Failure to thrive – The Gray Child


This afternoon I have explored and enjoyed a new installation on LEA15 by Storm Septimus, called: ‘Failure to Thrive – The Gray Child‘. A wonderful, magical, place in a globe/sphere, filled with scenes and objects on water. Since it is built in a globe the artist strongly advises to use windlight ‘Places Las Legunas’ and…

Live and Learn in Kenya – MadPea’s Celebrity Auction


As I reblogged on 21 August, MadPea Productions is organising their annual SL Celebrity Auction on 25-27 September to raise funds for a new classroom for a school in Kenya. It is getting closer and more exciting by the day, and the auction is next week! I am participating, for the first time in my…

Garden of Eden


Tonight I spent quite some time in a lovely – new to me – place called: Garden of Eden. According to the information this gorgeous place is inspired and built after the paintings of Thomas Cole ‘The Voyage of life’ and ‘The Expulsion of The Garden of Eden’ and once you have seen those paintings…

‘Off through the new day’s mist I run’


‘Shape shift, nose to the wind Shape shift, feeling I have been Move swift, all senses clean Earth’s gift, back to the meaning Back to the meaning of wolf and man ‘ I’ve been offline for quite a while. Well not completely of course, as my work is online but I have been on an…

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers


Last night my friend Pepys invited me to a performance of the tribute band he plays in, in Second Life, and well why not!

A small summerbreak and a new man


The past days – I have been less active online and in-world, and enjoyed a bit of a summerbreak which I spend in  real life. Not that the weather is super, but there have been some days without rain (!) and the weatherman on tv has promised some nice sunny days at the end of…

We Need YOU! Well-Known SL Residents!


Originally posted on MadPea:
“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela You may have heard of Feed-A-Smile Charity in Second Life which is supported by a lot of well-known and high profile Second Life Residents. Feed-A-Smile is part of a larger organisation called Live and Learn in…

Coobs and Caity – The Dragon Whisperers


It was a warm, slow, summer evening and Coobs and Caity went for a nice walk in a quiet and peaceful Vineyard, on a sim far away. They chatted and occasionally had some silent moments, enjoying the environment and letting the busy day behind them. Coobs suddenly stopped. ‘I hear something’ he whispered  ‘be quiet!’, …

Richard De Grataine Suoh wins this week’s “Scenes from Paradise Lost” Photography Contest Prize


Originally posted on Canary Beck:
I’m delighted to award our first week’s “Scenes from Paradise Lost” Photography Contest Prize of L$ 1000 to Richard De Grataine Suoh, who submitted the image you see featured on this post. The judges, Johannes, publisher of Windlight Magazine and Caitlin Tobias (Official Photographer for Paradise Lost), and I unanimously selected Richard’s imaginative…

Girls Night Out : Wipe Out!


After our previous ‘Girls Night Outs’ in which we went horse-riding and kayaking, we thought it was about time we had another field trip with some action, drinks and chats! So this time we decided to go surfing, a fun sport and so easy in SL – compared to the RL version! We (Becky, Kerena,…

Summertime ramblings and Junk


For me summer always really starts after 7 August. Of course technically it starts earlier, but I can always really start to enjoy the weather once I’ve dealt with some sad anniversaries in July, and then the last being 7 August, the day my Mom passed away. Yes, that is 14 years ago, but still….

Eight


Today was my 8th rezday, and although I usually don’t celebrate with parties and such – I always find rezdays somewhat special. I am silly like that. This year I got spoiled so much, with lovely gifts from dear friends…I’ve gotten many surprises today, and am thankful for all of them! Giftcards (Ooooh, shopping-spree to…