donut! no ermm hang on a minute, got that wrong i mean donate!

hi lovely ssg peoples, friends et al

I confess I am not the worlds most confident person, pretty sure mr trump won that award some time ago, so talking to people is difficult, when I write my stories thats easy, just another story, do you know I rarely know how they end? nope I just start writing and it developes as I do, half the time I am as surprised by the ending as the reader is :) however when it comes to directly communicating with someone, I am basically rubbish,
so I wanted to donate to the monster raffle 3, having never done so and also being clueless with technology~ I still don't fully understand voting! steemit is very confusing for me, and discord freaks me so bad I just kind of leave without saying anything, my apologies for that I just never know what to say and when there is more than one or two people talking it freaks me and I leave, so with all my glorious insecurities holding me back I failed completely to ask anyone other than my friend if what I had wanted to donate would be enough, I didn't think it was, everyone had offered such amazing prizes my little offering just seemed laughable, I told myself if they say yes it's enough then I will do it, in their wisdom which I really respect, this person has been an excellent friend to me and has helped me so much they have my full respect always, they gave me excellent advice of asking one of the others and if I hadn't been the chaos of self doubt that I am I would have done so, I didn't want to bother anyone though , figured I had bothered my friend and I didn't want to go bothering anyone else.
Then I read this wonderful post https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@raybrockman/6ywhw2-monster-raffle-three in which I found I only needed to find an ounce! yay :) so now I can go ahead with my little donation :) and this makes me very happy
We have some new members in the group since I joined, and I will explain to those of you who don't know me, I am not in the big league :) I only started collecting silver in may this year so I haven't even been collecting a year yet, and I am not working, though I am working on my silver art in the hope of making a living enough to support my kids and I so this situation will improve, however this means I am not able to add to my tiny stacklet the way others do, I am pleased if I can get one ounce a month and consequently I have a tiny wee stacklet, of which I am very proud :)
There are a lot of good reasons to enter the raffle, 22 good reasons last time I checked :) but for me I am not taking part because of the fabulous prizes, I am taking part because the wonderful ssg community were the most wonderful, friendly, good people I met on steemit, from the very first moment of meeting me they have upvoted, commented, supported, and encouraged me, I thank ssg community for my being here on steemit, for their excellent friendship, and for their support of me without judgement, this part I appreciate the most because to be a productive member of the group is the ideal but I am poorly and so cannot post as much as is really needed, some days the pain keeps me in bed, some days I have no choice but to get out of that bed as I have children, it means often when it comes to write I can't and the ssg community are brilliant about it, they need a productive person and yet always encourage and have kind words for me even though I can't be as productive as other, I really appreciate that. I have noticed others they have shown great compassion to, on many occasions I see them supporting and encouraging others, for me this group of people from all over the world shows the best qualities any person can have, kindness, compassion, respect, for me I am taking part because I want to give back for all they have done for me, and for all they have done for others, and for being the most excellent people I have been lucky enough to meet, for you dear reader I heartily suggest you buy a ticket simply because the prizes are amazing :)
Enough with the explanation on to the prize! I shall quit procrastinating and show you my little offering into the superb experience that is...........the monster raffle 3!
please imagine everyone whooping and a hollering at this point and for extra effect I want you to imagine ticker tape flying everywhere :)
first I will show you the required 1ounce and that will be one of my maples, I love maples, mainly because when buying silver I don't like to buy anything less than four nines silver, I have on occasion bought only three nines however it never feels as good as buying four nines, maples are one of the few coins that are four nines so I buy them before buying anything else, I never buy anything that is not fine silver, I won't buy sterling for instance, has to be minimum three nines or I won't consider it :) that's my thing :) so maples are my favourite coin
Now there always has to be a little something extra and I wasn't sure what to do about this as my stacklet isn't big enough for a little something extra, so I decided to add ..................Batman :)
for those that don't know I have begun to learn how to make pretty things with silver, again I will only use fine silver, so I made a silver batman, he weighs 28 gms three nines silver so he is nearly another ounce, let's say he has aspirations of being an ounce :) however he is not hallmarked yet, I am going to get all my pieces hallmarked and have had communications with the hallmarking assay office at Sheffield (uk) and it turns out I have to pay a registration fee, this fee I cannot pay yet :( so whoever wins batman (and the coin this is one prize of two things), has two choices, you can either wait until he is hallmarked, I do intend to pay the fee and register however this is not feasible until after christmas, I have four children to somehow provide christmas for, anything else will have to wait for now , or the winner can have him without the hallmark if they do not want to wait.
some pictures

one of my beautiful maples

my beloved batman :)
there you go my donation to the raffle I hope it helps I know it's not as glorious as the other prizes but if it helps ssg community then I am happy, so people please consider buying a ticket , I am half way saved up for my ticket, and think of the amazing prizes!

many thanks for your continued support to the ssg community

images and writing velveteen 2018