Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Hanging Out At the Barn

September 12, 2025

The Dog & Pony Show is still going strong, with some of the brands putting out additional new releases as the halftime approaches. For my second feature of the event, I decided to setup a classy barn courtesy of The Domineaux Effect to showcase the regular and limited edition of the new American Miniature Horse as well as some gorgeous new coats form Aetheriel. I also dressed up in the new casual rider outfit from Salt & Pepper.

As always, photos and credits (with links to the event) follow below.

Just Follow Me

November 27, 2024

It is quite safe, I promise. The door is right over here.

Petrichor and Ersch have a new release for The Warehouse Sale, the Elian dress, and talk about something to turn heads in. You may (or may not!) want to add a pair of panties, but either way it looks fantastic. I used the Fabric hud and selected a deep wine colour which came out fabulously in the lighting. The lantern is also by Petrichor, a part of the huge Flareia collection of lanterns, orbs, candles and flames, all wearable on either your left or right hand and with options for the holding animations. There are also crowns and halos, for adding even more sparkle to your life. You will find Flareia at GothCore.

The long, high ponytail is a Truth Collective release by Truth and Wasabi for the Truth mainstore. A scrunchie holds up the pony tail and the style options include which shoulder it falls over and with or without bangs. For once, I went with bangs, I love how to side curls frame the face in that version.

Rooftop Rest

November 15, 2024

Lore has a lovely addition to their Oasis series out at the November round of We Love Role-Play, a rustic desert house and three types of large jars/amphorae, and I set it up together with the Oasis walls and well that were released some time ago. The house consists of a single room, with cracked and worn walls, and a ladder takes you up to the rooftop through a hatch. That is where I decided to setup the Djinn’s Rest, a little lounging area with animations that I picked up from Roawenwood during 25 L Tuesday.

The sexy Astra outfit by Salt & Pepper would perhaps best be described as fantasy lingerie, with ornate metallic accents on both the top and the boots. And these make excellent use of PBR, just like the Oasis house does.  With the fatpack you can mix and match all the colours and textures, allowing for a lot of different combinations.

Very sexy is also the extra long Bora hair from Wasabi for Kustom9. The HUD lets you switch between bangs or no bangs as well as a more windswept style. Here I went sleek and serene.

Mirror, Mirror Once More

June 13, 2024

Second Life has finally launched mirrors, PBR terrain and 2K textures. I am excited about all of these improvements, but especially mirrors. As it happened, I was working on setting up for a video to show some of Dutchie’s latest releases when this news dropped and Firestorm quickly got out a beta version that supported these changes.  That made it very easy to slip in a brand new (not yet released) version of Dutchie’s vanity, updated to use true mirrors rather than the reflection probe work-around that became possible with the initial launch of PBR. So, you get a video of me preening in front of the mirror, with some bonus looks at the gorgeous use of PBR materials on these pieces. I also want to remind everyone of Hair Fair which runs until the 16th of June and where you can get the cool style-changing hair from No.Match that I am using in the video.