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

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

Odette

Details:

Hair: Ayashi: Nobuko, Black set, Men Only Monthly
Skirt and belt: Avale: Odette, Tres Chic
Top: Apple Heart Inc.: Lara C. Outfit, 2nd Level Exclusive
Boots: E-Clipse Design: Narcotic Dope Combats, Maitreya, Black, Shiny Shabby
Skin: Pumec: May #14, gacha, Shiny Shabby
Crown: NeverWish: Crown, Black, Vintage Gacha gift

Headdress: Bite&Claw: Ionna Circlet, Black, Vintage Gacha gift

Choker: Junbug: Dragonfly, Beryl, Vintage Gacha gift
Nails: Alme: Glam Winter, Gold, On9

Eyes: Song: Miau, Earth Eye, The Kawaii Project

Pose: Serendipity: Cute doll pose pack 1/3, 2nd Level Gift

Location: Theda Tammas installation at Art Project / Blue Orange (Closed door from the metro station)

Can't quite see in the mist.

I love these raw moist dawns with
a thousand birds you hear but can't
quite see in the mist.
My old alien body is a foreigner
struggling to get into another country.
The loon call makes me shiver.
Back at the cabin I see a book
and am not quite sure what that is.

Another Country by Jim Harrison

Details:

Dress: Velvet Whip: Charlotte, Plum, 30LS
Shoes: ChicChica: Kendra, The Gacha Guardians group gift
Bangles: Secrets: Morrocos, Gold, TGG group gift
Skin: Birth: Willow, Catwa, Tone 06 - 1, TGG gacha
Nails: Alaskametro: Gala, Champagne, On9
Hair: Amacci: Prudence, Brown Pack
Necklace: Black Bantam: Gold Moon Drop Choker, Polar Bear Tangled Lights Gacha
Eyes: Lotus: Emotivi 23 RARE, Dreamful Event
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: IOS: Aishka, 1 L
Location: Avalon Celtic Harbor
Windlight: Bristol

Nostalgic futuristic

Record breaking Thriller
dance attempt.

                *

Wolfman Jack style
dj in the video game says,
“This is Wasteland Radio

and we’re here for you”

                *

You are here

maintaining détente
between the voices
in your head.

Immediacy is retro,
says Lytle.

                 *

Nostalgic/futuristic 
scene in which

we can read the code—

green
flowing algorithms.

We can almost
slip right in.

Paragraph by Rae Armantrout

Details:

Trenchcoat: Hilly Haalan: Jenna, Tres Chic
Shoes: Mignon: Glam Heels, red, gacha, Tres Chic
Hair: Tukinowaguma: Wulff Browns, The Liaison Collaborative
Eyes: Lotus: Starry eyes, Dark Brown, The Chapter Four gift
Headband and choker: Pr!tty: Christmas kitty, black, heart choker, Chapter Four gift
Glasses: Evermore: Baxter, The Kawaii Project gift
Bracelet: Loordes of London: The Kilmartin Stone-#4, Be Beauty XMAS Gift
Lipstick: Lakshmi: 2016 Grand Holiday Party Gift, On9 Gift
Eye makeup: Alaskametro: Gala, Eyes 01, On9
Tights: KiB: Siri, The Frozen Fair
Nails: La Boheme: Diti Gold, Slink Omega Maitreya

Pose: Juxtaposition: Light me up, 2nd Level gift

Location: Junktown
Windlight: Wasteland

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

What in the Dickens?

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another". - Charles Dickens

Details:

Hair: Diva: Nina, Red Amber
Cloak: Ashmoot: AW Coll, Color Me Project
Bracers: B&C: Winter's Chill, Midwinter event
Skin: Glam Affair: Olivia, The Epiphany Birthday
Shoes: Empire: Foxglove, The Chapter Four gift
Eyes: Queen oF Ink: Queen, The Chapter Four gift
Earrings: Ricielli,  Koko, Silver, TCF
Nails: Nailed It: All in One, On9 Christmas Gift Set
Dress: Foxes: Party Dress, Luxebox December
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pet: MishMish: Cozy Little Bear, Luxe Box December

Pose: Belle Poses: Joss 3, 2nd Level gift

Location: The Dickens Project 2016, Produced by Seanchai Library, at Water Haven, sponsored by Kultivate Magazine / benefiting Team Diabetes SL (Make sure to check out the Eight Days if Dickens Mini-Hunt)
Windlight: PinkPurple

The robin makes a laughing sound

The robin makes a laughing sound.
It makes me stop and look around
to see just what the robin sees—
fresh new leaves on twigs of trees,
a strong, high branch on which to rest,
a safe dry ledge to hold its nest.
The robin makes a laughing sound.
I stop. I always look around.

(- The robin makes a laughing sound by Sallie Wolf)
Details:

Skin: 7 Deadly Skins: Candie, applier, Kittycats calendar
Choker: Purple Moon: Frozen, On9
Hair: No Match: No Sleep: Holiday edition, blonde-pink, On9 gift
Hairbase: No Match: Mesh head appliers
Shoes: Ingenue: Natala Heels, Creme, Arcade gacha
Ring: Yummy: Snowflake Rings: Star Burst, Arcade gacha
Nails: On A Lark: Nails 001, all (all=75L.. there are three 25L sets) 25L Tuesday
Dress: Luas: Noemi, Roses, 25L Tuesday
Eyes: Raindale: Lovise, 2nd Level
Head: Catwa: Bibi
Body: Maitreya: Mesh Body, Lara

Pose: Adorkable: Nippy 2
Close up pose: Luanes World: A Memory, 2nd Level gift

Pet: MishMish: Robins in the snow, C88

Location: Gallery of Pavlovas Art by Donna Pavlova, my niece
Windlight: Gwen's Light