YAY! A New Shop in Raglan!!!

Look at the smile on my little squirrel face. Why? I got my new shop up and running in the new Raglan Shire tree city! It's so pretty there, with lots of fun, quirky little touches...

I feel so lucky and love the spot that they gave me next to the lift. I got to work right away putting everything up!

I even have a balcony!

 It has a great view of Heron Shire. I can even see the Great Tree Steve! 

"The Cats" Building a New Raglan!

I am so excited! We Raglan merchants will be allowed back on the new Raglan Shire sim soon. In the meantime, I went up to the build to take a look around and ran into Pan. This is my new shop in the "Birdhouse" section. I LOVE IT!

Along with head builder Nil (left) and a crew of tinies known simply as "The Cats," they have created a spanking brand new Raglan Shire tree city of platforms with Tudor-style shops and buildings...

Pan was working on the bucket lift next to my shop and had Nil and me to ride on it and test it out with her. SO much faster than the old acorns!

Elder Elle in Eyr

I thought Eyr was really lovely and I like RPing. I'm a writer in RL and new to para RPing and could still use the practice at it! I had an elderly elf character I had created months ago and never used. I tweaked her costuming and hair and voila! Jungle elf elder Elle! I've decided to name her "Nasirah," which means "support" or "helper." I've got a whole back story worked out and everything.

I'm looking forward to participating in Eyr. As I said before, I had visited when the sims were the Realm of Mystara. They closed in March (the RP was that they were reclaimed by the mysts), but one sim was saved and the community kept intact with the creation of Eyr (look for the Mysts of Eyr when it comes up in search). Coming from what I just experienced with Steelhead, I appreciate that. Although the sim owner is a former Mystaran community leader, it still has the input of the original creator, which I think helps with continuity.

The story here is that the Mystarans, fleeing their land's reclamation, have made their way to this jungle island to eke out a new existence. Only thing is that the island was not empty and its indigenous inhabitants (the Moei Aising) aren't too thrilled about it. Everything is still new, so the stories are still being created and explored. Exciting!

Last Dance in Steelhead

A mainstay for pretty much as long as I've been inworld, this Friday night dance was the last to be held in Steelhead. Fuzz had asked us to help decorate the town hall with photos and I managed to find the ads for every Steelhead sim...

I also put up my faves from 2007-2009 such as my postcards, the time the bay turned to lava, the Great Tensainami of 2009, the Wrangler Cup horse races, the time I got arrested for tiny disorderly conduct, the infamous wood chipper, and my very first visit to Steelhead...

I think Tensai put up this group photo from about 2009? I'm towards the right in all black next to Lunar...

It isn't a Steelhead dance without daleks and trout. You can see me and Phin dancing away in the center...

 Goodbye Steelhead...Goodbye Steamlands...thanks for the dance.

Last Steelhead Town Meeting

Every Tuesday for over 7 years, I have tried to come inworld to be a part of one of the zaniest civic meetings ever: the Steelhead town meeting. Last night's would be the last. Fuzz presided over one of the best turnouts I've seen in quite a while. I think folks felt it was important to be a part of it... 

Afterwards, we got ourselves situated to take a group photo. It was like herding cats. Here I am sitting on the letters with Thad, Lumi, and Otenth...

 Up above us were folks like Genie, Fuzz, Tensai, and Phin...

 Here is the full shot of everyone...

Tonight was bittersweet for me. Our community will now be dispersed. Some people I might not see regularly again. No more Hooos. No more floppy dongs (One!). I don't know how I feel. Free in a way? Or...unmoored? Not sure. But thank you Steelhead community, for 8 years of being my virtual home. Hoooo!!

In the Water: Two Ways

I thought I'd take my sailboat out and caught this beautiful sunset on the Blake Sea...

I was then inspired to do so as a mermaid too, and afterwards visited the RP sim of Eyr. I really liked the way it is setup and all and I had visited it (when it was Mystara) as a dark elf. I think that now I'll look into RPing there or something...

Raglan Shire Medieval Ball 2015

One of the highlights of September's Medieval Fest in Raglan Shire is the medieval ball. I've been coming to these for years now. Lady Fluffytail has to make an appearance, you know?

 It's always nice seeing so many tinies there!

 And Zayn was DJing for us from on the Carrot Throne! Nom!