The Small Things Make A house A home

 

Whenever I have a new home in second life I always think about a line from one of Robert Forsts First poems…

 

“First there’s the children’s house of make-believe, Some shattered dishes underneath a pine, The playthings in the playhouse of the children. Weep for what little things could make them glad.”
[Rober Frost – Directive (1947)]

I think all to often we overlook the little things that enrich our lives, and second life is no exception. We get excited over big releases and tend to overlook the small things that create the whole. My creative style leans more towards those small things, and I always find myself meshing things to set in little cubbies and hang in the odd spaces, the forgotten places that make a house a home. So  I tend to get very tickled when I see friends who release adorable trinkets to set around the house, that make it feel lived in and real. So today I raise my glass to those of you who, like me, remember and enjoy the little things that make a house a home.

Credits:

Decorative Box : Kuro – Donna’s box (Limited edition) @ Love Donna Flora

Salt & Pepper Shaker set: Lark – S&P Shaker – Love @ Love Donna Flora

Cacti: Gacha Prizes from a store called GachaYa

Canvas Art: Collage – I Will Love You (Part of a set)

Wall Plates: floorplan. kitsch wall plates

Abacus: Zigana . antique abacus

Table: PILOT – Dollhouse Dining (It was for the doll house he made, I resized it hehehehehehe)

Chairs: [AF] HOMME Chair (Zig Zag)

Box of amazing roses that the beautiful Syliva Oliver gave to me on our first date: [Commoner] A Boxed Dozen / Red Rose Medley

The Love Donna Flor Event Is Now Open!

The Love Donna Flora event opened it’s doors today and I have to say, I loved walking around and seeing all the amazing creators who came together to help a fellow second lifer in need.

I hope you will all go and support this amazing cause and have a little fun doing, because it has to be said, there is a whole lot of pretty there!!!

As always though there are those of you who prefer to donate directly so here is the link to the Love Donna Flora Fundraiser page.

For there rest of you, your chariot awaits!

Credits:

Leggings: Lark – Sweet Girl Leggings (purple lace cutout) -For Love Donna Flora

Monkey Plushi: *MishMish* LDF – Monkey Lavander -For Love Donna Flora

Shoes: fri. – Cotton.Mary Janes (Kitten) – For Love Donna Flora

(The fri shoes work with slink flat feet and basic avi feet)

I Will Wait For You

 

Graceless wandering in pathless places

within the tunnels of the heart,

uncharted pools of hopes and dreams,

echos of loves tortured screams,

she waited,

her heart hanging from her sleeve.

 

Credits:

Hair: ~Tableau Vivant~ Larnia – Winter ~*From The Love Donna Flora Event*~ July 25th to August 11th.

Dress: FATEplay – Wende – Ruby ~*Coming 24th July, 2013*~

Boots: FATEplay – Feredir – Volcano (They are a part of the outfit)  ~*Coming 24th July, 2013*~

Pose: .mien. {charming}- LDF ~*From The Love Donna Flora Event*~ July 25th to August 11th.

Skin: Glam Affair – Lulu

Eyes: IKON

– Photo taken at Small Town Green –

 

O Children…

Hey, little train! Wait for me!
I once was blind but now I see
Have you left a seat for me?
Is that such a stretch of the imagination?

Credits:

~*Badass Skateboard Swing: Kuro – Cloud skating *~

House: L2 Studio SHORELINE HOUSE

Tree: Botanical – T2C – Sugar Maple [b]

Grass: Turnip’s Long Summer Grass

Flamingo: Zigana

Tank Top: Emery – Top Bardot – faMESHed

Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Tanya Mesh Hair – Wild honey -faMESHed

Shorts: {mon tissu} Cuffed Denim Shorts  ~  Light Wash

Love Donna Flora Fundraiser

 

Many of you in the Second Life community know Squinternet Larnia of Donna Flora, I’ve never had the pleasure of knowing her but I do know her struggle and have seen first hand in my own family how formidable a foe cancer can be. So it is my immense pleasure to be able to blog for the Love Donna Flora event, to in some small way be able to help her in her battle. So I hope you will all join in and help support her and as always if you can not make it to the fundraising event please consider donating directly, a link can be found on the fundraiser site here. 

 

Credits:

Necklace & Earings:  (Donna Flora) RAVESC necklace blush

Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Tanya Mesh Hair – Wild honey

Dress: coldLogic dress – bailey.linen 

Eye: IKON

Skin: GA – Lulu

Give Me A Reason…

 

I’m so tired of playing,
Playing with this bow and arrow.

Credits:

Shoes: [Gos] Boutique – Lauren d’Orsay – New

 

To The Sea

Under the water the world around me fades, no past, no future, just now, just us.

 

Credits:

Tub with poses – Flowey -Hipster Princess bathtub (C88)

Grass – Turnips Summer grass

House – Culprit

 

I’m Coming Home

 

I’ve finally got my computer fixed and can take photos again! Yea!!! This also means I can get back to meshing which has been impossible to do since I would crash every time I tried to bake my textures >_<.  I’ve missed being able to move around in SL and and I feel like I’ am so late on a lot of the events, so I may do more artistic photos this month so I don’t look like a “Johnny come lately” trying to blog the same stuff everyone has blogged 100 times already, I may even try to do a couple blogger challenges!  Mama, I’m coming home!

 

Credits:

House – Culprit Dragonfly Cottage (Mesh)

Storm Trooper Picture – {scarlet apples} Make Love Not War Art

Desk – :CP: Bruine Desk

Bench – fri.home – judy bench

Dress – -tres blah- Spaghetti Strap Dress – Brown Floral

Necklace – Noodles – Sun, Star & Moon Necklaces

Hair – >TRUTH< Lavinia –  dark browns

Skin – Glam Affair – Lulu 07

Eyes – .ID. Soulful / Mesh Eyes / Green Light / Left

The Waters Edge

 

Flowers love broken trees tickle water twirl

glass circle break hands intertwine feel take

hug embrace kiss cry smile breathe move live

laugh play fall bleed soaked white linen curios

old oak cabinet white dress hung doors ajar

secret moths flying open free liberation

waters edge unknown and scary dark

warmth by my side you life everything.

 

 

Credits:

Raft: Kuro – Into the blue

Dress: MIEL NAUTICA DRESS – FATPACK

Hair: TRUTH HAIR Siobhan –  light browns

Skin: Glam Affair – Lulu 07 ( The Arcade )

Eyes: .ID. Soulful / Mesh Eyes / Green Light

 

I’ll Stand By You

 

At times I feel like a distant memory in my own mind, my days roll into one another as I watch people carry on with their lives, while I am bitter that what happened stopped my world and not theirs. I forget that I matter, that I still breathe, move, and feel, it’s easier to forget those things, to forget yourself, like some how if you forget you, that they will too. It would be easier that way, because you’re sad and people hate sad people, particularly when you’re sad all the time, an you give false hope when you have good days which makes it that much harder. So you just try to fade away, you stop fighting to have to good days, and you pop a pill and go to sleep, leaving the dishes undone and floors unswept. 12 hours later you wake up grab your stomach and realize nothing has changed, so you cry, “Fuck” is the only thing you can say.  People say it takes time, but how much time will people give you, how long before they start talking behind your back, “when will she get over it, it’s been over a month” “I just can’t be around her, shes a downer”. In losing one thing I feel like I might lose everything.

 

For all the people who have been there for me constantly throughout the past couple months, thank you for standing by me, even when I know it must be hard to.

 

Credits:

Top: [AUX] Boho Backless – Fist Pump Hunt(GOING ON NOW!)

Jeans: tulip. Alana Jeans (Slate – MESH)

Picture strand: Trompe Loeil – Stringlights With Photos

Hair: TRUTH HAIR Siobhan –  light browns

Necklace: Noodles – Sun, Star & Moon Necklaces

Bracelet: erratic / owl bracelet / pinkgold

Skin: Glam Affair – Lulu 07 ( The Arcade )