Rip Van Winkling No More - Featuring Zoom, [Juno] Poses, [noname], Damn&Sweet

I put together a number of outfits today before finally taking a few photos. The learning curve to style and photograph myself in years past seems to have fallen like old buildings unused while I was away tending to medical needs. My hope is, though it's not like riding a bicycle, it will come back to me more quickly than I learned it the first time.

I worked on pictures and stylings constantly for more than three years, and this past year, 11 of the 12 months of 2015, I simply could not. I'm so glad to be back, to be sharing my ideas and putting time and energy into blogging once more. It makes me feel whole. I might look like a 5th grader instead of a college student, on the learning curve where I am now, but at least I'm no longer Rip Van Winkle!

Thanks for making time to read!


Zoom - Apply Me Baby - NEW Slink Hourglass, TMP + Omega Appliers
[Juno] Poses Noelia Skin - NEW and free to group, Includes Appliers
[noname] Hope Wedges - Free from Midnight Mania 1.7.2016
*Damn & Sweet* Leather Biker Jacket Free Gift
Also wearing -
Gaeline Mesh Lashes Natura
Mayfly Mesh Eyes
Alice Project Shirley Hair
Slink Hourglass Mesh Body

On Being a Moon and Not a Sun -- Featuring Evolve, Pure Poison from 24 Event and Warm Animations from 24 Event

We think of the moon as a light source that comes to our aid in the night. There are times that the light is not so great in the tiny sliver of a crescent period, but even that tiny bit of light shimmers and can make the difference between being totally lost in the dark and able to find your way.

Featured Pure Poison Angela Dress Black for 24 Event

Featured Warm Animations An Array of Games for 24 Event

1. [noname]: Defining Boho Sandals

2. RYCA: Earrings and Necklace

3. FuLo: Bangles and Watch

4. [Mirror's Enigma]: Sapphire Tan Skintone

5. Face Paint: Fall Matte Lip Scarlett and Liner

6. Sexy Mama Sculpted Nails

7. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Mysteria

8. EMO-tions: Nova

9. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

All levels of models have been involved this week in the 24 Event. Some have been around a very long time and have earned their classy reputation from time invested and respect earned. Others are newer, like me, "Little Sister Models". I see the radiance of a seasoned model and all I really want to do is reflect on their source of light and learn from it.

Featuring Evolve Romanticism

1. N@N@: Seraphine Bangle

2. Finesmith: Aqua Earrings and Necklace

3. *Glance Skins: Anais

4. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Divina

5. Calico Ingmann: April

6. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

Though we perceive the moon as a light source, it really only reflects the brilliant majesty of the sun. The sun seems to disappear for a time, allowing the moon's light to glow. I think there are times when models fit into one of these categories, the sun or the moon, and sadly one other category, that of a black hole that sucks energy and life out of people but thankfully that's a rare and small group.

Featuring Evolve Romanticism

1. N@N@: Seraphine Bangle

2. Finesmith: Aqua Earrings and Necklace

3. *Glance Skins: Anais

4. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Divina

5. Calico Ingmann: April

6. IKON: Sunrise Eyes Steel Blue Pale

It's probably that many models who begin their role in Second Life fashion as emulators and reflectors, little glowing moons of enthusiasm will eventually become a sun in their own right. It comes with determination, dedication and a willingness to be patient for the time to come. It's so easy too, to want to have everything happen NOW. But most things that are great are worth waiting for, and whether you're the powerful ball of sun or the reflective glow of the moon, you have your place in this virtual-verse.

A Simpler Life -- Featuring Zanze

I find some of the most beautiful gardens as I traverse Second Life. It doesn't matter who sponsors the land, adding flora only increases the appeal of the property. One of my favorite places to go and daydream continues to operate after many years. At one point I think Julia Hathor had 5 sims. Now I believe she's pared it down to three. Each time I go to one of them, in this case Serenity Falls, I fall in love with the place all over again.

I wore this dress Shauna from Zanze and felt like I fit right in to the flower garden around me. The pattern of this particular Shauna option - called Morning Glory - seemed as if it could be planted into the ground to sprout more and more beauty. It never fails. Zzoiee Zee continuously improves her craft, a sleek and refined beauty with all her heart poured in to every piece, and this dress another example of her fantastic skills.

Featuring Zanze Shauna
1. [noname]: Beaded Flat Sandals
2. Chop Zuey: Tabula Rasa Set
3. Mirror's Enigma: Nixie Light Skintone
4. Face Paint: Sand and Sun
5. Face Paint: Classic Square Nails
6. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Divina
7. Truth: Eden
8. Adorkable Poses

9. Shot on location at Creative Fantasy Home & Garden