Hendrix Portal

The green strip is what my second picture showed. Well, part of it. It's a brown mountain range with home regions below that.

Southern areas on the SSP region appear to be finished, or close to it. (The green blocks disappear when zoomed in.)

That second line. Exactly what I've seen in my years in SL, and found very few willing to go along with it. (Aside from one instance where several friends and I rented a mainland region and worked together on the landscaping and holidays, and a few specifically themed estates.) It's one of the things I love about Belli, and I suspect will be the most difficult to enforce and/or explain for the exact reason you said: people have gotten used to doing things certain ways, especially on mainland. As much as I've always hated the "green block - snow block - ninja block - neon club block" aspect of mainland, I personally would support a time limit on seasonal decor. I think it would go a long way towards appeasing us continuity folks, knowing it's temporary. Also, as Sylvia mentioned, derender is not an option on all viewers so that is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

I may or may not have possibly inspired that one. *gives Mystic Mole the side-eye*

They did yesterday's Verdant Falls release before the Toad Hollow ones were fixed. Could go either way.

Gorgeous spot! I'd have given up my beach house for that one!

This little island parcel in SSPE84 is named "Yee Haw!"

Initially, my "dream" Belli home was along the canal in Wolfboro or Foxbridge. I like green grass, with rivers and rocks and bridges. My first home was on riverfront, little private beach, view of a lighthouse... never did feel quite right. There was no access to it whatsoever - no road, sidewalk, path etc. It was isolated and I wanted to be in a neighborhood. Finally gave up trying to make it work and went for the canal regions. Didn't get one; instead I picked up an abandon and it turned out to be an all-sand beachfront. Exact opposite of what I wanted. I unexpectedly loved it and still have it. Maybe, eventually, I'll recycle it and hop back in the Linden Home Lottery for one of the green river regions, but for now I'm happy.

@Elyeah I am (or was) a mainland land-hopper too. So many intriguing spots, and if an idea came to mind (or if a neighbor installed a club or a horse farm or w/e) I'd drop one and move to a new one. I finally found my spot on mainland, though, and have been there a few years now. In Bellisseria, I had two homes since May; the third was an abandon that was the exact opposite of what I wanted, and I ended up loving it unexpectedly. Nothing yet has tempted me to move although I did bump an alt to hop round for a month. Old habits die hard. Not sure what I'd have done if the alt got a nice spot like yours!

This looks like the twisted beach trees the Moles use, and I wish I had one on my place. Where is it from, if you don't mind sharing?

Agree with most all of this. The idea of cabins/lodge styles seems to be popular. Urban/industrial as well. I personally am not a fan of the dark brown mountain terrain texture. (Take a look from above at the close repeating pattern, too. You can't unsee it.) The lighter shades of the landscaping rocks would be nice. Even so, once landscaping is done it's not as obvious. In a group chat one day, many of us were hoping for a space-age theme (leaning towards retro, but futuristic had some interest) and Patch said if a lot of people were interested he'd consider it. Could have been casual convo, could be something he's already thought about... we'll just have to wait and see. Collectively everything done so far looks great so whatever theme(s) happen, they're sure to appeal to a good number of people.

Two waterfalls, with the lower one connecting to the river coming up from Graff. As Evangeline said, it's below Shady Corners - SSPE 46 and 62.

I would go for one of the metal-textured ones myself. I rather like the industrial look. Might need to get some industrial horses...?

I don't feel the waterfalls will be taken down. The inner river/lake water height is higher than the outer water leading to the ocean, so a boat pass isn't feasible IMO.

Via the chat, it was Millers Pond, Bellaterra and Corinth. So 3 separate houses.

I second this request!

Homes on two regions got bounced around for a while this morning, Learmont and Ketran. And then the one in Cathair which seems to have been kept.

Appears to be Ashton Village, by the texture.

Adding my vote for the rock textures!

No problem with a "gently used" home here! I got an abandon on an "older" new region and love it. I'll probably stay parked until the campers arrive.

If I recall correctly, before building they put a green marker for the center point in every region so they don't put a house on it. So the center is (or should be) on Linden land (road, common area, etc.) In all my bouncing around I haven't found a home in the region center yet. But I could be wrong; I haven't been to all of them yet!

Friend reported he got a traditional in Limevale at 5:04 SLT. Catch and release, it should be back in the pool now.

More images are in from the disaster zone. Despite the eerie skies, concerned citizens were advised that "the sky is not falling" by an unnamed official source. Sunset showed the stark landscape while residents assessed the damage to their homes. The streetlights mysteriously remained unscathed by the winds.

The same owner got it twice, so that accounts for two. Rabelais is a nice region but not everyone's cuppa.

I suspect several people up there dancing were also reported, as there was some questionable chatter* about it flooding one of the groups. I just wish I could see Linden reactions to those reports. *may be one of the guilty party who was suitably reprimanded