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...

Out on the Water

I am still kind of reeling from the announcement the other night. Members of our community are so distraught, depressed, upset, lost-feeling, uprooted. It is such a sadness involved. Des (Caledon), Tenk (Babbage), and Selena (Winterfell) have kindly offered to take us in. After all, we have to go somewhere and not everyone's comfortable roaming the world like me. Even if it is a virtual community, it is still a community and that loss has a visceral feel to it. I thought I'd take to the waters, and brought Phin, who was brave enough to go along...

I named her the "Zephyr Too" after one of my original sailboats that I used to take out on the Firth of Caledon. The Blake Sea is much bigger and so interesting to sail on. I find it pretty calming just being out there, hearing the water, watching the planes go overhead, and other vessels going by. At one point, I dropped the anchor and we just talked. It felt good. It'll be OK...

What Now?

It has been 8 years since I have been without a home in a community. First, there was Caledon. Then Steelhead. When I first started SL I roamed the world more and explored. Even after I became more active in the Steamlands, I still explored. But there was something nice about being a part of something. Familiarity. Home.

I've always maintained a little mainland lot, as I've always had a premium membership and yes, I know that I have Raglan, but I am not a tiny 100% of the time. If anything, I can participate there more now.

I suppose I've been given a new outlook of sorts...to think about the things I enjoy inworld. Meet new folks. Take up old things I liked--like sailing again. That's me on my brand new Loonetta sailboat. Who knows what I'll get into next?

See y'all on the grid...

SL Simple Pleasures: Sailing

I read Hotspur's post and it made me want to go sailing myself, especially as the recent announcement could truly affect that pasttime. The Firth of Caledon--the central openspace water sims there--has always been one of my favorite places to sail and I think that with all of the uncertainty, I will take his suggestion and go to the sims that compose the SL Sailing Federation too--just in case. Tonight, I took out my Trudeau Trucordia yawl, the "Serendipity". Whether it is my literally tiny tako or one of my larger ships like that one, there's something to be said for the calm that comes from sailing inworld. I hope that is something that won't change...

The Couple That Flies Together...

I thought I'd start my evening inworld with a calm sail around Laval Point...But you know me...I like excitement! Adventure! I figured Phin would be up to some as well so we headed over to Second Skies...
Where Phin took me up in the skies over Extropia Core in his WWII-era RAF plane by Bancos Milestone and showed off some fancy flying. I was like "WAIT...did you just do a roll?!" and made him do it again. We've both done lots of loops, but not rolls inworld. I think he surprised himself and did it again! YAY! And yes, I came away with two new planes myself...a cool barnstorming bi-plane and a tiny GeeBee!

I'm Back! And Better Than Before!

Well, my computer is now that I had it upgraded while I was away in the RL country for a week! I feel like I am too after spending time at my family's country house listening to the birds, playing guitar, talking to my grandmom and getting some general clarity on both RL and my SL as well. I needed that time to heal in a way and two things became clear that apply to both: Spend time with those you care about the most and do what brings you the most happiness. Let go of past hurts, move forward and focus on living in the moment...create the world in the way you want it to be.

Finally, I can see Windlight in its beauty, so the first images I took were of Laval Point...
It shrouded in fog...
And the water at Caledon Regency. It is the water that I could not wait to see the most! Beautiful! I gasped when it first switched over!
I had Phin to take me sailing as being on the Firth of Caledon and seeing it for the first time like this was spectacular. There really are so many beautiful things inworld. I want to go back to a lot of favorite places and see them all again now!
Sometimes, despite all of my excitement and love of travelling all over the grid, it is simple things like watching the sun set over the water with Phin that makes SL worthwhile...

Scarecrows & Sailing

I entered the Steelhead Harvest Festival Scarecrow contest...mine is the one with the sign...It was very nice to have all three of us Twitterers together: me, Otenth and Chrysocolla Rau. We talked about sailing and Otenth was able to compare the ships as he is interested in buying a Trudeau Tahiti sailboat like hers. Mine is the smaller Sea Sharp and we looked at my Caledon-retextured Flying Tako so he got a good sense of the different sizes. I took him around Murdann in my Sea Sharp and didn't crash once. You know...I must figure out this "wind" thing...