Mushroom Harvest Starts, The Celebration Begins!

My working week is finaly done and it's the weekend, so I'm going to let my hair down and have alovely, relaxing party - Pyjama's and Relaxing Time YAY! - there hasn't been much time for that this week and I truly need a rest at the moment. I don't know why, I'm exhausted... It must be the time of year as the season is beginning to change... 
I get home and I'm about to head inside and relax when the fairy senses inside me started tingling... There was something going on in the fairy grove and I had to go check... 

When I got to the fairy glade, having morphed from standard boring human to something a little more magical, I stumbled upon a different kind of party. Not the relaxing pyjama party I'd been hoping for, but a Mushroom Buddies - a new release from Pitaya for The Fifty - have been picking Orchand mushrooms to get ready for the Autumn feasts and hibernation preparation... Now I KNOW I wasn't keen on the idea of having to do anything more than relax BUT I can't turn down this kinda party, they have tea and CAKE!!!

What is she wearing;
Head Mushrooms: random.Matter - Elihu Crown & Ladybird - Mushroom Head in Red (With Make-Up)
Hair: Wasabi - Macaron K9 Ed. Hair in Absolute Pack
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Body Paint: [Faunus] - PEARL FUNGI in Body Applier Berry
Body Dirt Layer: Izzie's - Face & Body Dirt
Wings: everfaery - Woodland Bloom Wings (Available until September 9th at Access)
Top: .miss chelsea - Nomi Set in Top (Available until September 5th at equal10)
Shorts: everfaery - Garden Shorts
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Starstuff
Pose: [piXit] - Nora, Pose 3
Friends: Pitaya - Mushroom Buddies (Available until September 20th at The Fifty)
Tea Set: Elm - Clove Crockery in Mushroom
Food: random.Matter - Woodland Treats in Roll Cake Vanilla & dust bunny - Brunch in Bagel Sandwich
Mushroom Baskets: Ariskea - [Orchand] Mushrooms
Red Mushrooms: ionic - Hallucinogen Mushrooms Seats
Brown Mushrooms: Raindale - Lillybell Mushrooms
Log: Ariskea - [Holo] Stump Mushrooms
Giant Flowers: dust bunny - Paper Blooms in Poppy
Falling Leaves: hive - Falling Leaves in Windswept
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Harvest Lane {360} Background

A Puppy Awakening!

I have to admit that even though today has been the first weekend off I have hd in a few weeks and that I had SUCH HUGE plans to get things done, I find myself feeling sluggish. I'm being slow in everything as I've got no desire to do anything that involves moving... I want to read, I want to laze around, I want to sit back and chill but I have so much to do... Someone wake me up, make me some coffee or something?!

I can't pick up my phone today, without being lost to doom scrolling. I can't sit on the sofa without staring off into space. I can't do anything without letting my mind wander to other things and distract me from the main thing I should be focusing on... 
I sat Rudh down to do her make-up, her Ghoufriend Make-Up - from HAUNT available until August 20th at Midnight Order - if you will, and it was all going well, until she suddenly woke up at the arrival of the cute-looking but somewhat evilly divalicious Pawradise Pups - from Aardvark, and yes they are cute I'm just being silly calling them evil, at Collabor88 until September 7th - arrival... Their arrival means that the Demons are Coming... I better hurry up and get ready... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH - Drift in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Collar: Kibitz - Sonnya's Collar in Silver
Top: Mug - Sleepy Teddy Gacha Item in #6 Lifted Tank Black
Stomach Wounds: voodoo - Macabra Body Ink (Available until September 5th at the FLF Birthday Bash)
Pants: Mug - Kiki Sweatpants in DrkGray
Pose: [piXit] - Dertai, Pose 1 F4
Dogs: Aardvark - Pawradise Pups (Available on September 7th at Collabor88)
Make-Up: HAUNT - Ghoulfriend Makeup Haul (Available until August 20th at Midnight Order)
Bottle: Schadenfreude - Skull Potion Bottle
Vase: Ariskea - [Roux] Dry Plant Vase
Table & Chair: Candle & Cauldron - La Veuve Vanity (Available until August 20th at Midnight Order)
Rug: Pitaya - Runner Rug in Messy GREEN
Backdrop: [Vile] - Demons Are Coming Backdrop

A Hangry Panda!

What do you do when you cannot plan on what you want to do for dinner? I torture myself every night with this question, and I KNOW it's hard when you are on your own but it feels just as hard when your partner says "I don't know, surprise me?" That answer makes me want to slap him... 
Try as hard as I might to be good and plan to cook something, or get the hubby to cook something since he seems to enjoy cooking, sometimes I cannot be arsed, and pull up the delivery app... Pizza, Ribs, Curry, Sushi, all of those things are delicious, but a Chinese meal seems to hit different...

I mean I LOVE SUSHI or a Curry, but noodles always seem to hit better when they are cooked at the take-away... Things are different here in Holland than they are in the UK, and when I go home next week I am hoping I'll get my hands on some sweet and sour chicken balls LOL, but until then I'm biding my time and just dreaming of Chinese food... 

What is she wearing;
Head & Skin: BeSpoke - Panda (Available until July 18th at The Warehouse Sale)
Outfit: Pixicat - Oriental Kimono in Yellow
Pose: Fashiowl - Pizza Day, Pose 10
Chinese Food: Hangry - Hangry Panda Takeout
Sachets & Bag: Junk Food - Chinese Takeout Set V.2
Tea Pot: Apple Fall - Enamel Teapot in Orange
Vase: vespertine - Chinese Paper Lantern Branches
Pot Plant: Ariskea - [ELLE] Bamboo Basket Plant
Table: Apple Fall - Holyoke Dining Table in Aged Oak
Backdrop: FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Sunset Lounge (With Exterior)

Do you play Croquet?

Things are crazy in my household at the moment. My pain in the butt, whom I love muchly, hubby was operated on yesterday and though he's home he is in a lot of pain. I've been allowed to take a few days off so that I can look after him which so far has been fairly OK... He is a little high on the good kind of drugs, but it's me that seems to be stuck in my own tiring little Wonderland, I'm running around all over the place doing things for him... I finally managed to get a little time to rest and so I ended up finding a Wonderland that was a little less stressful... 

What to do while I'm here to relax? Anyone fancy a game of croquet? I always used to love the idea of the flamingo croquet that Alice played with the Queen of Hearts in the Disney version... I wanted to play with the croquet mallets so badly because they looked like heaps of fun... So in the gardens of Wonderland I'm going to ask, DO YOU PLAY CROQUET?! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: everfaery - Amelie Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace: Maxi Gossamer - Wonderland Elixir in Drink Me
Outfit: AsteroidBox - Holly Outfit (Available until July 6th at Collabor88)
Boots: [Dazzling] - Brynn platforms [FATPACK]
Pose: [piXit] - Albertine, Pose F4
Croquet Set: [ free bird ] - Flamingo Croquet Gacha Items
Flamingo Plants: Simply Shelby - Bloomingos Garden Set (Coming Soon as a Free Gift at SL Shop'n'Hop)
Animals & Bottle: CURELESS+[n.i] - aliceinmonsterland Gacha Items (No Longer Available!)
Cards: Boudoir - Playing Card Soldiers
Roses: Ariskea - Julia Rose in Rose Bush
Background: Synnergy.Tavis - Wonderland [360] Backdrop

Preserving the Beauty

I always seem to start my blog posts complaining about working and being tired... I'm sorry about that but it's my permanent state of being at the moment... Today was one of those weird ass days when I've not had to work because I'm shift swapping so my boss can be off for mother's day tomorrow... 
I've had time on my hands, I've been trying to relax and find myself a with some time on my hands to do something new... 

I've never been into the thought of stuffed animals, unless they are the plushie kind, or taxidermy of any kind be it big game or the tiniest little instects. I LOVE seeing them in the wild, I LOVE the butterfly house at the zoo and I'm not averse to eating the animals but they should be treated with respect and raised fairly... It seems like the kind of decor that Rudh might go for in SL though, it would be perfect decor for her little cottage core life whie the butterflies flit in and out of the windows on the breeze... 

What is in the picture;
Taxidermy: random.Matter - The Taxidermist Set I & II
Window: Elm - Aurielle Window
Flowers: {vespertine} - Summer Wildflowers Hinged Vase
Paint: Kalopsia - Seraphine's Paint Box (No Longer Available!)
Pencils: random.Matter - Craft Corner in Pencils Green
Clock: Nutmeg - Sunroom Clock
Bones: Magika - Small Bones (Past Group Gift)
Lantern: Schadenfreude - Portable Forest: Toadstools
Net: [noctis] - Entomologist's Net
Skull Plant: Schadenfreude - D. muscipula, yellowed Felis skull in Fly
Glue Gun: [InsurreKtion] - Craft Room in Glue Gun
Bird Cage: BALACLAVA!! - Bird Cage
Bird: Quills & Curiosities - Feathered Familiar
Left Plant: {what next} - Snake Plant
Right Plant: Ariskea - [Millie] Anthurium Doty Plants
Bookshelves: random.Matter - Librarium in Bookdesk RARE
Table: Scarlet Creative - The Arcade Dec 15 Campbell Desk
Backdrop: TROPIX - Vintage Room 04

A Spot of Gardening

It's Good Friday, a lot of people are having a long weekend and therefore they are home from work or even on vacations... This means that the number of people in Amsterdam has swelled and we were BUSY AS ALL HECK today, I'm kinda dreading tomorrow... I've been messaging my parents today on and off, and they have been busy in the garden, I wish I'd been able to do that... I'd have loved to have been in the garden today...

I am NOT a gardener, though I have been loving working on the garden HellBone has built for me in Second Life... I am addicted to our home sim, and it's somewhere I'm still working on decorating things - I'll never be like some of the AMAZING landscapers in Second Life - but it's my perfect little contryside, Hobbitty home... 
We have Hell's greenhouse full of beautiful Cacti, our beach cove, and the adorable little market. There is a farmyard filled with cows, goats, sheep and chickens, although the Silkie Chickens - from Aardvark, available until May 8th at ACCESS - are still settling into their new home. I've also been working on the vegetable garden, I had to start before the goats get loose, I mean it is the time of year for a spot of Spring Gardening... 

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: TRUTH - Meadow in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: miss chelsea - Soli Set in Bodysuit (Available until May 5th at Equal10)
Shorts: miss chelsea - Soli Set in Shorts (Available until May 5th at Equal10)
Basket: Ariskea - Spring gardenia in Gardening Basket
Pose: [piXit] - Zenia, Pose 3
Chickens: Aardvark - Silkie Chicken Holdable in Brown & Orange (Available until May 8th at ACCESS)
Vegetable Plants: dust bunny - Veggie Garden Full Set (Available until May 5th at Equal10)
Garden Tools: {vespertine} - Garden Tools
Coop: Serenity Style - LiZu Hen House Set in Hen House
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Mystic Bloomstead {360} Backdrop

My 39th Year Starts...

Tomorrow is my Birthday, and I'm posting this a little early because tomorrow I won't be around as I should be doing some fun things... I don't know what I'm planning to do yet but I will find some trouble to get myself into... I have to celebrate some way though, tomorrow is the start of the last year of my 30s... Tomorrow I turn 39... 

I don't really want to do much to celebrate because I'm feeling sleepy and would rather just have a relaxing day. I will say though, there will be lots of yummy things to eat... PLENTY of Cake and other yummy goodies... 
Anything to have a Happy Fucking Birthday... 

What is in the photo;
Doughnuts: Hangry - Stacked Birthday Donuts
Pizza: Hangry - Birthday Pizza
Strawberry Cake: dust bunny - Strawberry Season in Cake
Chocolate Cake & Numbers: Hangry - Birthday 101 in Birthday Cake
Smile Cake: Junk Food - Happy Cake
Chocolate Cake: Ariskea - [Presento] Choco  Strawberry Cake
Cupcakes: Junk Food - Birthday Cupcake
Lemon Cake: {vespertine} - Lemon Pound Cake
Burgers: Hangry - Stacked Birthday Burgers
Flowers: {vespertine} - Spring Pansies in Fatpack Exclusive Multicolor (Available until April 10th at Kustom9)
Sign: Hangry - Birthday 101 in Happy Fucking Birthday Sign
Number Cupcakes: ChicChica - Cupcakes with candles
Hats: Sasha Eyewear - Birthday Party Hat
Gifts & Balloons: dust bunny - Pastel Celebrations in Balloons & Presents Chair
Table: Dahlia - Gokotta Lace Table in Sable

Art imitates Life...

Spring is sprung, the grass is rizz, I wonder where the birdies is... A cute little poetic saying that my mum always used to say to me around this time of year when we reached the month of March and the world around us seemed to start gearing up for the Spring season. BEFORE ANYONE COMES AT ME, I know it's a no longer the way that the kids are using the word rizz but it's not the new use of the word I'm using here LOL... 

I am definitely an Autumn kinda girl. but if I had to pick another season I'd be saying I love Spring... I LOVE the colours and the vibrancy, I love the early Spring sun that's wraming on the skin but not full of burning Summer heat, I love the fact that March is one of the best month's of the year because it won't be long now until it's my BIRTHDAY!!!! Yes, I AM the Birthday princess this month... 
One of the things that I used to loved doing the most when I was younger was watching the nature as it carried on it's normal life... I used to be a bug lover, collecting them to observe and care for in our family garden. I always seemed to find them easier to keep alive in their little bug homes - like the Ladybug Habitat from Junk Food - than the adorably weird bug-like things in those uber trendy electronic pets that were the Tamagotchis - like the Gochi Mirrors from Krescendo... 
I also had the hobby of collecting stones from the beach when visiting my grandparents, to take home and paint into cute little bugs and other such patterns... I might have to start doing that again soon, it could be fun for the summer perhaps?! 

What is in the picture;
Ladybird Habitat: Junk Food - Ladybug Habitat in Yellow
Toy: [Krescendo] - Gochi Mirror in Hot Pink
Book & Terrarium: NOMAD - School Time in Biology Studies
Pencils: random.Matter - Craft Corner in Pencils Green
Paint: tarte - Paint Clutter
Stones: Meli Imako - MI8067 Pebble stones 2 pcs Builder's Kit
Vase: Ariskea - [September] Eucalyptus Branches Vase
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Greenhouse {360} Backdrop

Bathtime for the OwlBears

I've been off work today because I have terrible pain running up and down my back. Any time I took a step it was like lightning ran down my right leg. Hubby was looking after me but I was able to take it easy and things are maybe getting better... I've put off doing my chores, I've put off doing anything besides relaxing and reading a book and taking a long hot shower... 

Rudh on the other hand had a few things to be getting on with... Chores to do around the house and tasks she'd offered to help with because they seemed far too cute not to... That was why she found herself in the Gothic Attic Skybox - a creation by LORE for Midnight Order - of the grand old wizard, to assist him on Owlbear wash day... The wash station was set-up on his Potions Station - which is a cute creation from ChiMia also for Midnight Order - and he had gathered his Owlbears - which are a release from Aardvark, also for Midnight Order - ready for their bath... 

What is in the picture:
Pets: Aardvark - Owlbear  (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Chair: Libertine - Canterbury Chair (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Table & Cauldron: ChiMia - Potions Station  (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Basket: [Merak] - Towel Basket
Brush Tub: dust bunny - Bathroom Essentials in Sponges Bowl
Yellow Bottles: MadPea - Puppy Care in Grooming Products
Loofah Sponges & Soaps: BROKEN ARROWS - Aloe Bathroom III in Natural Loofah Sponge, Bar Soap Aloe & Liquid Soap
Brushes: Apple Fall - Bath Brushes in Milk Glass Jar
Treats: Ariskea - [Ellie] Dog Treat Jar, Half-Deer - Dog Clutter in Dog Food Spilled & Junk Food - Pet Collection in Dog Treats Bag Open
Carrier: MadPea - Crazy Cat Lady's Starter Kit in Cat Carrier
Towels:  Pitaya - Classic towel dryer in Small Brass
Cat Tree: Ariskea - [Mistylove] Fluffy Cat Tree in White
Backdrop: LORE - Gothic Attic Skybox in Light (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)

Modern Day Cinders

A lovely lazy Sunday evening, reading a book that was bought for me as a gift by my cat as a Mother's Day gift... She is so thoughtful and even though I chose and bought it myself, it's her thought that counts... I know that there are many people celebrating or mourning today in their own way, my mothers day was a few months ago and my mother is so far away, so I'm just enjoying being a fur baby mummy today... 
The story I'm reading is one of fairytale romance, far off magical lands, and finding your own magic... A twist on Cinderella, that I can really get my head around... 

In the secret garden, within the middle of the magic lands our modern day Cinders steps away from her carriage into the grove lit by flower lights and decorated with magical Faewood vines - from everfaery - and although shes not dressed for a ball, she's definitely prettied up from a night on the town. Dancing the night away... Making a quick stop on the way to grab herself a bouquet, holding her sneakers in her hand... She doesn't need a man to find her shoes, less carry them for her... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Melody Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: miss chelsea - Maya Set in Corset  (Available until May 30th at Anthem)
Roses: hive - Romantic Rose Bouquet
Body Vines: Tentacio - Paraiso in Pink
Shoes: Tentacio - Primrose Sneaker
Shorts: Mug - Rosa Shorts in Light
Pose: Secret Poses - Riley, Pose 5M
Green Vines: everfaery - Faewood Vines
Falling Flowers: Half-Deer - Flower Confetti
Flower Lights: Ariskea - [Amitie] Flower Lamp Light & Lagom - Dangling flower lights
Carriage: Synnergy - Carriage Scene
Backdrop: Synnergy - Secret Garden [360] Backdrop

The Flower Folk of Spring

March is a fairly important month, not only is it my birthday month, it's also the start of Spring officially and that means that this part of the world that I'm in life starts to start. Freshness, colours and warm sunshine become the most important things of the season... 
Second to Autumn, Spring is a time of year that I LOVE, I'm a girl that loves the dark and twisted but also the colourful pretties, and all the flowers that are springing to life make me super happy... 

Flower Fairies are just as happy as I am at this time of year, possibly more so, as it is they that are the ones that get to welcome in the flowers... Flowers of all kinds including favourites of mine like daffodils and lily of the valley, are making gardens look wonderful... 
The little Spring Flower Fairy in me is happy, sitting in the grass to talk to her magical little friends... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: Ariskea - [Twinkle] Fairy Flower Hat
Hair: Magika - Abigail Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Body Paint, Halo: FOREST FANTASY STORE - Cherry Blossom (Available until March 28th at We Love Roleplay)
Wings: Ariskea - [Moth] Moth Bento Wings (Available until April 5th at Equal10)
Body Leaves: Belle Epoque - Chlorophyll Gacha Items
Hand-Held Flower: Ariskea - [Lily] Lily in The Valley Giant in Pearl (Available until March 27th at FaMESHed)
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati
Pose: -Extra- - Blossom, Pose 4
Frog: kotte - froggy (Available until March 29th at The Men's Department)
Gnomes: MishMish - Garden Gnomes (Available until April 6th at Collabor88)
Flowers: 
    Crocus: Dahlia - Sunny Crocus Big Planter in Indigo
    Daffodils: {what next} - 'Spring Bloom' Daffodil Planters
    Tulips: {what next} - 'Spring Bloom' Tulip Planter in Yellow
    Lily of the Valley: Ariskea - [Lily] Lily in The Valley Giant in Pearl
    Hyacinth: PLAAKA - Giant Flower in Hyacinth Blue
    Other Flowers: dust bunny - Paper Blooms
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Elegant Flowering Garden Backdrop

Leap into Spring

It's a magical day today, a day that comes around only once in 4 years, today is February 29th making it a Leap Year... As it's a magical day, I needed to get myself doing something magical... March is coming, and that means that Spring will SOON be making itself known... The magical fae folk are getting ready, talking to their animal friends and welcoming the flowers... 

The flowers are definitely blooming, springing up all over the garden under the blossoming trees outside this little fairies Witch Cottage - which is actually a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis with flowers from dust bunny and a gorgeous little cottage from Nomad. All of the spring life in this little garden will let the world know that, at least where I am, "better days" - a pose set from -Extra- at the Spring Fling that opens tomorrow - are coming.While I am most definitely an Autumn kinda girl, I cannot deny that I love Spring too, all the colours, the new life and the freshness... This little fae sparkles as she floats through the flowers, talking to her bird and bunny friends - the birdies being the Flirt 'n Feather Bird Friends from Aardvark and her bunny in a Bunny Bag from everfaery - and watering the new life with drops of Travellers Elixir branded for Health and Mana - from kotte... 

What is she wearing;
Hair Wreath: kotte - Winter Crown
Hair: [monso] - Rikki Hair in Black & Red
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace: Insomnia Angel - Psyche Rose Necklace
Dress: Tentacio - Mirla tunica in Green
Wings: Ariskea - [Pixie] Buterfly Pixie Bento Wing
Body Bottles: kotte - Travellers Elixir in Health and Mana
Bag: everfaery - Bunny Bag (Available until March 18th at The Warehouse)
Pose: -Extra- - Better Days, Pose 2 (Available until March 31st at Spring Fling)
Birds: Aardvark - Flirt 'n Feather Bird Friend
Bird Houses: Aardvark - Tweetheart Birdhouse in Weathered
Flowers: dust bunny - Paper Blooms
Flower Petals: hive - Rose Petals in Pink
House: NOMAD - Witch Cottage
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Lovers Lane {Scene}

Toys and Cookies for Puppy Training

The books that I'm reading at the moment definitely seem to be having an influence on me and the way my mind is working at the moment... I've been letting my mind wander into darker delights that are delicious and fun, and creating some interestingly pretty new looks for myself...
Today, for some reason I ended up letting my mind slip into the realm of becoming a puppy to a worthy, welcoming and protective Daddy... I wonder if there is anyone that will welcome a new puppy into their home... 

I've never really had any desire to participate in pet play, it's something that always seems a little to close to being a furry or even darker desires that hide in the shadows... Though from the books I've been reading, I'm intrigued, and cannot deny Rudh the chance to find herself caught up in the playtime.. 
Daddy's play room in the La Chandelle Room - which is actually a skybox from Varonis - a small area has been set aside to indulge in Daddy's new puppy... He's set out a new bed, a leash and made a jar of fresh cookies ready to treat his new pet. The toys are new too, the big rubber cones can double as more than one type of toy, whilst she's got soft plushie donuts and lattes for her Pet Collection - from Junk Food, which is an oldie but still a cutie and is available in the mainstore! Shes even been bought a new collar for the games today, a Bone Collar - from Krescendo that is available in the mainstore - tht will be perfect for her new leash...

What is she wearing;
Ears: HAZEL - CANINE BUNDLE
Hair: DOUX - IU hairstyle
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mask: random.Matter - Zakei Muzzle
Necklace: Krescendo - Bone Collar
Pasties: Violetility - Lenore Pasties
Outfit: CryBunBun - Buntresse Corset in Black
Socks & Shoes: CULT - Ciela Fatpack
Pose: Fashiowl - Need You Around, Pose 7
Donuts, Coffee & Cookies: Junk Food - Pet Collection in Donut Box, Latte and Dog Treats
Jar: Ariskea - [Ellie] Dog Treat Jar
Rubber Toys: MadPea - Puppy Care in Chew Toy
Other Dog Toys: Half-Deer - Dog Clutter in Grey  Bowl of Water & Leash on Floor
Bed: Half-Deer - Dog Clutter in Grey Dog Bed Hugs
Leash Holder: MadPea - Puppy Care in Leash
Adult Toys: Fapple - Rodion Punishment Rack
Backdrop: VARONIS - La Chandelle Skybox

Stop and Smell the Roses

It's that time of year again, another seasonal holiday that gets everyone in Second Life excited. All the shopping events are filled with it, there are parties and concerts to celebrate and dates are planned for this seasonal holiday, I'm talking of course about Valentines Day... 
It's not a holiday that I get really crazy into like Halloween or Christmas, but when you can't avoid it, it's better to join in the fun... So folks, it's time for me to do something a little cutesy, filled with pink and more than a few hearts and flowers... 

I decided to take a walk in the gardens where the Valentine's trees - from tarte - are beginning to share their valentine's colours. The roses in the gardens are beginning to smell sweet, so I picked a few slipping them into a paper bag - from Tentacio - to take home and decorate, filling the house with bright pink. Stopping for a Valentine's Refresher of pink lemonade - also from tarte - enjoying the warm evening sunshine and smelling the roses, perhaps Valentine's will be sweet this year... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: miss chelsea - Tini Beret (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Hair Roses: tarte - Valentine's Flower Crown in Pink
Hair: TRUTH - Potion in Jewel
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Collar: Kibitz - Liz's Collar in Silver
Cardigan: miss chelsea - Tini Cardi (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Dress: miss chelsea - Tini Dress (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Drink: tarte x elm - Valentine's Refresher in Rose Lemonade
Bag: Tentacio - Is Valentine Again
Pose: Secret Poses - Kiara, Pose 5M
Stick Trees: tarte - Cupid's Tree
Heart Trees: tarte - Sweetheart Trees
Confetti: tarte - Heart Confetti
Roses: Ariskea - Julia Rose in Rose Bush Soft
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Bird Sanctuary {360}Backdrop

Ghost of Christmas Past

This post today sees me feeling a little more festive. The hubby and I finally Christmassed our house and I have got sparkles everywhere. We have so many lights on our tree, that I've even been joking that the lights could be seen from space LOL... 
I'm slowly getting into the festivities, and one of the things that make me most festive are the old Christmas stories, stories like the Night Before Christmas and A Christmas Carol... Today I've been thinking about the ghosts of Christmas, the ghost of Christmas past coming into the forefront of my mind right now... 

Sometimes if I let myself dwell on it, I find myself getting a little melancholy as my mind drifts back... I remember the last few year with my Nan, the first time I spent Christmas in the Netherlands rather than at home with Mum and Dad, and even silly things like childhood Christmasses that have been long gone. There have been many good memories too, childhood memories of gifts and walks and storytimes before bed. My sister and I waking up at the crack of dawn because Santa had been... My dad complaining there would be no more 'plastic' Christmasses year after year... Years later my sister and I getting a little tiddly and realizing we had to substitute carrots with broccoli for Santa's reindeer... Even writing this these memories make me smile... 
So today, I'm revelling in the companionship of the host of Christmas Past... 

What is she wearing;
Crown: Random Matter - Lucia Crown in Warm Tones (Available until January 6th at Collabor88)
Head Wreath: dust bunny - Festive Headbands in Holly Branch
Outfit: Moon Amore - Spectral Elegance GOWN
Skin: FOREST FANTASY STORE - Gargoyle Skin in Onyx
Chest Wreath: Evie's Closet - Christmas Pine Wreath (No Longer Available!)
Candle: Random Matter - Eudora Candelabra in Cool Tones
Pose:  Secret Poses - Alanis, Pose 2
Sparkles: Half-Deer - Floating Decor Snow & Cole's Corner - Softly Snow & Glitterati
Santa: Apple Fall - Happy Santa Figure in Holly
Wreath: Ariskea - [Season of Giving] Wreath
Tree: tarte - Portland Christmas Tree in Evergreen
Backdrop: PALETO.Backdrop - DUBOIS

Moths love the Lamplight!

It's been a while since I've had a craving to take a chance to do something a little magical. For some reason, I've been finding it hard to focus on blogging lately and have not been able to get in the zone and dip my toes into the fantastical world... 
Today though, as the lights started going down and lamps were lit, the magic of the night starts to come to life.. As beautiful as their daytime counterparts, the moths are the silent dancers of the night's sky... Guardians of the Night Fae, and the messengers of the Eagles, and serenly ghost-like...

Everyone knows that Moths are drawn to the light, they dance from the darkness and seek out any source... The Lanterns in the garden providing the softest of glows, the twinkling into the darkness and as the song goes, my lamp light brings all the "moths to the yard"...

What is she wearing;
Hair: S-CLUB - ANTOINETTE
Crown: Random Matter - Wren Crown in Cool Tones
Butterfly Accessories: YOKAI - Mystical Butterflies in Mermaid SET
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Ruff: {Junbug} - The London Ruff in Original
Wings: Quills & Curiosities - A Touch of Darkness Wings
Pose: Secret Poses - Tatiana, Pose 5M
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Starstuff in Negative
Blue Butterflies: {anc} - Picnic in Swallow tailed butterfly sapphire (No Longer Available!)
White Butterflies: LODE - Wild Sakura Butterflies in White
Lamp: The Black Forest - Kerosene Lamp
House: dust bunny - Meadow Hives in Stump Hive (Available until June 30th at Anthem)
Plant: Ariskea - [Rosemary] Fresh Rosemary Terra Pot (Current Group Gift)
Backdrop: BROKEN ARROWS - Ivy Garden Faucet in Reddish Water Moss

The Eve before Star Wars

Tomorrow is considered a special day for some, it's one of those recently made up holidays but in our house it is fairly important... Tomorrow is May the Fourth, or to give it's full title "May the Fourth be with you"... It's Star Wars Day. There is another important day here too as it's Dodenherdenking, or Remembrance Day, which of course came first, and it's not something that we forget... But it's Star Wars Day, Hell is the biggest Star Wars fan and we couldn't pass it by... 

Since it's been a long hard few days, things have been crazy busy, it's time to head to the break room on the Death Star, which you have to get to by passing through the Cryo Chamber - a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis - and party like the Dark Side is going out of fashion... I've often wondered what it would have been like if Leia had been kept with her father and taken to the Dark Side, I think she'd have trouble batteling the light and it would cause her to become a bit of Rebel anyway... Dying her hair, but keeping her amazing buns - like those in the wig from Ayashi - and grabbing herself one of those giant Mucho Margarita's - from Junk Food. It was so hard to choose what to drink though, the Storm Troopers make the most epic cocktails, I think my next drink will be the Chewie Cotton Candy drink... 
It's so hard to choose, but whatever happens, May the fourth be with you tomorrow...

What is she wearing;
Hair: Ayashi - Matsuri Hair in Anime Set
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Outfit (Including Mask): Curemore - Star Gals Gacha Items in Supreme Commander Uniform RARE & Breather Mask BLACK
LARGE Cocktail: Junk Food - Mucho Margarita in Red
Pose: Fashiowl - This is Home, Pose 9
Spirit Bottles: [Merak] - Home Bar Alcohol
Pink Bottle: 220ML - Cotton Candy Cocktail Bottle
Pink Cocktail: Ariskea - [Sweets] Cotton Candy Pink Drink
Pink Plushie: Curemore - Star Gals Gacha Item in Chewie Plushie PINK
Cat Robot: Birdy. - Star Catz Gacha Item in R2DMEW RARE
Drink Carton: Junk Food - Vodka Carton
Vodka Bottles: Junk Food - Circroc Vodka
Model: Hogs & Cart Wheels - Storm Trooper Model
Cocktail Shaker: Pitaya - Tropical Bar Cart in Cocktail shaker Brass
Disco Ball: Curemore - Star Gals Gacha Item in Death Orb GOLD
Cotton Candy Machine: MishMish - Cotton Candy Machine in Mint
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Empty Cryo Chamber [360] Backdrop

Mushrooms can make you Silly!

I get super excited when I get to slip off into a fantasy world, I LOVE being a fairy and I love letting my mind wonder. I do feel like if I was a fantasy character, as much as I wish I was able to be a mermaid I think by this point the fairy is much more likely... I LOVE being a fairy, I love the fact they can have so many different personas and I LOVE exploring them all... 
Today I ampining for Autumn, I hate that Summer comes in the middle and I know that maybe I'm in a minority but me and the heat doesn't mix... I love the crisp feeling that comes with Autumn, and the colours that dust the nature... It's also the time of year when you get to meet some of the cutest fairies... It's a season when Mushroom Picking is a hobbie for some, and the fairies like to get in on that action too... 

So when you're out in the woods on a mushroom hunt, make sure you keep your eyes open because flitting around the mushrooms you may find your very own Mushroom Fae... 
She's a sporelicious fae, the fairy of the Woodland Spores and like the rest of her kin has adopted the persona of the Portabella fairy all because she loves the polkadots... 
She's dancing around the forest glad, collecting mushrooms, and getting the giggles as her little Badger buddy decided that he had to dress up to match me... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: KitCat - Woodland Spore Hat in Portabella (Available until May 18th at The Warehouse)
Hair: Magika - Nature Fae
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mud Tattoo: Quills & Curiosities - Festering Fungus
Mushroom Attachments: KitCat - Woodland Spores in Portabella (Available until May 18th at The Warehouse)
Wings: DRD - Fairywings in Monotome
Outfit: !deviousMind - Cassia in Summerforest
Dirty Feet: Izzie's - Dirty Feet
Pose: -Extra-  - Boudoir, Pose 3
Badger: Schadenfreude - Mushroom Badger!
Large Mushroom: Violetility - Mushroom ToadStool in Red (Available until May 18th at The Warehouse)
Mushroom Baskets: Elm - Mushroom Harvest in Amanita Basket Natural
Mushroom Logs & Rocks: Ariskea - [Holo] Stump Mushrooms & Rock Mushrooms Decor
Backdrop: irrISIStible - AUTUMN FOREST DECOR SCRIPTED 2021 with Synnergy - Dark Pond Scene

Nom Nom Cafe Library Gardens

There are so many places in SL that are wonderful to explore. Places that are fairytales, places that are another world, places that are educational and even places that are for those with certain tastes which others may or may not share, yet when I heard that my amazingly, awesomely, wonderful Best Friend of a million years had created a place for people to gather, hang out and enjoy somewhere peaceful, I couldn't wait to see it... 
Today I managed to sneak off from everything I was doing and take a peek, it was lovely to be welcomed to the Nom Nom Cafe Library... 

The whole location is totally and utterly gorgeous. My Booboo has always been amazing at decorating, I've always admired the plaes that he creates, but now thanks to his beautful Nom Nom Cafe everyone gets a chance to enjoy it too... There are things stuffed into all of the little nooks and crannies in this place, meaning that wherever you look there is something to see, and no matter how many times you cam over a place you will definitely see things that you missed before. It's beautiful... 
It's also a safe and welcoming place for the LGBTQ community, but everyone is welcome so long as you can be nice. There are plenty of places to sit with friends, or a loved one, to enjoy the peace, the tranquility and the beauty of the place... While I was visiting I enjoyed the flowers so much, that I hope my booboo doesn't mind me picking some of the flowers to take home to remind myself of my new favourite place. I might have picked more than a few, making myself a wreath for my hair as well as a posy for the window sill... 

What is she wearing;
Hair Flowers: Shar's - Maiden Daisy Wreath (No Longer Available!)
Hair: [monso] - Bunny Hair in Black & Red (Available until April 30th at Anthem)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace: [Buzz] - Daisy Choker in Natural
Cardigan: miss chelsea - Peni Set in Cardi (Available until April 30th at Anthem)
Dress: miss chelsea - Peni Set in Dress (Available until April 30th at Anthem)
Flower Posy: Ariskea - [Cosmos] Bouquets of Cosmos in Ivory
Basket: Ariskea - [Delicate] Basket Book & Daisys
Pose: -Extra- - Spring Showers, Pose 5

Fairy Cakes for Dinner!

Keukenhof - the national tulip gardens in the Netherlands - has officially opened now, and there are SO MANY PEOPLE visiting the Netherlands, making work a busy, stressful, crazy place so that now I'm back home all I want to do is drift off into a fantasy place where I don't have to deal with people... 
I want to hide in a garden, eat cake and be in a magical place to relax and have a little fun... 

In a Secret Garden - which happens to be an older but awesome backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis - my normal human form slipped away and the fairy version of me was able to come out to play for a change... Sitting pretty in the garden on one of the most Fleur Swings - which happens to be a pose and prop from Secret Poses at Bloom - in the beautiful garden, she welcomes the cutest collection of fairy friends who provide her a dinner of the most wonderful collection of Fairy Cakes... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: Ariskea - [Twinkle] Fairy Flower Hat
Hair: Wasabi - Lucky FLF Ed. Hair in Absolute Pack
Skin: Wyrd - Saga in Leaf (No Longer Available!) & FOREST FANTASY STORE - Half Demon in Green
Glitter Make-Up: Izzie's - Body & Face Glitter
Eyes: Suicidal Unborn! - Phantom Eyes V.2
Necklace: Half-Deer - Blossom Baby Gacha Item in Rose Crown Bright
Dress: Psycho Barbie - [Sapphire Dress Fatpack]
Wings: Decoy - Blooming Fae in Wings Pink
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati in Ruby
Arm & Leg Vines: Decoy - Forest Fae in Green
Pose & Swing Prop: Secret Poses - Fleur, Pose 2 (Available until April 2nd at Bloom)
Chair: [Krescendo] - Juicy Seat (Available until April 2nd at Bloom)
Table: Violetility - Faerie Ring Seat (Available until April 20th at The Warehouse Sale)
Fairies: MishMish - Fairy in Blonde & Chocolate
Dog: [North Oak] - Baby Corgi Plushie in Flowerhead
Cakes: vespertine - Lemon Pound Cake, Ariskea - [Presento] Choco Strawberry Cake, dust bunny - Woodland Dreams in Doughnut Cake, Dahlia - Vintage Romance in Floral Cake & Random Matter - Woodland Treats in Cake Chocolate
Birds: TLC - Songbirds Collection in Set 1 of 3* (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: Synnergy - Secret Garden [360] Backdrop