Tracing the Threads of History and Fantasy

Frost Queen

December 30, 2025

Finally we have a proper chill in the air here, just in time for the New Year. It put me in a mood for something frosty and a mixed up a few different releases from Petrichor to achieve a cold-eyed sorceress wandering the wintry woods, including the very cool Vaera eyes that have nifty animation effects and tons of looks to choose from. The Apres Ski hair from the Truth Collective (a Truth & Wasabi collaboration) is one of those great long and straight style that always work well in a fantasy look, though I did opt for not wearing the knitted hat, it would not have fit the image!

Northern Lights at the Jingle Bell Bazaar

December 19, 2025

Today, I explored the winter landscape at Enchanted Realms Jingle Bell Bazaar some more and I decided on a dark and dramatic look that played with night and starlight.

The black gown by Gidget’s Style has a belt with a sparkly pattern and deep neckline. Its rather modern in cut but became much more fantastical when I added the Starlit Cape from Raven Bell (an earlier release, not from the event). And that made it a great fit for the lovely Royal Wings Tiara from Tealeaf Treasures. I am still wearing eye appliers from Out of Orbit, though this one has more of a frosty/lilac look to it.

Winter Ritual

December 06, 2025

Welcome to December with We Love Role-Play. To get you into the Christmas spirit, the sim is beautifully decorated and each store has a special L$50 offer in addition to the usual discounts. 

Loa’s new Frost skin features subtle add-ons of frost on the eyebrows, a pale eyeliner and a pack of blushes. The skin is available in Loa’s usual tones as well as a range of Velour tones, including the celestia and fantasy ones. I opted for Loa’s own Porcelain tone here and paired it with Sublime’s Aurora gown which I gave a white bodice and a grey skirt for more tones of frost and winter. Constraint’s Winter Court Torc (one of the L$50 items) goes well with the off-the shoulder design and the Winter Fae Crown from the same brand is beautiful in Wasabi’s Mistle hair, a new release for Anthem.

Adding a mystical feel is Auro’s Snedronningen staff, with its sphere of ice and crystalline details. It goes well with the scene built by Harshlands’ Tree with Candles and their snowy Yule Rock Offering.

The surrounding forest comes from Fanatik’s newly updated PBR poplars and their matching snowy ferns, with the Oitavos rock clusters adding structure and interest to the ground.

Breaking a Sweat

November 19, 2025

I own a lot of things in Second Life hat I would never own IRL. However, Dutchie’s Luxury Gym collection has to be in the top 5 when it comes to which items are the most foreign to RL me. I am so not a gym person. Fortunately, my avatar is up for anything! And for this review, Ran joined me so we could put more pieces through their paces and show off a selection of the great animations in a short video. It does not feature all of the pieces and it does not feature the adult animations from the Exercise Bench. However, I have also added some photos below, including some to tease those adult animations.

The collection is essentially a full, modular gym environment, built around the usual high-quality animations, top-quality meshes and PBR-enhanced materials you’ve come to expect from Dutchie. You could easily setup a whole gym with this, not just a personal workout space.

To read about each piece in detail, visit the Specials page on Dutchie’s website, which links through to all of the gym items. For easy purchasing of the whole set, visit the Marketplace and pick up the Gym Set or the Adult Gym Set.

The cute hairstyle I am wearing is another Truth and Wasabi collaboration for the Truth Collective and the sporty top and pants is from Faida.