"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!

RFL of SL 2015 Recap

It was RFL of SL weekend...

I tried to make it around this year, but had to give up after one too many crashes and returns to the Steelhead campsite...

I did cheer folks on and come in for the Luminaria ceremony, and finally made my way through when everything was over...

 

There were some really special things to see like Luna Barak's build in RFL Pledge...

And Beq Janus' star-filled one in RFL Stars...

And oh...be still my tiny squirrel waffle-loving heart! GIANT WAFFLE TOWERS! 

SL12B: SL's Birthday Bash

I thought I would explore SL12B--SL's 12th birthday community celebration--spread out over 15 sims. This year's theme is "What Dreams May Come" and I thought Raglan's parcel was pretty appropriate...

 

I even managed to get in a nap...

 The pretty amazing stage at the SL Astonish sim...

 And the main welcome area...

 Of course, I found a bunneh...

 And the CAKE STAGE!

I've always enjoyed the SLB celebrations for the interesting things that I come across.

Elle in Kitely

I ran into an old Caledon acquaintance who convinced me to take a look at Kitely. A builder's paradise in that you can get a lot of sim and prims for a whole lot less. Of course, I convinced Phin to noob it up with me and explore it...

 It had a very SL circa 2007-08 feel to me. Having been around in SL back then, it was like being in a fun throwback, except as a noob it was very hard to figure out how to get anything for yourself or what to do next. As in SL, one of the very first places I visited was their inworld version of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater...

 

This one was really nicely done and to me, actually better than the SL version of it. I have been to the real life one and found the layout very familiar. I knew exactly where to go...

 There's Phin!

Phin and I always explore other virtual worlds. We joke it is in case we need to immigrate to a new one someday.

New Builds in New Taloo

My friend Eclectric Breitman, maker of the Ollipog tiny avatars, has been busy at work in New Toulouse creating new builds to be placed throughout its sims. He invited me to come along on a tour of them and here I am standing on a balcony of one with Gabi and Francesca Alva. They really are nice and will stand out among the other builds already in place in Taloo.

SL7B

I attended SL7B this year and well, something felt...lacking. Other persons perhaps?
As usual, I could count on fun, crazy displays such as Extrovirtual's huge dragon. So cute...Or this fluffy bunny thing...The cake confounded me though as it seemed to be part of a Linden official area...really?And once more...the fluffy bunny thing...I could go into a post reflecting about the changes in SL over the years blahblahblah, but I'll save that for another time. Enjoy the fluffy bunny thing.

Striking SL7B Build

Just in case you may have found a lot of the SL7B to have been kind of a hodgepodge wasteland too, I found this beautiful provocative build. I have misplaced my notes on its title and artist, so if someone knows, could you let me know?

Emerald City set

Tensai had created this fantastic L. Frank Baum (of Wizard of Oz fame)-themed set for a for a Steelhead dance. I couldn't resist looking like Miss Gale and having a look around.

Just Another Night in Steelhead

There's nothing quite like logging in to presents, and this time a really pretty necklace was awaiting me...Lunar had just put down the new train station in Steelhead, based upon this one, so I went over to check it out...While inside, he asked me "Did you just see a big robot go by?" I said "This is SL. Anything is possible." But sure enough, the large robot peered into the Steelbucks coffee shop in Harborside and continued to explore the town...
Lunar asked me to join him on a quick errand. We both looked down at a deer sprawled out on the ground in Port Harbor. We figured it strayed from someone's property and he returned it to its owner to graze some more. I joked that the evil tiny kitty next door would've been eating venison for days if she found it first...

Steelhead Steampunk Animals Build Contest Entrants

After I managed to fall into the apple barrel last night, I headed over to the Steelhead Harvest Festival Steampunk Animal Building contest to see the entries...There were some really fantastic (and hilarious) ones...
If you've like to see these really fun builds yourself, head over to the barn in Steelhead City!

Mont St Michel in SL

I have been very busy and haven't been doing one of my true loves in SL: exploring. Tonight, I thought I'd go and visit the re-creation of Normandy, France's medieval Mont St Michel finally...
I made my way upwards, past the charming buildings of the island's village, which contain shops...I was chatting with Lunar via IM. "Isn't that the one with the parking lot?" he said. "Parking lot? Do you have the right window?" I asked him--thinking all of that building had finally gotten to him, and then I turned around and saw it...I wound my way through twists and turns and corridors and made it to a courtyard at the very top, where upon entering a doorway...I found a beautiful and well-built Norman chapel inside...
I took a break on a bench among the trees on one of the lower levels upon my descent. If you'd like to visit yourself, click HERE.

Steampunk Meets Asian Influences in Steelhead

The Steampunk Asian-influenced sim of Steelhead Shanghai is now open to the public. Parts of it are still under construction, but you can now see for yourself that it is certainly shaping up to be a stunning sim...I paused for a moment on one of its moon bridges...
This is Steelhead...so of course there is a trout temple...Lunar, the "Mad Elf Builder", takes a break from his work for a moment...

Get Ready to Relay

Well, the actual RFL Relay is finally here. Yes, I know that I have fussed about the long relay season before, but as I said in that previous post, I would still participate and I have. To Steelhead's credit, they were pretty low-key about their activities and still managed to raise over 189K lindens as of tonight, which isn't too shabby for a small team such as ours. It was a community effort and I hope folks will come visit our beautiful site at the RFL Wellness sim...Lunar created a beautiful Pacific Northwest forest sim, with re-creations of Oregon's Vista House, a lake for swimming and 7Seas fishing, and lots of trails to explore. I personally plan on spending some quality time in the lake as a mer. See you at the Relay tomorrow!

Tinies Dogfighting in Steelhead Port Harbor

Lunar has been making changes to the beautiful steampunk port sim of Steelhead Port Harbor. He created a great floating runway for an the upcoming tinies dogfight in conjunction with the "Summer of Flight" aviation exhibit at the Steelhead Public Library organized by Miss Riven Homewood and Mr Nichus Bermann. Planes of all eras from the collection of Hotspur O'Toole and myself are out on display at the Hotel & Ballroom in Steelhead Capital City.

The Tinies Dogfight itself will be in Steelhead Port Harbor on Wednesday, July 1 at 7 pm SLT, but there will be an overseas-friendly one at 1pm SLT as well. Free tiny aircraft by Cornelius Fanshaw will be provided and everyone is welcome. Just bring your bravery and your tiny self! And feel free to come to Steelhead and practice your flying beforehand. After all...you wouldn't want this to happen to you ("Oh, the huge manatees!")...

Lunar's Tensai in Wonderland

While away in Toronto at a history symposium, I missed a big Steelhead event celebrating Tensai's birthday. For his wife, Lunar created a spectacular Escher-like "Tensai in Wonderland" build for the dance...
The blocks spell out the word "aishiteru", which means "I love you"...And you should have known the steelhead fishies would be there!