Baby Monkey Winter Solstice Hunt

There are so many freebies and gifts this season. Here is one I especially like from Baby Monkey. There's a mesh sweater, dress, and leggings, with an optional systems layer for the leggings. I wear this with my favorite boots (not free) of the season, Anais, (w/color/fabric change hud) also from Baby Monkey.

worn:
sweater, leggings and boots: Baby Monkey
hair: Truth - Rogue
skin: Christmas gift 2014 from Curio
Slink hands and feet

Miles of Smiles for the New Curio Gift Skin

I was so pleased to see that Gala was still creating. Curio skins are my favorites, they fit my shape the best. For those of us that have our own unique shapes, we know that skins play on different shapes, differently. I am wearing the group gift, Sunburst-Angelica-Happy Holidays-Blonde, with L.Fauna Extra freckles.

Thank-you, Curio skins.

Snow Has Come to the Mountain Meadow

It has been  long time since a blog post. It is a very busy season. I spent some time today putting snow in my mountain meadow. Things hide in the inventory.

This first pic is my favorite freebie find of the hunts so far.

This well-done Rudolph jacket is by Belladonna Couture and is a hunt find from earlier in the month.

Some pics of snow:) playing with windlight settings.

Inspiration, Going Back to the First AHA!

This is always in my heart when I build. I soar on the wings of others who inspire me like this Starry Night when I first Watched the World:) I am grateful for YouTube to preserve my memories:)

Saturday Morning Freebie Shopping

There are tons of gifts at True Fashion Times - The Event . I got this "Snow Belted Mini Skirt" at &Y (main store). This well done, great black leather jacket is from LavaRock Creations. The glittery scarf if from GraffitiWear and has color change.

Hair is from Damesfly in the Dirty Turkey Hunt.

Lace booties (really awesome!) are a group gift from Hilly Haalan. It seemed that almost everyone out this morning hunting freebies was wearing them! LOL

From Inventory :
Skin : Curio : Sunburst Cherry w/ extra freckles from L.Fauna.
Eyelashes : Maitreya
Lipgloss : Pink Acid
Tank : Belote
Earrings : me

The Skin Burn 2014, Here's the Next Chance......

The Next Skin Burn is at 8PM SLT check-in here. Be there AT LEAST by 7:30.

Sorry everyone for the stilted communications. My wireless keyboard is dying. No, it's not the batteries :(.

From the noon burn...

I will post more after I get a new keyboard tomorrow.

Skin Burn This Weekend - A Tradition of the Burn2

This Saturday!



If you could not attend the Man Burn during the BURN2 Caravansary event in October, there will be two more opportunities to see a reprise of this year's spectacular Burn  You are invited to participate with us. No one is a bystander! You will be invited to dance, interact, BE a part of the experience. The playa will be closed to the public, with attendees given passage onto the playa for the Burn through a check­-in process. The BURN2 SKIN BURN check-­in area location will be given on the front page of the BURN2 website, and inworld through group notices in the Burningman 2.0 group. This is an open group ­ join it to stay current with all of BURN2’s events throughout the year.

Check-­in will be open and closed at the following times:

For the 12:00 PM SLT Burn: Open 9:00 AM SLT, closed 11:30 AM SLT

For the 8:00 PM SLT Burn: Open 5:00 PM SLT, closed 7:30 PM SLT.

Want more information? Check out these resources:

Website: http://burn2.org

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/burn2/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/BURN_two

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BURN2BURNERS

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Burn2.SL/

Regional Page: http://regionals.burningman.com/regionals/cyberspace/second­life/

Contact people:

communications@burn2.org

Steering Committee: steering@burn2.org

BURNING MAN Regional Contact: secondlife@burningman.com

The following are pictures from the 2010 SkinBurn, when we measured "render weight" by "ARC". You can see that everyone was able to bring their Ava renders down to 1! It was awesome to see:)))

CYA there!

Favorites From The Dirty Turkey Hunt

Just a quick post to save a picture. I love The Dirty Turkey Hunt.  This is my style, worn with old jeans and a tank.

Hair: (with turkey feathers!) Damselfly
Jacket: MoDanna

Sitting By the Backdoor Admiring My New Shoes

I am wearing the colors of squash :))) I picked up these new shoes from Ecce Bellus, I love when designers give color changing HUDs, and a deal like 60L Weekend Deal:)

Colors of Squash

Credits:

Pants: Baby Monkey - old Advent gift w/ color change HUD

Sweater: A&Co - Dela Low Back Sweater w/ color change HUD

Hair: Truth - Felicity

Eyeshadow: LoveMe Skins

Skin: Curio - Cherry

Jewelry - Me - Burn2 Charm Necklace 2011 (color modded) (Marketplace), Fireflower earrings

Shoes: Ecce Bellus - Linage

Bench: DeAnn Dufaux - Park Place Home Decor

The Temple Burned, Sunday, October 26, 2014

In many ways, when The Temple burns, it gives me an even more cathartic experience than when The Man burns. Perhaps it is after The Man, or knowing it is over. The reading of everyone's heart-felt feelings and thoughts culminates all my emotions and why I so love this event. I deeply thank so many people whose hard work and caring made it happen. It truly is a spiritual experience. The event is about us, our participation and contributions, and far more than a sum of its parts.

 

Dance Me

The Man Burned Today

A quick post, The next Burn  is at 8 PM SLT.

Opening Day at Burn2 2014

Thank you for including me:)

Come for the Freebies, Stay for the Art, and Music, and...

Burning Man and Burn2 (landmark to the gate HERE)are about having an experience where everyone values The 10 Principles. It's a very different event than most of the big events in Second Life, it's not about selling things or asking for donations for a cause, it is about creating an experience of participation, respect for others and the land, having fun, and enjoying each other's true gifts.

"Breath of Life" necklace, gift from the build, Valley of the Temple of Ra

One of these principles is the culture of gifting. "The gift culture, then, is most useful because it is a social lubricant – a legitimate way of reaching out to our fellow human beings that is non-exploitive and establishes a connection between people who have no other reason to talk to each other. It has nothing to do with an “economy” but everything to do with breaking down the barriers that isolate us as human beings." (Creavet Magister, Burning Blog)

 Steam Gypsy Caravan in Jade

My gift at My Oasis in Gypsum

One of my favorite builds is done by my neighbors Dusty Canning and Camsie Melody in Gypsum, The Pot Dealer. The beginning of the interactive build has you seeing the pots coming off the potter's wheel. 

A mechanical man on a skate board, then spray paints the clay.

Without giving away all the fun, there are several things to "play" with, but be careful, not everyone leaves with one of these colorful pots as a gift:))

Tommorrow - Burn2 Opens - The Second Life Celebration of Burning Man

It was press day today, and I only have time to leave some images.

The Burn is about Radical Inclusion, Gifting, Decommodification, Radical Self-Reliance, Radical Self-Expression, Communal Effort, Civic Responsibility, Leaving No Trace, Participation, and Immediacy.

The Man

will burn a week from Saturday in one of the most awesome light and fire works shows in Second Life.

Here's a description of some of the builds, but it is an incomplete list, There's so much more to take in. 

The following are pictures by Mangala Taurog, truly an impressive, warm, and richly textured build (LM HERE). The music, intricacies, and variety of the kasbah experience only lacks the smells. I highly recommend taking the time to explore.

(the back of the build, incredibly detailed)

After you complete the maze for "The Valley of the Temple of Ra" you will find a wonderful Egyptian temple, and an awesome gift necklace, "Breathe of Life"

This build is the beautiful fractally (?) textured, "Silk Roads Rest Stop".

Come and experience! More pictures to come.