Veyot's View

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I tried Contradancing for the first time today, and what fun it was! The balls are set up in formation and sometimes I was dancing so fast I couldn't find myself in the crowd. Some of the dancers might be "gummies", not dummies, because the formation might need a fake person to fill up the square. The Caller, Hooten Haller, describes the dance and the dance balls know just where to go. The hosts are very helpful to beginners, and soon the whole crowd is dancing and chatting like oldtimers, talking as fast as they dance! The times are Tuesday, 11:30 to 1:30, and Thursday 4:30 to 6:30. Here is the place.

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Seraphim Placebo is a longtime favorite artist on SecondLife. She recently updated her blog and it's worth reading. I couldn't figure out how to send her this Heart that I spotted in the woods, and I thought this might work.

For you, Seri.

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At SL23B, when I walked into the Canada woods, I wasn't expecting to find a coastline with a lighthouse and a sunset! Watch out for bears.

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At SL23B. "A Small Measure of Peace" by Akiko Kinoshi & Mitsuko Kytori really lives up to it's name! I captured two pics here and tried to stop rushing from one place to the next. I had just been trying to figure out how to take a mugshot at Delain Canucci's "The Golden Age of Dreams." I admired the submitted entries and plan to go back to submit one myself.

I also stayed a long time looking at the hobby collection made by Sheba Metaluna and the Flying Pickles. I love silly! To me, it seemed more "real' than all the movie themed exhibits.

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At Somewhere, by Alpha Auer, the animals are having fun. I tried to join the barbecue, but smoke got in my eyes. In the welcome note, there are free pose balls to help you sit with the mesh statues. The gently rocking ships in the harbor are fun to sit on.

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I got a new neighbor on the river at Nerice. It's a great Winkyland rental neighborhood. It's only .50L per prim, with several large plots vacant. I chose a small plot because it's on a river and has a nice sunset. Lately, I have been walking up the hill, exploring the neighborhood. The railroad runs by there. If you start exploring at the Gluphisia depot, you will see two interesting places close by, Starry Night Ranch , with games and rides, and Explorers Station with a plane ride into space.

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My friend Elle Thorkveld made this large sculpture for Raglanshire Art Show. When I stopped to take a picture of it, a butterfly kept flying into it, which seemed to fit the scene perfectly.. But when I looked closely at my snapshot window, I thought, hmmm, that bear in the back woods looks interesting,so I walked over there and discovered that the bear was Elle's sculpture, too!

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My summertime home will be this small 256m plot on a shallow river. I chose it because of the way both the moon and sun shine on the water. I hung up an artwork from Klaus because of the title,"Moon Shining in My Window", although I don't have windows. I prefer the open air.

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I thought it would be fun to be IN one of Newt's collages, so I bought one for a few pennies and brought it home.I don't know enough about using photo shop layers to add myself in, so I set up the photo and stood on a transparent block of wood and then found a place to pose by moving the picture behind me until my feet seemed to stand in the road. You can see more of his gallery here.

https://bakerbloch.com/2026/04/08/00500112/

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I took a long walk to visit Newt's place. He remodels often, and this time he had room for his collages.There were several visitors there, and one graffiti artist was surreptiously working in a corner. You can teleport around and go through secret doors, but you get extra credit if you find the collage where the figures are moving. This landmark takes you right to the door of the Concrete Gallery.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Jeolla/36/66/24

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I used my new crow avatar to visit Cherishville, because I always like to fly around and see the whole place first.I tried to meet some other birds, but they were too quick for me. I will surely go back and visit on foot soon.There are several buildings to visit at this peaceful island.

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At Selen's Gallery, Meilo Minotaur has a beautiful dark watery place. I decided to put my Lady Protectoress avatar on to dance with three dancers. But, oops, I danced right into a hole behind me that dropped me underwater! And I found more statues and dancers down there.

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Pearl Grey and Klaus Bereznyak have an exhibit featuring the work of Matisse, and also honoring artist Livio Korobase. who passed away in January, at Xaraz Sandbox. Walk through the portico, visit the house, and then stop to see the memorial statues.

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I might spend the whole day looking at this website. Public domain art.

10M — Feel inspired to create again.

The Tenth Muse connects your taste to timeless art, giving you ideas that feel new, personal, and alive.

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I wasn't expecting to find a Japanese Shrine today, but I stumbled across one in the woods here. Arashiryuu Tomoe Shrine in Nisa, Dreaming Twilight. It's right on the road in Ontario. The woods are dark, but I brightened up the pics. Lots of pretty seating spots with some overlooking the water. I felt very small among the giant trees.

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Wedcot Festival of the Arts is open through February 23.

Artists include Temba, Vee, Judi Lynn, Matt Thomson, Jamee Sandalwood, John Huntsman, Kayly Iali, Nils Urqhart, and myself.

There are many activities, including posing inside well-known pieces of art, as I've done in the top photo here.

Wedcot is a Disney Epcot tribute. Trevor Sleydon is the Event Coordinator and Park Owner.

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I liked the idea of posing inside a piece of art, and I liked the art on exhibit, too. I tried posing in the same one as Pearl, but then I found one that better suited my outfit of the day. It's fun, and not hard, if you read the directions!

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Time flies, and the showcase at Harbeng Sandbox has been changed to look like Easter Island. DrElvisHChrist0 worked hard to get the lighting just right, so set to midnight when you come over.