Lazy summer evenings.

Swiffer and I are relaxing while we’re waiting for Mahogany to get here. The balconies on the Jengga house from Scafall are perfect for creating several(!) seating areas, and I picked a cozy corner for the modern Terrazzo Patio Set by CHEZ MOI, along with the Mossy Planters from SQUARE.

The CHEZ MOI Terrazzo Patio Set is available right now at the Cosmopolitan event, and the set consists of the chair, table, and Lemon Bowl. The phone and soda props I’m using in this picture are both auto attach props found in the animations in the chair. The chair comes in PG and Adult versions. The set is Copy/Modify.

SQUARE has some very beautiful moss planters out at this round of Uber. They come in 3 versions; clay, concrete, and stone planters, and each come in 4 variants. Fluffy and no fluffy versions also included in the pack. Use them outside or inside, they are beautiful and will look fantastic anywhere.

Decor:

  • CHEZ MOI – Terrazzo Patio Set @ Cosmopolitan (until June 22nd 2024)
    • CHEZ MOI Terrazzo Chair
    • CHEZ MOI Terrazzo Table
    • CHEZ MOI Terrazzo Lemon Bowl

Wearing:

  • Scafall – Sunglasses – BORACAY – Flora – White
  • AGATA – straw hat
  • AGATA – Neil Shirt and pants @ TMD (until June 30th 2024)
  • AGATA – Travis slip-on @ ACCESS (until July 8th 2024)
  • [Rezz Room] Dachshund Adult Animesh (Companion)

Are we lost, Swiffer?

I’m the proud dad of two Wirehaired Miniature Dachshund girls, RL, and it’s no secret I wanted to name one of them Swiffer. You know, after the duster thingy. Because of their mustache always being to the ground, swiffing dust. My girlfriend at the time didn’t like it lol so they got more um, dignified names. I know, they are ladies after all. So I named my Second Life Short Haired Dachshund Swiffer instead. It’s not quite the same with a Short Haired, but I haven’t yet seen a Wirehaired Dachshund in-world.

AGATA has a couple awesome new releases out this month. I’m wearing the Neil Shirt and Pants which are available at TMD, and the Travis slip-ons that are available at ACCESS.

The Neil Shirt comes in several colors, with and without embroidery. The texturing here is amazing, by the way. The Pants, or shorts, also come in several colors, texture change for the underwear, which you can’t see here because I’m wearing the shirt, and also texture change for the belt and metal part. Compatible with Belleza Jake, and Meshbody Legacy m/Athletic. The fatpacks contain a bonus texture, and are 50% OFF for the duration of the event.

The Travis slip-on shoes come in a multitude of colors, and they go so well with any smart casual summer look, I’d in this case advice you to purchase the fatpack at 50% OFF and you’ll have shoes to match anything summery casual to smart casual. Fitted for Belleza Jake, Meshbody Legacy m/Athletic, and unrigged resizable version in the pack.

Milo’s Bazar has lots of different sunglasses in store, and I’m wearing the Classic Glasses-Sunglasses in this picture. Milo’s glasses are ultra customizable; frame, metal, lenses, lens visuals… you won’t believe it until you open the Touch menu.

  • RAKE Hairbase -Brage- EVOX Brown
  • RAKE Facial Hair -Iver- EVOX Brown
  • AGATA – Neil Shirt and pants @ TMD (until June 30th 2024)
  • AGATA – Travis slip-on @ ACCESS (until July 8th 2024)
  • [Rezz Room] Dachshund Adult Animesh (Companion)

What happened to the heart?

The title of this blog post is the title to Aurora’s new album, released just a week ago. Aurora is such a beautiful soul, an amazing artist, so through and through genuine, and always true to herself. I picked the song ‘A Soul With No King’ for this blog post because right now this is my favorite track on the album.

I’ve picked out some awesome stuff from Wicca’s Originals, Rake, and IKON for this picture. Everything can be found in their respective mainstores.

Feel like you need some extra armor sometimes? Nobody would slap you if you’re wearing the Chief Set from Wicca’s Originals, that’s for sure! This amazing unisex set, consists of three separate pieces for the cheeks and nose. Rigged for male and female LeLUTKA heads, but there’s also an unrigged set in the pack. Texture change for all the parts via HUD. I’m also wearing the Orchid Necklace, also from Wicca’s Originals, which I previously blogged here.

From the Rake -Varian- collection I’m blogging the HD Eyeshadow, HD Lips, and facial hair (evox). Several colors to choose from in the eyeshadow and lipstick HUDs. The facial hair in black only.

The Obsession Eyes from IKON are now available in the IKON store. I blogged the fantasy Nox line before, but the main line also look amazing, I love wearing them and I chose the Denim and the Oak colors for this picture. These eyes come in BoM/System layers, and LeLUTKA appliers.

  • IKON Obsession Eyes
  • RAKE MakeUp -Varian- HD Eyeshadow LeLUTKA
  • RAKE MakeUp -Varian- HD Lipstick LeLUTKA
  • RAKE Facial Hair -Varian- EvoX

The golems awaken.

Are they good, or are they turning against me? The LORE Golems are so adorable, but you can never know! They come in several elements; granite, iron, ice, to name just a few. Three different versions; standing, sitting, and slumbering, and they all come in large and small versions. The eyes are tintable, just Edit -> Edit linked – Select face -> click the eye and inside the Texture tab, select a color. You can also adjust the glow if you like.

The amazing looking, outstandingly textured, worn and decayed retro living room set is also by LORE. This is the post-apoc version of the LORE Atomic Lounge which also comes in a pristine clean version. There’s a rug too, it just didn’t fit in my scene. Texture change via HUD for couch, chair, coffee table and accent table. The Atomic Lounge set is available in PG and Adult versions, and you can find it at Vintage Fair until June 17th.

The LORE Apoc Directional Signs is a very cool addition to your dystopian/sci-fi/apoc sim or photo. There’s a sign post, and 18 different signs to put on it, and the best part is that there’s a custom version for your own texture. Available at Wasteland this round along with the Urani-Yum Energy Drink.

Effervescence is participating in this round of Cyber Fair with the Ripper Implants, which is a full body BoM layer available in a variety of colors (also white tintable) + Material applier for several bodies. This is a unisex item. I dare not show my nekkid behind on Flickr, so you have to take my word for it, or check it out yourself; the Ripper Implants look awesome all over, also on the butt cheeks… Very sci-fi cool and smexy too.

Wearing:

  • Sari-Sari – Dirty Hands II BoM (from the Garden Cart Set)

Decor:

  • LORE Apoc Directional Signs @ Wasteland (until June 18th 2024)
  • LORE Urani-Yum Energy Drink @ Wasteland (until June 18th 2024)
  • Konoha – Dandelions of Whitlock
  • Konoha – Fluffy Natoma Grass

Let’s stay in.

Scafall had the amazing Japanese inspired Kaizen Bamboo lamps on sale for just 75L for SL Home Decor Weekend Sale this weekend, and if you’re wondering, yes they are still out on the Sales display at the Scafall mainstore as I’m writing this 😉 There are three lovely bamboo lamps; two tall versions and one short. 75L for the fullpack. This is part 2 of the Kaizen series, and a teaser to what’s still to come. Part 1 was the Kaizen Bamboo room dividers. Oh, and they are also still on sale! Just a tp away, hurry!

I’ve set up this scene inside the stunning JENGGA house, also by Scafall. Now this house is my favorite Scafall home so far, it is absolutely my kind of house. I will show the exterior in a blog post soon. If you can’t wait for that, you can check it out yourself at the Scafall store demo area.

The living room set is the gorgeous and comfy Eames Living Room set by CHEZ MOI. The set consists of the couch, chair, coffee table, accent table, and books decor. Several texture options for the couch and the cair, and cushions, via HUD. Now available in the CHEZ MOI mainstore.

SQUARE has some very beautiful moss planters out at this round of Uber. They come in 3 versions; clay, concrete, and stone planters, and each come in 4 variants. Fluffy and no fluffy versions also included in the pack. These are so beautifully textured, you want to click on my picture to get a even closer look! Use them outside or inside, they will look fantastic anywhere.

The rest of the scene consists of previously blogged items, and some cute group gifts. See full list below.

  • Scafall – Kaizen / Lamps – 75L for SL Home Decor Weekend Sale (until June 9th 2024)
  • Scafall – Kaizen / Bamboo Divider 2-piece (Light & Dark wood)
  • Scafall – Uchu SetScafall – Uchu / Pouf (Black)
    • Scafall – Uchu / Table (Black)
    • Scafall – Uchu / Chandelier (2m)
    • Scafall – Uchu / Rug
    • Scafall – Uchu / Candle Tall (Black)
    • Scafall – Uchu / Candle Short (Black)
  • Scafall – Stone Bunnies (Group Gift)
  • Scafall – Humboldt Pillar Candles / Beechwood (Group Gift)
  • CHEZ MOI Eames Living Room
    • CHEZ MOI Eames Couch (PG/Adult)
    • CHEZ MOI Eames Chair (PG/Adult)
    • CHEZ MOI Eames Coffee Table
    • CHEZ MOI Eames Accent Table
  • Konoha – Quercus ella – Elder Oak

Not all those who wander are lost.

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

So, before I journey past the Everspell Archway into the enchanted woods, I will sit and relax for a while in the Elphinstone gazebo; the Dreamthorn Pouf is quite comfortable. I better finish this blog post while I’m here, because who knows if I’ll have internet in the deep woods.

The Dreamthorn Collection from Raindale is available right now at Vintage Fair. The collection includes Art Nouveau inspired room dividers, lamps and poufs. There are three versions of the room divider: folded (4Li), unfolded (3Li) + linked version with stronger LOD (7Li) – you can edit this one in build mode to put sides in any position (which is what I did for this picture to create a zig-zag type fold). The pouf has solo sits, and comes in two wood colors. The lamp comes in 4 colors, lights on/off upon Touch.

  • Raindale – Dreamthorn collection @ Vintage Fair (until June 17th 2024)
    • Raindale – Dreamthorn room divider
    • Raindale – Dreamthorn lamp
    • Raindale – Dreamthorn pouf
  • Raindale – Aprilwisp collection
    • Raindale – Aprilwisp puddle with plants
    • Raindale – Aprilwisp water lily
    • Raindale – grass – extra
    • Raindale – sparkles – extra

Also featuring (not sponsored):

  • Skye Enchanted Woods V.4

Write me in your story.

It’s not complicated
Easy as we make it
Write me in your story
I’ve never loved somebody
The way I love you now
– Daniel Docherty/The Way I Love You Now

Ah those lovely warm early summer days are perfect for hanging out, enjoying an ice cold brew, and just letting the rest of the world be busy. I’m “people watching”, and I’m using the term very loosely because I was the only one on the sim for a long time, before Milo showed up on his workshop platform lol. Anyway, I did enjoy my day! The beautifully textured, and comfy, unbuttoned shirt is from ARCBACK, and it’s available in several colors, the fatpack offers 9 to choose from. The #126 Shirt is compatible with Meshbody Legacy M/A, Belleza Jake, and Signature Gianni. For a perfect match jeans; I’m wearing the shirt together with the #130 Jeans, with no clipping.

LORE is participating in the Wasteland event with the Urani-Yum Energy Drink. HUD offers you 4 flavors + an Apoc rusted can. Straw or no straw option. 5 Bento holds L+R, and resizer upon Touch. And of course there’s a decor version as well.

  • RAKE Facial Hair -Jake- Brown EvoX combined with RAKE Facial Hair -5 o’clock- 8 EvoX (Group Gift)

Also featuring (not sponsored):

  • .:revival:. concrete street bench

Freedom to be yourself.

It takes no compromise to give people their rights… It takes no political deal to give people freedom.
-Harvey Milk

There are so many goodies in this scene, where do I begin.. Ok, closest to the camera is the cozy Uchu set from Scafall. Uchu 宇宙 (meaning Cosmos). This versatile set consists of a comfy square pouf, which sits you at the height of a normal chair, a solid round table which kinda reminds me of Saturn when I look underneath the table top. Cosmos, remember? This table has some beautiful wood features that can also be recognized in the chandelier and the candles. There’s also a gorgeous fluffy round rug. The pouf and the table come in black and white versions, the candles in black, and bronze. The Uchu set is available in the Scafall mainstore. 10% off in the mainstore with Scafall group tag active!

Also from Scafall, and a new mainstore release for this week’s Fifty Fifty Sales event, is the Kaizen Bamboo room divider, which comes in light and dark natural wood. Two pieces, main and side, open up for a lot of customization options. 50% off (90L$) right now, including all variations. This Fifty Fifty Sales ends June 7th.

SQUARE is participating in this round of FLOURISH with the stunningly beautiful LUNA TV Wall. LUNA is available in natural oak and dark oak versions. Features a built-in bio-ethanol fireplace (on/off via Touch), with a beautiful stone back panel, which is an absolutely amazing touch to this TV Wall. The set also contains a working media TV, and beautiful standalone decor pieces (Orchid Tray, Flamingo Sculpture, Headphone Deco, Set-top box). The FLOURISH event opens on June 7th.

From Aine comes the Violin Wine Rack, available in white, grey and green colors, and the Sammy Plant, which is available in Beech, Black, and Dark wood variants. Both the violin wine rack and the Sammy Plant are available in the Aine mainstore.

LORE made the hanging Pride flag with string lights. The texturing is superb, just sayin’, and lights are on/blink/off via Touch. But hold up, I’m not done yet! LORE didn’t just make the regular Pride flag, no no, it’s part of a big collection of 12 different flags! Each flag is 50L$ for Pride month, and the pack contains a regular size flag and a GIANT flag. Also available as a fatpack at 50% off.

  • Scafall – Uchu Set
    • Scafall – Uchu / Pouf (White/Black)
    • Scafall – Uchu / Table (White/Black)
    • Scafall – Uchu / Chandelier (1m/2m)
    • Scafall – Uchu / Rug
    • Scafall – Uchu / Candle Tall (Bronze/Black)
    • Scafall – Uchu / Candle Short (Bronze/Black)
  • Scafall – Kaizen / Bamboo Divider 2-piece (Light & Dark wood) – 50% OFF for Fifty Fifty Sales (until June 7th 2024)
  • [ SQUARE ]  – LUNA TV wall @ FLOURISH (June 7th – 30th 2024)
    • [ SQUARE ] – LUNA TV wall : NATURAL OAK/DARK OAK
    • [ SQUARE ] – Media TV
    • [ SQUARE ] – Bamboo Orchid Tray
    • [ SQUARE ] – LUNA Headphone Deco: V1/V2
    • [ SQUARE ] – LUNA Septop box : WHITE/BLACK
    • [ SQUARE ] – Flamingo Sculpture : WHITE
  • Aine – Sammy Plant beech/black/dark wood
  • Aine – Violin wine rack White/Grey/Green
  • LORE Pride Flag – Pride (lights on/blinking/hidden)
    • Available flags sold separately and as fatpack:
      • Agender
      • Asexual
      • Bisexual
      • Gay
      • Genderfluid
      • Intersex
      • Lesbian
      • Nonbinary
      • Pansexual
      • Pride
      • Progress Pride
      • Transgender
         
        Copy/Mod/Original mesh

Tell me about your heart.

Happy Pride to the LGBTQ+ community. You are all valid, you are all loved, you are all beautiful. Never stop believing that. Happy Pride to all LGBTQ+ allies who also celebrate. To those who don’t celebrate, I know most of you have an understanding of why Pride is important, and you let it happen without interfering. To those of you who for some reason don’t believe the queer community should be allowed this celebration, and even feel the need to go as far as writing hateful comments on social media; please realize you look like idiots. I know I’m being harsh, but this is the truth. Try to use this time for some soul-searching instead, and try to find some love and compassion in there, I promise you, this is what will make YOU happy in the long run, AND MAYBE even make those around you like you more! 😉

Raindale has the wonderful Airvalley balloon 2024 PBR Promo in rainbow colors out for 50L at the Raindale mainstore for the Fifty Fifty Sales event this week. The colors are beautiful, and the PBR materials so wonderfully reflects the sun and the clouds. It contains solo and couple’s PG animations, is 4 Li out of the box, and Copy/Modify.

FANATIK updated their Nordic Pines a while ago with new materials and PBR. They look absolutely amazing! My copy of this product has a PBR reflection probe around each tree. Now, please note that this update was done while it was thought you needed a reflection probe around every single object, so if your items have that, you can edit linked and unlink the probe, and then delete it. Since there’s a global reflection probe implemented on all SL regions, you don’t need individual probes for your outdoor stuff. Not indoors either, but, for indoors items to properly shine you want to make a probe for each room of your house if it doesn’t already come with probes like that. Create the probe, stretch it so that the borders of the probe are inside the walls of the room. A poorly placed probe will create lighting issues, so make sure the sides of the probe are properly hidden inside the wall/floor/roof. Place lamps and lights, and play with the placement of the sun so it shines through your windows, and watch the wonders of PBR! Look how easily I derailed my blog!

  • Raindale – Airvalley balloon – PBR promo – 50L for Fifty Fifty (until June 7th 2024)
  • Raindale – Summerisle daybed *2024 Remake*
  • Raindale – Easels v2 (add your own texture)
  • Konoha – Fluffy Natoma Grass
  • Konoha – “Jest” Weeds II – Summer Blossoms Set
  • Konoha – Hesperis river
  • JuicyBomb – Pastel Skies with Rainbow EEP Settings (slightly edited, and set PBR environment slider to 1.0)

Let the summer begin.

I’ve always wanted to travel to the Mediterranean countries, just to soak up the atmosphere, the warm sun, and the breeze. And enjoy the local cuisine, perhaps at a Portofino bistro?

The Soul2Soul Portofino Bistro Set is a new release, which you can find in the Soul2Soul mainstore. The set consists of 2 chairs with Bento sit animations; one with fur sheepskin, and one without, a table, stacked chairs, and a parasol. Texture change options in the Touch menu.

The charming antique cart with cushions is a new release in the DaD mainstore. Create a cozy and vibrant atmosphere to your garden or beach with this restored bicycle cart, filled with colorful cushions. I am going to take mine and put it on a beach. There’s a decor version and a version with cozy single and couple’s Bento animations. Good stuff!

  • DaD “Cart with Cushions”
  • NTD (Never Totally Dead) – Les Quais de Seine
  • andika{i love Milkshake}Dispenser & Wearlable Set
  • TLC – Seagulls
  • TLC – Pigeon