Art in Second Life 2022 (49) Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz

02 Jun 2022 Leave a comment

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

Wednesday, June 1st, Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz was opened at Akijima, a member of the Akipelago group of sims dedicated to artistic and natural beauty in its many forms, owned by Akiko Kinoshi (Akiko Kiyori).

Exoplanet is a project in two parts. The first one, « One Step Further » opened on 22.02.2022 (nice date!).  I visited Exoplanet 1 in February and reported about it (read Art in Second Life 2022 (21) Exoplanet by Gem Preiz)
Exoplanet 1 featured the crew of a space mission preparing to explore extra-solar planets and you can still visit it.
Exoplanet 2 is an extension and you visit a space station on the eve of its return to Earth.

The landing point on the space station is next to an entrance control. Here you’re asked to adjust your viewer settings for the visit and you can grab a notecard as well as HUD’s for setting the environment and for teleporting around Exoplanet 1 and 2.

Impressions of Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz (1) – landing on the space station

From the landing point you enter a huge hallway, the outer ring with many moduls used as warehouse, for storing and launching drones, as cabins for the crew, for several laboratories, as entrance to the the shuttle ships, and a module for emergencies: “All modules contain many interactive devices where you can: rest in cabins; contribute to experiences; launch drones and follow them on radar; pilot spaceships around the station; test emergency systems; and finally leave the station to reach Exoplanet 1 with the main Shuttle.“

Impressions of Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz (2) – Drones (upper left), Warehouse (upper right), Cabins (lower left and right)

I launched a drone and I visited several cabins. I felt like within a science fiction film and my black latex dress fitted not too bad in this environment. I also visited the rescue modul. Behind a security glass panel you see the rescue ship. I entered through the door in the panel and sat into the rescue ship. It was released downwards and I was in space. The ship was easily to control and I used it to for a litte tour around the space station. Manoeuvring it back into the rescue modul was a bit tricky, but possible and I could continue my tour.

Impressions of Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz (3) – A trip into space with the rescue ship

There are quite some laboratory modules and I had a look into all of them. To be honest, I didn’t really understand what the single labs were intended for, but in the short time of my visit I also didn’t have enough time for that. I’m pretty sure that you can discover a lot there and Gem wrote that you can even participate in the experiments.

Impressions of Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz (4) – The labs

There are several gates from the outer ring with the modules to the center ring and the main room, that is called AGORA. Gem Preiz’s intriguing fractals, that look like planets and stars are showcased in the hallway around AGORA. In total there are “16 fractals (8 unfriendly planet + landscape), illustrating sites visited by the crew during the mission”. And as the space station is preparing the return to earth, the upper level of the gallery shows 8 landscapes sketch-like photos illustrating real sites on Earth.

Impressions of Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz (5) – The AGORA Main Hall and the galleries

Gem Preiz “is educated in science and mathematics and is fond of anything related to Nature, Cosmos and Earth, from astronomy to geology. The world of fractals is, in the same way, ruled by Mathematics functions which, as Physics do in Nature, enable to create objects which features repeat themselves at every scale. There lies his passion for fractals: create thanks to the power and pureness of the Mathematical concept, images the complexity of which can suggest Nature beings, objects or sceneries.”
The pictures shown in the galleries alone are worth a visit to Exoplanet 2.

I used the teleporter HUD to visit the next destinations and there’s a lot more to discover and try out. I visited the Hibernation room, the reactor, the Communication center, the Data Center and the Main Control Room. I did not visit the Medical center, Training center, Cinema and Offices. Gem wrote that there are many interactive devices (medical equipment, gym, movies etc.).

Impressions of Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz (6) – Main Control room (upper left), Data Center (upper right), Hibernation room (lower left), Communication center (lower right)

Gem Preiz provided a few of his thoughts about “Exoplanet” in his notecard:
“Scientists have classified about 5,000 exoplanets, that were discovered up until today, and prioritized them according to whether they allow the development of life as we know it.
Forgetting for a moment the vast distances that separate us from these extra-solar worlds, Exoplanet 1 staged the beginnings of their in situ exploration. Exoplanet 2 presents the mission on the eve of its return to Earth, reporting on the visit to some worlds with inhospitable reliefs and conditions for humans. By contrast, a gallery of familiar terrestrial landscapes reminds us of the simple evidence that the most suitable universe for man is the one from which he was born.
Because if the study of exoplanets is an essential discipline for what it can teach us about the universe, and for the awareness that it can generate in humanity in case the existence of life is discovered, it should not obscure the urgency of preserving our planet the Earth, by dreams of unrealistic conquests.”

By visiting all areas I learned about the structure of the space station and began to create a little orientation map for myself for further visits or for you find your way in this huge station.

Impressions of Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz (7) – Orientation map

I ended my visit with another trip into space. This time I used a space shuttle. That was fun!

I have seem quite some of Gem’s former installations and exhibitions. His way to build futuristic towns and settings, using geometrical forms and the way he combines sim design, his fractal pictures, light and light effects is really artful and always a highlight to visit. Thank you very much for your art and for this new installation, Gem! And a big thank you for the fun that you also provided with Exoplanet 1 and Exoplanet 2. It really was a trip into another world.

Impressions of Exoplanet 2 by Gem Preiz (8) – Another trip into space

Thank you Akiko Kinoshi (Akiko Kiyori) for providing the space for this artful installation. I enjoyed my visit a lot!

Landmarkt to EXOPLANET 2 by Gem Preiz – Landing Point
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Akijima/120/222/4010
Landmark to Exoplanet 1 by Gem Preiz
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Akikaze/140/77/3601
Gem Preiz flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/187894176@N07/albums

Diary 2022 (67) May 14th/15th When Mistress Jenny is away (6)

01 Jun 2022 Leave a comment

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

Saturday, May 14th, I was inworld in the late morning and visited an exhibition. Kitty was inworld although it was almost 2 AM for her and I had the opportunity to talk to her in IM and catch up with our news while I visited the exhibition. When I had finished I checked where Kitty was and found her at Lochme. She was there with a friend, Clover Dollie (Clover Starlight). I teased both a bit and set timers for Dollie, then I had to leave to tend to my RL

May 14th: Diomita at Lochme with Kitty and Clover Dollie (Clover Starlight)

At night I was alone first and went to Puerto Esclava and later to club DeLust. It was the night of the European Song Contest (ESC) and I remember well that we often had fun watching it in the background while having fun in Second Life. Hence I had it running in the background the whole night. Flo came inworld just when the song from Switzerland was presented. I can tell that Flo didn’t watch :-). I began a skipee with Flo. While we played Mistress Jenny showed up and we stopped. Mistress had quite something to tell, she’s enjoying her vacation. Mistress had a bit of time and we played a skipee, that Flo won way to easily. Then Mistress had to leave.

May 14th: Diomita at club DeLust, Mistress Jenny and Diomita playing skipee, Diomita at Carnal Intentions with Flo … and the ESC

I went to Carnal Intentions with Flo for 15 minutes until she had to leave for bed. I continued watching the ESC for some time, standing at Carnal Intentions, then I called it a night myself.

Sunday, May 15th, I went on a simploring tour in the later morning. I visited Grauland May 2022 (read here https://wp.me/psPPu-89J) and I had fun not only simploring but also psoing for the camera.

May 15th: Diomita posing at Grauland May 2022

When I returned inworld at night Flo and slave Z (Zado Ninetails) were present. I had given a nosering to slave Z and when I met her that night, I locked and welded it on. Then I took slave Z with me to Flo and we played a round of skipee after we had caught up with our news from both worlds. slave Holly came inworld and watched us … and Mistress Jenny showed up. It was the last day of her vacation. Her connection was not very stable hence she asked us to play another round of skipee as teams, slave Z with Flo and slave Holly with me. Mistress stayed close and chatted with me and all others. Mistress left some orders for me for when she would return Tuesday night *sighs*. She enjoys her conrol more than ever obviously.
When we finally had finished our skipee it was already over Flo’s bedtime and Flo left as well as slave Z left. Mistress Jenny had to leave too and to enjoy her last day. She seems to have really fun. I took slave Holly and slave Alessi to Carnal Intentions for half an hour before we all called it a night.

May 15th: Mistress Jenny, Diomita, Flo, slave Holly, slave Alessi and slave Z at home / Diomita at Carnal Intentions with slave Holly and slave Alessi

Art in Second Life 2022 (48) Waitings by Melusina Parkin

31 May 2022 1 Comment

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

I got an invitation of Melusina Parkin to see her newest exhibtion “Waitings” at “IMAGO’s Suburbs Galleries“. It has been opened on May 25th.

The exhibition is featured in two large storage halls that look a bit like hangars. IMAGOLand and Art Galleries are owned and curated by Mareea Farrasco.

Melusina’s pictures are at the walls of the hangars, 12 pictures in each hangar. I am a fan of Melusina Parkin’s art. Melusina succeeds to make you focus on details, to see the hidden beauty of some designs. Her art is minimalistic, often there’re only a few elements in her pictures. In the center of the right hangar you find a table with a book about “Waitings” sold by Melusina Parkin. Those who are regular visitors to Melusina Parkin’s exhibitions know these books already. Melusina makes one of every exhibition. The book about “Waitings” is sold at the exhibition, all others are sold under her brand “Melubooks” in a seperate book store: Melubooks shop.

Impressions of “Waitings” by Melusina Parkin at IMAGO’s Suburbs Galleries (1)

Melusina wrote about “Waitings“:

“All of us spend a lot of time waiting for someone or something. Waiting can be anxiety, fear, boredom, whishes. We don’t know what will happem when the waiting will end and something new will start: waiting is facing the void and filling up that void with hopes or worries, fear or desires. 
Representing waitings could be simple: people standing at a bus stop, sitting alone at a cafe table, looking at a watch, stopping at a crossroad… I’ve choosen different ways, photographing mostly empty scenes; only few of the photos in this exhibition show people, and when that happens, the picture shows details that express the emotions that waiting can make arise. They are taken at rail stations, waiting rooms, crossroads, theaters, cafes, trains, street corners… the countless places where usually we stay waiting. I wanted to show that the scene itself is waiting for being filled up with people.“

Impressions of “Waitings” by Melusina Parkin at IMAGO’s Suburbs Galleries (2)

The photos of “Waitings” invite the spectator to create own stories around them. They make us focus on the main object, there’re only little details that distract the focus. The pumps … how might the woman look who wear them? Old? Young? Who or what is she waiting for? Will she sit in the cafe of which we just see two empty chairs? Or is she waiting for the bus and will play the cello in another photo? I simply love Melusina’s minimalsim, her way to pull the spectator into her photos.

Impressions of “Waitings” by Melusina Parkin at IMAGO’s Suburbs Galleries (1)

Melusina Parkin is in Second Life since September 2008. She has been a fashion manager, a journalist, a furniture creator, a builder, a decorator and a photographer. Her work as a photographer has been showcased in more than 50 exhibitions – from which I saw just a few. Melusina has a flickr account which counts more than 13,000 (!) photographs. Extensive collections of her photos can be seen also on her blog Virtual Exhibits and on some slideshows on Youtube (links also under this post).
There’s also an online book with her Second Life exhibits 2011-2019 here.
Melusina Parkin has an own gallery at Time Portal and an own store for Art Deco furniture called “Melu Deco“. Melusina also owns a second place (Melu Space) with another gallery (Minimum Gallery), a bookstore and another “Melu Deco” inworld store.

Thank you Mareea Farrasco for enabling the exhibition “Waitings” at your gallery. Thank you, Melusina for another great exhibition. I enjoyed my visit and creating my own stories.

Landmark to “Waitings” at IMAGO’s Suburbs Galleries
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shaker%20Beach/76/77/3552
Landmark to Melusina Photo Gallery
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/248/101/1940
Landmark to Melu Space (Minimum Gallery, Melubooks, Melu Deco)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lunula/192/9/21
Landmark to Melubooks shop
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lunula/127/112/647
Landmark to Melusina Parkin’s store for Art Deco furniture “Melu Deco”
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Time%20Portal/243/99/1930
Melusina Parker’s flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melusina_parkin/
Melusina Parkin’s Virtual Exhibit blog
http://meluphoto.blogspot.it/p/home.html
Melusina Parkin’s youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVzglBiqhrOLXnAp3Qt3Zjw
On line book Second Life exhibits 2011-2019
https://www.calameo.com/books/005997622f28dd58ca75d

Diary 2022 (66) May 12th/13th When Mistress Jenny is away (5)

30 May 2022 Leave a comment

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

Thursday, May 12th, I wasn’t online during the day and ran very late at night. slave Holly was the only of the family who was present and I went seeing her. Just when she had greeted me, Mistress Jenny showed up and joined us. We chatted and caught up with all of our news and as slave Holly had an early start the next day, she went cleaning the house.
Mistress Jenny and I retreated to our skybox roof and danced while we continued talking for a few minutes. Then Mistress returned into her vacation and I went off to bed.

May 12th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at home with slave Holly / dancing at our skybox rooftop

Friday, May 13th, I had another busy day in RL and was not online during the day. I have had a few discussions about the theme of our Friday night party. I loved slave Holly’s proposal “Euro Brat Contest” as Saturday night the Eurovison song contest took place. Mistress had told me that she might drop in to our Friday night party. One more reason for the theme I picked:
“It’s Friday night again and time for our party. There’s no real theme tonight: “When the cat is away the mice dance on the tables”. Hence come as you are or naked and join us having fun. DJ Virgo is spinning the tunes for us.”

We had fun at night dancing on the table! I was another great Friday night party and a perfect start into the weekend.

May 12th – Friday night party: slave Holly, Diomita, slave Holly, Flo, Diomita, Dana Drezelan, slave Holly, slave Z (Zado Ninetails), Flo, Diomita, Claven Albatros, Laura (Laura00175) (upper row), Della Randt, Starbright Wingtips, Firefly (Firefly Skydancer), Jayson Dakota, Cherry (Elenaslav Serenity), Domina Ansar, sapphire (littleshy97), Ariel Sun (arielsun100), Baroness Capelo, Virgo Babii

Backflash May 2022 “Celebrations.” (May 25th, 2012)

29 May 2022 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in about family members, anniversary blog entries, Backflash of the month Tags: , , , , ,

In the “Backflash” series I select an old entry once a month and present it here. This way I force myself to browse in the archive and to fresh up a few of the many memories. For our readers the new series shall provide an insight into our Second Life without reading back the many posts and it might also give reason to browse through the archives.
For May 2022 I selected a post from May 2012 – a decade ago. And it is a post that Jenny wrote for us and I wrote a longer comment to it. Jenny titled it “Celebratations.” because she wrote it on the occasion of her upcoming 4th collaring anniversary.
Enjoy reading…

“Celebrations.” (May 25th, 2012)

As Diomita wrote in her last blog we are celebrating 4 years since we met and today is 4 years since Mistress Diomita invited me to enter her double cage knowing that I would be there until she alone decided.

When we had met a few days earlier there was a charge in the air that was not like anything else I had ever felt. During the tour of Diomita’s home she had shown me the cage and I remember I had said something along the lines of do you want me to go inside it. Diomita replied that I would, but on my next visit.  I knew it would happen and I knew I could not resist.

Before I did enter the cage I had some loose ends to attend to. I was being pursued by somebody else and the time zones were wrong and there was also the feeling that I was not welcome by her partner. I asked Diomita if I might explain in person that I had made up my mind as I do like to do things properly.

So on 25th May 2008 I made the steps to enter the cage. I felt a wide mixture of emotions. I had not done anything like this before and yet I already felt there was trust between us. I knew I would be isolated from everyone I knew and would not be able to wander around enjoying the RP’s at Stonehaven and the banter that went on there. I did not know for how long I would be caged or what else to expect so there was some apprehension but most of all I felt that it was something I had to do, Destiny was controlling me as much as my head or my heart.

Over the 12 days that I was locked up I was kept locked and leashed at all times. Diomta came to visit me every day and we sat and talked and got to know each other very well. My ‘Trial’ would have been over a couple of days earlier but Diomita was obliged to introduce me to Goddess first for her approval. Now this was something that scared me more than the first step into the cage. I really was new to this kind of family hierarchy and Goddess was very comfortable in her role as head. my nerves were on edge and I was worried that I might say the wrong thing and end my chances to wear the collar that made me the property of Mistress Diomita. Needless to say I passed inspection and I met Yar Sam and Tyra for the first time that day too.

So for everybody who knows us in SL, and who follows us in this blog, This time brings back a lot of very special memories to us both. We still like to celebrate this time with some back to the future play, as it brings back the raw feelings that we experienced when we met. We have developed a lot and our roles have evolved over time yet our relationship is strong because of one very firm rule that we both insist on. Mistress Diomita will always own me first and I will always be her slave no matter how you see us or what we are doing at the time this will always be true.

I love you Mistress Diomita

I wrote the following comment to Jenny’s post …

Thank you for this anniversary text, Ehesklavin. Now this day is documentated also in our diary. At least from your side of the bars. I do remember the house and the cage at Stonehaven very well as well as I remember the patio in Stonehaven where we met first. I felt a strange trust to Jenny. She was open minded, willing to serve and to give up control. We talked about rules and expectations, about Yasmin, my sisters, my trial, her potential role. I still have the first notecards from her 🙂
It was enjoyable and we even exchanged a bit about RL.
After just a few days I was sure she would stay in the cage until I open it. But we had to wait to see Yasmin so that I get permission to collar her. We met her at the Bratz Club which was brand new these days as far as I remember. There we had the Friday night parties and this tradition lives on until today.

I love you to bits, Ehesklavin. And yes, you’ll be mine first beyond all tease and play and beyond green lights. Enjoy your red light weeks now.
Kisses from Dio

Back to 2022!

Times have changed as you all know. Today I am Mistress Jenny’s slave, I fully submitted to her. I am her Ehesklavin.
It was a long process that began some time in 2012, led to my collaring in April 2013, to being marked as Mistress Jenny’s Ehesklavin in 2016 and to full enslavement in 2022. But what about the promises we both made back in 2012? None of us foresaw this development and we don’t know what future has in store for us. We simply enjoy our journey together and the bond between us became very strong. And we have nothing to regret or to take back. Mistress Jenny is still also collared by me and I fully trust her as her married slave, her Ehesklavin. Thank you Mistress Jenny, my love, my world!

Link to the original post
https://themaurers.me/2012/05/25/celebrations/

Diary 2022 (65) May 10th/11th When Mistress Jenny is away (4)

28 May 2022 Leave a comment

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

Tuesday, May 10th, I had an unexpected quite busy day in RL. I managed to go inworld around lunch time and was lucky that Dely was present and had time for me. It was degrading to ask her to be cuffed – and of course she wanted more than just lock them. Fortunately I could convince her, I felt really humiliated by Mistress Jenny, but I had no choice and had to be lucky that I met Dely and that she locked my cuffs.

I returned at night and played two rounds of skipee with Flo, slave Alessi came by while we played our second round. After the game I took Flo and slave Alessi to Carnal Intentions and locked them properly – and restricted their view. I enjoyed my control and forgot a while about the cuffs. When slave Holly came inworld I summoned her to us and integrated her. slave Holly, Flo and slave Alessi were all leashed to each other.

May 10th: Diomita at Carnal Intentions with slave Holly, Flo and slave Alessi

Like the day before I hadn’t much time to enjoy my “work”. Mistress Jenny came inworld and we returned home to see her at the sun terrace. Ebony joined us there as well as slave Z (Zado Ninetails). We chatted about Mistress’ vacation and had some banter. Mistress Jenny was satisfied with me and that I had fulfilled her punishment assignment. Hence she unlocked the cuffs and I was allowed to remove them.
Mistress stayed about half an hour, then she had to retreat to tend to her vacation events. I returned to the sun terrace. Flo and Ebony had left already. I played a few rounds of truthball with slave Holly, slave Alessi and slave Z, then I called it a night for all of us.

May 10th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at home with Ebony, Flo, slave Holly, slave Alessi and slave Z

I had a quite busy day in RL Wednesday, may 11th and wasn’t inworld during the day. At night I was alone first (to my surprise), then slave Lily came online and we played a skipee together. While we played Flo and slave Holly also come online and slave Lily (Lily Bloodrose) and i stopped playing to start a game as teams. And we had just started when slave Alessi joined us. We stopped again and finally had one round of skipee with 5.
After the game I was up to realize something that I had in mind since we changed the slaves into their May outfit. I took Flo, slave Holly, slave Lily and slave Alessi to the entrance of the house where we have two glass cages at the wall. I added 3 more glass cages and began to lock the slaves – blindfold, gag, arms, legs and a fitting vision restriction, then I locked them away into the glass cages. And finally I aummonws slave Z (Zado Ninetails) to the entrance: 5 cages – 5 slaves – 5 colours. Of course I made a cople of pictures!

After Flo and slave Lily had left for bed I took slave Holly, slave Alessi and slave Z to Carnal Intentions and leashed them to eachother. I had fun! And that’s it about Wednesday.

May 11th: Diomita with Flo, slave Holly, slave Lily, slave Alessi and slave Z at home and at Carnal Intentions

Enjoying Bondage May 2022 – slaves on display

27 May 2022 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Enjoying bondage series Tags: , , , , , ,

For this month’s Enjoying Bondage series I selected a picture that I took on May 11th. The picture is not a collage of several pictures. We have two glass wall cages at the entrance of our house that we can use for display. That night I had a quite full house at home and I decided to rezz a few more cages to take this picture. I restricted all slaves and put them on display.

May 11th: Diomita at home with slave Lily (Lily Bloodrose), Flo, slave Alessi, slave Z (Zado Ninetails) and slave Holly

It was quite some work to align the cages and to lock and restrict all subjects properly. But once the work was done I could enjoy the view … well the slaves couldn’t say much nor see much and therefore they didn’t protest (too much). Too bad that there was no time to tease them with a vibrator through the holes….

Enjoying Bondage May 2022 – slaves on display: slave Lily (Lily Bloodrose), Flo, slave Alessi, slave Z (Zado Ninetials) and slave Holly

Diary 2022 (64) May 8th/9th When Mistress Jenny is away (3)

26 May 2022 Leave a comment

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

Sunday, May 8th, I was inworld in the afternoon and visited La Maison d’Aneli where a new exhibition was scheduled to open on May 11th (read my report here). While I visited slave Holly came inworld and we caught up with our mutual news first in IM and later in person.
When I returned at night Flo and slave Holly were already inworld and we played a round of skipee. And when slave Alessi joined us we played another round as teams. Mistress Jenny showed up. She was on a slow and unstable connection and didn’t join the play. I had the opportunity to catch up with Mistress while playing. That was a bonus. Mistress left when we had finished our game – and Ebony joined us. It was already late and I was tired. Hence I took slave Holly, slave Alessi and Ebony with me to our decking and we continued chatting until midnight, then I retreated to get some sleep.

May 8th – a night at home: Mistress Jenny, Diomita, Flo, Ebony, slave Holly and slave Alessi

Monday, May 9th, I visited another gallery in the later afternoon. At night I was alone first and used the time to change and to visit Puerto Esclava. I returned home when slave Holly and slave Alessi came inworld. We played a skipee first. Then I took the slaves to Carnal Intentions. I blindfolded and gagged them, locked their cuffs, restricted their views and forced them to look at me and leashed them to each other.

May 9th: Diomita at Carnal Intentions with slave Holly and slave Alessi

I didn’t have much time to enjoy my work as Mistress Jenny dropped in from her vacation. She summoned us to the sun terrace at home. And slave Z (Zado Ninetails) also came inworld. As I had leashed her at the sun terrace, she was at the right spot.
Mistress reported about her trip. She’s very happy so far and enjoying her vacation. I had an intense IM with Mistress though. The day before I had been inattentive and didn’t address Mistress properly in IM. Mistress had decided to punish me and had ordered that I should wear a full set of cuffs and should ask Mistress Mercy to lock them. Mistress herself would unlock the cuffs when she sees me again. I didn’t meet Mistress Mercy though the night before. Mistress then decided that anyone outside of the family may lock my cuffs – just not myself. She expects to see me locked in cuffs when she drops in again. I tried to argue, I apologized – to no avail. And Mistress also defined the punishment for me if I fail. She’s thousands of miles away and in full control *sighs*

May 9th: Mistress Jenny and Diomita at home with slave Z, slave Holly and slave Alessi

It was already bedtime when Mistress Jenny left. I unleashed slave Alessi and unlocked her and I lifted slave Holly’s restrictions a bit. And that’s it about these 2 days.

Simploring 2022 (8) Ojuela

25 May 2022 Leave a comment

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

Since Serene Footman is back and started to work with Jade Koltai again. Just recently we could visit Black Bayou Lake again (read here). Saturday, May 21st, Jade and Serene opened a brand new sim: “Ojuela“.

To no surprise Ojuela is an extraordinairy place, a place not many of us know about and will ever see in reality. But we can visit Ojuela in Second Life!
Serene Footman wrote a detailed blogpost about Ojuela. I strongly recommend to read this post before you visit Ojuela in Second Life. I will have to repeat some of what Serene already wrote.

Ojuela is in Mexico. It is a small mining settlement, now well known as a ghost town as a result of the ore being exhausted. Ojuela was established after the discovery of abandoned gold and silver mines in the area in 1598. The Ojuela Mine produced a large quantity of mineral during the last part of the 19th century. With the advent of the railroad, all the extracted ore were transported away from the mine by train and processed in the nearby town of Mapimí (source: wikipedia)

Ojuela in Mexcio – a few pictures (lower left is a historic pictures taken from Serene’s blogpot)

Today Ojuela is best known for the “Puente de Ojuela”, which consists of a long pedestrian walkway suspended by a spider’s web of steel cables over a gorge 100 metres below. Completed in 1898, the bridge has a main span of 271.5 metres and the distance between the pylons that support the cables is 315.5 metres (taken from Serene Footman’s blogpost). By the bridge the ore could be brought to be processed without traveling a long detour around the deep gorge next to it. The bridge was reopened in 1991 and is now a tourist magnet.

Impressions of Ojuela (1) – Around the landing point

Realising the gorge and the bridge that overspans in Second Life was for sure not easy, but Jade and Serene did a great job again. Surrounded by high mountains the gorge fits in well. The selected environment (use shared environment in your setting) provides a bit hazy light yet does feel warm. It is not that easy to see everything with the provided windlight, some areas are swallowed by the fog. But the bridge does look even more impressive when you see it more and more as you come closer. The landing is one end of the bridge close to the ruins of a few administration buildings.

The meager rock environment does offer qutie some wildlife. I started my visit by walking around the the whole gorge on the edge of the gorge. And I saw quite some animals, cactus and cactus trees.

Impressions of Ojuela (2) – Wildlife

“You’ll find a variety of wildlife on the sim which is typical of this area: jaguars, bobcats (aka lynx), a bear and her cub, wolves, lemurs, bighorn sheep, a couple of donkeys and a few rams. Many of these are hidden away, just as they would be in real life. So you’re more likely to hear the wolves than to see them at first, likewise the bears.
There is abundant birdlife, too. You’ll find eagles soaring above (the eagle sits at the centre of the Mexican flag), osprey, kestrels, cuckoos, owls, vultures, red cardinals, orioles, grackles (which is essentially an oversized blackbird), thick-billed parrots (which are endemic to Mexico) …” (taken from Serene Footman’s blogpost)

Impressions of Ojuela (3) – Wildlife

After surrounding the gorge I visited the ruins of the administration buildings. Nature has taken back most of the ruins and animals are the new inhabitants. Yet someone must live there as there’s a washing line with some towels. Ladders and wooden boards connect the roofs. There’s a lot to discover and the ruins make a great background for pictures.

Impressions of Ojuela (4) – The ruins

Of course there are several nice spots to sit and watch. Most of them offer a view on the gorge and the bridge. I tried out a few. It is just great to visit this outstanding place so easily in Second Life.

Impressions of Ojuela (5) – Diomita enjoying the views

last but not least I walked of the bridge. That is a particular experience even in a virtual world. At one end I posed between two jaguars, something you would never do in RL *winks*. I took quite some amazing shots around the bridge.

Impressions of Ojuela (6) – “Puente de Ojuela”

I enjoyed my visit a lot! Serene Footman and Jade Koltai created another amazing place. Their love for the detail and the selection of extraordinairy places is just admirable. I’m thankful that I could visit.
As usual the sim shall be available just a few weeks. Hence don’t wait too long with your visit ot Ojuela.

Landmark to Ojuela
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Overland%20Hills/110/106/98
Serene Footman’s blogpost about Ojuela
https://furillen.org/2022/05/21/ojuela/
Ojuela in Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojuela
flickr group for Ojuela
https://www.flickr.com/groups/ojuela/

Diary 2022 (63) May 4th – 7th When Mistress Jenny is away (2)

24 May 2022 Leave a comment

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

Wednesday, May 4th, I was not inworld during the day.
At night Flo was present and of course we played a skipee first. We had just finished when slave Holly came inworld. We then played another round. slave Alessi joined us and after the game I took Flo, Holly and Alessi to the decking and we talked about my planned absence on the weekend. Flo would be head of the family and she, Holly, Alessi and all other familiy member are to be good hosts for the party Friday night … When the cats are away….

May 4th: Diomita at home with Flo, slave Holly and slave Alessi

Flo left to bed and I restricted slave Holly and slave Alessi and took them to Carnal Intentions. slave Holly had an intense night with me … we were chatting all the ime …. I won’t reveal many details in here, just that I enjoyed a lot being in control *winks*

May 4th: Diomita at Carnal Intentions with slave Holly and slave Alessi

Thursday, May 5th, I just spent 15 minutes inworld in the afternoon to check messages and to send some. Mistress had been inworld just after I had logged out for bed. She’s doing well and enjoying.
I returned at night and found another message from Mistress – I had missed her once again. I was alone first and used the time to prepare my own absence for the next 2 days. I rezzed the dance pole from our fetish club at the dance floor, so that Holy and Alessi can use them. I also rezzed a golden cage from the fetish club there. It also has dancing animations. And I sent out group messages about my absence. Then I went top Puerto Esclava to watch the world go by. I didn’t stay long though as Flo came inworld. Hence I returned home for a skipee.

I played a round with Flo and later after slave Holly had also come online with Flo and Holly. After Flo had left for bed I took slave Holly to the dance floor and showed her what I had prepared for the party. And we both danced on a table “When the cat is away ….” Then I spent some time at Carnal Intentions with slave Holly. we both enjoyed chatting and watching the (silent) crowd.

May 5th: Diomita at Puerto Esclava / at home with Flo and slave Holly / at Carnal Intentions with slave Holly

I was not inworld Friday, May 6th and Saturday, May 7th. slave Holly sent me a few pictures of the Friday night party….

May 6th – Friday night party: Della Randt, Starbright Wingtips, Sara (SaraRandall), Ebony Massey, slave Holly, Flo, Claven, Morgie Darkstone, Laura (Laura00175) and two other slaves

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