Only in SL - A fire critic :)

My friend Jon (who has the Mustang Trading Post on Taylor Bay) didn't like the "2003 blowtorch fire animated texture" I used for the bonfire and barrels. sigh

So he gave me some sculpty fire - I used it on the bonfire but I'm keeping the old school blaze in the barrels. I like it! I'd forgotten something from last year - it can be very hard to find your cursor when it's snowing. Just another winter hazard. :)

SLearly Winter is sticking around!

Taylor Bay got hit with some more cold weather over night. The main plaza is ice now. I decided to use some old rusty drums I found to keep the stairs and the plants in the garden warm and ice free.

I also decided a big bonfire would help keep the skaters warm on the Bay.

It's a good thing I did because the snow started up again and this time I don't think it's going to stop for a while.

It is kind of pretty I guess.

But I'm a temperate climate lover, so I'm very glad of those oil drums.

SLearly Winter Arrives!

Winter has come a little early this year to Taylor Bay. The first snowfall happened last night. As you can see it melted off the trees but luckily the Bay has remained frozen.

For those animals lovers out there the ducks have decided to stay put and so far are doing a good job of keeping their corner of the Bay clear.

I used my trusty terraformer to clear the snow and create a skating pond.

There are free skates for those who don't have them. I'm sure it'll snow again and keep right on snowing but in the meantime I'd better put up some greenhouses to protect the garden and find some appropriate music.

And just in case you were nervous - I tested the ice. It's safe!

Luckily I put a fireplace in the revised tower!

SL is a very strange place sometimes!

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I was doing a favour for a friend this afternoon (a bit of landscaping) when out of the blue I get this IM from a woman I've never met:

[13:57] Complete Stranger: ok. how about a date then? :)

[13:58] Honour McMillan: a date?

[13:58] Complete Stranger: read your profile. said you didnt want to have sex with me. so how about a date? :)

[13:59] Honour McMillan: lol

[13:59] Honour McMillan: no I actually don't do that either :)

[13:59] Honour McMillan: I do meet friends at live music events and go dancing :)

[13:59] Complete Stranger: with girls or just in general?

[13:59] Honour McMillan: in general :) I don't discriminate

[13:59] Complete Stranger: sighs

[13:59] Complete Stranger: :)

[14:00] Complete Stranger: of course

[14:00] Honour McMillan: lol too funny

[14:00] Complete Stranger: i could be your first! nodsnodsnods

[14:00] Complete Stranger: i clean up really well. :)

[14:00] Honour McMillan: lol why would you want to - we've never even met - this is one strange conversation :)

[14:00] Complete Stranger: i'm a strange person :)

[14:01] Complete Strangerr: and why not? hell. doesnt mean we're going to partner. just means i'd like some ofyour time, socially of course :)

[14:01] Honour McMillan: um - well my next possible social outing will probably be one of Von Johin's concerts next week - how's that?

[14:01] Complete Stranger: hmms

[14:02] Complete Stranger: i think we're thinking of date, differently.

[14:02] Complete Stranger: howsabout you invite me to wherever you are and we talk?

[14:02] Complete Stranger: see? a date! :)

[14:02] Honour McMillan: I'm working but it's an interesting thought lol

[14:02] Complete Stranger: lay a TP on me.

[14:02] Honour McMillan: I do not date in SL - not personal, just a rule

[14:02] Complete Stranger: its a word :)

[14:02] Complete Stranger: like snort. but i dont use "snort" much either :))))

[14:03] Honour McMillan: and I really am working - so I can't handle a visitor at the moment

[14:03] Honour McMillan: lol

[14:03] Complete Stranger: youre handling one now. :)

[14:03] Complete Stranger: i'll behave.

[14:03] Complete Stranger: i promise.

[14:03] Complete Stranger: pinky promise.

[14:03] Honour McMillan: yeah well I'm going to stop soon - cause I really have to finish this - but it was entertaining :)

[14:03] Complete Stranger: be well

[14:03] Complete Stranger: my god

[14:04] Complete Stranger: french quarter chamber of commerce? (a group I belong to)

[14:04] Complete Stranger: smiles

[14:04] Honour McMillan: :)

[14:04] Complete Stranger: <--- NOLA, too. Baby.

[14:04] Honour McMillan: have a good day :)

[14:04] Complete Stranger: youre from New Orleans? me too!

[14:05] Complete Stranger: St. Charles Ave!

[14:05] Honour McMillan: lol no I just rent some space there - I really need to get back to work bye :)

[14:05] Complete Stranger: sighs

[14:05] Complete Stranger: bye bye

Productive Procrastination

I have all this work to do - in fact so much I don't know where to start. So I ignored it all and worked on the tower. I love the Wizard's Tower but it just didn't fit with the rest of the structures on the island. This is a little funky but it feels better somehow.

Von Johin is back!

So after a month's hiatus Von Johin is back! It was pure pleasure listening to him at Prim Economy tonight. I missed the first two concerts he did last week but nothing could have kept me away any longer. Terrific blues with a few Grateful Dead songs thrown in.

That's DZ Questi and I dancing to the music (she always has the best dances, luckily she shares). :)

It was a good night...have to love SL when you can dance to a blues musician from Nashville with an elf, somebody in a bikini and a goth angel. I even had a brief conversation with Wrath Paine - something on TV prevented him from joining us (typical). I'd link to his blog but he's housecleaning - nothing to see right now. Still it was good to connect again.

Thank you Von - I needed this. :)

Daniel Voyager - Happy Happy RezDay

Bugs Bunny - Impossible in RL, originally uploaded by Daniel Voyager.

It's very difficult to display a typical photo of Daniel - he looks different every time you see him. :) But this photo is one that makes me think of Mr. Voyager - even when it's not him.

If you don't know Daniel you should.....let me share a few of the things I know:

• October 31, 2009 is his 3rd RezDay. Most of the past 3 years were spent on the teen grid - he matured to the Main Grid last December.
• Daniel shares. He shares his time with newcomers to the grid. He shares his photos and experiences on the grid with everyone. He shares information and he shares goodwill.
• Daniel works very very hard. In fact, when I look at what he achieves I'm exhausted. I don't know how he does it.
• Daniel is positive. I've never seen him post anything negative or mean spirited. He has a friendly, helpful and sincere way of seeing the world and interacting with it and the rest of us.
• Daniel loves Second Life.
• Daniel is a gift to the grid and to us, its residents.

I'm very pleased that I've had the privilege to call Daniel a friend. Happy RezDay my friend