A Gallery of Gowns

The long and the short of it.

There's a new exhibit of photographs at the Paris Metro Gallery and two new commemorative gowns!  We always enjoy the art exhibits there and they have some magnificent photographs this time.

You can usually tell how much I like an outfit by how many pix I take.

Below a just a couple of the photos - what is this obsession I have with morning?  Ask my husband, I'm the one always sleeping in.  I love the grey and the fog!*

Photo of Paris in the morning by Relay Caedmon

Another morning photo, this time by K T Syakumi

And no Sunday post is complete without The White Armory Group gift.  Love the coloring on this!  Goes nicely with those morning photos!  

More photos of this one on my Flickr  page.

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Morning fog from last October.

Kitten Gacha

M*Motion cardie Outfit from the lucky boards, kitten from the gacha.

Sure, I sent Lludmila to the CDT First Anniversary Event* to see what the freebies, lucky boards (and one lucky drum) had to offer, but what really got me was the kitten gacha.  Lludmila walked around and around for absolute ages waiting for Ls to come up and each time she passed the +NK+ kitten gacha, it just called to her like a siren ... like her RL(tm) cat does every night after we've all gone to bed and even though she had just been there and seen us getting into bed she cries like she's been abandoned.  Where was I?

Manages to stay on without using its claws.

It doesn't do anything. It just sleeps on top of your head.  It's Lludmila's new fashion accessory and worth every one of the 30L.
The lucky boards all all over and they have all sorts of things: outfits, hair, skin, nails, boots, handbag - plus things for sale ... and the kitten gacha!  Below is the handbag Lludmila won.  We don't usually keep the handbags.  Everything fits so nicely in folders in one's inventory - why carry a bag?  This one had two books in it, though.

: ) BCC. Dorothy vintage flower bag with books!

Sakura parfait & cake freebie from Poche.

*RibboN* Leopard dress.

!1mm***   Engineer boots too skinny for Lludmila's calves.

The newest edition of The Dressing Room is up.  There were a couple of goodies Lludmila just had to have. We avoid clothing now.  It's quite a struggle to keep the inventory below 41,000.  (Getting rid of all the White Armory group gifts would put a dent in that - but, I mean, really!)  New *YS&YS* Berefeet 2.0 prim feet, though - that's worth the 70L!  They're copiable and the HUD adjusts size, skin and nail color, and toe ring and bangle options.  Lludmila went for no bangles and I think she did a good job matching her zombie skin.

Plenty of instructions on matching skin color, but we eyeball and do fine.

Also available at TDR are some nice make-ups for lips and eyes for 55L from Fishy Strawberry.  Phew, Llizila Taylor and Sophmila Lloren could have used some of the dark red lips a couple of weeks ago.  

Yes, that's 24 lip colors!

Some nice spring pink lips on a wide, wide mouth.

Lludmila turns her back on her garden for one minute and
returns to find dandelions have taken over.

*CDT First Anniversary Event - There's a further tp to take from this spot. The *.amato.* tanpopo dandelions can be found there as well for 1L.

Keep It Clean

Slut originally referred to a dirty, slovenly woman and so, to prove she isn't even that kind of slut, Lludmila set out to do her laundry.  Sunday seems to be a big day at the laundromat and she would have to get behind someone who doesn't know what he's doing.  Don't put that in with the whites, Cal!

Laundry freebies from RC Clusters.
(Helper not included. Just as well as he doesn't seem to understand presorting.)

Gardening freebies from RC Clusters. (Kibbitzer not included.)

 Check out the freebies at RC Clusters and then explore the rest of The Nest sim.  There are some free poses at Olive Juice in emaciated and curvy styles.  Those curvy ones are just the thing if you are broad in the beam or are wearing those system skirts that make your bottom look enormous.

Keep Smilin' Gift Pack of poses - note curvy and "normal" version at right.

The rest of The Nest sim has an Easter Egg Hunt with gifts large and small: perfect for sprucing up your home ... or just providing a whole new one.  This means all new furniture, too.  Sigh, an avatar's work is never done.

Juniper House from Kukuvaya in the Easter Egg Hunt at the  Nest.

Lludmila likes to check out the shops to see what is interesting and found some happy things.  Clutter's desk is loaded with animations that produce the relevant objects instantly without having to pull them out of the inventory.

Not free - Clutter's desk with varied animations.

Lludmila spent so much time playing on Sway's day bed that she almost missed the basket of eggs.  The day bed also rezzes objects automatically as each pose is chosen.  Lludmila's favorites were waking up with the alarm clock (which rings briefly) and searching under the sofa.  Maybe if she has enough lindens next week (and doesn't spend all her stipend on 60L Weekend items), she'll buy it.  If not, we still have the photos.

Not free - Sway's day bed with super cute poses.

Signs of Spring

Saint Paddy's mesh boots from G. Field (group gift) - See how they bend?
"Ponies 2012" t-shirt from Four Kittens of the Apocalypse (subscribo) Oh, do go by and visit! What fun stuff!
Wheel barrow and shovel from *KGS* (freebie) Many more fun freebies there.

For the Professional

There's no guarantee you'll look like Marilyn or Jimmy.

Are you an educator or some other professional entering Second Life for the first time?  Are the newbie avatars doing nothing for you?  The Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics has a deal for you.  Go to this location and pick out a more professional-looking avatar.  Also available are some accessories: clothing, hair, even an Animation Overrider to give your movements a quick facelift.  It's not for the fashion-conscious but for the Dress for Success crowd.  There are also notecards with handy hints.

Lludmila tries out the AO.

Lludmila is always interested in styles and AOs that don't make her look like a total tart.  It's not as easy as it sounds to find non-slutty freebies.  Thanks to MICA for helping out the professional!

A few of the ground sits in the AO.

Some chair sits from the AO.

Timely Travel

And it comes with shoooooes!

I'm a little late with the lovely Steam Hunt prize from Brain Circuit Inc.  It's a "toot-on-somblah": dress, gloves, stockings, topper, little gold turnip watch - that even includes shoes (see inset).

Happy Birthday, Colton!

What a surprise at The White Armory!  There's a special group gift dress in honor of Colton Drechsler's birthday.  What an interesting combination of the dusty rose pink and pale pewter!

Cal-culating

Cal dropped by Vero Modero for the car group gift and discovered a wall of group gift clothes for men that are extraordinarily good!  Some outfits include skins and shapes for those not satisfied with what they've done with their sliders.

And, of course, there's the car ...

Cal's no better at driving than Lludmila.

Starring Role

This week's special guest model is our good friend, Sophmila Lloren.

Gorgeous Steam Hunt gift in male and female versions from BrainCircuit.

"You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one.
If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old."

Boot and pegleg from Bad Juju, back from who-knows when.

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti."

This week's group gift from The White Armory - it's a keeper!