Warm Winter Nights

I came across this post in “Not Possible in RL” blog and just had to check it out.

Chakryn Forest is one of the most beautiful installations I have seen, full of corners, caves and tunnels I didn’t have time to explore, but definitely a place to go back to.

The pictures don’t make it justice so go and see for yourself here. It is chin dropping and I assure it will be worth the visit.

You can find more pictures here and here

All the pictures I have taken are not post-processed and were taken with Torley presets.

Chakryn Forest

Swing amidst the trees

The sun coming through the trees

Going through my usual daily blog reading I saw this in Dyami’s blog and thought I should give it a try… not a bad result I’d say *winks

Yesterday I was cleaning inventory in my little corner when Ofland dropped by and we started chatting. All of a sudden the sky was dark and this big metalic dragon landed near us. I just love when Kyrion drops by like that! After some chatting Ky was kind enough to let us ride him and we went to take a look at the works going on in Portucalis.

I must confess that the first time I rode a dragon I was kind of reluctant to do it. It just didn’t feel right to ride another “person” but once I did it, I tell you guys that if you never did it, you will enjoy it for sure.

Ky, thank you so much for all the fun. It was a wonderful alternative to cleaning inventory (told you in my previous post I never manage to do it hehe)

Leave you here some photos of the ride and you can see the others here.

Riding at the sunset

Have you ever seen an art exhibit riding a dragon?

You don’t want to feel that!

Cen just made a post tagging no one and everyone under this title. It is kind of funny so here it goes:

RL

I’m too lazy to walk so I drive everywhere and always manage to get a parking space in front of wherever I’m going

Cannot resist ice cream, no matter what the flavour is

First things I do when I arrive home is heels off and pet my cat

I love to stand by my window just looking at the river (watching the ships roll in hehe)

SL

I usually have my camera zoomed out, only focusing on people when I take photos. Once in a while I go “Wow, you got a nice new skin” to get an answer like “I have it for 2 months now”

I log in early morning (GMT) on weekends to organise inventory and end up doing everything but that. (any hints on how I can reduce my 27k+ items? Deleting it without opening not a solution *winks)

I am, like Cen, shy naked. And wearing a bikini applies too (I usually wear a sarong with it). Thanks for sharing that Cen. I thought I was the only one hehe

I still have the initial shape me and siss did together on our first day (as most of you know we are look alike twins)

Hate people that leave 2 storey buildings on my beach

Some of you might know some of these things about me, but anyway here it stays for those who don’t

For all of you that met Summer or know her writing this will come as no surprise.

My siss is the person I must admire in terms of writing and she can really make you feel what she is feeling and transmit all those emotions to her readers making you “see” as if you were there yourself. She is now writing for FreeStyle Magazine, an “old” SL Magazine (they will celebrate 1 year next September).

Siss congratulations on your article and for making another of your dreams come true!

(Geez I’m really proud of this siss of mine hehe)

Dowload the .pdf here and read the magazine. It is worth the reading. You can read about Mermaids world, the beautiful Tempura Island (this story by my good friend Petros Milkos, also a great writer), a couple of fashion articles (with freebies *winks) and of course siss story about Dogs and Puppies in SL.

I met Rann and his girlfriend Lizie through a friend. His Scottish accent (yes even in writing) and easy talk immediately captivated me.

We talked for a while and he showed me some of his RL paintings. I was completely hooked and knew I just had to have his paintings in Galeria LX walls. He was kind enough to accept and now I am proud to invite for the opening on August 7th at 02:00 PM PDT / 22:00 GMT (Galeria LX, Portucalis (111, 81, 22) ).

Leave you here the press release for the exhibition and a photo of the invitation.

Hope to see you there.

SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND BY RANNOCH LATER

Rannoch comes from the Highlands of Scotland.

His native land has been the inspiration for most of his work and this often reflects in the subject.

It all started one very cold winter while he was stranded by deep snow in his caravan (Trailer) on the side of a Scottish Loch. He was fixing his Motorcycle at the time, so had some tins of spray paint left all over the place. Just decided to brighten the place up with it, and… the end result was what you will see at the exhibition. He discovered he was into painting.

He was stranded for over a week, and had nothing to paint on so the furniture, what wasn’t burned, got it. Most of the Originals of these prints were done on recycled domestic furniture with tins of Graffiti paint, and some Ink.

The rest was done on Roof tiles that were under his caravan. You could say this is his old home on display.

Among his works are Logos and Album covers for the music industry, as well as corporate logos and design boards, and several commissions, but mostly he enjoys painting for his own fun.

He also makes Swords and daggers, again this is all done with things he finds and recycles.

RL exhibitions:

Smith Gallery, (Stirling), part of “Brave Art” exhibition 1997

Trading post, Royal Mile (Edinburgh)

Royal College of Phisicians , Queen Street (Edinburgh) (part exh)

Lethbridge , (Ontario).(part exh)

Now Galeria LX is proud to present his works for the first time at Galeria LX in Portucalis. Galeria LX, Portucalis (111, 81, 22)

Please join us there for a night embedded with the Spirit of Scotland.

When I first logged in into Second Life I was far from knowing what this could become.

I had previous experiences in chat rooms where I found good friends that I keep until now, but never thought that this new “game” would develop this way.

It was my RL birthday last saturday. On Friday night I logged in just to finish a dispute that was going on in a club at Portucalis, warned by a friend, and was immediately caugt by siss that tried to distract me with the Sales going on at Truth (by the way… they have great bargains there, take a look if you have the chance).

I was really tired cause it had been a busy busy week at the office but I promised her I would stay until midnight for her to wish me Happy Birthday.

Siss organised this great great party in less than half an hour and all my friends who were online dropped by. You guys leave me speachless. Thank you all for the great time I had and for all your care.

Went to bed at 2 am with a smile on my face and warmth in my heart.

Saturday I had a dinner party planned with rl friends (some of which I met in SL) and I had this surprise I simply lack of words to describe.

My friends that have nothing to do with Second Life (except for knowing me hehehe) managed to get in touch with my SL friends in Portugal and abroad and gave me the BEST present I had in all my life. Something I always wanted to do (and had to also) and never could afford.

I have to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. You have done for me more than you can imagine and no words can describe how I feel happy, moved, touched for all the care and love you have shown for me. Don’t know if I deserve you, but I asure you that I’m here for you for whatever you need and you are all in my heart forever.

To all of those out there that don’t believe in friendship and in people, I just have one thing to say, when you are able to touch people’s hearts and they touch yours, the bonds that are created will not break. Friends are the best you can have in no matter what world, having met them in the flesh or not. And the present I had on saturday, the way people that never met before joined together to do what you guys did it is simply the proof of it.

It is the reason why I keep believing in people and I am the luckiest person in the whole world for having you all in my life.

From Friday to Sunday I have to say this was the Best weekend I ever had in my (already long) life.

Thank you again all of you for being there and for caring. Love you all !!!!