Simploring 2020 (16) Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot :)

02 Mar 2020 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

For my simploring tour on Thursday, February 27th, I picked “Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot” from scoop.it SL Destinations and I read Maddy Gynoid’s Simtipp (read here in German). The landmark description gives an idea about what to expect “An Abandoned Vacation Spot in the 30s. Sometimes you can still see the glamor of the past….Beaches, Romantic, Photographers…Some attractions for the whole family. Everyone is welcome. Enjoy your stay“

Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot is a moderate homestead owned and designed by Dya OHare. Lam Erin has helped designing it.

Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot – bird eye overview

The landing is in the first floor of a building named “Gatcha House”. Here you find information about the town, there’s a teleport board, information about rezzing rights with a group membership, pictures of Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot and a guest book. The 2nd floor is occupied by the Gatcha shop.

Dya gives us the background story for her sim:
“This place was a rich vacation spot in the 1930s. But a lot was destroyed in the war and the place has been deserted ever since. You can still see the glamour of the past. In this season it is raining here a lit, the roads are wet, many treed are old and partly broken. The shops and the hotels are empty. A few people left some things behind. Ivy is growing on the walls of the houses.
THe old harbour with its beautiful piers also saw better times. Earlier the fischermen and many visitors came here to go fishing. The boats are old and the fisher huts need a new coat of paint.
There used to be a well-functioning small container ship port on the left side of the alley. But since the place has left, there is only an empty tea factory.
The beaches are very natural in meantime and many animals have settled in the deserted island the past years. Some visitors are now coming to the island again. It is said that renovations are going on here to bring back the former glamour of the place. The house by the sea seems to be inhabited. Unfortunately the beautiful hotel on the slope is only a ruin. But who knows how the island looks like in Spring when everything is blooming and some houses have been renovated.”

Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot – the Background story / information and pictures at the landing in the Gatcha house

Stepping out of the Gatcha house you see the picturesque fishing habour. With the regional windlight everything is grey in grey though. Nonetheless the place has it’s very own attraction. There are many many details to discover. I roamed around the harbour and took many pictures before is followed the road that leads all around the island and started my further simploring tour.

Impressions of Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot (1) – the fishing habour

I came to a beach first. Many birds have occupied it. There’s an old boat rental that looks abandonned for the season yet not for many decades. And you find a lovely spot to sit and enjoy the atmosphere there – if it just were not that cold, wet and rainy.

Impressions of Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot (2) – the fishing habour / at the beach

On the hill almost in the center of the island is the ruin of an hotel. The hotel sign is stil partly illuminated but the rest of the builing is already quite destroyed by time. Inside it is heavily leaking through the roof respectively the rain pours down unrestricted as there’s no roof anymore. I continued walking along the road and came to the lighthouse.

Impressions of Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot (3) – the hotel ruin and the lighthouse

At the following beach there’s the above mentioned residential house that is obviously inhabited. It is furnished inside and looks as if the owner will return every minute. At the beach you find a scene with a child, a dog and a tricycle. Farer away a few seals relax on a swimming platform. The hut at the beach is used to renting loungers – but it is closed for the season.

Impressions of Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot (4) – the other beach / the residential house

The road led me to a long wooden pier with 2 benches next. From here you have a good view to the industrial harbour with the old tea factory and a submarine in the dock. At this poin of my simploring tour I decided to change the windlight to see Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot in another, more sunny light. Quite a change! Let us assume that after all the rain the sun came out *winks*

Impressions of Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot (5) – the wooden pier and the industrial harbour

And with the sun the island changes at lot. The hotel ruin looks total different and the fishing harbour with all its townhouses looks almost inviting for a walk along the promenade. I also got a nice view from the road above the fishing harbour down to the harbour.

Impressions of Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot (6) – the hotel ruin and the fishing habour when the sun comes out

Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot is a particular place. It doesn’t make you feel sad at all to see it. As opposed to the travel back in time is very enjoyable and there’s a lot to discover – way more that I could see during the one hour that I spent there. I can imagine how this spot comes to life again, how investors revive it, how people we occupy the beach again and rent boats and lounger, how the warm sun will change it. And when I understand Dya’s story right, then she plans to make this change coming true in Spring. Therefore you might have to go there soon if you want to see it like it was during my visit.

Thank you very much Dya for sharing your place publicly. I enjoyed my visit a lot!

Landmark to Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Phantos/62/72/27
Maddy Gynoid’s Simtipp: Dya’s Abandoned Vacation Spot
http://echtvirtuell.blogspot.com/2020/02/simtipp-dyas-abandoned-vacation-spot.html

Diary 2020 (26) February 19th/20th Under full control (I)

28 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I spent a quiet hour in the afternoon with Mistress. When we met and had caught up with our mutal news, Mistress added the shield to my chastity belt. She said, she would open the shield again when she leaves if I behave properly. Again she was playing with her power and enjoying it – because she can. She added a vixen collar and then we went seeing slave Luci who was present and took her to Heavy Bondage Club. Mistress Jenny first had some problems with her internet which limited our time. And then Heavy Bondage Club crashed and we were logged off. We returned to our skybox and Mistress Jenny allowed me to lick her and to get my fix this way. Thank you, Mistress Jenny.

February 19th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at Heavy Bondage Club with slave Luci / Diomita with slave Gwendi at a shopping event / Diomita with slave Gwendi and slave Lara dancing at Cage Elegance

At night Mistress Jenny was again prevented from getting inworld due to her RL. slave Gwendi was present when I returned online. I took her to a big shopping event and dragged her behind my at my leash looking at all the new releases of clothes, make-up and furniture. Yet, there was nothing really tempting me to get. I had got a group message from Caged Elegance that there’s a party Wednesdays and slave Gwendi and I went there. It was not very full but we listened to great music. I saw slave Lara entering our home and summoned her to us. We stayed until the party ended at 11 PM and I had a nice chat with the dj as well as with the host. We talked about others events at Caged Elegance, about group discussions, about the icontrol chip and about people. The bdsm scene is smaller than you might think *winks*. Most likely we’ll go this party Wednesdays a bit more often if it fits into our plans.

February 19th: Diomita with slave Gwendi in our rubber dungeon room at home

slave Lara was absent when the party ended and stayed at Cage Elegance. I returned home with slave Gwendi and took her to our rubber dungeon room again. I rezzed a simple mattress with an inbuildt animated scene and enjoyed riding a dildo gag attached to slave Gwendi. She was happy to be useful, I was happy to get satisfied. While I was enjoying myself, slave slut cecy came inworld. She was still at Mesmerize Dungeon, where she had crashed the last time we saw her inworld. Unfortunately slave slut cecy logged off again just when I was about to summon her after I had recovered.

Finally I went on a simploring tour after slave Gwendi had left. I thought it would be just a quick visit, yet it took longer than I thought as it was worth the time.

Thursday, February 20th, Mistress Jenny made me wear a black latex zipper catsuit, she added the shield to the chastity belt and took me to Mature Dommes, a place she had discovered by surfing profiles in the morning. Mature Dommes is a small place for mature dommes. It’s a delightful house with some lovely rooms and a skybox dungeon. There Mistress Jenny and I caught up with our mutual news first before we explored the place. We saw a lot of really erotic pictures at the walls featuring mature dommes. Mature Dommes is a very neat and stylish place. We both really liked it.

February 20th: Mistress Jenny and Ehesklavin Diomita at Mature Dommes and trying out a foot&heel bench

Mistress Jenny first tried out a foot&heel bench with some really nice animations where I had to lick and worship her boots. We moved on the a “Lezdom” room and Mistress found an uneven bars that used to get licked by me – and I got another fix. Thank you, Mistress

February 20th: Mistress Jenny getting licked by her Ehesklavin Diomita at Mature Dommes

Mistress had found more places and we visited the next on her list: Lesbian Love Boat. As opposed to Mature Dommes Lesbian Love Boat was comparably crowded. The landmark description reads as follows “Naughty lesbian island,club for Ladies -dj party,lounge nude beach. Fitness Club Yoga  Gym  workout  Massage  Spa Sauna Bath beach surf  toilet  naturist surfing theater cinema porn bowling game lesbian club lesbica lesbiana, bdsm club sub miss pet fetish.” I made some pictures but I doubt that we will go there again as nothing there did really excite neiter Mistress nor me. We returned home and Mistress grounded me at home until her return at night.

At night Mistress continued where we stopped in the afternoon. She released me from the restrictions, unlocked and removed the chastity belt and asked me to wear something else. Of course it was my fault as I chose something too tempting and Mistress decided to exchange my sub collar with the Ehesklavin collar. She was clearly in a very dominant mood the whole day already. Mistress had one landmark left to discover and we went there. It turned out to be another part of the Lesbian Love Boat sim, but this one was stylish and looked as if we could go there again some time.

Febraury 20th: Mistress Jenny exchanging Diomita’s sub collar with the Ehesklavin collar / a few impressions of Lesbian Love Boat

We went shopping next and bought the uneven bars that Mistress Jenny had enjoyed using in the afternoon. Back home Mistress began to rearrange furniture at our skybox, she asked me to remove some equipment and made it even more a place which only mirrors how we are nowdays, everything documents Mistress’ position now except the annex that I am allowed to use for green lights.
We went seeing slave Gwendi and Ann next, who both were waiting for us. Ann was wearing a new restrictive catsuit from Restrained Freedom. After we got our hugs from slave Gwendi, Mistress demanded the keys to Ann’s suit and took control of her. She kept on teasing Ann the whole night from that moment on. We went to club DeLust and stayed there for about 30 minutes.

Later we went to Caged Elegance and danced for another 30 minutes before it was time for bed. I sensed Mistress supremacy all day and night, it was one of these days where it literally radiated from her … phewwww.

Landmark to Caged Elegance Club
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vineyard%20Isle%20Valley/77/212/1001
Landmark to Mature Dommes
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Scalisi%20Isle/92/238/21
Landmark to Lesbian Love Boat
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winward%20Islands/36/64/1301

Simploring 2020 (15) Florence At Low Tide

24 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

In March 2019 I visited Florence Bay (Simploring 2019 (34) Florence Bay). When I looked for a destination for simploring at scoop.it SL Destinations on Saturday, February 8th, I came across Maddy Gynoid’s blog post about “Florence At Low Tide” – and the name rang a bell.

Florence Bay was a moderate homestead owned by Gnaaah Xeltentat and Tomaso Franizzi. It was originally designed, created and landscaped by Minnie Atlass. I learned in Maddy’s blogpost that Florence Bay was taken over by it’s designer Minnie Atlass in August 2019 and Minnie integrated it into her sims under the name “Soul2Soul Rapids”.

Florence At Low Tide is the new home of Gnaaah Xeltentat and Tomaso Franizzi. It has been designed and landscaped by Iska (sablina). I have visited quite some sims designed by Iska (sablina), my last visit to one of her creations was La Digue (Simploring 2019 (119) La Digue – an Autumn walk).

Florence At Low Tide – overview

Florence At Low Tide is a moderate homestead, a quiet, peaceful spot somewhere in the Mediterranean, I’d say somwhere in South France (although there’re no tides as far as I know). The landing point is at the shore that has been revealed by the the retreating water during tide. Boats are laying on the ground and some nice citizens have brought loungers and other seating opportunities to the shore.

Impressions of Florence At Low Tide (1) – around the landing point

Impressions of Florence At Low Tide (3) – house with backyard / Bar and event area (lower pictures)

I explored the village that really has a Mediterranean touch. A large villa with pool is close to the landing point. The houses at Florence At Low Tide are typical for the region, most of them are not furnished though. Quite close to the landing is a bar and an event area. I sat down and enjoyed the atmosphere before I walked to the lighthouse. Also on this side of FLorence At Low Tide the tide caused boats to lay on the ground. I peeked inside of a smaller hut and discovered a piano and a nice polstered lounger, hence I called it “Piano hut”

Impressions of Florence At Low Tide (4) – around the lighthouse / the “Piano hut”

Quite outstanding for a Mediterranean setting is the big mountain in the Northeast with a high waterfall. The waterfall feeds a creek that flows into the sea. There’s a balloon hovering above of the waterfall – and you can sit in its gondola and enjoy the view from up there.

Impressions of Florence At Low Tide (5) – upper left shows the mountain with the waterfall / lower left the Villa close to the landing

What I loved most is the area around a small church as it offers all what remembers me of my trips to South France in RL. Lavender, wine and sun flowers and the typical architecture of the houses. Just beautiful. I had the impression I almost could smell the lavender.

Impressions of Florence At Low Tide (6) – Memories of South France – Lavender, wine, sun flowers and the typical architecture

Florence At Low Tide is a beautiful sim, perfect for taking pictures and perfect to wind down and let your mind wander. Thank you Iska (sablina) for the design, thank you Gnaaah Xeltentat and Tomaso Franizzi for sharing your home with the public! I enjoyed my short trip to South France.

Landmark to Florence At Low Tide
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Florence/152/64/22
Flickr group
https://www.flickr.com/groups/florenceatlowtide/
Maddy Gynoid’s blog post Simtipp: “Florence At Low Tide”
http://echtvirtuell.blogspot.com/2020/02/simtipp-florence-at-low-tide.html

Simploring 2020 (14) Alpha Moon

22 Feb 2020 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

When I looked for a destination for my simploring tour on Tuesday, January 28th, I came across Maddy Gynoid’s “Simtipp: Alpha Moon” on scoop.it SL Destinations.

Alpha Moon is a moderate full region owned by Zel Colton (zeldonix). Zel Colton is the owner of Colton Design, a shop offering poses and animations. Zel also offers terraforming, landscaping and sim designing. I assume that Alpha Moon is also kind of a showcase for Zel’s service – to start with Alpha Moon is a beautiful sim full of great views, nice spots to sit, cuddle and enjoy and with a lot to explore and discover.

Alpha Moon – overview

I read in Zel’s profile that he’s also involved in Bloodlines (a quite popular roleplay about vampires), but you won’t see anything of it at Alpha Moon (at least I didn’t see anything). According to Maddy Gynoid’s blogpost the Bloodline acitivities have moved to a sky platform at Alpha Moon.

Impressions of Alpha Moon (1) – at the Landing Point / the old ship / the Stonehedge circle of stones

Alpha Moon‘s landmark description gives away what to expect: “Nature, Woodland, Romance, Hangout, Dancing, Cuddle spot, Alpha Moon, Beach, Parks & Nature, Newcomer friendly, Outdoor, Bar, Lake, Relax, Photography Spot, 7Seas fishing, Greedy“.
Alpha Moon consists of several connected islands which are all close together. At the landing point is an area with games. A trail leads around the whole sim and I followed it.

Impressions of Alpha Moon (2) – the Retreat “1” and the Gazebo “1”

My tour began with the old ship. You should have a look inside, it is furnished. I saw a Stonehedge circle of stones and had a look at the gazebo 1 (as there’s a second gazebo I numbered them. You find a bubble in that gazebo and you can sit in it. My next stop was a smaller hut, which I called Retreat 1 (again, there’re more buildings that invite to retreat, to sit and enjoy.

Impressions of Alpha Moon (3) – the Retreat “2” and “3” by the pond

The trial led me to a pond with just beautiful views. There’re two more houses inviting you to sit as well as a lovely wooden terrace reaching out to the pond. I came to a clearing and saw some horses grazing peacfully in front of a manor. As there’s no private sign nor any other indication that you shouldn’t visit I had a peek inside. The manor is not (yet?) fully furnished but some rooms are.
Not far from the manor is the Colton Design store. It fits well into the sim design. In the center of the store is an exhibition room with pictures most probably taken at Alpha Moon. And of course you can buy poses and animations there.

Impressions of Alpha Moon (4) – the Colton Desgin store and the manor

I visited the Bar&Dance place and on my way to the lighthouse I found the second gazebo hidden in the forest. A great place to retreat. From there I followed the river, enjoyed more really beautiful views and came to the church. Again you should have a look inside sa it is furnished and looks quite real inside. Close to the church is a nice place for couple, a heart that you can use to cuddle while enjoying the views.

Impressions of Alpha Moon (5) – at the Pond / the Bar&Dance / the Gazebo “2”

Almost at the end of my tour I came to a large outdoor event area surrounded by ruins. And before I returned to the landing point I found another 2 love nests.

Impressions of Alpha Moon (6) – the church / the event area and one of the love nests

Alpha Moon is a beautiful romantic place, it offers innumerable opportunities to retreat, sit and cuddle. It offers great views and perfect backgrounds to taking outdoor pictures in a almost perfect environment. I really enjoyed my visit a lot (and took many pictures). Thank you Zel Colton (zeldonix) for creating and in particular for sharing your place with the public.

Landmark to Alpha Moon
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Alpha%20Moon/52/158/22
Colton Design
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Alpha%20Moon/219/36/32
Colton Design Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/4036396@N20/
Zel Colton Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157404768@N02/
Maddy Gynoid’s “Simtipp: Alpha Moon”
echtvirtuell.blogspot.com/2020/01/simtipp-alpha-moon.html

Diary 2020 (23) February 12th/13th Two days in control

21 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Wednesday, February 12th, the day after my 12th rezzday anniversary, I took control of my Mistress. Mistress had granted a green light as a kind of a rezzday present and I intended to make the most of it again. When we met in the afternoon, I locked an elegance collar around her neck, cuffed her and took her to the Shibari cabin at Cage Elegance. I had tried out the equipment there ahead of our visit. I made Mistres Jenny strip and attached rope cuffs and a crotch rope harness. Then I suspended my property in a frame. I teased her and I fucked her hard, I had my way with her and enjoyed control and Mistress enjoyed her helplessness and her orgasm.

Before Mistress could recover after I helped her back on her feet, I took her to a large bondage bed, tied her up there and licked her to her next orgasm – and got my fix this way in addition (no picture as the pose was a bit weired). I went to club Domme a Domme with Mistress, then it was timeto tend toour RL again.

February 12th: Diomita and Mistress Jenny at the Shibari cabin at Caged Elegance

I ran late at night. Mistress Jenny was waiting for me in the annex of our skybox. We went down seeing slave Flo, slave Gwendi and Ann. Carolyn (serenis) joined us at the games area. I had still a few landmarks to kinky places, that I got from Kitty and her simploring tours. Mistress Jenny, slave Flo, Gwendi, Carolyn and I went to “Degraded factory of Pain & SLAVE Dreams & Lust” first. Kitty has already warned me that it might be a place not fitting to Mistress and my attitudes. And she was right! It was very full and laggy. People were fucking publicly or exposed tied up and suspended. The furniture was dirty and overall it was just disgusting. Not  place to stay longer than necessery.

We went to “City of Tarnburg :: MINDFUCKED Research Labs ::” next. I had met Kitty there a few days ago. To my surprise, we met dani (dani sheryffe) there, a girl that we had already tied up at one of our bondage night. We visited the club and the laboratory. The sim is about hypnosis, hence the name “Mindfucked”. It is well done and the club looks promising. But so far some equipment is still missing and hence it is not opened officially yet.

We returned home to wind down for a bit and played a round of greedy. Mara (Maralyn Corleone) visited us and accompanied us to Mesmerize Dungeon after our game. We had a nice chat and caught up with Mara, then it was bedtime for us.

February 12th: Diomita and Mistress Jenny at club Domme a Domme (left) / Diomita, Mistress Jenny, slave Luci, slave Flo and Carolyn kinploring at Degraded Factory (upper middle) and at Mindfucked Research Labs (lower middle) / Diomita, Mistress Jenny, slave Luci, slave Flo and Mara at home and at Mesmerize Dungeon

I spent Thursday afternoon, February 13th, with Mistress Jenny at my feet. When she came inworld I made her wear her cuffs, locked them and gagged her with a tapegag, then I took her to club Domme a Domme to expose her kneeling as my property. We caught up with our news and went on to Heavy Bondage Club. There was more going on, Ann was there with 3 other rubber dolls and two subs approached me. One was surprised that I had my Mistress kneeling at my side *grins*. It is great to be in control and  I once again enjoyed every second of it.

February 13th: Diomita and Mistress Jenny at club Domme a Domme and at Heavy Bondage Club

At night only slave Gwendi was present beside Mistress and me. We decided to take her horse riding and we had fun teasing, fucking and taking what is ours. Afterwards we took slave Gwendi to Mesmerize Dugeon so that she could recover a little bit. Before we logged off I just had to cherish the moment and requested a footkiss from my very owned Mistress Jenny – good girl!

February 13th: Diomita and Mistress Jenny horseriding with slave Gwendi / at Mesmerize Dungeon / Diomita and Mistress Jenny at home

Landmark to City of Tarnburg :: MINDFUCKED Research Labs ::
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/City%20of%20Tarnburg/157/64/1062
Landmark to Degraded factory of Pain & SLAVE Dreams & Lust
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hardwood/28/182/3263
Landmark to the Caged Elegance BDSM sim
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caged%20Elegance/70/208/999

Simploring 2020 (13) Welcome back, Slava – Khodovarikha in Summer

20 Feb 2020 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

Yesterday, Wednesday February 19th, I came across Khodovarikha again when scrolling through scoop.it SL Destinations. I visited this extreme lonely place back in October 2017 (see Simploring 2017 (80) Khodovarikha).

Khodovarikha (in Russian: Ходовариха) is a weather station located on the freezing Barents Sea. Remote and desolate, with a permanent population of just one man, Slava. Witness his ‘arctic limbo’ in one of the loneliest places on earth. Once Khodovarikha was a village and there are a number of buildings scattered around on the sim. The most striking is the lighthouse, built in 1933 and decommissioned in 1996. It is made of timber, which Slava is cannibalising for firewood, and sits high up on a raised section of the land.

Serene Footman, who has a passion for unknown, strange and outstanding places, had brought Khodovarikha alive in Second Life and gathered a lot of information about it so that we could get an impression of it – and not only by reading about it in his blog (read here) and watching a video but also by exploring it in Second Life and thus getting a feeling for the place. That all was back in 2017 and as Serene’s places are temporar and stay about one month (some stay longer, some shorter) Khodovarikha is gone for more than 2 years now.

Khodovarikha in Summer – birds eye view

Welcome back, Slava – Serene Footman has reopened Khodovarikha on Saturday, February 15th. The first Khodovarikha was set up in Winter, the one we can see now is giving us an impression of it during Summer. In the above mentioned video we see that Khodovarikha is a real mess. Serene writes in his new blogpost: “the windswept sand is littered with barrels and crates, as well as miscellaneous bits of rusty salvage. I have often wondered about those barrels – why are there so many of them, and why are they left lying around, quite literally, everywhere … I have wanted to design a summer version of Khodovarikha ever since closing the sim in December 2017.”

Impressions of Khodovarikha in Summer (1) – the “new” abandonned house

When creating Khodovarikha in Summer, Serene added a lot of life, in particular birds, many many birds and thus the place is full of life. As opposed to the first place, the lighthouse is not working anymore this time (like in reality). Serene has found more information about Khodovarikha, in particular he learned that the lighthouse was also used as a place for fun and sports back when Khodovarikha was still a village with at least some more inhabitants and even children. That is why Serene installed a zip line from the top of the lighthouse to the ground – and provides the fun for us visitors as well!

Impressions of Khodovarikha in Summer (2) – climbing up the lighthouse

There’s really a lot to see, explore and to discover at Khodovarikha. I started my visit with exploring the “new” abandoned house close to the lighthouse. Yes, as described by Serene and as could be expected it is a whole mess inside. I sat down close by and enjoyed the strange atmosphere. All over the sim you find places to sit, just that you can breath in the atmosphere of the place. And birds, birds, birds. They have taken over Khodovarikha.

Of course I climbed up to the top of the lighthouse. At one level on your way up you can watch a slideshow with pictures of the real Khodovarikha. Using the zip line is fun by the way.

Impressions of Khodovarikha in Summer (3) – birds, brids, birds

Did I already mention the many birds? The are also noisy (don’t forget to turn your sound on). One larger colony of them is by the water where they have occupied the rocks. Another colony occupied a small pond. I didn’t change the windlight. This ensures that the place still looks not inviting but facinating in its depressiveness despite of all the birds and the corners where you can blind out all the barrels and garbage spread all over of the sim.

Impressions of Khodovarikha in Summer (4) – Ustin’s and Slava’s house

I visited Ustin’s house as well as Slava main living house. I don’t remember the kitchen in the 1st Khodovarikha, but it caught my attention this time. What a mess! It’s hard to believe that someone can live with such a mess (and dirt).

Impressions of Khodovarikha in Summer (5) – the pier, Slava’s garage and other impressions

I also can’t remember that there was a pier and a boat in the 1st Khodovarikha. And for sure Khodovarikha offers may more opportunities to sit and watch this time. That makes sense as it is Summer but on the other hand I can’t imagine that Slava would clean up the place in Winter and bring all the stools and sofas back into his storage garage *winks*.

Finally I played a bit with the windlight and created a sunnier Summer day. This changed the atmosphere a lot! It swept away the melancholy on one side, on the other side the mess and all the garbage are more disturbing the peace.

Impressions of Khodovarikha in Summer (5) – just imagine the sun would shine at Khodovarikha

If you want to visit yourself, you shouldn’t wait to long with a visit as Khodovarika will only stay available for a few weeks.
Thank you so much for realizing Khodovarikha in Summer, Serene. I had a lot of fun exploring and learning more about this strange and outstanding place.

Landmark to Khodovarikha
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Saint%20Denis%203/203/182/21
My visit to Khodovarikha in October 2017 “Simploring 2017 (80) Khodovarikha”
https://themaurers.me/2017/10/11/simploring-2017-80-khodovarikha/
Video “Arctic Limbo”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DzOJyGqGk
Serene Footman’s post about Khodovarikha in Sommer “Welcome back, Slava”
https://furillen.org/2020/02/15/с-возвращением-слава/
Serene Footman’s post about the 1st Khodovarikha in 2017
https://furillen.org/khodovarikha/
Flickr group
https://www.flickr.com/groups/khodovarikha/

Diary 2020 (21) February 7th – 9th A quiet yet varied weekend in SL

18 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Friday, February 7th, I had an hour with Mistress Jenny in the afternoon. We went to Heavy Bondage Club and caught up with our news there while enjoying the view and looking at profiles and talking about people. Back home in our skybox, Mistress Jenny allowed me to get my fix. And while I licked her she whispered into my ear how much she enjoys my submission to her and to be in control .. how much she likes my Ehesklavin collar … and that I would fall in deeper submission to her with each lick … how true!

February 7th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at Heavy Bondage Club and at home

Friday night we had our regular party once again. Mistress Jenny had asked me to make a proposal for the theme and I proposed “Pink is the new black” and Virgo accepted it as she had no other plans. Virgo herself wore the old black, some others had really strange interpretations of pink – and we all had fun. Another great start into the weekend.

February 7th – Friday night party: Diomita, Mistress Jenny, slave Flo, slave Gwendi, vero Hartman, Sarah Fhang, Kitty, Virgo, Baroness Capelo (upper row), Della Randt, Starbright Wingtips, Sara (SaraRandall), papafox57, bea Subagja, illa Quan, Firefly (rmf361sim), Jade (enigmawrappednightmare), Claire (MaddH4tt3r) (lower row)

Saturday, February 8th, was a full but strange day in Second Life. I first went on a longer simploring tour. Afterwards I went to Heavy Bondage Club where Poison approched me. Kitty came online and we had a longer chat. She told me about many kinky, well you could also call it pervert places and gave me landmarks. That could fill a night of kinkploring soon. I went seeing someone (and no I won’t reveal who it was) at club DeLust and then I logged off to tend to my RL.

February 8th: Diomita with Poison Fishnet and Diomita with slave Flo and slave Gwendi at Heavy Bondage Club

My night began at home where I joined slave Flo and slave Gwendi playing greedy for one round. I took them to Mesmerize Dungeon where we waited for Mistress Jenny to get inworld but there was really nothing going on and hence we moved to Heavy Bondage Club. Mistress Jenny joined us there later and Mistress and I caught up with our mutual news. Also Dana Darkwatch, who has joined the Friday night party a week ago, and Ann were at Heavy Bondage Club.
And there was a real annoying person at HBC, who force teleported people out to Psi’s realm. How annoying! Mistress Jenny was affected twice and slave Flo also. I finally leashed the slaves by their real restraints which prevented them from being teleported out. I myself blocked all attacks. And Mistress Jenny told this person off and finally filed a report to LL. I doubt that it helps as we’re not obliged using relays and Restrained Love features.
Anyway, it kept us busy and time went by way too quickly. And we had time to chat and read profiles. Overall not a bad night.

February 8th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at Heavy Bondage Club with Dana Darkwatch, Ann, slave Flo and slave Gwendi

Sunday morning, February 9th, I met Kitty at a place named City of Tarnburg, a place Kitty had already told me about, a place for hypnosis or mindfucking which is not yet ready built. I had a look around and some areas do look promising. We talked and chatted about RL and SL .. and over that all I forgot to take pictures.
In the afternoon I visited another place that Kitty had recommended, not an adult place – a place for sightseeing in Second Life and I wrote a simploring report about it. Then I went simhopping for a while until I had to tend to my RL.
I was back online quite early at night and found a message from Cica Ghost. She had just opened a new installation and I went seeing it on the spot (see Art in Second Life 2020 (7) Burlap by Cica Ghost). Cica once again succeeded in making me smile. That was a very nice start into my night.

February 9th: Diomita at Puerto Esclava / Mistress Jenny and Diomita with slave Flo and slave gwendi at home

By the time I returned from my visit to Burlap by Cica Ghost Mistress Jenny came inworld. We quickly caught up with our news and met slave Gwendi and slave Flo at the games tables. We started out night with another skipee as teams and slave Gwendi and I won it again this time against Mistress Jenny and slave Flo.
Then we went kinkploring. Kitty had given me several destinations to places that we haven’t been to before and that night we visited “Dog – Animal Safehouse“. As the name implies it is a place dedicated to puppy play “A safe haven for lovers of Dogs-Horses and last but NOT least our Furry friends. For Interspecies, this is the place to be.” If we adopt a puppy again some day, we now know where to bring it when we go on holidays. We had a look around and Mistress Jenny discovered a nice dungeon that is not just for puppy play.

February 9th – Kinkploring tour: Mistress Jenny and Diomita with slave Flo and slave gwendi at “Dog – Animal Safehouse” (left pictures) / at PrisonersOfDarkenss (middle and right pictures)

Our next destination was at PrisonersOfDarkness, a place for slave auctions with a huge cave system. We had fun exploring the cave system. Some corners and caves we found were for prisoners and for play, yet others were almost artful. We didn’t see all of PrisonersOfDarkness yet got a good first impression – and it was not empty *winks*

Time flies quickly when you’re having fun and it was already bedtime for slave Flo and slave Gwendi. We brought both home and retreated to your skybox and Mistress allowed me to lick her and to get my fix, that I needed badly again.

February 9th: Mistress Jenny and Ehesklavin Diomita at home

And that’s it about the weekend.

Landmark to City of Tarnburg
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/City%20of%20Tarnburg/157/88/1060
Landmark to Dog – Animal Safehouse
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Richman/145/155/1511
Landmark to PrisonersOfDarkness
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/PrisonersOfDarkness/106/69/2101

Simploring 2020 (12) Auld Lang Syne

17 Feb 2020 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

For my simploring tour Friday, January 24th, I picked Auld Lang Syne from scoop.it SL Destinations, because the name of its creator sounded familiar to me. Auld Lang Syne is a homestead (rated PG) created and owned by Elo Moon (eloiseblake). I had visited her sim Highland Hills in 2019 (see Simploring 2019 (93) Highland Hills)

The landmark profile reads as follows: “We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne – Remote, rustic and occasionally peaceful. Visit the paths of auld and give a respectful nod to those long departed. Parts of Shetland, Orkney, and the Hebrides. Fàilte to The Scottish Isles.“

Auld Lang Syne – overview

Fáilte is a Scotish word and means “welcome”.
“Auld Lang Syne” is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song. It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world, its traditional use being to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions. (source Wikipedia)

 

Impressions of Auld Lang Syne (1) – around the landing point and the church

Auld Lang Syne is all you expect it to be after these introduction. It is a main island with a few smaller islands around it. The islands are rocky and to some extend forested. The landing is on a long rock that reaches out into the sea. From there you have a good overview over the islands.
I first visited the curch and then walked to the 6 residential houses. These houses are partly abandonned, partly inhabited. One house is occupied by cats, onviously Elo Moon has a weakness for cats *winks*. All houses are alike, set their inhabitants tried to make them look individual. For sure people who live here are not rich – but most probably nonetheless happy.

 

Impressions of Auld Lang Syne (2) – the residential hosues

In front of the houses is a pier with a fisher boat. From the pier you have a nice view on another island that I named “Hideaway island”. I rezzed a boat (there’s a boat rezzer) and rowed to the Hideaway island. There’s not much to see but some animals and forest. But there are a few places where you can sit and dream and enjoy the peace.

 

Impressions of Auld Lang Syne (3) – at the pier and visiting the Hideaway Island

Impressions of Auld Lang Syne (4) – the lighthouse, the Tower ruin and one of many graves spread around the islands

From the Hideaway Island I rowed to the Lighthouse, walked to the Tower ruin and over the bridge to the farm and Mill. You will find lots of hidden places with graves … “Visit the paths of auld and give a respectful nod to those long departed”.

Impressions of Auld Lang Syne (5) – the farm, the mill and the ruins

I finally visited the ruins, a very peaceful romantic spot. I sat down and enjoyed.

Auld Lang Syne is a very nice, rural setting. A place to visit and to enjoy the peace, to wind down and chill – and maybe to dream a little bit. Thank you Elo Moon (eloiseblake) for creating this sim and in particular for sharing it publicly.

Landmark to Auld Lang Syne
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Isles%20of%20Scotland/162/116/41

Diary 2020 (18) Jan 29th – Feb 2nd – Bye Bye UK

14 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Wednesday, January 28th, Mistress Jenny and I both were prevented by our RL and couldn’t meet in the afternoon. And our night once again turn out to be different. First of all Mistress Jenny had her cuffs still locked from my green light that ended the night before. She had offered me another fix before I unlocking them. Thus our night began with some time together and me licking Mistress Jenny. I might be able to make her addicted to it just like I am *winks*.

slave gwendi was present and we were about to go and see her when I got an IM from someone I contacted for the special vacation that Mistress Jenny is seeking for us. For easier writing, let’s call this person “T”. So far only I had spoken with T and had told Mistress Jenny about my conversation with T. T proposed that we should meet at a club where we could chat in IM all together. We went to slave Gwendi and I allowed her some freedom for that night. Thus she could take advantage of our unplanned absence. Then we went to club DeLust where we met with T. We talked until it was time to go to bed for all of us. And no I won’t reveal any details – that part of a vacation, isn’t it.

January 29th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at home and at club DeLust

Thursday afternoon, January 30th, I first grabbed a group gift from DSR, the maker of the Queen’s seat and the footstool that Mistress likes to use (see Diary 2020 (8) January 16th/17th The new footstool). It was a hanging cage and I tested it at our skybox first. Then Mistress Jenny came inworld. We caught up with our mutual news then went down to see slave Luci who was inworld. I placed a hanging cage at the porch of our headquarter house and Mistress brought slave Luci who was absent. When she woke up, she found herself in the hanging cage. I guess, we will have some fun with this cage.

slave Luci returned to her keyboard and we went on a simhopping tour with her and visited Heavy Bondage Club, club Domme a Domme, Puerto Esclava and Mesmerize Dungeon. Not really anything was going on. We just chatted between ourselves, read profiles and enjoyed being together.

January 30th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita with slave Luci at home, Heavy Bondage Club, club Domme a Domme, Puerto Esclava and at Mesmerize Dungeon

Our night was varied and different. When I came inworld Mistress Jenny was playing greedy with slave Luci, slave Gwendi and slave Flo. slave Flo’s RL issues got worse and she is sick in addition. She asked for a “time-out” and Mistress Jenny and I granted that of course. I unlocked her cuffs and hood and we allowed her to dress. We played 2 rounds of greedy then Mistress and I discussed what to do and we decided to explore a landmark that Mistress had grabbed recently from a profile: “Venus Gardens@ VBII **Women Only**: Our second sim at VBII- Women only – a peaceful retreat, quiet woodlands, open houses, beaches, and  open fields, places for romance, Come enjoy the peace…“

January 30th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita with slave Flo, slave Luci and slave Gwendi at the Amusement Park of Vernus Gardens

Venus Gardens is a moderate homestead group owned by “Venus Beach II”. The group was founded by Laura Garmes and I assume that she’s the person behind it.
We went to the amusement park first and had fun riding the rollercoaster, driving the bumper cars and flying different planes and other flying objects. Finally we came to a central point with a teleport board to all the differend activities at Venus Garden / Venus Beach II. And yes, there’s also a dungeon and of course we explored that too.

What a different night! slave Luci went to bed, when we were finished with our first visit. Mistress Jenny and I took slave Gwendi and slave Flo to Mesmerize Dungeon to wind down a bit and relax. And that’s it about a very different night.

Friday, January 31st, I went on a simploring tour in the afternoon visiting Valium Sea (see Simploring 2020 (8) Valium Sea). And at night we had our regular Friday night party. It was the night when the United Kingdom left the European Union. For me a night with mixed emotions as Mistress Jenny is form the UK and I really wished they’d stay. For some reason “Rule Britannia!” comes into my mind.

January 31st – Friday night party “Bye Bye UK” in red, blue and white: Diomita, Mistress Jenny, slave Gwendi, Virgo Babii (upper row), Baroness Capelo, Della Randt, Claire (maddH4tt3r), Firefly (rmf361sim), Jammy Serendipity (navanaxsacratus), Starbright Wingtips, Starry’s back (lower row)

Anyway we had fun starting our weekend with good music once again.

I was absent for the weekend and returned Monday, February 3rd.

Landmark to Venus Gardens@ VBII **Women Only**
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angels%20Paradise/123/29/22

Dio’s 12th year in Second Life Feb 11th, 2019 – Part II

12 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in anniversary blog entries, Art in Second Life, Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Yesterday, I had my 12th anniversary of joining Second Life.
It has become a tradition for me to write a longer blog post on the occasion of my rezzdays, to have a look back on the last year and to realize the changes in my Second Life as well as the things that didn’t change. Yesterday, I published Part I of my anniversary entry and talked about my closer family and the changes in my family. Today’s part II is about the simploring tours I made in my 12th year.

12 years in Second Life – part II: My simploring tours

Let me start with my simploring tours about art in Second Life. I admire the creativity of artists in this virtual world, I visited galleries like Lyric Art Gallery, La Masion D’Aneli, 20][21 gallery, Rey’s Gallery, Shui Mo Gallery, Milly Sharple’s Fractal galleries, Daphne.Arts and Deva Westland’s Galerie Des Beaux-Arts. I visited and wrote about 7 installations of Cica Ghost, who continues to conjure a smile in my face with every of her funny whimsical creations. I saw fewer art installations since the Linden Endowment for the Arts (LEA) is on hold. But some private initiatives luckily provide space or the artists themselves dedicate their own space. Just recently I saw an exhibition of Mistero Hifeng’s art at Valium Creek Art Park. I saw “The Mind Melter” by Thoth Jantzen at VeGeTaL PLaNeT, I saw “Lalawood” by Theda Tammas, Yoon (onyxxe), Iono Allen and JadeYu Fhang at La Maison d’Aneli as well as “Binary Radiation” by Nino Vichan. I saw Twilights Doors by Bo Zano (Bozanonl Resident), “The Outer Garden” by bisou Dexler, “Inferno” by Noke Yuitza, “Avaloir” by Eupalinos Ugajin, Undertones by Oluja (artistik Oluja) and “Delicatessen – Tell Me a Story” by Meilo Minotaur.

Shui Mo Gallery (upper left) / Aneli Abeyante’s art at La Maison d’Aneli (upper right) / Delicatessen – Tell Me a Story (lower left) / INFERNO by Noke Yuitza (lower right)

Since January 2020 the blog has a new category for blogposts about art in Second Life, I won’t categorize old entries though.

I found many cosy and lovely sims where people built their own dreamworld, peaceful and picturesque. You don’t need many prims or a large place for it, Nevgilde Gaard or Black Mire – around hi-cafe are examples for that. Most of these dreamworlds were homesteads: Florence Bay, Authors Point, Secondlife National Park, Maderia Springs, Blaylock Island, Scarlett Isle, Carolina, Broken, Alternate Reality, Fleur Nederland [Dutch], La Digue, Northern Shore – Skärgården, Soul of Dreams … just to name a few. In these sims I spent relaxing hours and enjoyed the views and the peace.

Northern Shore – Skärgården (upper left) / Scarlett Isle (upper right) / Secondlife National Park (lower left) / Black Mire – around hi-cafe (lower right)

Some were really particular. I want to mention Last Dove, a sim like a movie. It’s setting is based on Lonesome Dove, a 1985 Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry. Last Dove is still open if you haven’t seen it yet. I also liked Kun-Tei-Ner, a sim that provided a scary view into mankind’s future, a place with no land, a city that grew up on a huge mountain of containers filled with broken technological stuff. And just recently I visited the SS Galaxy, the largest cruiseship in Second Life – impressive, in particular when you consider it’s history.

Last Dove (upper and lower left) / Kun-Tei-Ner (upper right) / SS Galaxy (lower right)

Then there were the sims that have a real background, where a place in the physical world was build in Second Life. This way I got a picture, an idea of the real places and my visits gave reason to do a little bit of research. Venice in Italy was one of these impressing places and I spent some time exploring it.
I had never heard about Ukivok before and now I have the feeling that I’ve been there already. I had heard of Huntington Beach before but wasn’t aware of it’s oil industry history. I also had heard and read of North Brother Island, yet I haven’t been there in real life (yet). Now I somehow feel like I’ve been there. I learned a lot about Chesapeake Bay, a place I’ve been to twice in reality already being not aware of it’s history.

Ukivok (upper left) / North Brother Island (upper right) / Chesapeake Bay (lower left) / Huntington Beach (lower right)

I also discovered many places related to my kinky side, to BDSM. That’s another dream you can live in Second Life and I do. Unfortunately some of these places don’t stay long like the Elevate Femdom Lounge, Windhaven or Meadow Rose. Also some adult places, that we liked to visit every once in a while, are gone now like The Apostasy or Angel of Pain’s BDSM island (Remark: Angel of Pain has a successor sim)

Gone: The Apostasy (upper left) / Angel of Pain’s BDSM Island (upper right) / Dungeon at Windhaven (lower left) / Meadow Rose (lower right)

Just recently I discovered Caged Elegance, a club with many member, lots of events and all sort of kinks. I enjoyed my visit to Catena et Cavea, an adult sim that is also really picturesque. Amrum is another place I not only went to for simploring but also for a session with Mistress Jenny when I had a green light. I like in particular the BDSM vacation home there.
We visited The Obliviation Hole RLV Prison of Starbright Wingtips who gave us a full tour. The prison and what is going on there is a regular subject when we chat during our Friday night parties.

Caged Elegance (upper left) / Catena et Cavea (upper right) / Amrum BDSM vacation home (lower left) / The Obliviation Hole RLV Prison (lower right)

Thank you all for building, for creating and for sharing your dreams (kinky or not kinky) with the rest of the community. And please apologize if I did not mention all of my tours, it were simply too many. I did really enjoy all of my simploring tours!

End of part II, tomorrow’s part III will be about the other highlights of my 12th year.

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