Plants in your eco-friendly space

It's certainly no secret that plants in your home or workspace environment can have an effect on your overall sense of peace and happiness.  This is true in both your first and second life.

Are you are looking for an orchid to brighten up a space in your home or office?  Perhaps you want to give  a beautiful rose plant to someone special.   Then look no further than the PlantPets Store at Rockridge Heights where you will find many beautiful plant varieties to choose from.  

Rocky Constantine says "PlantPets are probably the easiest breedable you can have in Second Life.  Just rez the seed, keep the water level near 100%, and you can have a baby plant seed every 52 days. You can even set plant friends to help you water them when you are away from SL.  Very low maintenance and there are no complicated fertilizers to buy."

So stop by Rockridge Heights and get yourself a little happiness today.   The PlantPet store is conveniently located on the corner of the sim.  When taking the train to Rockridge Heights be sure to exit the train station at the East Terminal.  Or take this landmark for a direct connection.  PlantPet Store and Crazy Garden @ Rockridge Heights

Shadows in my Second Life

I remember when I first discovered shadows in Second Life a couple of years ago.  That was certainly a real eye opener for me.  Unfortunately, it involved setting the viewer to a higher graphic setting than my old computer could not handle.  Often times it would freeze up or crash when I did that.  So I decided to just move through my SL without that luxury. *sad face*

A few months ago, I decided to finally get a new desktop computer.  It was certainly due for an upgrade anyway and with the XP support going away, it pushed me to get a new one sooner.

I had always enjoyed exploring the various windlight settings.  I usually stick to using my favorite CalWL.  No fancy light settings, its just a nice basic setting for getting around in SL.  Now, I get a WOW effect when I want to try and take a super nice photo such as the one in this post.

I am certainly not a pro photographer, but it is nice to see that the average Joe can also take nice photos without any use of Photoshop.  By the way, I do have PS,but really have yet to explore the capabilities.  In fact, this photo was taken with only the "High" setting and not "Ultra".  This particular WL Sky setting is called Fine Day.

Feeling Fall-ish

Fall is probably my favorite season in-world and out.  I guess it's the reflective part of me.  Things begin to slow down more after all the busy Summer activities and events.

Seasons are quite different here in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We do have our "micro climates"  This means that you can have cool weather on the bay but the temps heat up as you move inland by about 20 degrees difference.  One of the things I do envy about other places is the change in the colors that are shown in pictures like the one here.

The plus side is that in SL we can create any type of environment we choose if we have the space.  Beach theme sims seem to be quite popular these days.  Sometimes when I am out exploring the mainland, I come across the cold snowing sims and almost shiver.  I hope to create this more autumn type environment on my sim.  I have a few ideas and I may even post pictures here. 

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