Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Pumpkin Pie

October 16, 2025

Today, you’re invited to follow along as I try out making a pumpkin pie with Herb & Fable. If you are unfamiliar with Herb & Fable, I try to give a little introduction, though I am pretty new to it as well and may have gotten some details wrong! It is a mini game within Second Life, which includes things like quests to gather certain items or instructions for how to grow plants or bake and make things. The pumpkin pie recipe and ingredients pack is a new release for the October round of We Love Role-Play, which also includes the Norse-inspired gown from Sweet Kajira that I am wearing and the pumpkin patch (from Jinx, who are the creators of Herb & Fable) you see during the video.

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

The Watchtower

October 13, 2025

Every year, she visits the isolated watchtower and looks out over the ocean. And every year, she leaves in silence and goes back to her life.

We Love Role-Play for October is in full swing and this round mixes in plenty of Halloween-inspired releases. But for this post, I stayed within the classic fantasy realm, using the imposing tower from Nocturna Deed to set the stage. Inside, I decorated with pirate-inspired items from Laminak (there are more pieces to the set than is shown here) and for my outfit I selected the beautiful gown from the Muses and the stunning silver choker from Sigma. The choker is fitted mesh and it really makes for a much better jewellery fit for necklaces, even if that of course limits which bodies you can use it on.

The hair is the Cider style from Wasabi, a high braid that can be worn over either shoulder and with or without bangs for maximum versatility.

A Royal Dowry

September 25, 2025

A final look at this round of We Love Role-Play, since I just had to feature Zaara’s beautiful new Disha Lehenga, available in single colours or as a mix-and-match fatpack. And who can decide on just one colour when the textures look so good? It is an outfit fit for a princess, especially when paired with the lovely Ciel set from Zibska, featuring a headpiece, earrings a choker and a necklace. A dowry for royalty indeed.

Something I picked up a while ago but had yet to use (I was planning on having it for a video, since it is animated) is the gorgeous Runa hair from Raven Bell, a very long braid with bento animations and poses. I’ll have to revisit that in a suitable video, because I love it!

Eclectic Tastes

September 09, 2025

A bit peculiar. That was how they described the new master of the manor. He always dressed very elegantly—if in rather old-fashioned ways—and those who had called on him had found assorted curiosities decorating the drawing room into which they were invited. An odd-looking mirror with the frame adorned by what looked like crystals and mushrooms. A bookcase with strange volumes that no one had ever heard of. But he certainly seemed pleasant enough.

The bookcase by DICTATORSHOP is part of the Heritage collection and offers a choice of 10 woods and 5 metals for the texture as well as two different sets of rezzed items on the shelves. You can also leave them empty and rezz your own decor. The mirror by Blue Blood (for which I tweaked the reflection probe as I had trouble getting a reflection out of the box) and the suit by Pendulum are both available at We Love Role-Play, as always with a discount for the duration of the event.

I also picked up one of the latest hairstyles from No.Match, a braid in several lengths with a matching hairbase which comes fitted for both male and female avatars.