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Snuggling My Chonk

I planned to get out and hit some sales today but you see, I’ve got this old chonky boy who wasn’t having it. He wanted all the snuggles even though I was ready to roll, and how could I resist. My original pair of KittyCats are over 4000 days old and I always have them out in my home, it’s truly what makes my linden house my HOME.

Do you have something that makes your home feel like your own special place? What is it?

Gidge is Getting Ready for Easter In:
Brows: Izzie’s – LeL Evo X – 16 Eyebrows (soft arch) pink 75%
Head: / HEAD / lel EvoX RAVEN 3.1
Dress: erratic / nicki – ruched dress / SE pink floral (maitreya)
Hair: Exile:: Laia (B)
Earrings: Vibing — Evelyn Earrings — Rosegold — Regular — Linked
Rings: Vibing — Leah Rings — Gold — Maitreya — LEFT
Vibing — Leah Rings — Gold — Maitreya — RIGHT
Skin: [7DS] – BODY 2020 PAISLEY bom skin PINEAPPLE browless
Kitty: KITTYCATS – Snake Plisskin 4436 Days Old.

Kitchen: Dutchie
Neon Signs: Floorplan

The Joyous Christmas Dinner

I recently read about the fact that in Japan they have special KFC chicken buckets for Christmas which include chicken, sides and a CAKE! Apparenlty it’s a whole THING and I’ve been oblivious to it for years. How is this possible?

Well imagine my joy when I was trying to figure out what to have for our Christmas Dinner when I realized that JUNK FOOD had exactly the meal I was wishing for. I had to pick one up so we could low key love on some American junk food while pretending to be internationally hip.

I picked up a couple of gift heads lately but my internet connection was not cooperating while I was trying to adjust her so I’m wearing RAVEN from Lelutka out of the box with my shape but no edits. I’ll have to Gidge-ify her a bit when I can.

I hope your Christmas was merry and bright. See you soon!

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Gidge is Ready for Christmas Dinner In:
Skin:leLAPEAU – Evo X – Elsa Skin – GA Beige (No Brows)

FACE – lel EvoX Raven 002
Head: / HEAD / lel EvoX RAVEN 3.1
/ HUD / lel EvoX (f) 3.1
Bow: Blume. Feel Pretty Headband (Xmas)
Dress: Blume. Pralines Dress – Maitreya Lara (Forest Polka)
Hair: Exile:: Susan
Food: Junk Food Christmas Chicken Dinner
Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V5.3
Kitchen: Dutchie

Food Coma in 5..4..3..2..

What was I thinking?

I cooked way too much. I knew I was going to be solo but still, I couldn’t resist thinking of the glorious leftovers. Forgetting, though, that I just have this minifridge right now.

This means I’ve got to eat. And eat and eat and eat.

I can’t let it all to go waste, can I?

You see what this food is doing to my shirt don’t you?

Gidge is In A Food Coma In:
Lip Gloss: alaskametro<3 “Bubblegum gloss” 05 FIT A
Jeans: (NO) Nylon Skinny Jeans – Faded Blue – S
Ring: (Yummy) Diamond Solitaire Ring – Gold – Maitreya
Head: / HEAD / lel EvoX AVALON 3.0
Necklace: Cae :: Basics – Solitaire :: Short Necklace
Earrings: Cae :: Basics – Solitaire :: Stud Earring
Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V5.3
Sweaer: MIDNA – Anne Cardigan – ORANGE [Maitreya]
Hair: Wasabi // Sugar Mesh Hair
Skin: [PF] – Millie – LELUTKA – (ltbrow)
Kitchen and Dining Table: Dutchie
Leftovers: JunkFood

Come Into My Parlor

When on the breath of autumn's breeze

I kinda sorta fell in love with the top and skirt from United Colors at Collabor88 this month. This month’s theme is Autumn’s Breath, possibly inspired by Mary Howitt’s Cornfields. Howitt’s big contribution was The Spider and the Fly so it seems a good time to shoot some pictures in my parlor and show off my shoes from Ingenue. <grin>

 “WHEN on the breath of autumn breeze,
From pastures dry and brown,
Goes floating like an idle thought
The fair white thistle-down,
Oh then what joy to walk at will 5
Upon the golden harvest hill!

When on the breath of autumn's breeze
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Casual Country Comfort

“Sometimes, when we cannot attain the freedom we are fighting for, we free ourselves by carving a new path to freedom.”So, I love to laze about and read. This lovely Boho bed from DRD at The Arcade is big enough for lots of layers.

“Sometimes, when we cannot attain the freedom we are fighting for, we free ourselves by carving a new path to freedom.”My lazing cottage is the Daisy Cottage from HIVE for The Arcade. It has a lovely window that is perfect for some plants or pillows if you like hanging out front. In the background you can see a gramophone from Contraption, some artwork, a lemon tree, and The Secret Stores gorgeous vintage desk.
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Lazy Days with Collabor88 and The Arcade

“Sometimes, when we cannot attain the freedom we are fighting for, we free ourselves by carving a new path to freedom.”It’s a good think I got this gorgeous rare bed from the DRD gacha at The Arcade because it’s perfect for lazing about and so are some of the new releases from Collabor88
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Gemütlichkeit: A Feeling of Comfort & Coziness

Gemütlichkeit (German, n.): a feeling of comfort, cosiness, homeliness.

Gemütlichkeit is a world I picked up from this wonderful web site I found the other day. Even it it means you wander away for hours, I want you to check you out. It’s a collection of untranslatable words. Words that convey concepts, that have no equivalent in our language, at least not in a single word. It is fun.

Gemütlichkeit (German, n.): a feeling of comfort, cosiness, homeliness.

I am wearing the dress I wore in my last blog post, in a print this time. It comes in a solid or print version with six options in the texture huds. My last post was nothing but head shots, so I wanted to show you the back which is just so adorable. The house is the San Clemente from Barnesworth Anubis. It’s a great house and I will show you around inside, but the name makes me think of Richard Nixon, since that was where he was from.
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Cooking and Eating at My House

I live in Barnesworth Anubis’ Classic Brownstone which has a huge kitchen/dining room. I contemplated using it for a roller rink, but well, that would be silly. Instead, I have a formal dining table on one side, a casual nook for solitary meals and a fabulous kitchen. Here’s a tour of the space and the Christmas decor.

Tis the Season

The focal point is the dining table and chairs from The Loft. They were released in October and remain a favorite because of the powerful statement their sleek style and form deliver. The come with gorgeous place settings and I imagine will serve well throughout the year. The NOMAD Baubles Tree from The Arcade is a modern and minimalist bit of decor and the Schadenfreude Festive Cheese Snack was a gift I found under the tree at The Arcade
Tis the Season

I’ve tucked the Swedish dining table chairs and candelabra from Nomad into a corner for a less formal place to drink some coffee, read the paper or grab a bagel. The fruit bowl is also from Nomad. All of those items were released in November at Collabor88.  The lovely red cuckoo clock is from Fancy Decor and was released in a panoply of colors at The Arcade. The washbasin planter and hedge are from Trompe Loeil and is also at the Arcade. The chalkboards I repurposed from floorplan and Willow’s Astrology Chart, replacing the chart with some chalk art I found on the internet and tinting the frames red. Many of the frames sold at events are modifiable and will allow you to replaced their pictures with your own and some, like this wonderful one will let you change the frame’s color and size. Over the table is a big chalkboard from Clutter. They have released several different ones for the holidays. Below that, you can see Trompe Loeil’s JOY letters, a part of the holiday decor collection at The Arcade.
Tis the SeasonOn the left, you can see the black Christmas ribbon from The Loft for the Botanical Christmas tree at Tannebaum. I thought it would be fun to use it as a sculptural tree on its own. For me, it seems a fitting complement to the dining table and chairs. On the wall, you can see the sign I made using Riders Mesh Factory’s Neon font rezzer. Riders Mesh Factory makes all sorts of fonts and to make your own words, you just rez their contraption, and follow the directions in the blue window. They are really difficult directions like press Start and press Finish. The other decor on The Loft’s Baxter buffet that matches their Baxter table and chairs will be highlighted in closer pictures.
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The Exercise Room

Transformation is the driver of self-actualization.I am taking a short break after a lovely morning workout in my exercise room. The attic of my townhouse from Barnesworth Anubis is huge, light and airy, perfect for a playroom or, for singletons like me, for a room to dance, exercise and even chill with a book on the massage table after a workout.

Transformation is the driver of self-actualization.

From left to right: dust bunny . basket table @ The Arcade, tres blah- Cozy Winter – Space Heater (Rose) @ The Arcade fucifino.Orleans Collection Framed Art (Texture Change) llorisen // eclectic stacked cushions RARE (copy) [ zerkalo ] Magical Christmas – Tiny Tree @ The Arcade dust bunny . robin nest . silver @ The Arcade dust bunny . porcelain deer @ The Arcade PLAAKA FlowerVase Pink Cone @ The Arcade ::{u.f.o}::Swan Lake, Act1 – haning ballet shoes blue, purple, pink and white ::{u.f.o}::Swan Lake, Act1 – ballerina clock coral llorisen // eclectic hello sign RARE (copy) ::{u.f.o}::Swan Lake, Act1 – en haut wall hanging llorisen // eclectic hello sign RARE (copy) Tres Blah Glitter Sign ANE SLON SET – Frame 01 20.aisling. Rugs @ The Arcade 17.aisling. Cushion Stool@ The Arcade 16.aisling. Potted Plant @ The Arcade 21.aisling. Candles @ The Arcade Dutchie sequenced yoga mat blue

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At home with the macabre

“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”

Barnesworth Tabor Cottage, Vespertine upcycled fence town/autumn; 8f8 Storyteller’s Burrow Reader’s Pier, Botanical Aspen Trees, Half-Deer Deadwood Trees, Skye’s Enchanted Woods, 3d Trees Spruce 01, Pixel Mode Fall Harvest Barn

I do not decorate my home for Halloween and only add a bouquet of colored glass bulbs and a gold tabletop Christmas tree for Christmas. My apartment is small and I don’t waste my limited storage space storing decorations. My second life, though, seems to have infinite storage space so I love to decorate there. Also, it’s much less work to pack up and move and also less expensive. Here,then is my home for fall inspired in part by the macabre aesthetic of Tim Burton. I began by tinting my Tabor Cottage from Barnesworth to saturated dark colors instead of the natural stucco that it was originally. There’s a barn in the background with a few animals and a dock on the water.

“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”

Barnesworth Anubis Tabor Cottage, Verspertine upcycled fence town/autumn, Cheeky Pea Autumn Step Frame Dark, Striped Mocha Swing, Pilot Pumpkin Mice Black, Striped, Orange; Ariskea Terre Automne Branches Vase, PILOT Fall Garden Night

I added this prop fence from Vespertine because I loved the bright colors and though it did not add anything macabre to the home, I liked the colors and the idea of it. Not everything needs to be macabre.   Continue reading