Rain

Details:

Hair: Entwined: Ashley / Dark Browns, Fameshed
Eyes: Inkheart: Uran, Fame & Fortune Hunt 2 (Thanks InkHeart!)
Pants: Gizza: Mira / Sequin Jean, Black, Kinky
Top: Teefy: Emma, Luxebox March
Earrings: Supernatural: Gift, Se7en
Necklace: Mato: Bird's nest collar, green, gacha
Shoes: E-Clipse: Coquette, Black, On9
Nails: Plastik: Blush Flakes, old We<3RP
Head: Catwa: Kimberly, Bento
Body: Maitreya: Lara Mesh body
Shape: my own

Pose: IOS: Persefona, 2
Location: Maru kado

Windlight: Canimod

Sea of Dreams

Over the edge of the purple down,
   Where the single lamplight gleams,
Know ye the road to the Merciful Town
   That is hard by the Sea of Dreams – 
Where the poor may lay their wrongs away,
   And the sick may forget to weep?
But we – pity us! Oh, pity us!
   We wakeful; ah, pity us! –
We must go back with Policeman Day – 
   Back from the City of Sleep!

Weary they turn from the scroll and crown,
   Fetter and prayer and plough – 
They that go up to the Merciful Town,
   For her gates are closing now.
It is their right in the Baths of Night
   Body and soul to steep,
But we – pity us! ah, pity us!
   We wakeful; oh, pity us! –
We must go back with Policeman Day –
   Back from the City of Sleep!

Over the edge of the purple down,
   Ere the tender dreams begin,
Look – we may look – at the Merciful Town,
   But we may not enter in!
Outcasts all, from her guarded wall
   Back to our watch we creep:
We – pity us! ah, pity us!
   We wakeful; ah, pity us! –
We that go back with Policeman Day –
   Back from the City of Sleep!

(The City of Sleep by Rudyard Kipling 1865–1936)

Details:

Hair: No Match: No Other, Hello Tuesday
Shoes: Hilly Haalan: Lila Pumps, Hello Tuesday
Shirt: Ricielli: Anika, Hello Tuesday
Lipstick: Glam Affair: Medison, Catwa, SET 4, Kustom9 gacha
Eyebrows: Oo Yuki: Vor Brows 04, Catwa, Kustom9 gacha
Skirt: Entice: My Happy Ending, Black, Tres Chic
Earrings: Slackgirl: Viper, Designer Circle gift
Skin: 7 Deadly Skins: Tessie, chestnut, omega, Designer Circle gift
Eyes: Inkheart: Soul, Mandala Blue, World Tour 2017 hunt
Nails: La Boheme: Imbolc, Skin Fair gift
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body - Lara
Head: Catwa: Kimberly
Shape: my own

Pose: IOS: Aishka Pose 2 R, old Color Me
Location: Ocho Tango Place
Windlight: region

High mountains are a feeling

I live not in myself, but I become
Portion of that around me; and to me,
High mountains are a feeling....

- Lord Byron (George Gordon) 1788–1824

Details:

Skin: Pumec: May, 8, Skin fair
Shoes: Ingenue: Madison Booties, Rose, Two-Tone, FLF
Hair: Wasabi Pills: Viola, FLF Exclusive
Top: Foxes: Teddy Bear Hoodie, Luxebox
Skirt: Tres Blah: Juniper Mini Skirt, Luxe Box
Eyes: Inkheart: Loving, Safire (Thanks InkHeart!)
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body - Lara
Head: Catwa: Kimberly
Shape: my own

Pose: IOS: Persefona, 3

Location: Hazardous
Windlight: region

Queen Of Hearts

Details:

Necklace: Pillows: Free Heart Necklace (your own image), The Gacha Garden
Bracelet: Devious Mind: Queen Of Hearts, all colors, particle hearts, The Gacha Garden
Dress: Belle Epoque: Saint Valentine Dress, 25L Tuesday
Shoes: G&D: Patty, Red, Hello Tuesday
Hair: Doe: Amoria, twotone, Browns
Eyes: Inkheart: Loving, Chocolat, Valentine's gift until the weekend (Thanks InkHeart!)
Headpiece: Zenith: Hibiscus Flower, Cherry, gacha
Nails: Alaskametro: Rouge Hearts, Free Dove Hunt #6
Skin: Alaskametro: Serenity, Free Dove freebie
Head: Catwa: Kimberly, Bento
Body: Maitreya: Lara Mesh body
Shape: my own
Pet: Hextraordinary: Zebra Finch, previous Epiphany
Pose: String Me Up: Casual Set 08, Roulette
Location: One Billion Rising in Second Life. Website.
Second Life Artists Rising
Windlight: Annyka's Soft Lavender Day

A lovely mile

Details:

My own heart let me more have pity on; let
Me live to my sad self hereafter kind,
Charitable; not live this tormented mind
With this tormented mind tormenting yet.
I cast for comfort I can no more get
By groping round my comfortless, than blind
Eyes in their dark can day or thirst can find
Thirst's all-in-all in all a world of wet.

Soul, self; come, poor Jackself, I do advise
You, jaded, let be; call off thoughts awhile
Elsewhere; leave comfort root-room; let joy size
At God knows when to God knows what; whose smile
's not wrung, see you; unforeseen times rather — as skies
Betweenpie mountains — lights a lovely mile.

My own heart let me more have pity on by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Skin: Essences: CorrieD02, #10, gacha
Eyes: Inkheart: Soul, Brown Sugar (Thanks InkHeart!)
Jacket: L&B Swear: Zipp Leather Jacket, Womens, Oxblood
Shoes: ChicChica: Laurinda Noir, The Gacha Garden
Jewellery: Bubble: Crystal Amulet Set, The Gacha Garden
Pants: Paper Arrow: Cuffed Cordyroy pants, FLF
Hair: Clawtooth: Up and Away Essentials Pack, FLF
Nails: Nail Me: Mmm Coffee, Ball of Yarn Hunt

Pose: Icons Of Style: Persefona #1

Windlight: Annan Adored Light Explosion II
Location: Elin Egoyan exhibit at Paris Metro Art Gallery

Loving Freedom

Details:

Jacket and scarf: Gizza: Vixie Leather Jacket Set, Black
Pants: Pixicat: Linn Cargo, Black
Shoes: Essenz: Florence, Black
Eyes: Inkheart (NEW SLurl!): Loving, Freedom, The Loving Kind Hunt 2 (Thanks InkHeart!)
Hair: Monso: My Hair, Jeonso, Black&White, C88
Skin: DOPE Designs: Sofia, Catwa, Latte Macchiato, Cosmopolitan
Nails: Mad: Chic Party, On9
Head: Catwa: Kimberly, Bento
Body: Maitreya: Lara Mesh body
Shape: my own

Pose: Highway65: Model Collection 3Location: Arts & letters literary salon
Windlight: AnaLu: Outdoor city

Ruby

Detail:

Gloves and rings: Snatch: Basic Latex Gloves/All Colors, sale until Jan 31st
Dress: Junbug: Audrey Strapless, Ruby, Fifty Linden Fridays
Hair: Elikatira: Tonya, Exclusives, FLF
Shoes: Pure Poison: Felicia, FLF
Skin: Glam Affair: Natalia, Catwa, Jamaica, After Party, FLF
Eyes: Inkheart (new location!): Eternal, Galaxy, PPRS (Thanks InkHeart!)
Nails: Sweet Abigailia: Nail set - cosmetics fair gifty, Cosmetic Faire gift

Pose: Serendipity: Cute doll pose pack 2/3, 2nd Level Gift
Location: DiXmiX Gallery - online (exhibit by Cammino e Vivo Capovolto)
Windlight: Bree's Appleblossom

Feline

“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” 
- Leonardo da Vinci

Details:

Earrings, glasses: Plastik: The Bina Flourish Collection, FLF
Hair: Exile: On the Go, 5 Color Naturals, FLF
Skin: Belleza: Sara, FLF
Dress: Valentina E.: Velvet Angel, Rose, FLF
Nails: FDD: Black French, Maitreya, old The Fantasy Collective SL13B gift
Eyes: Inkheart: April, Deep Brown, Advend 2016
Shoes: Fri: Rowena, Coal, old FLF
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Serendipity: Cute doll pose pack 3, 2nd Level Gift
Location: A Tale of Two Kitties. This city looks so good and they have some great KittyCatS shops there. You know how Im a shopaholic? It is even worse when it is something cute like this. I know Katskis set up just recently and has already had several sales.

December

Details:

Dress: Dulce Secrets: Yukimi, POE 9 hunt (Globe #070)
Skin: Essences: Catwa, Lynn M01, Kittycats calendar
Necklace: L&B: Swear Holiday DogTag, Kittycats calendar
Boots: Mooh: Nikita, white
Makeup: Slackgirl: Liner & Gems, On9 Gift
Hair: E-motions: Karma, diamonds, On9 Gift
Eyes: Inkheart: Seth, Sky (Thanks InkHeart!)
Nails: Out of Orbit: Cresent, Be Beauty XMAS Gift
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Opulence: Female, 2nd Level gift

Location: Christmas Winter Holiday Village

No Warning

Everyone in the room is cheering.
This is what you do for a painting you love!
We climb up on one another’s shoulders,
wave pom-poms that match the palette.
We want to buy the season tickets to the train
that huffs through this landscape. We want
to climb the towers of this steely sculpture
and hang the flag. Victory is ours! We have
seen something to love here. Outside the gallery,
there is an alley full of garbage. Beauty stops
at the door. A scraggly tree is coming out
of the pavement where the people are lined
up, cigarettes and cell phones, waiting
for a chance to look. They keep their
giant fingers in their bags. Wear T-shirts
of their favorite teams of artist assistants.
On the alley wall, someone has drawn
a hillside and a horse. A young man sits
on a crate and peels the glue from under
his nails. He nods. And looks. And soon,
pulls out the chalk and adds a saddle
and a man, who looks back and shouts
as if he has found his enemy again.

How to Judge a Picture by Rebecca Morgan Frank

Details:

Shoes: Empire: Honesty, Luxebox December
Skin: Wow: Persia, omega appliers, Kittycats calendar
Nails: Alaskametro: Gala, Berry, On9
Eyes: Inkheart: Tender, Xmas Gacha Maze gift (Thanks Inkheart!)
Hair: No Match: No Warning
Bag: G&D: Gussie
Skirt: Hilly Haalan, Juline
Top: Ec Cloth: Mara, Cosmo gift
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: An Lar: The Citrine Series - One, old We<3RP
Location: Holly Kai Park - hollykaiart.wordpress.com

Artist: Kayly Iali
etsy.com/shop/PaintingsbyMarlene
dailypaintworks.com/Artists/marlene-lee-3458
marleneleeart.com

Windlight: Bree's Appleblossom

From the sustaining air

from the sustaining air

fresh air

There is the clarity of a shore
And shadow, mostly, brilliance

summer
the billows of August

When, wandering, I look from my page

I say nothing

when asked

I am, finally, an incompetent, after all

From the Sustaining Air by Larry Eigner

Details:

Shoes: Empire: Solidago, color change hud, Fifty Linden Fridays
Hair: Exile: Early Rise 5 Color Fade Pack, FLF
Skin: Belleza: FLF Mila catwa Applier FLF
Dress: Luas: Lehna,  Rose, The Avenue
Rings: Day Dreamer: Stacked Rings, Rose Gold, The Gacha Garden Gift
Eyes: Inkheart: April, Illusions, Advent calendar (Thanks Inkheart!)
Scarf: ASS: Dekades: Malika, We<3RP gift
Headband: Rebel Hope: Kitty ears, pink, Kittycats calendar
Nails: Livia: Natural Gold, Slink/Omega/Maitreya, Color Me Project
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: oOo Studio: Silent night 4, FLF

Location: Summer Trace (Flickr Group)
Windlight: region

Before The Dawn

Before The Dawn
But like love
the archers
are blind

Upon the green night,
the piercing saetas
leave traces of warm
lily.

The keel of the moon
breaks through purple clouds
and their quivers
fill with dew.

Ay, but like love
the archers
are blind!

- Federico Garcia Lorca

Details:

Eyes: Inkheart: Eternal, Honey (Thanks InkHeart!)
Dress: Hilly Haalan: Sloane Sweater & Skirt (Dress)
Headband: CandyDoll: Bunny Collection Ears, Cherry, gacha, The Epiphany
Hair: Oleander: Skye, Cinnamon, gacha, The Epiphany
Skin: Glam Affair, Mina, America 02, The Epiphany
Shoe: Ingenue:: Bettine Heels, Rouge, C88
Bracelet and Ring: Oxide: Mara Set
Nails: Livia: Envy, Slink/Omega, old hunt (they are still available for low price)
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Marukin: Tulip, Touch, C88

Pet: MishMish: Bunny Fluffz, Brown Dutchie, gacha

Location: Chouchou

Windlight: Wastelands

We carry all the power we need inside ourselves

We do not need magic to transform our world.
We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.
We have the power to imagine better.

- J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008

Details:

Eyes: Inkheart: Master, Grey, Masters of Style Hunt (Thanks InkHeart!)
Tattoo: Facade: Tears, Sad November, free gift
Dress: Cute Poison x Kenvie: Nu-Coven #1, RARE, The Coven
Hair: Wasabi Pills: Nahia, Browns, The Crossroads
Skin: E. Vary: Nadia, India, The Old Fair
Shoes: Vale Koer: Special Force, black, The Mens Dept
Nails: Meva: Claws Dark, We<3RP
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara
Pose: Awkward: stray dog, set one, set then, old FLF

Location: Build by Stranger Nightfire

Windlight: Annan adored dark red sky

Also I want to recommend these texture sets by Miss Mattie of Black Magnolia Imports, which are up for My 60L Secret Sale this week.
**BMI** Metallic Bead Stud Textures BOXED
**BMI** Round Metallic Bead Fabrics BOXED

Rose

Details:

Eyes: Inkheart: Prana, Chakras, The High Life Hunt (Thanks InkHeart!)
Nails: Tashi: Grape Fizz, The Jerky Turkey Hunt 6
Dress: RealEvil Industries: Irina, Rose, Hello Tuesday
Hair: No Match: No Hunt, Hello Tuesday
Lipstick: Alaskametro: Fall Runway, Sad November 3
Shoes: Breathe: Diana Heels, Peach, gacha, The Chapter Four
Ring: Spell: Quarzo Rosa, The Chapter Four
Headdress: Cubic Cherry: Harvest tiara, The Liaison Collaborative
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pet: Lassitude & ennui: Dragon whelp, rose, gacha, The Gacha Garden

Pose: Elephante: Rose 2
Location: Art Ark

Windlight: Gwen's Light

Speak the word that sets me free

Laden Autumn here I stand
Worn of heart, and weak of hand:
Nought but rest seems good to me,
Speak the word that sets me free.

- William Morris

Details:

Eyes: Inkheart: Insipya, Sand, Dirty Little Secret Hunt 7 (Thanks InkHeart!)
Dress: Purple Moon: Agnes, black, Designer Showcase (I really love this dress.)
Hair: Mina: Farah, Light brown, Fameshed
Nails: ZOZ: Lynn Bold Polish, Cosmopolitan
Shoes: ChicChica: Felicity Night, The Crossroads
Accessory: Astralia: Lace Arm Warmers, The Coven
Headband: AvaWay: Cat Ears #1, The Gacha Garden
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara
Pose: An Lar: The Citrine Series - Five, We<3RP

Location: ~Nouvelles Aventures~ (SLurl)

Windlight: Tor: Brilliant Sunrise

Cuteness among the scary

The apples are thumping, winter is coming.
The lips of the pumpkin soon will be humming.
By the caw of the crow on the first of the year,
Something will die, something appear.

(from A Rhyme for Halloween by Maurice Kilwein Guevara)

Details:

Cup: MishMish: Hedgehog in Autumn, C88 (Thanks Aime!)
Eyes: Inkheart: Insipya, Fantasy, Twisted Tale Hunt 2 (Thanks InkHeart!)
Heels: Ingenue: Tabatha, Maize, C88
Blouse: Zaara : Anisha ruffle blouse, canary, C88
Hair: Monso: My Hair, Hayeong, Brown, C88
Skirt: Blueberry: Blaire, Tan, C88
Choker: M.I.X.: Ribbon choker
Skin: Amara: Jade 07 amber Catwa Applier, We<3RP
Nail Appliers: PAP.: Vintageflower, Maitreya
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara
Pose: Katink: Sayah 7

Companion: Jian: Red Fox Collection, Fameshed

Location: Foggy Swamp sim