Cinnamon Mistwood

I come from veterinary medicine as well - small companion animal med, octopus keeper, and recently shelter medicine. No one goes into vet med because it will make them rich. Even in specialties the payoff is not becoming a millionaire and people still accuse you of money grubbing and hate because you won't treat their Fluffy for free. If I have to hear "What about your oath to heal animals" one more time.... Gah! I have bills to pay, employees to pay, benefits to pay for, building and supply overhead, insurance. No, I can't treat your cat for free or I won't be in business long. Private medicine sometimes sucks. I'll stick with exotics and shelters for now.

One raw shot and one edited pic. The filters are fun and they're adjustable, but I think my next challenge will be to figure out how EEP works and see what I can do with that. New this time is the use of shadows. They turned out really pixelated, so I think I hit the limit of my computer. Raw: Filter added: Oh, my partner logged in for the first time in 5 years yesterday. Maybe I can convince him to take a couple's photo for that other thread. 🤞 I'll ambush him the next time he pops in.

I gave the book All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge to one of my kids for Christmas. It was handed back to me today to read it for myself. It's not my usual escapist/paranormal/scifi fiction. When I read or watch TV I usually choose topics as far from reality as possible. I see enough "real" every day. It's also not written for me (Gen X,) but written for millennial/Gen Z. I guess it got to number 1 in political fiction. I suppose I'll give it a try because book club with my kids is the best. Has anyone read it? Anyway, it's next. I'll start it tonight.

What you're really saying without actually saying it is that there will be a free range zoo in Newbrooke, right?

The head tilt makes this photo look extra cute ❤️

Both hairs are great! You have a very good looking avatar with either. 😍

Wow! ♥️

Yes.

The thread is about the new user experience.

I read that the same way you did (after several readings and attempts at comprehension.) My off topic: Lookats aren't good for anything but drama mongering. I can't think of a single legitimate use of needing to see what someone else is looking at. I don't expect to be attacked randomly while wandering around in SL because I am not out there attacking others. I don't visit combat regions so I don't need to be paranoid that an attack will come out of left field. I don't care to know if someone is looking at my skirt. I would not comment in IM or publicly on what someone else is looking at trying to embarrass or shame them. It's just for negative drama. I don't need to see your lookats and you don't need to see mine. Mind your own business and don't rely on me for your drama. Sending your lookats to others should be off by default for new users, but is that even an option in the official viewer? I haven't used it in so long I can't remember. I do feel a bit sorry for anyone that feels the need to walk around with their finger on a retaliation button just in case they get attacked while exploring, but I get that there are plenty of people whose sole form of entertainment is finding new users and orbiting them, crashing their viewers, or worse. That's a shame. Perhaps the new user experience should include a short course on the tools available to protect yourself from trolls, but unfortunately that might scare more people than it helps.

Living in the sticks is limiting sometimes. I usually order mine, but occasionally a bag or two will randomly appear at the small local grocers.

The chocolate that Hersheys makes does not even come close to a Lindt Truffle. Lindt are magnificent, melt at body temperature, and are so smooth they feel like sweet silk in your mouth. They also come in a multitude of flavors. There is no comparing the two brands. I just got to try the a pistachio and a hazelnut at Christmas. MMMMMMmmmmMMMM

This is cool. You brought up some unreleased Vics yesterday. I went and looked and some of them are prime locations.

Just a splash of cream, please. No sugar or others flavorings because coffee tastes good without it.

No a newbie will not know this and yes it's both premium and free content. Learning a new platform and your limitations in it is part of the process. It is the same in any game or virtual world. The learning curve for SL is steep. You may have to put in a tiny bit of effort to learn.

😲 Is that a little Whack-a-Mole guy???? Has anyone warned the moles?

There is something I find quite moving in the monochrome effects. I really like "filling in the blanks" myself as to what colors may have been in the original and what the mood may have been. Sepia, black and white or just muted tones are just lovely and let me make some of the artistic conclusions myself. It is also why I prefer books over television. Many times I am way off from the intent of the artist, but we all can bring our own perspective.

I agree. The chalets, logs and modern have huge houses with a bunch of tiny rooms, but there are some with 3 to 4 rooms. I also like the open floor plans. In this case it looks like the OP chose the absolute largest 3-story house. Any other house from the mailbox would help. Each location I've gotten has been a balance of interior decor and outside landscaping. I don't need much landscaping in a log, stilt, or Victorian. If I get the right parcel, the Mole landscaping is amazing. The campers and houseboats are tiny with 1 to 2 rooms. 351 land impact per parcel is enough with a little thought and effort. I imagine if that number was tripled, it would be a lag nightmare. Do you really want your neighbor to have that? Make every decoration count. Shop responsibly. Choose smaller house plans. Smaller house footprints also make the neighborhood appear less crowded since the structures don't go clear to the parcel boundaries.

Choose a smaller house to decorate. If you have a couch that is 20 land impact, ditch it and find one that is 4 LI. If your kitchen takes up more than 30 LI, find a different one. Make every prim count. Get rid of the fence and put in a 1 LI shrub. Check your clutter. If you have clothes on the floor, pick them up. If your dining table stays set with high LI settings, clear it. How many vases, rugs, paintings, lamps, knickknacks do you really need? Some creators are more adept at efficient building and optimize the land impact of each item. I have seen some really well decorated homes that don't look bare at all and even have landscaping. I am glad for the limits. It forces me to really think about what I put out and I don't just dump my inventory into my Linden Home. My houseboat has 100 unused prims so I have a sandbox in the sky. The premium benefit is not just a parcel, but you get the house without using any of the allotted prims. 351 prims. If you have a 6-room house, that is nearly 60 prims per room. You can do it.

I would choose a concrete floor.

Is this a brand new group that you created? How much time since you created it? Are there other people in the group?

The decks are okay. I will just cover them if I don't like them or add on to a roof if Ichoose a 1 story home. I do like the idea of no attached decking and choices in the content pack, but it will take some extra land impact. I really think the house style I choose will be completely dependent in the location I get. Some of the 512s don't have room for anything but the house. Prim savings on no landscaping needed, I guess. Thanks for the watery sneak peek @Abnor Mole. Very nice indeed. The very last Linden Home theme should be a Build-Your-Own-LH. Just a parcel and a content package of approved designs to mix and match, add a room, take away a wall. What a coding nightmare, but fun! That is only if my first unattainable dream of a parcel with 3 levels of homes to choose from is not possible. Choose from the mailbox 1 of 3 themed homes. 1. Underwater 2. On land or on water 3. Sky or space dwelling Just think of all the perceived space you'd have if your neighbors pick living in outer space and you pick underwater. No landscaping needed at all in space! If you're going to dream, dream big.

I like northern mountainous forests (not tropical) green, cool, foggy, wet, thick and lush, with boughs so luxurious the darkness swallows me and only occasional beams of light stream through, overgrown and wild, moss dripping from every branch, ferns, needles and mushrooms for quiet ground cover, with babbling brooks and rocky terrain, the sound of mountain birds and the snapping of twigs in the distance to make you wonder what creatures are out there, old and mysterious, where the trees can tell stories of a thousand years ago. I'll visit a crowded city or a hot, sandy beach, but I won't stay there. I'll let the forest swallow me first.

Sometimes criticisms of creators can go too far and become whiny or cruel. Sometimes the criticisms of creators are well deserved. The shoulders on my Lara body are somehow wrong. I can't pinpoint what bugs me, but I usually wear at least a short-sleeved shirt to hide them. Sometimes the creators of those short-sleeved shirts still get it wrong. Then there is the mismatch of head and body skins by the same creator or textures on clothes or vehicles that don't line up. Sometimes the mismatch of colors and textures or use of sliders to fix shape imperfections is my own fault for not knowing how it all works. 11 years in SL and I still find new things to learn, but yes, sometimes it is the creators. Sometimes it is the limitations of the platform and the tools. Sometimes it is me.

I kinda love everything about this avatar. A little rough, unpolished, unique, and approachable. You've made it your own and, by my own personal standards, it's a very attractive look.