01/09/2025
Prošla su već dva dana, a nama se utisci još uvek nisu slegli, zato oprostite unapred na eventualnom zbrda-zdola pisaniju. ❤️
Na početku svega, moramo da napišemo i ovde jedno ogromno, ogromno, ogromno HVALA svim divnim ljudima koji su danima pomagali oko organizacije i sređivanja prostora - bez vas bismo seli i plakali tog dana! 🥲🥰🤗
Nosioci svega lepog - Milica, Ljubica i Jelena - koje su dekorisale čitav prostor i unele svetlost u azil, bukvalno! Na Instagramu zapratite profil , kada vam zatreba da neko napravi magiju za vama važan događaj. ✨
Naši dragi, divni prijatelji, vile i vilenjaci azila: Danilo, Sunčica, Zorica, Voja, Bilja, Srđan, i male vredne ruke Lene, Minje i Maše. ❤️ Aca, Nikola, Dragan, Biljana i Denis priskočili su u pomoć na sam dan rođendana, a Biljana je pritom napravila i fenomenalne veganske kolače (ako neko želi recept, pišite). 🥰
Predivni cvetni aranžmani stigli su nam pravo iz Cvetne oaze Ljupka (šalje i poštom sve - od buketa do kaktusa, a tu je i za savete 🪴), preslatki mafini i prasići od testa magija su naše divne Ane, a za još kiflica i pogaču, kako se i valja, zahvaljujemo našoj Slavici. ❤️🐷 Torta je majstorsko delo i donacija Zebra sweets poslastičarnice, i osim što izgleda wooow, ukus je tek fanstastičan! 😍
Muzičari su oduševili sve! ⚡️ Trenutno nemamo nijedan snimak, zato molimo sve koji su snimali da nam pošalju ili okače u komentarima atmosferu sa svirke, ali bilo je fenomenalno! Ako vam zatreba provereno dobar bend, Desi Džesi je pravi izbor! 🎸
I, naravno, Mirjanina gibanica i domaća pita od jabuka - ko nije probao, mnogo je propustio. 🤤
Ogromna zahvalnost za sve i našem divnom fotografu Zlatku Nečevskom, koji je odvojio ceo dan za nas i zabeležio toliko lepih trenutaka! 😍 Sve fotke u albumu su njegove, osim gde piše drugačije.
Što se samog događaja tiče - nadali smo se da bude lepo, ali bilo je…neopisivo! 🥹 Žao nam je zbog svih koji nisu mogli da dođu, da znate da ste falili i da bi sa vama bilo još divnije sve. ❤️
Zaista nemamo reči da opišemo sreću tog dana, zbog svih vas koji ste došli i koji ste toliko ljubavi doneli, da je ovo zasigurno bilo najlepše mesto na zemlji tog dana! 🥹🥰
Svi divni ljudi iz cele Srbije, oni koji su već dolazili i oni koji do sada nisu bili ali se znamo iz online sveta - presrećni smo jer smo se konačno i uživo sreli. 🫂 Tu su bili dragi prijatelji iz Udruženja Zora Lapovo, Udruženja Crvene šapice Kragujevac, Udruženja Bela Čaplja i Balkanskog centra za prava prirode. Došli su naši divni veterinari za male životinje iz Protektanimal-a, kao i veliki prijatelji i podrška iz Leto pet-a (koji su i ovoga p**a doneli mesečnu zalihu hrane za male životinje azila). 🐾 Rođendan su sa nama proslavili i prijatelji iz Opštine Lapovo. Kreni-promeni za prava životinja su došli da se upoznamo i da urade serijal koji čekamo na njihovoj IG stranici. Monah Siluan, naš dobri prijatelj, bio je takođe deo sreće i ljubavi tog dana. 🤗
Divna Sunčica je čitav dan provela sa najmlađim posetiocima azila, a dragi Bogdan je ukrao šou kada se pojavio sa svojim papagajima (Stanišić show kanal na YT) 🦜
Imali smo vremeplov uživo (naš prijatelj Vladimir Veličković osim što provereno dobro piše i daje finansijske savete, pokazao se i kao dobar dekorater koji je uskočio u pomoć da postavimo fotke na vreme 😎), a tek što je bazar ispao fenomenalno, ljudi dragi - moraćemo to češće da praktikujemo! 🤩
Deca su obožavala Božu i Božicu najpre, a onda i sve ostale, i sve su ih mazili i hranili (u pauzama između igrarija i bacanja potkovica). 🥰
Vreme nam nije bilo baš skroz naklonjeno, a u nekom trenutku se toliko namrštilo i razduvalo da smo svi sve grabili i bežali, ali se posle kratkog vremena smirilo i bilo divno do samog kraja. Ipak, da nije bilo Opštine Lapovo koja nam je za taj dan pozajmila paviljone, možda bi rođendanska žurka bila završena ranije. 🙏🏻
Divno je bilo i što ste donosili poklone kao na pravi rođendan, i pritom mislili na sve - šargarepe i jabuke za konje i magarce, hranu za pse i mačke, kafu, vino i čokolade za nas, a pomagali ste i finansijski - skupili smo ooogromnih 58.000 dinara! 🎁 Deo smo iskoristili da pokrijemo troškove organizacije rođendana, a deo ćemo iskoristiti za veliku i preko potrebnu akciju o kojoj vam pišemo detalje sutra. 🙏🏻
Hvala vam do neba i za svaku pomoć, ali najviše hvala na prisustvu i na ljubavi - to je nešto što nema cenu, a ima nemerljivu vrednost. ❤️
Dragi prijatelji, sigurno smo nešto zaboravili, pa molimo vas koji ste bili da dodate i svoje utiske. 🥰
Ovo je deo fotografija, deo ćemo dodati kada nam pristignu.
Dragi svi, hvala vam svima do neba na prvih 10 godina. Idemo dalje! ❤️✊🏻
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It's been two days already, and we’re still trying to process everything - so please forgive us if this message ends up being a bit all over the place.
First and foremost, we have to start by saying a huge, huge, HUGE THANK YOU to all the wonderful people who helped organize and prepare the space in the days leading up to the event. 🙏🏻 Without you, we honestly would’ve just sat down and cried on the day of the party! 😂
The heart and soul behind all the beauty — Milica, Ljubica, and Jelena — who decorated the entire place and brought literal light into the shelter. Check out their magic on Instagram if you ever need someone to create something special for your important event.
Our dear, amazing friends — the fairies and elves of the shelter: Danilo, Sunčica, Zorica, Voja, Bilja, Srđan, and the tiny but mighty hands of Lena, Minja, and Maša. Aca, Nikola, Dragan, Biljana and Denis jumped in to help on the very day of the event, and Biljana made incredible vegan cakes (message us if you want the recipe). 🥰
The beautiful floral arrangements came from Cvetna oaza Ljupka (she ships everything — from bouquets to cactuses — and gives great advice, too). 🌼 The cutest muffins and dough "piglets" were made by our lovely Ana, incredible good looking and extra testy cake made by Zebra sweets, and for even more pastries and traditional pogača bread, we thank our dear Slavica.
The musicians were unbelievable! ⚡️ We don’t have any videos yet, so if you recorded anything, please send it to us or post it in the comments - the vibe was amazing! If you're ever in need of a guaranteed great band, Desi Džesi is the one. 🎸
And of course — Mirjana’s gibanica and homemade apple pie. If you didn’t try them, you seriously missed out.
A huge thank you also goes to our wonderful photographer Zlatko, who dedicated the entire day to capturing countless beautiful moments. All the photos in the album are his, unless stated otherwise.
As for the event itself — we were hoping it would be nice, but it turned out to be… indescribable! ✨ We’re so sorry for everyone who couldn’t make it - you were truly missed, and it would have been even more wonderful with you there. 🤗 But we truly have no words to describe the happiness of that day. Thanks to all of you who came and brought so much love, this was easily the happiest place on Earth that day. ❤️
So many wonderful people from all over Serbia - some who had visited before and some we only knew from the online world - we were overjoyed to finally meet in person. 🫂
We were joined by dear friends from the associations Zora Lapovo, Crvene šapice Kragujevac, Bela Čaplja, and the Balkan Center for Nature Rights. Our amazing vets from Protektanimal were there, along with great friends and supporters from Leto Pet (who once again brought a month’s supply of food for the small shelter animals), friends from the Lapovo Municipality. The Kreni-promeni team for animal rights came to meet us and film a series we’re eagerly waiting to see on their IG page. Our good friend, monk Siluan, was also part of the love and joy that day. 🥰
The wonderful Sunčica spent the entire day with the youngest visitors, while the lovely Bogdan stole the show when he arrived with his parrots (check out his Stanišić Show channel on YouTube!) 🦜
We had a live time-travel corner (our dear Vlada, who not only gives great financial advice but also turned out to be quite the decorator) - helped us set up the photo area just in time. And the bazaar? It was phenomenal! 🤩 Dear friends, we’ll definitely have to do that more often!
The kids absolutely loved Boža and Božica, and then all the other animals too - they cuddled and fed them all (in between games and throwing horseshoes, of course).
The weather didn’t exactly cooperate the whole time. At one point, it got so windy and gloomy that we all started grabbing things and running, but after a short while it calmed down and stayed lovely until the very end. Still, if it weren’t for the Municipality of Lapovo lending us the pavilions for the day, the birthday party might have ended much earlier. 🙏🏻
It was also so heartwarming that many of you brought gifts - just like a real birthday - and you thought of everybody: carrots and apples for the horses and donkeys, food for the dogs and cats, coffee, wine, and chocolate for us… and you also helped financially — we raised a huge ~500 euros! Part of it will help cover event expenses, and the rest will go toward an important and much-needed campaign we’ll tell you more about tomorrow. Thank you endlessly for every kind of support — but most of all, thank you for your presence and love. That’s something priceless, with immeasurable value. 🙏🏻
Dear friends, we’re sure we forgot something, so please, if you were there, feel free to share your impressions too. 🥰
Here are some of the photos - we’ll add more as they come in.
Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts, for the first 10 years. Onward we go! ❤️