MoondustMaia

It was from Rainy Fey Creations - it's called "RFC - Fae Boat (RFL)" and the ad picture that came with it says that it was a RFL exclusive. It looks like I got it (or at least I unpacked it) in early May 2020, so most likely it was from the 2020 Fantasy Faire.

You should be able to! I was able to float in a leaf boat through the waterways all the way from Rigamarole to the region where my house is. (just be careful of the rolling waves in the misty region of the passage - a couple caught me and jostled me around, though didn't capsize me fortunately)

In Patch's post, he said only 4 were available so far, and the fewer walls versions would be coming shortly. I'm assuming they will show up in the mailbox selection once they are available. (?)

I missed the initial limited release, too - but kept the land page up and gave it a poke now and then. Got lucky with a poke while cooking dinner and got a house in Anagonye (yay!) but had to wait until after dinner to log in-world and check it out. It's not directly on a waterway, but can access a waterway across the street, so I'm happy with that After a quick TP to look at the house, I decided to come in properly from Rigamarole. KUDO's to the Mole(s) or Linden(s) who did the Dannielles region - that was AWESOME coming through on a little boat. I got caught a couple of times by the rolling waves and got knocked around a bit from it. Once I reached the house regions, I was able to sail all the way through the waterways up to a little clearing close to my house. Couldn't be happier

That looks like the default system hair inside the "brow" or "bald" base (also known as "eyebrows" shape or something similar to that). In the inventory, it's the item with the icon that is a side profile of a head. You can search in inventory for "bald" to see if you can find other ones to try - there are quite a few in the system avatar section of the library, and they also often come in folders with mesh heads. You can also edit it when it's being worn, if it's modifiable - find the one that you are wearing in the inventory list, right click on it and select "edit". Once the edit window opens you could try changing the texture to a fully transparent texture (there is a default transparent texture in the library at the bottom of your inventory), or you could try messing around with some of the sliders that might affect hair length. I've generally just looked for one in inventory that didn't have anything visible inside, rather than trying to edit the problematic one being worn, but I have seen others talk about editing it.

Generally, things like the charge to have the parcel appear in Search. This message probably refers to whether or not the group has enough tier donated to it to cover the size of the parcel. Those donations are done on the Group -> Land/Assets tab.

The group itself doesn't pay the monthly land tier - it is the account(s) that donate tier to the group which are charged monthly tier, and their monthly charge is the total of the individual account's land holdings, including tier they have donated to groups. An account may parcel(s) that they own individually, and the account may also have tier donated to one for more land groups - their monthly charge is the tier level for the total of tier they use and/or donate.

For a private estate, with a landscaped parcel, that sounds normal to me. Often that is mentioned in the covenant. When purchasing from an estate, always be sure to read through the covenant first, to make sure that you will be OK with any terms and conditions by the estate about what you can or cannot do with the parcel. I also take a look at the About Land and check the LI figures there. If I saw a sizable amount of LI already being used, and the covenant did not mention whether or not that counted against MY available LI, I would ask the Estate manager for clarification before completing the purchase.

It could be that people who read the forums and take photographs are more focused on taking pictures of their avatar or of their homes, and so post in the picture threads in sub-forums more related to avatars or homes. Others, I assume, find Flickr to be a better showcase.

I've seen this response several times on various work wanted posts. Just curious as to what types of jobs Mermaid Retreat has available, and is there a SLURL for it and/or a website where people could find out more information about the location/venue?

Has the person very recently changed their name? If so, it might take a little bit before the name change is available throughout the entire system. That's the only think I can think of that might cause an temporary issue.

Legacy name.

It looks like they have in-world group (NOT FOUND store) - perhaps join the group and ask there or check notices there? It looks like it's a free group.

The security orb is in the life preserver where you change the type of houseboat - it's one of the options on the menu there.

Mainland is also for people who want to rent directly from Linden Lab, paying monthly tier payments direct to LL rather than having to pay a rental box in-world or divulge a PayPal name to an SL landlord (for those estates which allow monthly payments via PayPal). 'Wanting neighbors' also doesn't automatically translate to mean no security orbs or no ban lines.