Cinnamon Mistwood

In real life it's been snowing on my mountain for 3 days straight and I've been iced in for 2. I'm over it. Time for some virtual vitamin D and a fruity drink. /me stows the snow shovel, puts another log on the fire, and basks in the warmth. Here's to hoping the internet connection continues and the electricity stays on.

I looked abourt 90 minutes ago and there were only 2 choices - chalet and camper. I think these are catch and release homes, but I may try anyway. I haven't used my hopper yet today.

I fill the back of the carton at the fold, so I can quickly grab the box and if it shifts the eggs won't fall out the opening. If the fold edge is full, I work from the center out, but the open edge gets emptied first as it should be.

Updating Cora's profile pic. My first post-edited photos. I found some filters and lighting adjustments in my computer. It was fun to bounce through the filters and watch the photos change. Maybe I'll use poses one day, but for now it's just my AO. I did find some piercings in the mesh head box, so that's new as well.

You nailed the facial expressions. 😃

I've never lived in a city, @Scylla Rhiadra. Your words almost make it sound inviting and adventurous. The picture is lovely as well.

A snow shovel. ☹

I don't have a Christmas or holiday song to share. I was flipping through radio stations today like always and stopped on an oldies station. The song took me back to my childhood. It is a song my mom used to sing along to. Sunday was house cleaning day in our house (no church for us) and mom always listened to the top 40 countdown while we dusted and vacuumed. I remember this song for the misheard lyrics. I used to sing "400 children and a crop in the field" and wondered who on earth wanted 400 kids?

BeaverCreek is a real place. It is the next tiny town over from where I currently live in real life. I even lived in BeaverCreek for a few months before getting my house. Anyone under the age of about 50 does giggle about the name.

I had to go back to 2019 to find this poem. It's one of my favorites! Happy holidays @Hippie Bowman (miss seeing your positivity) and all forumites.

That is a really nice parcel. I can't wait to see what you do with it. I tried a chalet and couldn't find my inspiration to decorate it. That parcel looks inspiring!

I also use individual standing animations from all over in the built in AO in Firestorm. It's nice because I don't have to wear a HUD on my screen. I also made a second one inside the built in AO just for dances. It is also hard to find nonsuggestive dances. I will be watching this post for ideas as well.

/me hunches over her pilfered computer in a forgotten cave behind the waterfall in Rigamarole. She checks the tide tables and waits for nightfall and a low tide to make the dangerous crossing into Fantasseria. She checks her watch and sighs. "Another shot of Jagermole, then." She fidgets, paces and has another toke from her cigarette. "I hate waiting," she says aloud in her best Inigo voice.

That is exactly the look I give to the smell of eggnog.

Am I the only one who doesn't care if a region is cloned? I just want a parcel I like. Whether someone else has the same house setup several regions away doesn't impact my enjoyment of the parcel I like. By the time people are done decorating and landscaping, the cloned regions look very different. Even driving, biking or boating through regions daily wouldn't look make everything exactly the same. What do people actually have against cloning regions?

It took me a LONG time to find a trad I liked, so I hope we get open floor plans! I'll have to go check out that cafe. Of course, individual wall and ceiling colors would be great.

@Drake1 Nightfire It still works!

I agree that 3rd photo looks like a Linden-style interpretation of an Asian theme. I bet the community area in this theme would be spectacular though. I am excited, as usual, to see what the next theme(s) will be but want to keep my expectations realistic. After seeing some of the negative reactions to the update to the modern homes, I think we should dream big, but keep our expectations in line with reality. They won't please everyone.

Alt party! Polly is wearing last year's free head Lilly (heavily edited shape). Mike is wearing this year's free head Logan (unedited shape right out of the box.) I am now comfortable with EvoX and the Lelutka HUD. ✔️ alts acceptably updated. I struggle a bit with making a male avatar. He still looks too young, but at least he doesn't look 16.

They haven't been released yet. It could be a few more weeks since the new theme is a "work in progress." I am sure this thread will go wild when they appear on the land page. When they are available, just choose the new theme and you'll get a random one.

It's free https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/The-Garlic-Necklace/5690630

I used the free Logan head on an alt. I didn't change the included shape at all and used the eyebrows and facial hair that the head came with. The hair is currently a demo, but I bought the skin.

This is a super cute look! Don't worry about keeping up with the pros. Post your look anyway! We'd all love to see it. My computer is not quite up to ideal specs, so depth of field and special lighting is beyond what I can do. I don't do any editing in special software after either. If I am happy with the photo, I'll post it. If you do have a computer that will keep up with all the fancy photo tools and want to use them, just ask for advice here.

Just watched season 6 episode 1 of The Expanse. I will be rescued by those aboard the Rocinante.

Since I caught one I like even better than this one I am putting this log cabin back at 12 SLT. It faces the water overlooking the stilts and has a road on 2 sides and a rock wall in the back for extra privacy. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Peacock Bay/68/192/0 It's the dark brown Grandview in the middle