kari Velvetleaf

I'm a blues fan. I appreciate DJ's who have knowledge about the musicians or a story about the tune, etc., to share with us. Certain DJ'S were so interesting and fun that they would MAKE me want to remember to come to their sets on certain nights! The DJ's who feel that simply 'greeting' you as soon as you land outside of the club, and playing tunes one after another with nothing interesting to say, I simply don't feel inspired to tip. One thing that I honestly find irritating and WILL make me leave a club, is when the 'hosts' constantly remind or badger you to tip the venue and the performer, and then the performer reminds you to tip the 'amazing' host, who has basically just been saying hi to people and bugging us to tip. My answer to the posted question is no, I don't feel it is wrong to not tip occasionally. Tip when you have enjoyed the music, the banter, etc. Tip what is affordable to you.

My dad, who was a thoughtfuI and reasonabIe man, worked for the Canadian Air Force aII of his Iife. He said that over the years, he knew severaI jet piIots had seen things that they couId not expIain. This was back in the 60's and 70's.

This is an oId photo that I had taken back in 2018, but I was very happy with it.

This old person was wondering the same thing. ;-)

How charming is THAT? She can see that she is foremost in your thoughts when she receives your notes. The fact that you share ramblings, not just romantic or naughty thoughts is really lovely. Does she reciprocate with notes as well, at least sometimes? I remember reading that Ronald Reagan wrote letters to his wife Nancy nearly everyday or sent her little silly doodles. They remained in love until the end. There is something to that, I think. Wishing you both all the very best. 🙂

At first I was going to say that the bottom one was a backdrop, but then I noticed the rocks on the right side of the bottom photo, and that told me that a backdrop wouldn't have had such angular 'sl' looking rocks. The shore is also a bit angular in spots. I had to really look at the photos to notice any sort of difference, though.

Yes, I agree that 'bloom' is used here. You don't mention which photo-editing program you use. For those of us who do not have PS, but use free online photo-editing programs such as pixlr, there is an effect called 'orton' which can achieve a somewhat similar effect. You play with the slider to get the desired look. Under 'touch--up's' or 'make-up tools', it looks like the photographer added highlights to the skin. Personally, if you have seen a lot of this style of photo-editing in flickr, why not just shot a flickrmail message to one of the photographers and ask them if they could direct you to an instructive video, or tell you the editing program that they use, etc. I think that most people are pretty helpful. While it's good to ask people how they achieve a certain 'look' to their photographs to learn, we should all try to develop our own identifiable style. I can just look at some flickr photos and recognize who took the photo by their unique style.

I've been posting in flickr on and off since 2012. I've never had one issue with how I rate my photos. I try my best to follow their rules. When I'm not sure which safety level to post it at, I choose a more stricter level. One thing that I do, when I am looking through new posts taken by people I am following and see a very sexual post, I check to see which safety rating they have posted it at. Sometimes people forget to change the safety level. If the photo is posted as 'safe', I then send them a friendly message just telling them that I've had friends banned for not choosing the correct safety level and that they might want to chose another level. I always get a message back thanking me for letting them know. It's often a simple case of forgetting.

One place that I have loved to ride with a friend is called "Mother Road". It's just such a great 'route 66' sort of place with GREAT light and details. Love it. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mishiland/65/210/75

One of my favorite places to hang out was Humanoid. I just loved this place. This photo was taken in 2013 with my then bf. It was just one of those peaceful, quiet times chatting about whatever, but enjoying the moment. We have always remained friends ever since, and I'm now friends with his current partner. I had encouraged him to try photography back then, and he is now into it than I am!

Thanks for the update, Tipsy. 🙂 That's great news!

By you mentioning 'find enjoyment out of it (sl)', what exactly gave you enjoyment before? Socializing and hanging out with friends? Shopping? Enjoying music venues and exploring? Romance? More people logged into sl, in my opinion in the first lock-downs. If you had favorite hangouts before, are they still around? Generally, people tend to find a few favorite places to hang out at regularly, and meet others there.

I have really enjoyed wandering through this sim. I have this thing for wild heather. Taken at Soul2Soul Highlands 🙂 Fields of Heather -taken at Soul2Soul Highlands | maps.secon… | Flickr