Witchwood Garden Magic

As I mentioned yesterday, the preparations are slowly getting underway for the spooky season... There is so much to do, but now that the ghosts have been persuaded to come visit, it's time to work on decorations of another kind... I have to go web collecting, mushroom picking, pumpkin trumping, OH and even need to find all those fabbity fab costumes for the season... First though I'm going to pop into my witchy, magical green house and work on a few spells to make some pretty plants grow... 

My greenhouse just happens to be located in the Witchwood Gardens - which are in fact a gacha collection from Krescendo for the current round of The Arcade until September 30th - and because these gardens are thrumming with magic, it makes the plants grew beautifully in barely any time at all... I mean... Just look at these adorable little Halloween Succulants - another gacha collection from Tardfish, that is also available at the Arcade - I only planted them this morning and they are HUGE already!!! 
I decided not only to give out candy this year... Some people don't like candy and would maybe prefer a plant gift... There might be other surprises to come too LOL... Don't worry the candy won't go to waste though, I'm adding a piece of taffy to each little pot, just to make them extra sweet little plants! 

What is in the Picture;
Mini Potted Plants & Display: Tardfish - Halloween Succulant Gacha Collection (Available until September 30th at The Arcade) 
Gardening Decor (Not Separately Listed): [Krescendo] - Witchwood Garden Gacha Items (Available until September 30th at The Arcade) 
Owl: YOKAI - Owl Magic School Gacha Item in Magic Owl Cage RARE 
Candles & Skull: BROKEN ARROWS - Cursed Skull Candles in Aged (Dark) 
Candies: Dahlia - Boardwalk & Co. Gacha Item in Taffy Lemon 18 
Trees: everfaery - Neon Veil Trees 
Hat & Cloak: [Merak] - Hanging Cloak 
Backdrop: FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Fairy Tale 

Bunnies Hunting Ghosts

As is customary this time of year I KNOW that Halloween and the spooky season is coming, and I want to start prepping. I want to get ahead with plans for the spooky season and I have a LOT to do. I've started to check out the creepy places, I've planned trips to collect pumpkins and other important things like candy, but today I met up with a bunny friend of mine for what could be the scariest mission... Today we needed to catch some spookies... 

You should know by now that I always go prepared for this... I have all of the ghost hunting tools, including some very new Ghost Radars - from MadPea - that help in my search. My bunny friend came prepared with his polaroid - he's a Polaroid Bunny from MishMish by the way - so that we could also photograph any evidence before we tried to lure the spookies out to play... 
His pictures are showing signs of something in the dark, and I have a feeling that there may be something watching me... Least we are in the right place in this Dead File Storage... 

What is she wearing;
Bunny: MishMish - Polaroid Bunny Animesh in Dutch
Earmuffs:  Olive - the Cutie Earmuffs Round+Bunny RARE
Camera: HopScotch - Ghost Hunter Equipment in Head-mounted Camera
Hair: Wasabi - Snow Bunny Hair
Glasses: Tentacio - Bunny Glasses in Black
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top & Dress Outfit: AsteroidBox - Terry Dress (Available until September 30th at Anthem)
Device: MadPea - Ghost Catchers in Ghost Radar
Pose: piXit - Twizsted, Pose F3
Ghost: MadPea - Shadow Ghosts in Crooked Shadow
Backdrop: PALETO. Backdrop - DEAD FILE 

Not Much Use Here?!

The burrrr months are finally here, and it's usually my favourite time of the year. It's going to be a lot of firsts now, I'm scared about how things will feel at Christmas and I really don't know how well I'll be able to face these things, but let's bring on the burrr months and hope for a little positivity... 
On that side of things, we're heading towards the BEST holiday of the year... That's right HALLOWEEN IS COMING so things may start getting a little more costumed up here, not that you'd be able to tell them apart from my usual ramblings though... 

I'm starting the month off slow, I KNOW I've been slow for a while now but I hope things will pick up sooner rather than later. Still I'm playing more, exploring more, getting ready for spooky season and LOVING the fact that we can start getting into Autumnal feels... 
Happened today when I was wandering through my inventory, sorting things and prepping other things... I randomly ended up discovering a dark little square called Last Hope Harbor - a backdrop from K&S - that I HOPED was setting up for Halloween, because the Guillotine - a Guilty Guillotine from Violetility at FameshedX until September 10th - in the middle of the square looked rather ominous. Although judging by the baskets laying around, one could never be sure! 
I was looking for work as a Roming Apothecary - with a bag on my back from Static - but I don't know if they'd want my help here... Not much even the best trained apothecary can do when the head isn't attached! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: CAMO - Umbra F-Locs & Raven Bell - Azriel Braids
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Bag: Static - Roaming Apothecary Pack
Top: PFC - Wooltop
Shorts: PFC - Pumpkin Shorts
Pose: piXit - Twizsted, Pose F5
Guillotine: Violetility - Guilty Guillotine (Available until September 10th at FameshedX)
Buckets: Apple Fall - Stacked Round Baskets
Backdrop: K&S - // Last Hope Harbor backdrop 

Naughty Thots Being Censored

Hard to believe that the month of August is ALMOST gone, and by the end of today we're FINALLY entering the Brrrr months... Autumn has ALWAYS been more of my happy place, Spring is pretty and Winter is fine SURE, but Autumn... I'm happiest there! 
The other place that I ALWAYS seem happiest at the moment is when I can lose myself in a good book. Now I'll admit that lately I haven't been able to, but it's coming back slowly and I have to get my ass into gear so I can still meet this year's target LOL... The sudden interest in reading again is definitely having a few effects on other aspects of my life too... 

It's definitely had an influence on my blogging choice today LOL... I'm still not in the happiest of places, and life is still dragging me by the thong - which is one of my new favourite statements on a shirt thanks to The Kiwi Co - but I guess I have one thing on the brain - lol thanks to everfaery's Thot Bubbles - and these books are helping me act on it... It's been a while since the bad girl in me was released, and my cat has become a "Censor Cat" - from Tardfish - to hide my slutty shame LOL... 

What is she wearing;
Bubble: everfaery - Thot Bubbles
Hair: TRUTH - Verse in Redhead
Glasses: [Since 1975] - Eyeglasses & Condoms
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mouth Money: Mug - Exotic Dancer Gacha Item in #3 Naughty Mouth
Collar & Leash: GABRIEL - Take Me Leash in Black
Top: The Kiwi Co - Graphic Dropped Cami
Panties: Mug - Exotic Dancer Gacha Item in #13 Trixie Thong Black
Cat: Tardfish - Censor Cat in Yams
Pose & Chair: piXit -Elina, Pose 4
Cushions: [Krescendo] - Afterdark Pillow (White colour text used, pillow re-coloured by me!) 
Backdrop: PALETO.Backdrop - CLUB X 

Twenty Years, but no Celebrating!

Today is Rudh's, and therefore MY, 20th Rezday in Second Life... Hard to believe that I've been coming into the crazy world today for 20 long years. Normally I'd be all excited, celebrating and treating the day like my second real Birthday, but this year I don't really feel like celebrating especially after the news of the last few days... 
So this year I'm doing a little reflecting, a lot of thinking and a fair bit of how will my future look going forward... Will I be in Second Life next year when Rudh turns a legal drinking age for America?! 

Over the last two days we have had the announcements that two of the world's greats have left us... Dolly Parton was an Icon, even if you weren't into country music it's not possible to have missed her. EVERYONE has jammed out at some point to a little Jolene, or a bit of 9-5 when the work day was terrible... Tim Curry was one of MY personal Icons, he was a pirate, a blob of evil tar, the world's most twisted clown and many other things but for me, he was the best "Sweet Transvestite" that ever lived... There will be no other 'real' Frankenfurter although others try, so can we do the "Time Warp" and bring them both back?! 
These losses on top of losing Mum last month, and I'm positively NOT in a celebration kinda mood... Although Rudh turning 20 isn't something I can and should ignore... We're not only in double digits now, we're in our second decade... I started when we didn't even have more than prims to play with and flexi was becoming a new thing. Now look at us, we're deeply in our mesh era back to adding clothing layers and have more choices than ever before, yet still people make it a competition and a reason to fight with each other. I love Second Life, it's brought me some of my best things in life, but it's also caused me a LOT of heartache too... Do I miss all the people and things that have left my life? No, not really, not all of them at least... Would I change the way my SL has been? No, not at all, though maybe in hidsight I might have avoided one or two people I knew... Do I think I'll be here another 10 years? By that time I'll be 50, who knows where I'll be?! 
Happy Rezday Rudh... Thank you for being my doll for all these years and putting up with all the crap I've made you do LOL... 

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: [monso] - Soph Hair in Black & Red
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace: Kibitz - Ivy's Collar in Silver
Jacket: Pseudo - Leo Leather Jacket in Black
Top: The Kiwi Co.  - Graphically Unhinged Tanks
Tights: Psycho Barbie - [Nox Stockings]
Shorts: miss chelsea - Jaci Shorts
Bracelet: SEKA's - Punkette Wrist
Pose & Props: [piXit] - Punk Much?, Pose F1
Cat: JIAN - Cat Deco Collection in Static Stretcher Up (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: PALETO.Backdrop - Nagoya 

Fancy Dinners at the Velvet Nocturne

It's my turn to cook dinner today and I'm really not in the mood for anything special... You know how some days it's "I'm really craving...", then there are the days when no one in the house can decide what they want for dinner and it becomes again of "I dunno, what do you want?", today I'm having one of those "I'll make something easy" kinda feelings... Something that reminds me of home and makes people in Holland look at me like I'm bonkers until they taste it! Nothing fancy though like I said...

Rudh on the other hand is going to one of those super fancy, masquerade dinners held by the local vampire elites... They've provided the most decadent of starters for our little sea monster... Pearls in the shell with caviar and oysters... 
The theme of the night is that of decadence... A party fit for Midas and his touch of gold, a place where the Greek Gods of old would feel welcome. Rudh is dripping in pearls, wearing the hands of Hermes - from Tentacio - as her mask and a dress of spun golden roses - which is actually the Rose Dress from AsteroidBox at this month's round of Collabor88, I'll admit as much as I loved the front, the BACK was just *chef's kiss* and I feel we need to give the back of garments more love sometimes LOL - and it's a perfect look for an evening at the Velvet Nocturne - from Synnergy.Tavis - don't you think? 

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH & FAGA - Clarity in Redhead
Mask: Tentacio - Hermes Mask in Gold and Black
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace: (Yummy) - Pearl Cascade Necklace
Body Pearls: Insomnia Angel - Body Pearls
Dress: AsteroidBox - Rose Dress (Available until August 30th at Collabor88)
Pose & Glass Prop: piXit - Ivory Whispers, Pose 3
Table Decor: [lilp] - Glitz n Glam, Fancy Decor - Open Caviar Tin in Orange (Past Gacha Item), DISORDERLY - Pearlized in Bowl (Past Gacha Item) & BROKEN ARROWS - Santorini in Shell & Pearls
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Velvet Nocturne {360} Backdrop

Puppy Dog Beach Days!

I started back at work this week after a month of mourning and I'll be totally honest, it's drained me of energy but it did feel kinda good to start finding my "normal" without mum around... Having a routine, being around friends and colleagues that care, getting out and seeing things outside my house, so many things to distract me has actually been pretty ok. The worst part was talking to people that knew what happened, about what happened... Customers that had no idea, it's easy to play a part in front of... 
Today though I NEEDED a rest and a chance to feel happy again... 

I'm sure that mum is somewhere my pets are, probably playing with Izzy right now on the beach and enjoying the Summer Sunshine... Apparently it's going to get MUCH hotter here again, and maybe that's why I'm feeling so drained, the weather cannot make up it's mind and people are getting colds! 
I'm going to spend the day at the beach with them, mum and puppy and me... Well puppy me anyway! Puppy me is far too cute, a little like Mum's "dog" - which was actually a fox that was born in my parents garden that always came back to visit for something delicious! - with some very hairy, soft ears! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: everfaery - Pupperette Hair in Full Pack (Available until September 8th at ACCESS)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mouthie: [Krescendo] - Rope Toy
Collar: Kibitz - Emma's Collar in Silver
Top: AsteroidBox - Elowen Set in Top (Available until September 8th at ACCESS)
Shorts: AsteroidBox - Willow Shorts (Available until August 30th at Collabor88)
Tail: HAZEL - CANINE BUNDLE in Tail
Pose & Ball/Glasses Props: piXit - Summer Vibes P1, Pose F5
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Beachfront [360] Backdrop