Smell the Roses

It's the last day of January, WHERE HAS THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR GONE... How can it already be one month less until Christmas?! My mother always used to tell me to enjoy it because when you're an adult time goes by so fast... 
In the fantasy world in my head, they are undergoing massve preparations for this month's holiday festivities... February is the month of love remember?! 

In the Cathedral Study - from ChiMia at Midnight Order - the officers in the Regency court - which is coincidentally the name of the outfit I'm wearing from The Forge - are preparing for the month of Romance. There is a lot to get done over the next two weeks in the run up to Cupid's day... 
Though there is ALWAYS time to stop and smell the scent of the roses that linger in the air....

What is she wearing;
Halo & Head Accessory: Tentacio - Soul halo and headpiece (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Hair: Magika - Raven Hair (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Outfit: [The Forge] - Regency Outfit (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Bracer: OLD TREASURES - HALBRAND Bracer (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Pose: FOXCITY - Flower Child, Pose 3m
Trees: Simply Shelby - Mossy Valentine Post
Roses: Dahlia - Gokotta Flower Arrangement
Backdrop: ChiMia - Cathedral Study Skybox in Light (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)

The Queen in the Tower

Tis the 7th day of Halloween, and it seems to be whizzing by so far this month... 
I've decided that since we've been open for almost a full week now, I am going to wax a little lyrical about our little Dark Adventure and in fact there is ONE location in particular that feels a little more special than some of the others. I am talking about our little trip to the Tower of London... 
On our little spooky tour, we head to the tower, in search of some of it's very famous - and no longer living - residents... 

One of the most famous residents that ever found herself in the castle that is the Tower of London, was Queen Anne Boleyn. She was the second wife of Henry VIII, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, and the first of Henry's wives to be beheaded... She met a gruesome end, at the hands of an Executioner with a sword in his hands. 
Her ghost is often seen wandering through the courtyards of the Tower, sometimes with her head on her shoulders, others with her head in her hands but usually pale and bloody... Her ghost became the inspiration behind Rudh's 7th look of Halloween and so we light a candle for a lost Queen... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: Illusions - Anna French Hood
Hair: [Ginko Hair] - #97 Hair (Available until October 20th at The Engine Room)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Eye Blood: A.D.D.Andel! - Bloodflow Eye Overlay
Mouth Blood: [MJN] - DeepCut Make Up
Neck Wound: alaskametro - "St. Winifred" blood FX
Necklace: {Junbug} - Letter R Necklace (Past Gacha Item)
Dress: OLD TREASURES - CAPULET dress  (Available until October 20th at The Engine Room)
Pose & Prop: Secret Poses - Light In The Darkness, Pose 3 (Available until October 30th at Anthem)
Smoke: Cole's Corner - Enchantress Aura & Soul Reaper Spectral Fog Aura