Simploring 2020 (64a) A thousand Windows – Addendum

22 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

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

After publishing my simploring report about “A Thousand Windows” yesterday (read here), I talked with Fred Hamilton (frecoi) and Lotus Mastroianni about their work. Lotus teased me and told me that I didn’t find the elvator to go up on the roofs. She laughed about her joke. And so did I. Nonetheless, I was tempted to go back to find a way up to the roofs.
I went there again at night and found a way to go up on the roofs … well with a little trick. On one roof I found 2 chairs. And I had a great view from up there … showing how close people live here behind their windows. I didn’t find an elevator though. So if anybody finds the elevator, please let me know.

Impressions of “A Thousand Windows” (7) – above the roofs

Landmark to “A Thousand Windows”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/You%20and%20me/29/18/1352

Simploring 2020 (64) A Thousand Windows

21 Sep 2020 2 Comments

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

I wasn’t really up for a simploring tour this morning, I just looked up scoop.it SL Desinations to check if there’s something new and interesting. The second newest entry was named “A Thousand Windows” and was just referring to a flickr picture of RioSisco Flickr group. RioSisco Productions that are Fred Hamilton (frecoi) and Lotus Mastroianni, the builders of many very exciting sims. The last one was “Summer in the City”, which I visted several times (read here)

I decided to go there on the spot. The landmark description gives an idea of the intention for this new installation: “There is a huge world out there, but what happens behind all those windows? what lives and worlds are hiding there? How many eyes peer into the fleeting reflections of so many lights? How life is going … obs….try night time“

A Thousand Windows – overview

A Thousand Windows is built in a skybox belonging to an adult reagion. It is made up of just about 5,000 prims. After I landed at “A Thousand Windows” I first zoomed out to get an overiew. I made the overview from several angles so that you can see how the installation is made up. Once again Fred and Lotus used the possibilities of Second Life to create a real urban feeling. They do this by selecting perfect background textures and enhancing them.

Impressions of “A Thousand Windows” (1)

I begin exploring “A Thousand Windows” and was soon lost. Only the ground level and in some areas the 2nd and maybe 3rd level are accessible. There are many entrances, even with stairs, but they are just facade. Mainly your wander around on the ground level and you can look up. But you get really enough to see here!

Impressions of “A Thousand Windows” (2) – The 2 pictures on the left were taken 2 different windlights “midnight” and “midday”

It is a dirty town, waste and garbage tons and dirt is everywhere. Many raceways and advertisings distract your view. There are shops, restaurants, tea houses, barbers, food stores and all what you’d expect in a town. Some of them are accessible, others are just furnished to provide the 3D feeling. The main upside of all thes advertisings is that they offer orientation. Getting lost in all the passages and backyards I went countless times to the same spots … the advertisings gave me a bit of orientation.

Impressions of “A Thousand Windows” (3) – some corners are really not inviting to stay long

“A Thousand Windows” … Well I didn’t count but there might be a thousand windows, at least on the background (I guess a bit less though). The background is not just a texture. Fred and Lotus enhanced it with mesh objects, mainly drying clothes, balconies and awnings. And you find also many windows inside of the town at higher floors of the buildings. A few windows on lower floors are opened and you can look inside. Again these rooms are furnished for the effect but not accessible.

Impressions of “A Thousand Windows” (4) – looking inside

I managed to get beind the facade of one building and to get a view from inside of a flat to the town. That’s funny at least for the picture where you can see me behind the window.

Impressions of “A Thousand Windows” (5)

As mentioned exploring “A Thousand Windows” is mainly done by wandering on the ground level and by looking at all the different stores and details. You get into very dirty backyards, places you wouldn’t feel safe at all (at least I would never go to such places in RL!). But exploring it and seeing all the little details is great fun.

Impressions of “A Thousand Windows” (6)

Of course I also turned the windlight to “midnight” and yes, it does change the experience a lot. I can only recommend to try that. But for taking pictures that provide an impression of what you can see here, the daylight is simply better – for the atmosphere “midnight” is the better choice.

I’m pretty sure that this visit to “A Thousand Windows” was just a first peek at it for me and I will return to it. Once again Fred and Lotus created a masterpiece of creativity. Thank you a lot!

Landmark to A Thousand Windows
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/You%20and%20me/29/18/1352
flickr group
https://www.flickr.com/groups/riosisco/
My pictures of “A Thousand Windows” on flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/188414948@N07/albums/72157716058842368

slave Melissa – Maurer’s schiava

21 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in about family members Tags: , , , ,

Mistress Jenny met Melissa (MelissaRLV) on June 10th, 2020. Melissa was wearing cuffs and held the keys for them. She told Mistress Jenny that none has touched them for months. Melissa has the attitude not to cheat and uses only Marine’s RLV viewer. That prevents her pretty well from even thinking about cheating as the effort would be higher than just unchecking RLV and a relog. In her Second Life before she had been able to escape every time she got into trouble although it might have taken some time. But that all changed for her the day she met Mistress Jenny.

Melissa gave Mistress Jenny her keys – and from that day on she has been with us. Mistress Jenny and I know how to set the RR cuffs to make it impossible to get out of them without cheating. We treated Melissa as ours, we used her as our bondage toy, we restricted her tightly some days and relaxed the restrictions on other days, but she was permanently leashed and under our full control. After a few weeks, Melissa came to terms with her new situation and finally gave up any plans or thoughts of escape. The effect of the Stockholm syndrome kicked in and she submitted more and more from her own will.

Mistress Jenny and Diomita with slave Melissa June 14th and Aug 19th

Melissa likes bondage, encasement in rubber and restrictions, she loves to be helpless. Although sex is not her main focus in SL, she likes being exposed, helplessly tied up, dressed up in high heels and shortest skirts or fully encased in latex or rubber. Melissa is a quiet girl, polite, answering when asked but never pushy. It became her main desire making her owners happy, an attitude we will take advantage off.

slave Melissa – Maurer’s schiava

slave Melissa is from Italy, our first slave from this country. We began Melissa’s trial on August 22nd and collared her Wednesday, September 9th, as Maurer’s schiava (Italian for Maurer’s slave). Welcome to the family, slave Melissa.

Art in Second Life 2020 (57) DixMix Gallery September/October 2020

20 Sep 2020 5 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

I got an invite from Violet Boa to attend the opening of the new DixMix Gallery, which was yesterday, September 19th. As I have other activities in Second Life at night, I couldn’t attend and visited today.

The “new” DixMix Gallery? I didn’t know the old one nor did I have come across DixMix Source, who onws the gallery, before.

“Six month ago Dixmix convinced his friend and builder Megan Prumier to build a brand-new Gallery. Everything started with a drawing, became a 3D model and step by step, prim after prim, all has been thought and built to show pictures in the best way and make visitors catch that important feeling. The new gallery has the same surface as the old one, but it looks bigger because space is used differently. On the lower floor are three Photography Gallery Rooms dedicated to three very important friends of Dixmix Source: Amona, Abby and Amalfia (R.I.P.)” (taken from a notecard I got from Violet Boa)

The new DixMix Gallery from outside and first impressions from inside

Megan Prumier is a multimedia artist and very active builder. She’s in Second Life for more than 10 yers. Her skills are extended on the field of photography, mostly portraits on modern, minimal and even surreal Scenes. I did see quite a lot of Megan Prumier’s work already, mostly sims she built or was involved in. Just lately I saw Kiyori (read here) and Voodoo Land (read here). I saw Megan’s art last time at La Maison d’Aneli in Septmber 2019 (read here).

DixMix Source is from Brussels Belgium and is in Second Life for almost 14 years. He always had a gallery. He dscribes himself as “artist, photographer, director, musician and more“

The DixMix Gallery has several areas. In the middle of the room is a large party space. There shall be a party every Saturday night. Adjacent to the party zone are the above mentioned 3 exhibtion rooms. The party zone itself is decorated with Megan Prumier’s art and has an open view into the 3 exhibition rooms. On the 2nd foor is a “chill out” area with a café and places to sit and meet surrounded by art of Mistero Hifeng. On the 2nd floor are 2 more exhibtion rooms. One showcases the art of Megan Prumier and of various other artists, one is didicated to DixMix Source’s own work.

Impressions of DixMix Gallery chill-out area (left pictures) / Megan Prumier’s art around the party area

I started my visit in the room Amona, which feature currently the art of Maloe Vansant. Maloe Vansant joined Second Life in 2007, a new world for her who had never played games or joined any social network site:
“After creating little Maloe, my barbie doll, my pixel soul, I discovered the possibility of making snapshots and I started to make a graphic diary of Maloe’s journey in Second Life, showing the emotions she experienced in this pixel world. I think I succeeded in doing this by using some post processing in Photoshop. I am not a woman of many words, I try to express myself, my feelings, my passion and probably my dark side through my pictures.“

Maloe Vansant at DixMix Gallery September/October 2020

Maloe says about her exhibition at DixMix Gallery “I let the visitor make his own story about them, for me, they thrive on my emotions and feelings of that moment.” Enough said, I think.

The room Amalfia features the art of Edie Horngold. It is the first time I came across Edie Horngold and I couldn’t find much about her. She’s in Second Life for over 11 years and began showing her art three years ago supported and encouraged by DixMix Source. Her pictures are quite artful, mostly showing beautiful female avatars or their faces. Edie adds something artful to them, something that changes the picture and gives it a new meaning, a new story.

Edie Horngold at DixMix Gallery September/October 2020

Cecilia Nansen’s work is shown in the room “Abby”. Cecilia Nansen joined Second Life over ten years ago, but took a long break from it. She returned four years ago and found her passion for pictures and learned how to process them. Cecilia Nansen and Maloe Vansant are close friends. I saw the exhibtion “Phenomenal Women” that both created together, just a months ago at at Itakos Project and Art Gallery (read here).

Cecilia Nansen at DixMix Gallery September/October 2020

Cecilia’s pictures are strictly held in black and white. They show erotic scenes mainly related to BDSM yet very stylish and not at all explicit. In her pictures Cecilia plays with light and shadow to highlight just parts. You can spin your own story around the scenes – highly erotic.

Megan Prumier’s room on the 2nd floor features her own art and some other artists like Bamboo Barnes, ariel Brearly and Del May.

Megan Prumier and other artists at DixMix Gallery September/October 2020

In the center of Megan Prumier’s room on the 2nd floor you find a virtine with an animated dancing figure. I did recognize it immediately as one of Theda Tammas dancers. I saw them at La Maison d’Aneli this summer (read here). Another scene of Theda Tammas is displayed in the center of DixMix Source own room on the 2nd floor. DixMix makes his exhibits on mesh linen clothes. This provides a 3D effect that I never saw before so far, very intriguing.

DixMix Source at DixMix Gallery September/October 2020

Theda Tammas will have an exhibition at DixMix Gallery, opening September 26th, in a seperate skybox called “Womb”. The teleporter is right where you land at the gallery but it is not yet opened.

That’s all about the new DixMix Gallery. It has become a longer entry and I shortened it already quite a lot. There is more information available on the website of the DixMix Gallery.

Thank you Dixmix for providing and curating the gallery, thank you Megan for building it and for contributing at it and thank you Violet for the hint and the information folder. I enjoyed my first visit to the new DixMix Gallery.

Landmark to Dixmix Gallery 2020
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madori%20Bay/46/213/22
DixMix Gallery website
https://www.dixmixgallery.xyz/

Simploring 2020 (63) Arkon

19 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

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

For my simploring tour on Tuesday, August 25th, I picked Arkon from scoop.it SL Destinations. The entry was based on a picture published on fickr and showed two zebras. It tempted me as the picture promised something very different compared to my usual simploring tours,

Arkon is a moderate homestead owned by Atlan (Atlan Bade) and Stella (Stellastern7) and is their home.

Arkon overiew and orientation map / around the landing point

The landing is admist some animals, the ground is dry and sandy, the selected windlight with a clear sky and red tones provides the feeling of heat. As can be seen on the overview picture of Arkon, it is a quite flat island, two smaller islands are located at the shore. Right at the landing point I saw an ostrich and two rhinos.

I first went to one of the smaller islands. You get wet feet going there but you can do it on foot as a sandbank connects the island with the main island. There’re two simple single round huts, and an African man sitting at a campfire. I like the use of these static non-player characters (NPCs) as they liven up the secenery. Some chicken run around on the island and you can hear them gaggle. That’s why I named this island “Chicken island” in the overview picture.

Impressions of Arkon (1) chicken island / elephants / the waterfall

I went back to the main island and to visited the waterfall next. Two Elefants enjoy the water and one of them is blowing out the water trough it’s trunk, perfect for a picture. At the waterfall I noticed a statue integrated into the waterfall, that holds a bowl in its hand from which the water pours into the fall.

There’re some more oddities, like the little teddy bear close the the waterfalls, which certainly doesn’t belong into the scene. And even more I smiled seeing Yoda from Star wars at the waterfall – funny.

Impressions of Arkon (2) Yoda, the tree house and the Arkon Fashion store hut

I had a look at the tree house and walked to the only house at Arkon. Again a science fiction figure guards this house. Inside is Atlan (Atlan Bade) and Stella (Stellastern7)’s fashion store, named Arkon Fashion.

Time for a Safari. I walked back towards the landing point and watched animals. There are many and quite some of them are moving around. I noticed an elephant with two seats on its back and tried to sit on it. YAY. I continued my simploring tour riding this elephant. I saw Zebras, giraffes, hippos, apes and African buffalos. And I had fun!

Impressions of Arkon (3) Diomita’s Safari

The second island holds a particular suprise – a lion who watches the surrounding from the top of a rock. The Lion moves and roars and tries to catch a vulture that flies around its head. Another NPC livens up the scene, a photographer taking pcitures of the lion – just like I did. If you have a closer look you can also see an hyaena at the foot of the rock. A really amazing scene! at the end of my simploring tour I came across another piece of art at the shores of Arkon – a statue holding the globe on his shoulder.

Impressions of Arkon (4) The lion island and Atlas holding the globe on his shoulders

During my visit I noticed two teleport pads, one of them is close to the landing point, another is in the Arkon Fashion store. The teleporter leads to 4 more destinations in the skies of Arkon: Arkon Space, Lights of Arkon, Blue Tinkler, Time of Music. I had a quick look a all of them, but I ran out of time for a more detailled look. But the “Blue Tinkler” is fun – you become a dwarf there and get a new perspective for a normal room.

Impressions of Arkon (5) More destinations – Time of Music (upper left), Lights of Arkon (lower left) and Blue Tinkler (upper and lower right)

Arkon offers particular backgrounds for taking pictures, it is fun to explore with its oddities (and I’m sure there’re many more that I just didn’t see yet) and it is for people who want to immerse into the African fauna. Thank you very much, Atlan and Stella, for providing your home publicly. I appreciate it a lot when shop owners give something back to the community by creating a nice place around their store. I had a great time at Arkon.

Landmark to Arkon
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gemini%20Paradise/130/123/17
Arkon flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/arkon
Arkon Fashion on SL Marketplace
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/de-DE/stores/212408

Diary 2020 (128) Sept 9th/10th The collaring of Melissa

18 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in about family members, Diary Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Wednesday afternoon Mistress Jenny and I had an intense time together. As usual we first caught up with our mutual news and went to Puerto Esclava to have some eye candy while talking. We went to Mesmerize Dungeon and to Heavy Bondage Club. Then Mistress ordered me to go to our loft skybox, to strip and to wear my full set of elegance cuffs. She fixed me on her favourite bench and added a gag that prevented me from talking and that added punishment times if I wouldn’t comply.
Then Mistress had her way with me. She teased me, fingered me, enjoyed my helplessness and fucked me hard with her strapon. I couldn’t even shout my thank you when I came. Next she licked me to a second orgasm. I really was exhausted. Of course Mistress wanted to have her share too and I had to lick her afterwards.
Mistress was going on a short family trip the next day, hence she made sure that I firstly got my fix and secondly won’t easily forget this afternoon.

Sept 9th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at Puerto Esclava and at our loft skybox

At night slave Flo, slave Melissa and Angelique were present. We went to our house. Angelique had cleaned it luckily. slave Melissa’s day had come. Mistress Jenny and I sat down and explained to her the meaning of a collaring for us. Melissa accepted and asked to be collared. We took her to Sensations and selected a collar for her, actually she selected a collar from two options that we gave her.
Back home we had the collaring act. Welcome to the family, slave Melissa!

It was already flotime, when we were done with the offical act of collaring. Ebony had joined us. slave Flo went to bed, Mistress Jenny, Angelique, Ebony, slave Melissan and I went to Mesmerize Dungeon for a few minutes to wind down. Mistress was going on a family trip the next day and had to catch some sleep, so we went home and to bed soon after.

Sept 9th – the collaring of slave Melissa: Mistress Jenny, Diomita, Angelique, Ebony, slave Flo and slave Melissa at home, at Sensations and at Mesmerize Dungeon

We had no contact with slave cecy for more than 3 months now, no sign of life at all. We do hope she’s doing well and that she will show up again soon. With slave Melissa’s collaring though we removed our slave slut cecy from our inner circle. She will stay a sub friend and be always welcome. If she gets closer again and can manage to be with us more often again, then we will consider to re-establish her position as our slave.

I had a busy Thursday in RL and used my free time during the day to update the family calendar, the family clock, the family pages in this blog and all the other stuff that comes with collaring a new slave according to our habits. At night slave Flo was present. She had changed her dress into white, very nice and fitting to my white dress. We played a round of greedy and went simhopping afterwards, visiting Psi’s realm and Mesmerize Dungeon. I had a chat with Angelique, she hang around at a new place for lesbians, Dark Butterfly, that hasn’t had opened officially. I went there with slave Flo and met with Angelique. It was quite well attended – but as most other clubs …. quiet nonetheless. When slave Melissa came inworld later I summoned her to us.

Sept 10th: Diomita and slave Flo at Psi’s realm and at Mesmerize Dungeon

We all returned home and had another round of greedy, that ended exactly at flotime, hence slave Flo went off to bed. And Melissa went off to bed as well. Ebony had joined us in the meanwhile. She and I teased Angelqiue for about 15 minutes, then I retreated to bed myself.

Sept 10th: Diomita and Angelique with slave Flo and slave Melissa at Dark Butterfly / and with Ebony at home

Art in Second Life 2020 (56) La Maison d’Aneli September/October

17 Sep 2020 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Art in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

After the Summer break La Maison d’Aneli opened its doors again with a new exhibition on September 16th. La Maison d’Aneli features 8 artists with this exhibition: Milye Euhh (hurumi), Puce (titput), Sennaspirit Coronet, Neugaine Carter, ZackHerrMann, LaLie Sorbet, Belinda Baroque and Therese Carfagno. Each artist has an own skybox for a gallery or for an installation. Actually you visit 8 different exhibtions which are very different and provide an insight in the variety of art in a virtual world like Second Life. Some of these installations showcase art that you can’t experience in real life.

I visited before the official opening. The artists might have made some gradual changes in the meanwhile. The exhibtion is open until October 10th.

I started my visit with the art of Milye Euhh (hurumi). Milye is a French artist and in Second Life for 9 years. The installation uses the walls, the floor and the ceiling to create a fantasy world at night.

Milye Euhh (hurumi) at La Maison d’Aneli September/October 2020

There are 2 big stages. Along the stairs that lead up to the stages are some of Milye’s pictures. On one stage is a collection of b/w pictures, playing with shadows, the other stage presents 3 large splitted pictures. The two stages are connected and the connecting platform is used as a meeting area with another picture, that is split into hexagons. One of the stages is decorated with big muffins and a teddy bear, as if there’s a children’s birthday party soon.

Puce (titput) is in Second Life for more than 4 years. According to the accompanying notecard, Puce was curious and began building, shaped prims and began building her own world. I never came across Puce before. What you see at La Maison d’Anelie is very impressive – a world using chess patterns, transparency, lights and shadows to compose a piece of art that you can walk through. Most elements are animated, so the installation changes permanently and I for my part had dificulties where to look at first.

Puce (titput) at La Maison d’Aneli September/October 2020

Is it about chess? Yes, as there’s a chess board with figures. Is it about card games? Yes, cards show up, move and dissappear. Is it about dancing? Yes, there’s an ballerina dancing shown on a big screen and there’re dancing aniamtions available. It is about dresses? Yes, the dress of a maid (at least for me it looked like a maid dress) is shown a lot, turning and shining. Is it about light effects and othere effects? Yes, some areas can’t be seen from some position and hece show up when you walk through the installation. I can only say – I was impressed by Puce’s art.

I saw Sennaspirit Coronet’s art earlier this year when I visited the The Itakos Project and Art Gallery (read here), where he showcased portraits of couples in Second Life. At La Masion d’Aneli, Sennaspirit shows portrait pictures, pictures of avatars, pictures and faces that tell a story. They are presented on 3 floors. The pictures, mainly portraits, are augmented by add-ons and by a title that inspires to make up a different story about it in your mind as the picture itself would do. I think that’s quite intriguing.

Sennaspirit Coronet at La Maison d’Aneli September/October 2020

Sennaspirit Coronet joined Second Life in late 2006 as part of his RL work in academic publishing and started shooting images in Second Life end of 2007. He worked in the advertising and graphic design business, later worked on digital transformation of assets and publishing. Due to this background his portraits are very professional and artful.
Senna took breaks from Second Life on a few occasions but the opportunity to do creative work and to be with the many friends always brought him back.

Neugaine Carter is in Second Life for 13 years. Completely self-taught, Neugaine paints intermittently. He never exhibted his paintings in RL, hence what we see in Second Life is quite unique. Neugaine appreciates painting in oil, he likes playing with textures and thicknesses.

Neugaine Carter at La Maison d’Aneli September/October 2020

Amoung the other installations at La Maison d’Aneli the presentaion of Neugaine Carter’s art is quite classic, a museum building with the paintings at the walls. The paintings are abstract and I wonder how large they might be in reality. Although they are all very different Neugaine has developed his own personal style.

ZackHerrMann is a French psychedelik artist from the French Riviera. He’s in Second Life since 2012. He writes about his work in the accompanying notecard about himself:
“Early I was attracted by arts, nature was my first inspiration. Later I have discovered the Marvel Comics and that increase my drawning passion. I have done years of art school, than was trying to go to stylism school, but it was too expensive. So, I started to discover the nightlife, especially in the LGBT Community. There I got in touch with a ‘lil around Drag queen and the creature universe. I discovered the power of making creations with a PC, with Photoshop and other tools, with grapic tablet, etc.
With thoses new tools, a creature I made when i was younger was reborn, her name is Linda Cluster.“

ZackHerrMann at La Maison d’Aneli September/October 2020

His installation at La Maison d’Aneli is very impressive. It a quest “The Quest of the 8 Artefacts”. The installation extends over several levels. You’re in a kind of a treasury. The floor, the walls and the ceiling shine in yellow, gold, bronze and brown tones, permanently changing, a lot of fractals innumerous peices of art cover all areas. There’s a way through this quest and the 8 artefacts are shown along the way, yet honestly I did not even try to solve the quest. I just enjoyed the luxury and the art, the many many things you can discover here. It’s nothing I can easily describe. I hope my pictures provide an idea – best is to see it yourself.

Lalie Sorbet is a French artist and photographer who joined Second Live 12 years ago:
“Lalie Sorbet lives and works between South India, on the Coromandel coast, Tamil Nadu and the south of France. She has this passion for creating images. She likes to explore all possibilities of expression: artistic videos or reports for different NGO, artistic director 3D for video games, collage informatic or not, watercolor painting , drawing, photography, advertising. Navigating between the worlds of insects, spiders, drops of water, human or animal portraits, trees, flowers or seeds and more, she offers a sensitive tribute to nature. Witnessing the beauty and diversity of our planet is a great joy for her and these days probably an obligation!” (taken from the accompanying notecard)

Lalie Sorbet at La Maison d’Aneli September/October 2020

At La Maison d’Aneli we see a broad spectrum of her artful photographs and pictures, from watercolour, collages, computer graphics, photographs to drawings. They all are presented in a large room and they mirror in the floor which enhances the impression. Seen side by side the pictures melt into one style of art, one signature although each and every picture is unique and stands alone.

Belinda Baroque’s pictures are showcased in and outdoor scenario admist green meadows in front of a blue sky with some clouds. In the center of Belinda’s “gallery” is a large tree.

Belinda Baroque at La Maison d’Aneli September/October 2020

I didn’t find out much about Belinda. She’s in Second Life since 13 years and is “just connected sometimes for photography” according to her profile. The text about her in the accompanying notecard is also quite short: “Virtual photography is just a pleasure among many others“, yet I couldn’t agree more.

Therese Carfagno came to Second Life in February 2007. Soon she got a job as a journalist, and met the most interesting artists in SL. Seeing so much creativity inspired her to start taking pictures herself. Therese thinks that taking pictures helps to look at the world a little closer – and there are so many wonders to see in SL:
“I have no interest in calling myself an artist. I take snapshots. If I’m happy with the picture because of the motive, the colours, the people in it, or anything, I upload it to Flickr or exhibit it somewhere. That’s it. And if someone else like what I do, that’s even better.”

Therese Carfagno at La Maison d’Aneli September/October 2020

At La Maison d’Aneli her mainly black and white pictures are showcased in a dark room, sorted thematically. Her pictures capture moments, some are quite erotic in my opinion. Some other look like real life pictures. Well, I’m pretty sure they are not taken in SL but I won’t bet. The lines between the world are blurring sometimes.

The current exhibition stays opened at least until October 10th.
La Maison d’Aneli is owned by Aneli Abeyante. Through her gallery she brings together all forms of creativity in RL and SL and the featured artists come from around the globe. Aneli’s intention is to “put her gallery in the service of artists, so that the world can be better, exchanges and meetings probably contribute even though it seems to be particles.”
Thank you for another great joined exhibtion, Aneli. As always I enjoyed my visit and writing about it. It always inspires me.

Landmark to La Maison d’Aneli
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Holland/23/65/22

Diary 2020 (127) Sept 7th/8th Mistress takes her share

16 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Monday I met with Mistress in the afternoon. We first caught up with our mutal news and of course I told Mistress about my intimate time with Angelique. Mistress seemed to be happy about it saying she appreciates my good relation to our niece. But then she also said she felt a little bit left out. I should learn about the consequences soon after. Mistress made me wear my elbow cuffs and the elegance collar in addition to the wrists cuffs that I wore already. Then she took me to club Domme a Domme where she sat down in one ot the chairs and had my kneeling at her feet leashed to the chair. Mistress summoned Angelique and then the two talked together. I knelt there feeling not very good and not at all confident. Angelique told me that Mistress forbid her any intimacies with my until further notice and she also told her that she would punish her if she doesn’t obey. Then Mistress took me home to our skybox.

Sept 7th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at home and at club Domme a Domme with Angelique

Mistress did what she does really rarely. I had to strip and she spanked me hard with her bare hand before she said she wanted her part of the fun now. She stripped and made me lick her and had a huge orgasm. Positive side effect – I got my fix once again.
After she and I had dressed again Mistress used her fingers and made me cum. And finally I had to thank her kissing her butt in deep submission to her. Mistress was satisfied, she had her share of the fun, that Angelique and I had – and she wasn’t done yet.

At night Mistress Jenny took Angelique and me to the BDSM Lifestyle Swingers Club. She had both of us leashed while we watched the crowd, talked, read profile and enjoyed. After a while Mistress asked me if we had a bed with lesbian animations for more than 2 avatars. I had several in my inventory. Mistress took us two to our loft skybox where I rezzed one of these beds. You might guess what happened next .. Mistress ordered Angelique and me to strip and stripped herself then we had a very interesting group sex experience licking eachother in a circle – and we came almost at the same time..pheewwww. As mentioned above, Mistress took her share of the fun and she did lifted the ban of intimacies between Angelique and me again. I assume that she had fun seeing how shocked Angelique and I were about it.

Sept 7th: Mistress Jenny, Diomita and Angelique at BDSM Lifestyle Swingers Club at at our loft skybox

In the meanwhile slave Melissa had come inworld and I picked her up at home. We went to Mesmerize Dungeon to wind down and stayed there almost until midnight.

Sept 7th: Mistress Jenny, Angelique and Diomita with slave Melissa at Mesmerize Dungeon

Tuesday, September 8th, I had another almost two hours with Mistress Jenny in the afternoon. We caught up with our news from RL and then made a tour through the culbs. We visited Puerto Esclava, were at Mesmerize Dungeon, spent time at Heavy Bondage Club and had some time at Psi’s realm. We had several short chats in main and in IM and we talked with eachother.

Sept 8th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at Mesmerize Dungeon, Heavy Bondage Club and at Psi’s realm

At night, Mistress Jenny and I were alone first and we played a round of Yahtzee. We were just done when I was interrupted by RL. When I returned Angelique and slave Flo were present and Mistress proposed to have a game of skipee as teams.
While we played Irina joined us. I had a few shorter roleplays with Irina at Puerto Esclava. She is the heiress of a slave trading company. I had seen her around at our sim a few times and took control of her the day before. She knelt at my side and lick my boots while we played.
Our game ended at flotime and slave Flo left to bed. Mistress, Angelique and I went to Mesmerize Dungeon with Irina for about half an hour and then we went to bed ourself. Hence there’s just one picture of that night.

Sept 8th: Mistress Jenny, Angelique and Diomita at Mesmerize Dungeon with Irina

Diary 2020 (126) Sept 5th / 6th A spontaneous intimate time with Angelique

15 Sep 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Diary Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Saturday, September 5th, I had a busy day in RL. Unexpectedly I managed to see Mistress Jenny in the afternoon for half an hour. We went to Puerto Esclava and caught up with our news there. Mistress shared a message from Kitty with me. At least we got another sign of life from her. Puddle Whore, formerly known as Kitty, is doing well, but her owner Amy and herself are kept from going inworld by their RL.

Sept 5th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at Puerto Esclava / Diomita with slave Flo and slave Melissa at home and at Mesmerize Dungeon

At night Mistress was not inworld. I had a quiet night. I first spent some time at Puerto Esclava and went home when slave Flo came online. She was cleaning the house, which was a total mess. I made her continue cleaning and helped her myself. Soon after, slave Melissa came inworld and I removed her armbinder, leashed her and she cleaned the rest of the house. We had a greedy and then went to Mesmerize Dungeon for the rest of the night. I teased slave Melissa and blindfolded her. Her collaring is getting closer.

Sunday afternoon, Mistress and I spent some time together in the afternoon. We caught up with our news, then Mistress allowed me to lick her to get my fix, as she was prevented from coming inworld at night. We went to Puerto Esclava and to Heavy Bondage Club aferwards and enjoyed being together and chatted until Mistress and I had to leave to care about our RL.

Sept 6th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at home in our skybox, at Puerto Esclava and at Heavy Bondage Club

My night became varied. slave Flo was inworld and we had a greedy first. Then I took her to Psi’s realm. It was not bad visited that night, but nonetheless nothing was really going on. I decided to take slave Flo to a place that I wanted to see. I had met a domme, Quiet Bürner (QuietToday Burner) at Puerto Esclava a few days before, who invited me to her place, where she keeps her slaves. She’s looking for another overseer. Coincidentally she was present and she gave slave Flo and me a tour over her place.
After the tour I took slave FLo to the BDSM Lifstyle Swingers Club. It was full up to the limit of 20 avatars – what a crowd. Angelique had come home and I wanted to take her over to the Swinger Club as well, but nobody left and after a while I took slave Flo back home with me to meet Angelique. She was once again dressed in shiny latex and wearing quite some retraints. I couldn’t refrain from leashing her and took her and slave Flo to Mesmerize Dungeon for 15 minutes until flotime.

Sept 6th: Diomita and slave Flo at Psi’s realm, touring Quiet Bürner’s place, at BDSM Swinger Club and with Angelique at Mesemrize Dungeon

But my night wasn’t over yet. Angelique was in such a desperate mood, that I had to care about her. I took her to our loft skybox and began to tease her. Finally I took of her skirt, removed the pussy plug that she was wearing and began to lick her. Long story short – Angelique came twice and we both enjoyed it. It had been a while that I had such an intense time with her.

Sept 6th: Diomita and Angelique at our loft skybox

Simploring 2020 (62) Boulder

14 Sep 2020 1 Comment

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

I had in mind to make a short simploring tour on Sunday, August 23rd. It turned out to become a longer and really great Sunday morning tour. I picked Boulder from scoop.it SL Destinations because the name of the owner caught my attention immediately.

Boulder – overview

Boulder is a moderate full region owned by Vally (Valium Lavender). I saw already several places of Vally. In 2020 I saw Valium Creek (read here) and Valium Sea (read here).
Boulder was (once again) designed by Dandy Warhlol (Terry Fotherington). Boulder is a beautiful photogenic coastal land inspired by the African Penguins of South Africa and intended to bring attention to this endangered species.

Impressions of Boulder (1) – at the landing point

At the landing poit I had a view to the town, named “Simon’s town” and had to decide where to go first. There’s a sign post with 3 directions: Art gallery, Simon’s town and Penguin Colony. I decided to walk to the penguins first. One of their colonies is at the beach not far from the landing point.

Impressions of Boulder (2) – a green oasis above Boulder

At the colony I saw another sign post “Follow the Stairs” and I began walking up the large rock. The higher I got the better was the view over Boulder. Finally I reached a beautiful place for a first break. At the end of the stairs you find several small huts offering beer and coffee admist a green oasis. The place can also be used for small parties.

Impressions of Boulder (3) – the open hole / the waterfalls

I continued my simploring tour walking through a passage in the rock that led to another beautiful spot with a waterfall and a bench to enjoy the view. At one end of this spot it a big sign “Danger – Open Hole”. In Second Life that’s more or less an order to take the risk and I stepped forward to see the hole. But I didn’t see it – instead the stone I was stepping on became instable and I fall down …. finding myself at the foot of a large waterfall. Luckily in Second Life you don’t get injured *winks*. From where I landed I could see the beach through another passage and was back at the penguin colony.

Impressions of Boulder (4) – Blurred views by Fred Hamilton (frecoi) and Lotus Mastroianni at Boulder Art Gallery

I went to the art gallery next. I don’t know if the exhibtion there is permanent or will change. At the time of my visit the gallery presented “Blurred Vibes” by Fred Hamilton (frecoi) and Lotus Mastroianni. I know them both as creators of great places in Second Life. Just recently I saw their sim “Summer in the City” (read here). The exhibtion is not very large but would have been worth a seperate blogpost. Fred and Lotus play with the artistic effect of blurring. Several texts accompany the pictures: “Blurring and focus are powerfl photographic deveices. Not arbitrary, because the theme chosen to focus on, regardless of the apparent irrelevance, makes the observer reflect on its meaning“. I strongly recommend not to miss this great small exhibit.
Remark: Lotus Mastroianni told me that the exhibtion will be available until End of September 2020 …. hence hurry up, if you want to see it.

Impressions of Boulder (5) – whale watching / the lighthosue languet

After my visit of the art gallery I went down to the beach again for another look at the penguins and at a whale which was just jumping out of the sea. And I was not alone watching this spectacle, as there was one of several NPC’s (static non-player characters) spread on the whole sim – a photographer.
From here I could see the lighthouse and I went there next. The lighthouse is at a languet right opposite of the penguin colonies. To get there you either have to walk along the beach and the town or you have to swim. Again I took advantage of the possibilities in Second Life and swam over there. The lighthouse and its surrounding is another beautiful spot at Boulder. I enjoyed another short break at the campfire close to the lighthouse. Several birds are around there and invite to just watch or take more pictures. Next to the lighthouse are a few huts. You can get fresh fish here.

Impressions of Boulder (6) – Simon’s town farmer market and sun beach

Acutally Boulder is two sims in one – one is the nature part with the beaches, the penguins, the waterfall and the languet with the lighthouse, the other part is Simon’s town. A special feature is that two different windlights are used for these parts. The windlight for the nature part is quite natural and couldy while the windlight used for Simon’s town is sunny with a clear deep blue sky. This windlight makes the town look a bit Mediterrean although the penguins live in South Africa. The town itself is really picturesque. I visisted the market and the sun beach on the backside of the town.

Impressions of Boulder (6) – Simon’s town waterfront promenade

The waterfront of Simon’s town offers many places to sit and is a perfect background for pictures. And of course there’s a lot to discover here. I really had fun looking at all the details and took many pictures.

Boulder is really a great sim and I fully enjoyed my Sunday morning immersing into another world. Vally intended to bring attention to the endangered penguis of South Africa, hence my last pictures shall reflect that. At the landing point are two pictures of these penguins and a reference to the “Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds”. You can read more about the foundation here.

Impressions of Boulder (7) – support the preservation of Southern Africa penguins

Thank you Vally for sharing your place publicly and thank you Dandy Warhlol (Terry Fotherington) for another great sim.

Landmark to Boulder
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Boulder/182/131/22
Boulder flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/valium/
Vally’s blog
https://www.vallystyle.com/
Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds
https://sanccob.co.za/

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