A visit to Otium

Exploring sims: OTIUM

Exploring sims: Otium

The “Living in a modemworld”-blog of Inara Pey provides me with places to visit. This time I visited Otium, first alone and then together with Jenny.
The name of this sim has a meaning that I looked up at Wikipedia for a correct description:
Otium, a Latin abstract term, has a variety of meanings, including leisure time in which a person can enjoy eating, playing, resting, contemplation and academic endeavors. It sometimes, but not always, relates to a time in a person’s retirement after previous service to the public or private sector, opposing “active public life”. Otium can be a temporary time of leisure, that is sporadic. It can have intellectual, virtuous or immoral implications. It originally had the idea of withdrawing from one’s daily business (negotium) or affairs to engage in activities that were considered to be artistically valuable or enlightening (i.e. speaking, writing, philosophy). It had particular meaning to businessmen, diplomats, philosophers and poets
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otium).

What you can experience at Otium fits perfect to the name. First of all there is a Mediterranean village with small alleys, lots of cosy places, benches and pavement cafes. And the village is not empty. There are little shops and the houses can be rented. Where you land when arriving at Otium, there’s a gallery. The exhibtion there shows Giovanna Cerise’s art and is called “LINE”. This Exhibition isn’t restricted to the gallery itself but is spread over the whole island. Giovanna herself wrote about her permanent exhibition “Creation of a path-research on the infinite freedom hidden in two-dimensional and three-dimensional size. The line, with its lightness incisive, inspired the Transposition of the complexity of the solid structures of some of my work in new areas, expression of pure essentiality.”

"LINE" exhibition permanent of Giovanna Cerise

“LINE” exhibition permanent of Giovanna Cerise

When exploring Otium you will come across Giovanna’s art everywhere, her filigrane “line”-art is non physical, thus you can walk through it and it changes it’s look depending from which angel you look at it. The art provides a perfect background for creating your own photo art, something to publish at deviantart. At the beach there’re other 3 dimensional pieces of her, of which some are also changing permanently. All of Giovanna Cerise’s art can be purchased directly. And I’m pretty sure that I saw her art before at some other places. I consider to get a piece for our island as well.

"LINE" exhibition permanent of Giovanna Cerise in the streets of Otium

“LINE” exhibition permanent of Giovanna Cerise in the streets of Otium

Coming back to the name of the Island: Otium. I visited Otium together with Jenny and after roaming through the alleys we walked down to the beach which offers some places to cuddle, to watch the waves of the ocean and even for sport activities like Taichi. Thus Otium provides everything to recover, to enjoy simply being yourself or to refresh your mind with art: relax, unwind, soothe your soul. The name Otium does really fit.

Taichi at the Otium beach

Taichi at the Otium beach

Jenny and Diomita enjoying at Otium beach

Jenny and Diomita enjoying at Otium beach

Otium is owned by Franz Markstein. Thank you, for your hospitality.

Types of Dominants

I came across Mona’s blog today and found this old post, which was actually inspired by another post of Inara Pey ….
There are some interesting entries on Mona’s blog. I added the link to Mona’s blog in the links section. Enjoy reading:-)

Piony Hideout

On my tours following the recommendations of Inara Pey in her Living in a modemworld blog, I came across Piony Hideout:
(https://modemworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/returning-to-a-picturesque-hideout/)
Once again I’m overwhemingly facinated by what people create here in Second Life. Piony hideout looks like an own small world and in particular it looks like real. For me it took a long time for the mesh objects to rezz but once the did – wow. Rezzing itself was also interesting and fun to watch. For example the there are 2 cars, an Aston Martin and a Mini and while the rezz you can see the chassis, the motorblock, the steering wheel, the seats and finally the autobody being set together like a puzzle. These two cars hide a lot of details!

A visit to Piony Hideout

A visit to Piony Hideout

exploring Piony Hideout

exploring Piony Hideout

The main street has looks British because of the two British cars and because of a sign “Carneby Street”, but it also has something mediterranean, quite a mix. When you walk on to the waterside, see the Vespa and the colours, you think you were in Paris. And if you leave the main street and walk a bit you’re right in the Provence. This little world of ist own is really worth not just one visit!

La Provence at Piony Hideout

La Provence at Piony Hideout

Here’s the landmark:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lions%20Hill/76/115/23
Enjoy your visit.

Exploring Second Life – Sunday tours

Sometimes I do get time for exploring Second Life like last Sunday. It was quiet, none of the family around. So instead of hanging around in one of our clubs, I opened the “Living in a Modemworld”-blog from Inara Pey and visited some of her recommendations. And it was worth the time and worth sharing some pictures as a teaser for you to visit as well.

Metmorphosis Escher

Metmorphosis Escher

I started my Sunday tour with art (https://modemworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/metamorphosis-looking-through-the-eyes-of-escher/). This artful, mostly held in black and white installation by Beq Janus was inspired by M.C. Escher, a Dutch graphic artist, who is famous for his impossible constructions. I recommend reading in Wikipedia about him. Back to SL, where you can walk through virtual art, where you can see it from different angels, in different lights and explore all 3 dimensions. Beq translated Escher’s work into all three dimensions – just as looking with his eyes. Here is the landmark: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Quarry%20Hill/229/118/4001.
It is temporady art, gone in a few months, irrecoverable. And pictures can just capture 2 dimensions. But they can revive memories.

Diomita meets M.C. Escher

Diomita meets M.C. Escher

Forever Dreams

Forever Dreams

My second stop on my Sunday tour was Caladan http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forever%20Dreams/217/75/31. It is sort of a demo for landscaping and gardening in Second Life. Antinéa (antinea.torok) offers to decorate other sims. But you can also jsut enjoy this garden, the beauty of Second Life and relax. That’s what I did. The sim is simply beautiful. I sat down, relaxed and watched the fountains, enjoyed the  colorful garden. Truely a place to cuddle, talk and recover and to let your thoughts wander. Also see: https://modemworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/caladan-tranquility-in-an-indian-garden/

Diomita enjoying Forever Dreams

Diomita enjoying Forever Dreams

20150329 The Trace Too_002My last stop was a particular one for me: The Trace too. (https://modemworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/returning-to-a-second-life-watercolour/). It is, as I know now, the second sim that Kylie Jaxxon created. And her first one is gone. Visiting “The Trace” was for me like travelling to the US East coast with a few mouseclicks. Kylie brought memories alive. When you walk along the beach and see the lovely huts overlooking the sea, it invites you to sit down and inhale the atmosphere. The environement sound is perfect. I could sit hours in a lounging chair and just watch the scenery. I truly enjoyed Kylie’s sim. Here’s the landmark to go there: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Trace%20Too/38/121/32

A visit to the East coast: The Trace Too

A visit to the East coast: The Trace Too

The Trace Too: At the beach

The Trace Too: At the beach

Ruins

Diomita visiting "Ruins" (1)

Diomita visiting “Ruins” (1)

So I did it again, simploring following the “Living in a modemworld” blog. I haven’t had the time for simploring on my own for quite a while, so I took the opportunity that arose today. This time I travelled to Ruins. Ruins is Cica Ghost’s newest build. As the name implies, you’ll find just ruins there. Only the blackbirds and wildflowers remain to inhabit the ruins of the once active city, its brick edifices having collapsed to reveal the deserted worlds within.

Diomita visiting "Ruins" (2)

Diomita visiting “Ruins” (2)

Diomita visiting "Ruins" (3)

Diomita visiting “Ruins” (3)

As the name implies, you’ll find just ruins there. But nature is taking back the place, flowers are growing everywhere, in every room, out of every crack in the floor and walls. You can see leftovers from former life when there were people living here. Nowadays its quiet and peaceful, you hear the wind. Some stars, that rise from the flowers, add to the mystery of this place. Stars that arise like phoenix from the ashes ..

Diomita visiting "Ruins" (4)

Diomita visiting “Ruins” (4)

Here is the landmark to travel to the ruins: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wondering%20Dew/38/21/26
Here is the URL to Inara Pey’s blog entry about ruins: https://modemworld.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/ruins-the-ruined-city/

Diomita visiting "Ruins" (5)

Diomita visiting “Ruins” (5)

Dio’s 7th year in Second Life Feb 11th, 2015

Incredible but true: Today marks my 7th rezzing anniversary in Second Life. It has become a tradtion for me to write a longer blog post summarizing the last year. Again, at the first glance nothing has changed, we enjoy a rare stability within our Second Life and I am very thankful about it. But of course we had some changes and many events and joyful moments.

Our home might be one reason for the stability. It is my base, the base for our family and friends. And it’s the family and friends who make a home. Home in SL is where they are. We still have our homestead for more than 3 years now. Tyra (Tyra.Sciarri) and Virgo (Virgo.Babii) on one side and Sarah (Sarah.Fhang) on the other side are still our neighbours. Thank you! Our island didn’t undergo dramatic changes but we continued to develop it.
We buildt a new main house. It is larger and has a spacious main room, so it is better for when we stay inside to play or chat and we stay a bit more inside now. We also added a new waterfall – Angel Falls just close to the Shangri-La. And we made new pathways and stairs and did some minor changes here and there. No big changes, slight improvements. When I get online and see our island, I know its time to recover and relax and to enjoy my free time. I’m at home.

The new main house at Eurobrats HQ

The new main house at Eurobrats HQ

With regard to our family we had some changes:
We released Danii on May 24th 2014, as she  got hooked to other activities (“real” games) and her visits got rare.
We collared rona, “Maurer’s Künsterlin”, on June 26th 2014. Again: Welcome to the family, rona!
We sold our slave Dana on December 27th, 2014. Dana was our collared brat for more than 4 years. Her submission and dedication despite the timezone issue was and is amazing. We gave Dana into the hands of centi (centaur.mcGinnis) at least for now. Dana will stay close and will stay a family member – and we only sold her for her good (and we will buy her back if needed *winks*)
We released our niece Luna (Fae) on December 26th, 2014. Fae has and always had her own kinks and ways. Fae found a new passion being a fairy in Second Life. She shaped her avatar into a dwarf and has wings and she renamed herself into Luna Dewglitter. We’re happy for her. And whatever kink she’s exploring, Fae is welcomed at home and in our family. It just doesn’t need a collar as Fae gets close for some months and then vanishes again for some months.
We also sadly released Delilah, our concubine, on December 30th, 2014. Delilah had some problems in her RL. We hope that she overcame them. But she decided to stay off and she didn’t reappear for half a year, no sign of life, no email reply. Where ever you are, Delilah: Good luck to you! And feel free to say hello to us when you return online one day.
Our official family has shrunk a bit but the family and friends group is still growing.
Kitty (Santana.Thibedeau) was a pony for a very long time. On the occasion of her 6th collaring anniversary, we allowed her transformation back into her Kitty shape. We can tell that Kitty is very excited about the change and particularly that she can see her new skin and shape now. She looks like a real woman now, just her manners and behavior need some let’s say improvements. We look forward to Kitty’s ongoing adventures!

our beauty Kitty Maurer

our beauty Kitty Maurer

Maurer’s It (queen.takacs) is our strict restrained bondage victim for over 4 (!) years now. Recently we moved her to “The Keep” for some weeks, where she enjoyed her isolation and can fantasize about how to escape from us (what weill never happen *grins*). Now she’s back to her place at the decking and gets some eye candy at least every once in a while.
Angelique, our sweet niece, is also already close to 3 years with us. She is very special for her aunts. Always a brat, always different and always faithful. Thank you for being with us. You belong to us, Angelique.
Slave Flo (florence.riddler) was acquired more than 1 year ago. Slave Flo cares reliably about dusting and keeping our home clean. She pleases us with her devotion and with her blog entries (“News from Flo”-series) and gives us a lot in return for caring about her.
And rona, who is our youngest with regard of being collared, added a lot to my and our SL. It’s because of her that I discovered new ways of taking and processing pictures. And Jenny and I are really happy having her in our family. She added different kinks and preferences to our family. And this is what makes this family so particular for me – it’s variety. Rona had an exhibition of her art on our sim in fall 2014. It was exciting to set it up, to make the boards and ads and of course to see it. I hope that her exhibitions will become a regular event in the years ahead.
As for right now we’re missing rona for 2 months already. We hope that she’s doing well and wait for a sign of life. If you read this, drop us a line please, Rona. We do miss you!

20140921 Exhibition Announcement

What else has to be mentioned about my 7th year in SL?
We continued our “Enjoying bondage”-series on the blog. It has become a regular event to think about something different every month. And I truely enjoy it.
I improved my skills taking and processing pictures. And I uploaded some of my pictures to deviantArt (dA). I have fun doing that and it became sort of a 2nd diary just for the best pictures that I took on SL. And I learned some new tricks about taking pictures and how to make videos. It was fun to learn how to do it and the results are at least a nice memory.
Inspired by the Living in a modemworld blog of Inara Pey, I visited several sims. One fascination of SL for me is the creativity of people around the world. It is simply amazing what is created by others inworld. I visited “Umbral”, “The Bay”, “The Citadel”, “Dawn of Radiance”, “The Lefevre Mansion”, “Sanssouci”, “France Portnawak”, “Santorini”, “Angel Manor” and several galleries. We made the Halloween and the Christmas tour, both were real events and left fond memories. I enjoyed the colours of autum in several sims. Exploring and discovering what the human spirit can produce is for sure something that keeps me excited here.

Diomita Maurer 2015 (picture taken at Angel Manor)

Diomita Maurer 2015
(picture taken at Angel Manor)

We also tried new toys and gear and lately we used more often Katie Paine’s “Restraind Freedom” (RF) gear. Particularly the hood, the stealth gag and the mittens took our attention. Besides Marine Kelley’s Real Restraints (RR) those became our favourite toys and our subs mostly are equipped with them for our pleasure (and their pleasure too).
I also need to mention Virgo and our Friday night parties. The parties are a part of my everyday life and I look forward to every Friday not just because the weekend starts. We enjoy great music, we have fun with the themes and we find time to chat in public and in IM while we listen to the music. Thank you Virgo for playing the music for us. I really appreciate it a lot.
Still there’s a lot to explore in SL be it ourselfs and or fantasies and kinks or be it art or creatively build sims. We also like to play games like greedy or ludo and lately also cards against humanity. So at least for me Second Life hasn’t lost its facination and I enjoy the time that I can spend here online.

Diomita "Owned Domme"

Diomita “Owned Domme”

Jenny and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversay on October 24th, 2014. This is even in RL a long time of being together and we continue to enjoy our relation. And we continue to explore eachother and our kinks. We both developed in our relation and became collared to eachother years ago. But this last year, November 21st 2014, Jenny took even more control and she replaced my jewelery collar with a thick leather and steel collar signed “Owned domme” and I submitted. Thus she took away my status of being equal to her. She became Mistress Jenny for me.
The experience of being submitted to her as well as giving full control to her changed me and us. For my part it is that I truely submit to my wife like she did and does for close to 7 years now. I do fully accept being owned property. I enjoy her control and her guidance and I see her submission to me in a different way now.
On New Year’s day 2015 Mistress Jenny restored my status and granted that I wear my jewelery collar again. We started 2015 as a domme couple, fully equal and partnered in love. As we see fit and feel for it, we will give full control to the other. Thus we can recover strength and enjoy our both submissive side as well. Thank you, Jenny, my world!

Besides Jenny, the brats, our neighbours many others contribute to our SL and became close friends for us. Thank you all for making this world for me and for us. SL is first of all about people and it’s you all who make my and our SL what it is: Still enjoyable and exciting! It was a great 7th year in Second Life and I look forward to the 8th.

Love from Diomita
xoxoxoxox

Angel Manor

Again I followed a recommendation from the “Living in a Modemworld” blog by Inara Pey: Angel Manor.
(https://modemworld.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/the-majesty-of-creation-in-second-life/)

Angel Manor

Angel Manor

I’m close to 7 years in Second Life now and I didn’t hear about it before.
What an impressive palace!
What a beautiful creation!
Angel Manor is worth a visit. Thank you, Angel Kaya, for creating this for us! To get an impression watch this before visiting the manor:

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I enjoyed a relaxing hour just strolling through the hallways and rooms. Kinky me felt royal and made a real contrast in this ancient luxury. You can’t really take pictures as you miss the third dimension. The palace is huge and honestly I lost orientation and it took a while before I found one of the main entrances. Here are some pictures:

Somewhere inside Angel Manor

Somewhere inside Angel Manor

Dining hall at Angel Manor

Dining hall at Angel Manor

Angel Manor billboards

Angel Manor billboards

Before I forget – here’s the URL to get there:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angel%20Manor%20Estate/24/57/21
And there’s also a website to look at: http://www.impl.org.uk/

Have fun simploring!
Diomita

Dear Diary – Between the years and year end changes

The time between christmas and the new year is always a time to look back, make good intentions and to clear up. So we did to some extent in our Second Life as well. Just a few days ago I cleared up the family and friends group, ejecting those who don’t belong to our closest friends. We like to keep the group restricted to the family itself, former members and to neighbours and longtime friends. If you were ejected, please don’t feel offended at all!

Regarding the family we just sold our slave Dana. That was bittersweet. We are convinced that Dana will always stay close and that she will enjoy serving her new owner centi.
Jenny and I also decided to change our niece Fae’s status within the family. We release her as our collared sub. Fae (or lately Luna) has always seeked her own ways and adventures in SL like her latest adventure becoming a “mini”-fairy.  She’s a lovely niece, a close and beloved friend, but we use (or should I say more precisely abuse) her as a sub less than rarely. Therefor it is only consequent not to see her as our sub. Fae shall keep her tag and her priviledges as our niece. Her home is at Mount Everst and she’ll stay a family member. We will only not list her as our collared sub anymore. We’re aware of her dedication and her submissive nature and we will not hesitate to boss her around nonetheless.

Dio with Rona and Delilah in May 2014 - one of Deli's last visits

Dio with Rona and Delilah in May 2014 – one of Deli’s last visits

Sadly we also released Delilah Maurer (delilah.ormidale), our concubine. Deli is a wonderful sub and has pleased us a lot and added so much to the Eurobrats. During the last year Deli came online less and less due to her RL and finally didn’t appear at all anymore for the last 6 months. We lost any contact to her and she didn’t give any sign of life or replied to our offline IM’s or emails. We can only hope that she’s doing well and wish her all the best. If you read these lines, Delilah – we miss you! Deli will of course also stay a family member and will be welcomed back home in case she joins us again one day.
With these changes it was about time to update the family overview which I did.

20141227 Mimi Singer Hadisson in concert at LDaMS_002Between the year is not only time to clear up, it is also time to have fun with a bit more time online (at least I could spend a bit more time online). And there is no blog entry without some more pictures. On Saturday, Dec 27th, we visited a concert at the Lesbian D/s M&Y Society. It’s always surprising to visit a concert in SL and this one was again proving what is possible in a virtual world. We enjoyed the performance.

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This year I bought a HD Video System from Marine Kelley, the creator of our favourite bondage gear “Real Restraints”. A good entertainment for these days between the years is watching a video together. Marine published lately several movies from her “Gina-series”. And watching together, making remarks and cuddling is much better than watching alone.

naughty owned Mistress Jenny

One of these days Mistress Jenny teased me a full night long wearing a transparent latex dress. When we retreated to our private rooms, Mistress offered me her keys for just one hour.
I immediately took the opportunity and locked her arms behind her back and then forced her to sit on our sybian and began to play with the litte remote control. As the picture proves my naughty owned Mistress did enjoy it a lot – and I did too watching her *winks*

Jenny and I playing like kids at Baja NorteDuring this of the year many sims are decorated and changed according to the season. So now is the time to visit as long as they exist in this virtual temporary world of Second Life.
We went to Baja Norte and enjoyed a fabulous winter decoration with fairies, elfes and dwarfs.  You’ll find a description and the landmark in Inara’s “Living in a modemworld”-blog.
(http://modemworld.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/a-storybrooke-winter/)

And of course we didn’t miss to tease and teach our subs between the years…..

Dio and Jenny having fun with slave Flo and Angelique

Dio and Jenny having fun with slave Flo and Angelique

 

So – lets enjoy the last hours of 2014!

A Calas Galadhon Noel

Diomita & Jenny enjoying the tour at Calas Galadhon Noel (1)

Diomita & Jenny enjoying the tour at Calas Galadhon Noel (1)

It’s the season again. For all of us a mostly busy time. Even more Second life can provide some time to relax and wind down. Once again I followed a recommendation fron the “Living in a modemworld” blog to a place we visited before last winter: Calas Galahon. See a nice video about this year’s season installation an a introduction to what you’ll see in Inara Pey’s blog (http://modemworld.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/a-calas-galadhon-noel/). You’ll find this sim here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Breakfree/236/241/22.

Jenny and I took the long tour with the sledge that provides lovely views. The sledge is for two, so you can cuddle together and talk, listen to christmas songs and simply relax. Fortunately Jenny and I are finished with getting presents at least inworld SL and thus we could relex and enjoy. So when you’re not up to something kinky in SL but just want to chill – hop on a sledge, relax and enjoy!

Diomita & Jenny enjoying the tour at Calas Galadhon Noel (2)

Diomita & Jenny enjoying the tour at Calas Galadhon Noel (2)

Diomita & Jenny enjoying the tour at Calas Galadhon Noel (3)

Diomita & Jenny enjoying the tour at Calas Galadhon Noel (3)

Diomita & Jenny enjoying the tour at Calas Galadhon Noel (4)

Diomita & Jenny enjoying the tour at Calas Galadhon Noel (4)

 

Thank you Ty Tenk and Truck Meredith for providing this joyful time for us all!
Love from Dio & Jen

Umbral

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Sunday mornings seem to be a good time for me exploring Second Life. I read in Inara’s blog about Umbral and of course I had to see it. Please read here for a more detailled description of this sim (http://modemworld.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/a-visit-to-hydra-isles/).
Umbral is a devided sim, one half is just for photographers who enjoy a lovely background and the beauty and creativity of Second Life. The other half contains an adult D/s play area but isn’t less breathtaking beautiful. Umbral is worth a visit for both sides.

Umbral - a sim for photographers in SL

Umbral – a sim for photographers in SL (1)

Umbral - a sim for photographers in SL (2)

Umbral – a sim for photographers in SL (2)

Of course I also had a throroughly look at the adult area. What impresses me most is the love for detail also there. Not a dark dungeon, but a warm, enviting and spacious living area with enough room to sit and cuddle, a fireplace and decorations according to the season. That is is an adult play space only reveals on the second view. A cage here and a suspension hook there, plus furniture with the “right” set of animations. Overall, a place you like to play and to be in for fun. Thank you Inara, for your blog post about Umbral – and thank you vlady Veeper and Coqueta Veeper for creating this sim and allowing us to enjoy it.
(URL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hydra%20Isles/113/95/23)

Umbral - the living and play area decorated for the season

Umbral – the living and play area decorated for the season

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