little hill and sat down.



It is genuinely so nice to spend time with you all in the forest. Thank you for including me in the fun. I hope to see you again soon in the forest!

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It was really such a blast!!

It was really such a blast!! i had so much fun prancing with everyone <33 much love to you all!! <3 so glad you captured these screenshots Yak!! I had such a hard time getting everyone in a screenshot together haha.



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Yesterday was truly a

Yesterday was truly a wonderful day!! <3 I had so much fun with you all, always puts a smile to my face and makes my day to spend time with everyone. <33 Love you all!!

So lovely screenshots as well, both Yak's and Hoodie's!! <33 The diaries just always make me so happy, to see all that happened during the day in order in the screenshots, and I love reading the captions so much!!

I hope to see everyone in the Forest again soon! <3 Smiling

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Finally got to run into grown

Finally got to run into grown up Yak Smiling those horns are indeed majestic!!

''Dancing and being mad as cheese'' you're not wrong, and that's a very wonderful way to put it Laughing out loud I had old 2000's techno pop music playing entire time... so this was a rather interesting party, very upbeat and high with energy. Don't think my deer has jumped around this much since he was born. Thank you for these incredible captures, and even better captions; they are enough to let me relive the moment again. Forever grateful for all of you. Stay awesome <3

(oh and I gave KLF's chill out a listen. It's beyond wonderfully weird - in the best way possible. Thank you for mentioning it, I now have something new to listen to while drawing Laughing out loud)




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yeah it can be hard to get a

yeah it can be hard to get a good shot with so many deer and so much going on! Click and hope is about the best I can do.

I like your first pic particularly, as it contains a lot of deer but you can clearly see everyone's picto. That's good for people like me who are relatively new and don't know everyone on sight yet Smiling

And yes, what a lovely day. So nice to see you again and I look forward to more meetings soon!
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It was such a good time

It was such a good time Smiling.

I'm really happy you enjoy the diaries. I really enjoy doing them and it's nice to be able to contribute something even in small part to a community that is already so full of creative talent.

Looking forward to seeing you again soon Smiling
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great to finally meet you in

great to finally meet you in my adult form. I've settled into that look so well, the horns captivated me immediately of course but I feel like the whole fits so well, I love seeing it in game Smiling.

ahhh nothing wrong with a bit of cheesy techno, I love it Laughing out loud. Haven't tried any in the forest yet, that's usually late at night for me and as such tends to be quiet and contemplative rather than banging. But I'm here alone for a few days, maybe one night I'll try blasting it and see how it goes!

And I am so glad you like Chill Out. It's wonderfully weird and relaxing - the sort of thing you might put on to chill out after a night dancing to that techno haha. (Plus it has sheep on the album cover and that's always going to endear a thing to me). One of my favourite ambient albums and when you're in the correct mood for it, it's just sublime.

And yes, good to work to, it can be present but not distracting which is what I like for creative work.

I'm glad you enjoy the diaries too, thank you. I hope they reflect what a lovely community this is, that has aggregated around this forest Smiling

See you soon in the forest I hope!
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