Hi Streemit!!! So Happy to be here
Who am I?....
My Name is Audrey Blake. I am a glamour model living at the base Of Mt Hood, Oregon. I Love traveling, Hiking, camping, skiing, horse back ridding, cooking and my job modeling and using it as a platform for what I am truly passionate about, hosting a rescue and half way house for rescued farm animals.
What exactly DO you DO?....
Eight years ago I started working as a full time glamour model. Working as an under paid preschool teacher I was just scraping by, living paycheck to paycheck. Looking on the internet one night i found an add for modeling. Now before I continue I must say that some people may consider my job a " little too much". I decided you only live once and jumped into the world of online nude glamour modeling ( Think live playboy style chat-rooms, photo shoots and video shoots) .
(At a Photoshoot in Mexico)
When signing up I never though it would be something that would work out for me, let alone become a eight year career. At this time I had zero self confidence in my looks but I was so desperate for a change and tired of working for someone else. The idea of working from my home , making my own hours and working as much or as little as I wished was extremely tempting to me. I was amazed at the outcome of this job and decided to quit my teaching job and became a full time self employed model. Now most people enjoy the job for the usual perks... make your own hours, work from home, good pay. But over the years I have found another amazing thing from this job that I think most models do not see or do not care about and that is meeting, inspiring and bringing happiness to people around the world. I enjoy hearing about peoples days, learning about them, learning things from them, making them laugh, turning bad days into good days for them.
I am defiantly not the model your looking for if you want the " perfect girl". I am goofy, real, clumsy, dorky and never claim to be anything else then that, but through all of that I seemed to shine and become even more popular. It was crazy to think that after all , a majority of men didn't want that perfect barbie doll women, they just wanted a genuine, honest, funny girl next door.
Sometimes when I may be having an emotionally bad day ( don't we all have those days?) I get online and try to make other people smile and believe it or not just doing that small action for a stranger can and will make your day better. Because of my job it has allowed me to live my life the way I always dreamed but never imagined could become possible. Living on an farm on a beautiful mountain, traveling the world, making people smile, owning an animal rescue.
A huge change in my life......
Several months ago I took a step into a direction that would lead me down an amazing path. Like Most people I was researching different diets. I came across some articles about veganism, which at the time i told myself " I could NEVER do that" . Knowing that i was not ready to turn my world upside down by changing my eating lifestyle I started researching what animal and animal byproducts do to our body. I found myself later that week trying out the vegan diet for 30 days. About 5 days into what at the time I was calling a " 30 day challenge" I made the decision to never eat an animal product again.
My entire life I have been an animal lover. As a little girl I was always begging my parents for every and any animal i could have. I had dreams of having a farm, animal rescue and of course like any little girl inspired to be a veterinarian. My biggest animal love was horses, i begged my parents for a pony for every birthday and Christmas but of course they waited it out assuming it would be a phase.... needless to say I never got out of that phase. At 13 years old my mom and dad bribed me to stay in home school one more year until i got into high school. A bribe for a horse of my own. Through high school i was extremely active in high school equestrian team and high school rodeo. Later got into competing in professional rodeo in roping and barrel racing and even had 5 rodeo queen titles.
(My horses Tupac, legs and Larry)
As any serious anima lover, my love does not stop at one particular animal. I honestly can not count all the animals, pets and rescues that have been in my life, But needless to say I don't discriminate from a tiny wild baby bunny to a 600 pound hog, they are all special and loved in my eyes. Do you also love animals or have a special or unique pet? please post them in the comments i love to see pics.
( Yep thats a baby skunk, with a broken leg)
Several months into deciding to join the vegan lifestyle I was sitting on my deck outside my 20 acre farm trying to think to myself " How can I do more?" Some people join groups, some people blog, some people even protest. I was trying to think what I had to offer to help a cause that I believed in. Then it hit me like a pile of bricks! I have a 20 acre farm with a barn and only had a few small house pets and my two horses.... i had all the space in the world to offer homes and temporary housing for local and factory farmed animals that other wise would be killed.
(my Farm)
The way I saw it was that there were all kinds of people that could offer foster dogs and cats homes but who had the space to foster horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks and any other farm critters. So that is where my farm animal foster and rescue started.
(A rescue goat I named Pocahontas)
My first rescue was unique and special to say the least.... and surprise surprise he is still with me. I seem to have a hard time finding him a home because of his "different" circumstance. A one year old rooster that came with the name " Sharkbate". Sharkbate holds a special place in my heart not only because he is my farms first recuse but because he is a survivor to say the least. Anyone who is around farm animals knows that roosters are born with a slim chance to begin with. Hens provide eggs, they grow much faster for meat. So most roosters are killed at birth in factory farming and in their teens on private farms. Sharkbate was born with one deformed leg. He was nursed back to health after being trampled by the other chicks and somehow made it. Although unfortunately during his first winter suffered from frost bite on all of the toes except one on this good leg. So as of today he is a one legged, one toed rooster that can not provide any of the " services" that people would like out of roosters. He is just one of the many amazing story from my little band a misfits at my rescue farm. I cant wait to share their story's and pictures here on steemit with everyone and bring awareness to what we can do for animals.
(Sharkbate)
(One of my hens, Marilyn Monroe)
Who doesn't love food?.....
I have never been shy about the fact that I am a huge foodie. Always has been and always will be. I love spending time in the kitchen not only cooking and baking but coming but with my own recipes. I host large dinner parties with family and friends. one of the reasons i bought a house was because it had the space for a 12 seated dinning table. I love to cook for people and wow them with my recipes. When going vegan, I cant lie i thought i would not be able to host large dinner parties any more because really... what do vegans eat?
(Pineapple fried rice, Pad Kee Maw, Peanut butter banana vegan ice cream)
Welcome to Steemit. May your eggs lure ten productive men onto the platform.
thank you!! happy to be here i hope to lure many people onto this awesome network
Steemit is becoming quite the chef convention. Welcome!
Thank you!!! i would love to see more food post.... really who wouldnt though
Please pass my vote on to the goat. thanks :)
LOL Ill tell pocahontas she has your vote
Wish I could cast an extra up-vote to the animal rescue. Best of luck with that.
Thank you! but I defiantly still appericate your support
Yay!!! I love seeing other vegans on Steemit! :-D Welcome to our community, Audrey! I think you'll find yourself in good company as there are quite a few of us who are foodies, vegans/vegetarians, and animal lovers (myself included). We have such a kickass group of supportive and thoughtful people here!
I really admire and applaud you for all the wonderful work you're doing for rescued farm animals! I nearly teared up when I read your story about Sharkbate. Bless your heart for having so much compassion, and for setting such a positive example for others to follow. I look forward to reading more stories of all the lovely creatures whom you've provided a safe home for.... and exchanging delicious vegan recipes! :)
That is awesome to hear! I really love talking with other vegans, sometimes it hard to find like minded people out there. I plan t share some of my recipes and i love hearing other peoples and trying them.
I hear ya. It's been much harder to find other vegans since I move to Chile late last year, but no matter... my boyfriend whom I live with is vegan, too, and he's the best support system I've got! I love him dearly.
I shared a few recipes in my blog so feel free to check those out if you like. I also did a recent post about how I came to veganism, and I'm going to post the next one sometime later today.
okay, welcome to steemit @audreyblake
I hope you are happy to be in steemit
Upvote done !!!
Thank you and im really excited to check it out
the important thing is that there are health
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what? lol i think there was a typo in there
That's awesome you have a passion for helping animals. It is always needed. We also need the momentum of people helping other people to pickup in this world. It seems to be less popular these days. Steemit does provide us a community to help one another so that's a good start!
I really do try... I think that every single animal no matter what the species, they deserve respect, love and a chance at life. Im always looking to find like minded people about animal compassion
Hey audrey, nice to meet you,I love animals too because they are everything humans should aspire to be, at peace with the world, not vindictive and grateful.
Is it body painting or tatoo on your body? I am bodypainter, I can paint you if you want :) welcome to steemit family
wow very well said, im going to use that line if you dont mind. I feel the exact same way, animals posses so many qualities that i wish more people had, grateful, appreciative, pure loving, innocent and actually provide and benefit the planet . no it wasnt body pain, if you were talking about the beach pic, it was a patterned from water and sand.
oh my bad I overlooked that pic. anyway I will follow you, we have same love for animals !
Audrey! Long time fan. Great to see you on here! Oregon boy here!!!
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Nice to see you here !!!! Nice!! another Oregonian? what part of Oregon?
The booming town of Wilsonville! 😀
So Audrey ... I was 3rd to upvote your first post/blog on here. How do we get access to all of your videos? Might have to take a day off work 😀 😍
Hey gorgeous.. Im a big fan of yours.. Love you. Keep up the good stuff.
Upvote done. Long time fan.
Hi, Audrey. Thanks for telling me about this site. Not sure what exactly I'm going to do with this. Probably post some artsy stuff... maybe some drawing of a certain Snapcat ;p
Milo!!! you 100% should!!! people need to see your amazing art
Dope, love you
You are honestly one of the most gorgeous girls out there with the best personality ever 😊
aweee shucks thanks :)
Long time fan also. I love you so much you're amazing.
Wow! thank you so much! Definitely not amazing just trying to do what i can for others :)
Hey there pretty lady. Awesome job on the introduction. Look forward to reading your blog! I always enjoy chatting with you! ;-)
Thank you!!! I hope I can provide everyone with entertaining blogs, post and pics :)
Oh and by the way I still think Princess is so damn cool lol. It would be awesome to meet the both of you!
Awe thank you!!! acually in the pictures that is Princess Puffy Pants brother... "little Bruce Wayne" #SkunkLife
Lol oh really wow. Really cool! 🖒
I truly admire your heart and how you have open space in it for animals out there in need of love. Thank you for caring.
Thank you!! you just gotta tell your self daily ...... " I can do more" :-)
You really had zero self confidence in your looks? I can only assume you lived in a house without a mirror... If you think you are just the average girl next door then I must live in the wrong neighborhood.
I did, I think a lot of it came from heavy bullying against all through school. But everything happens for a reason so in a way im happy I was bullied because it made me appreciate everything I have now :-)
WHAT A GOOD GIRL!
I have two Safari Cats -- they are hybrids 1/2 Geoffroy Cat and 1/2 Tabby. I inherited them from my beautiful ex in LA. She couldn't take care of them properly, so they got put on a plane and now reside in my studio apartment in Hells Kitchen, with their own roof deck. The Mom is about 20lbs and looks like a little black panther, with amazing rosettes (spots). Of course, I also have two amazing rescue kittens, just about a year old (brother and sister). Also, there is a very well known spot in Hells Kitchen -- the old rail yards, where there are a large community of feral cats that I spot off at late at night (early morning - Im a bartender) with a bunch of food for them. Even though they are feral, a few of them will poke their heads out, as if they knew I was coming. And I always bring some treats!!! Keep up the good work... CHEERS!
That is amazing!! there needs to be more people out there like you, who just put a little bit of care and love into animals. I would LOVE to see pics of your kittys they sounds beautiful. I have some cats as well but they are just average rescue house/barn cats
Welcome to Steemit Audrey! You should check out https://xotika.tv/. Welcome to the bitcoin world :) Followed and upvoted.
Thank you so much! I will 100% go check it out right now! I will make sure to also follow back and upvote for you as well :)
Much appreciated :)
I saw this post about 25 minutes in, and I saw very little money on it. I thought, lets just check this out. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the amount of information. Very well done.
Thank you so much!!! This is my first post on here, still learning about this but it seems like an amazing site! I intend on always posting content with depth and personality. I leave the short post for twitter lol
You are so adorable!
I'm a vegetarian working toward veganism. All of my makeup and beauty products are cruelty free, I'm just having trouble with finding good cheese substitutes. One day soon, though!
Also that skunk is basically the sweetest lil baby I've seen in my life. You basically have my dream life getting to cuddle all those sweet little cinnamon rolls.
I NEVER thought that I would/could EVER give up my meat, milk and cheese. If there wasn't such amazing cheese substitutes then I probably would have struggled alot more. "Follow your heart" "field roast chao slices" are AMAZING! I also make my own cheese that is sooooo easy, i was thinking about doing a post on here about some of my favorite vegan options for people to try. And thank you I LOVE my skunks :-) I use them as therapy animals for kids , they love seeing them. Princess Puffy Pants and Little Bruce Wayne
I really admire your passion for animals and life! I am a fellow animal lover and really admire your dedication to fostering and look forward to you sharing their stories.
Thank you! I love to hear from fellow animal lovers
Nice job audrey love what you do for those animals
I do what I can :)
If that is the start of your blog than all of your fans are in for a treat. I knew you had a love for animals and now I know truly how much they mean to you. Being so genuine and caring is why I believe you have had so much success at what you do. Not to mention being gorgeous and funny as hell. Your are the girl next door I really wished lived next door. Mainly so I can come over and eat all that delicious and healthy food you cook. I promise I would at least do the dishes, lol.
Thank you mikkel. I try to just be me all of the time! and if you like me then great! lol And you can come over anytime you want and I will make you some YUMMY vegan food
Yaya!! Packing my bags right now as we speak
I would like to request that you not use the large title fonts for the main body of your piece. It is okay for main points, but I think this article stayed too far away from many comfort zones, including mine, when it comes to page layout. Instead of inviting, easy to manage baby paragraphs, I was met with daunting walls of text that felt like a chores to read. Please fix. For everyone's sake.
Thank you for your feed back, this is my first day here so im still learning :-)
I like the large words myself.
wow great post! and welcome to steemit!
thank you! So happy to be here and learn more
Welcome to the community @audreyblake . If you can give us a link of your facebook or twitter account that would more interesting.
my Twitter is @audreyblakexo
got it audrey
Loved your article, i've been a fan of yours for years. so i knew you were an amazing woman. but this just takes it to a whole new level,the details of your path to get here.you are an amazing woman
Looks like you are quite "cheeky" about your animals. All the best and what a great heart you have.
thank you!!! :)
No.
Thank you
:)
always looking good, girl =)
Damn... what a lucky chicken... lmao
it was an interesting first blog keep going
Welcome, looks like you'll do well here.
thank you :)
Upvote done!! you are so fucking GORGEOUS!
Kudos on helping animals. You don't even eat them! That's helping in two ways!
nope, every animal that enters my farm will never been eaten, killed or used . They definitely hit the animal lottery here
My vote is also for pocahontas. brunette goats are my fave ;)
amazing work ur doing with the animals
you are so passionate i love it. I hope to be as selfless as you :)
I like the animal rescue part, I am a life long vego for the same reason,
But assuming your here to make money off posts like everyone else, Perhaps you should have said your on pornhub? Assuming that is you. watch the real $$ flow in then.
As posted at the beginning of this post i am very open about my job and i am open to questions but thats not all im trying to do here.
goofy and pretty? love the chicken pics
thank you!!!! ill let them know everyone loved their pics lol
Girl next door?
Yeah, if you live on Mount Olympus!
welcome :)
Hi Audrey! My folks have a vineyard in White Salmon. I'd love to buy you a drink next time I visit.
Hello audrey, got to tell you is a nice site and is even nicer cuz your here ;)
Good on you with the animal rescue, and nice post. I enjoyed reading it until you went overboard with your so called hens.
http://imgur.com/HUNe6vL
I mean, come on... is that really necessary?
This is beautiful . Congrats and good luck :)