Absent

But kind of back

The last few months have been stressful so I haven’t been online much. Some selected lowlights are hospitalisation and then recovery from an unexpected medical problem, a chest infection possibly taken from the hospital, a lot of work travel and last week my employer chose to make my position redundant. I think I finish tomorrow but the process isn’t being handled well.

I hope to spend some more time in-world and to catch up with your flickr streams.

Wearing:

Skin: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Audrey’, Natural, Breast 1 (thanks, Nevery)
Eyes: By Snow ‘Deep Eyes’, Aqua
Hair: LeLutka ‘Moss’, Light Blonde
Top: from Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Luna’ outfit, White (thanks, Nevery)
Jacket: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Seattle’, Sand (thanks, Nevery) — new
Trousers: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Lana’, Sand (thanks, Nevery) — available in six colours from the Chapter Four event at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Compotista/209/43/1203
Shoes: Boudoir ‘Beige’
Necklace: League ‘Vintage’ Jewellery Set
Rings: Dark Mouse ‘Statement’ Rings
Glasses: Gos ‘Intuition’ Tortoiseshell
Pose: HelaMiyo ‘Fast Fashion’, 1 (thanks, Miyoko)
Location: everydaydream SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moonlight%20ReefYourHOME/118/217/502
Windlight: Annan Adored Dusty

Props: Greenhouse by Turnip’s, Roses by World’s End Garden and XIV, Tree and Shrubs by Happy Mood, Outdoor Setting by ionic, Cup and Cake by Lisp, Lights by Lisp

Lady of the lake

More Firestorm tests

My experiments are continuing (when time allows) with the new version of Firestorm. I can’t take pictures of more than 4,000 pixels like other people, but I don’t remember being able to do that in the past anyway. Changing the settings to more than 3,000 pixels wide would add lines to images.

I think all I need until Santa brings me a new computer is a gentler face light or illuminator. Any recommendations would be gratefully received.

Wearing:

Skin: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Audrey’, Chic, Breast 1 (thanks, Nevery)
Eyes: By Snow ‘Deep Eyes’, Aqua
Hair: LeLutka ‘Amanda 2′, Marilyn
Dress: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Flora’, White (thanks, Nevery), available in three colours
Shoes: Boudoir ‘Romance’
Pose: Helamiyo ‘High Fashion’, 3
Location: World’s End Garden (locate the door in the garden to teleport to the outdoor area)
Windlight: Annan Adored Light Explosion

Strawberry’s seven SL facts meme

Seven SL facts

I can’t recall ever participating in a meme but Strawberry Singh’s intriguing seven facts meme got me pondering about things you may not know about me. I hope you can share your seven things as well and post a link here or on Berry’s blog.

1 I am obsessed about not getting involved in SL drama. My RL has enough bumps in the road and I am militant about my sense of fun and wonder being disturbed.

2 If designers give me goodies to blog, I usually go to their shops and buy something else to spread the good karma.

3 I have more than 600 poses in inventory. I compiled the first 400 manually in an old and reliable hud but I’m too lazy to scroll through it; I usually go and buy more at the time I need them.

4 If I take a picture in someone’s sim, I always hunt down the tip jar and leave some lindens. I didn’t know owners could see who gave tips until someone sent me a thank you note — if avatars could blush, mine would have turned a bright shade of red.

5 12,000 is the point at which I fret irrationally about my inventory count. The total is about 12,600 at the moment so some items will have to go or I’ll keep thinking about them.

6 Even if I don’t have land, I still search for and buy houses. Much of my inventory consists of houses I can’t bear to delete as they hold memories of placing and decorating them. However, I live in a basic house with no furniture as all my allowance is used on the garden.

7 I haven’t been involved with anyone for about four years since a relaxed and affectionate thing with a man from America. It ended awfully after he accused me of contacting his RL wife (so many things are wrong with that sentence I can’t even begin). I’m not looking but maybe a nice man in a friendly timezone will emerge from an orange cloud and rez in front of me one day.

Bonus fact
My favourite creation in SL is the Happy Mood bunnies (but I guess that’s no secret). I bought all the variations in size and colour.

Wearing:

Hair: LeLutka ‘Daisy’, Marilyn
Jacket: Les Petits Details* (LpD) ‘Lara’, Flowers (thanks, Nevery)
Jacket: Les Petits Details* (LpD) ‘Lara’, Brown (thanks, Nevery)
Pose: HelaMiyo ‘Knees’ 5
Location: everydaydream http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moonlight%20ReefYourHOME/118/217/502
Windlight: Greed 2

Props: Grass by Kidd, Tree by Happy Mood, Crate by MMGraffiti, Rabbit by Happy Mood, Shrubs by Happy Mood and Moonshine Creations, Roses by World’s End Garden

Flowers for Neve

Flowers for Neve

I wanted to make a picture for the lovely Nevery Lorakeet of Les Petits Details. She’s been generous of spirit, full of patience when I’ve accidentally deleted myself from her blogger group and has been an all-round kind and lovely person. Oh, and she makes rockin’ biker-cum-ballerina outfits, too. I’m honoured to call her a friend.

Wearing:

Skin: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Audrey’, Chic, Breast 1 (thanks, Nevery)
Eyes: Amacci ‘Real Eyes’, Golden Green
Hair: LeLutka ‘Daisy’, Marilyn
Dress: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Lara’, Flowers
Jacket: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Lara’, Brown
Boots: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Old Boy’, Brown (come with socks and no-socks options)
Necklace: Dark Mouse ‘Bohemian Flare’
Pose: Olive Juice ‘Booms 5: Marigold’ (includes flowers in hand)
Location: Home
Windlight: Places Abracadabra 2
Props: Tree Seat by LISP, Tree by Forest Floor, Bicycle by What Next, Grass by KIDD, Flowers by XIV and Happy Mood, Rabbit by Happy Mood

Somewhere

Somewhere

I know where my avatar is — still enchanted with World’s End Garden — but I’m mentally somewhere. The last few RL hours have been filled with joy, mundanity and then sadness and I don’t know what my mind is at.

Wearing:

Skin: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Barbara – Light’, Chic, Breast 1 (thanks, Nevery)
Eyes: By Snow ‘Deep Eyes’, Cobalt
Hair: LeLutka ‘Salome’, Marilyn
Dress: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Moon and the Night’, Moon (white) (thanks, Nevery)
Gloves: from Coco ‘Party Dress’, Silver
Headpiece: Boudoir ‘Noir Peony’
Pose: WetCat ‘DQ Runway’, 6
Location: World’s End Garden
Windlight: Bryn Oh’s Anna’s Many Murders

The pirate kite yarrrrrr

Burger Fairy and Vege Burger

I have been following Rudhmellowen Laguna’s blog since the start of Luna Jubilee’s 52 weeks of colour challenge last year and we’ve built a nice camaraderie.

We met inworld at a blogger preview of the Festival of Sin earlier in the year and have been threatening to take a picture together since then. Finally, I called her over before packing up the remnants of my garden.

The conversation went along the lines of:

“I’ve got the kites unpacked, oh my god, there’s a pirate kite.”

“I wanna pirate kite.”

“Wow, there’s a cupcake kite as well. Flying cupcakes, awesome.”

“I wanna pirate kite!”

Who am I to deny anyone a pirate kite?

It was my honour to take a picture with you, Burger Fairy.

Wearing (me, the blonde one):

Skin: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Alice – Lighter’, Petal (thanks, Nevery)
Eyes: Amacci ‘Real Eyes’, Golden Green
Hair: LeLutka ‘Daisy’ mesh, Sweden
Outfit: Les Petits Details (LpD) April ‘Firenze’ (thanks, Nevery)
Boots: Gos ‘Triumph’ mesh, Black
Bracelet: Rozoregalia ‘Gazeliver’
Pose: n/a
Location: Home
Windlight: Places Bentham
Props: Kites by LISP (include texture change and multiple poses), Trees by Forest Floor, Grass by Kidd, Flowers by Happy Mood and nocc

Simple pleasures

Simple pleasures

I had an unplanned break from SL apart from logging in to pay my tier fees and to clear the mail. I’m still sick IRL and have a lot on sorting out a likely job change — it’ll take a while to catch up in-world and on flickr but I’ll get to it.

Speaking of tier fees, mine are at the higher end but my landlady is Unofficial Queen of SL Landscaping as you can see from the background. Drop me a line if you ever want to do a group swimsuit picture as the trampoline bounces six from memory!

Wearing:

Skin: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Audrey’, Glam (thanks, Nevery)
Eyes: Amacci ‘Real Eyes’, Sapphire
Hair: LeLutka ‘Daisy’, Sweden (mesh)
Swimsuit: LeeZu ‘Boho Bikini’, Blue
Pose: included in trampoline
Location: Home, Blizzard Cove
Windlight: Places Cornfield
Props: Water Trampoline by ANA-mations

52 weeks of colour part deux – week 15, seashell peach

She Sells Sea Shells (with Bunnies and Ducks)

I started with the gorgeous storybook from Happy Mood that’s been sitting in my inventory since Epoch, and then I encountered and fell head-over-heels in *squeee* for Bliss Couture’s range of Easter headpieces. We already know I won’t just be wearing them over Easter.

Happy Easter everyone. I can’t believe Luna’s 52 weeks of colour challenge is almost a third complete — at this rate I’ll be saying happy Christmas before I know it.

Wearing:

Skin: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Audrey’, Chic (thanks, Nevery)
Eyes: Amacci ‘Real Eyes’, Golden Green
Hair: LeLutka ‘Abbie’, Marilyn
Top: haut monde ‘Hysteria’, Peony (haut monde is closed inworld, but open in the marketplace)
Skirt: haut monde ‘Hysteria’, Peony
Headpiece: Bliss Couture ‘Rabbitty’ Hair Band
Shoes: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Chic’, White (thanks, Nevery)
Ring (R) Donna Flora ‘Camelia’, (L) Dark Mouse ‘Statement Ring’, Romance
Pose: –
Location: Home, Blizzard Cove
Windlight: Starley 2A Settings
Props: Storybook, Trees and Shrubs by Happy Mood, Grass by Kidd

Happy Easter

Bunnies!

I was working away furiously on my colour challenge picture for this week so I’d get it done on time and be up at 7am Sunday for a gallery opening.

Then I got ready for bed and realised it was only Friday night and not Saturday night. Whoops.

I wanted to pose this raw shot of one of Bliss Couture’s Easter headpieces as the detail is lost in tomorrow’s picture. I bought the fat pack because, when it comes to bunnies, it’s too hard to choose.

Wearing:

Skin: Les Petits Details (LpD) ‘Audrey’, Chic (thanks, Nevery)
Eyes: Amacci ‘Real Eyes’, Golden Green
Hair: LeLutka ‘Abbie’, Marilyn
Top: haut monde ‘Hysteria’, Peony (haut monde is closed inworld, but open in the marketplace)
Skirt: haut monde ‘Hysteria’, Peony
Headpiece: Bliss Couture ‘Rabbitty’ Hair Band
Location: Home, Blizzard Cove
Windlight: Starley 2A Settings
Props: Storybook by Happy Mood

Synchronicity

Synchronicity

I bought several outfits from Miamai’s collection last November (this has been sitting in my ‘to post’ list for no reason) but I think this is my favourite. The subtle colours and softness stood out from the usual bold shades and tailoring and every picture I’ve seen on Flickr has been dreamy and flowed beautifully.

Wearing:

Skin: Baiastice ‘Pulchra’, Porcelaine Makeup 1
Hair: LeLutka ‘Abbie’, Marilyn
Eyes: Amacci ‘Real Eyes’, Sapphire
Lip Colour: Chelle ‘Lipstain A’
Dress: Miamai ‘Nanna’
Headpiece: Miamai ‘Memento’, Boreal
Pose: Di’s Opera ‘Quirky Line 1’, Pose 1
Location: Happy Mood Shop
Windlight: AnaLu Outdoor City