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The Retreat in Monty is a place that was barely on my radar until I got a comment on a post I’d written back in March about the Le Clos Miron house that had been recently released. Anjelikka Kowalski has one and welcomed me to look at what she’d done with it. When I went to collect the landmark for later I saw that her place was near a road on the mainland. I changed my plans and explored The Retreat right then before traipsing off down the road. It was snowing when I got there. There’s a tiny present hunt running through December 31 and a photo contest through January 31. In the pavilion is an advent calendar. There are several decorated trees scattered about, ice skates and a snowball thrower to use as well as places to dance. Sometimes I take my dogs with me when I explore but the one in the photo above belongs to Santa, I think.The presents are fairly easy to find; I was more focused on taking pictures. All the info about the photo contest, group learn of events Anjellika has planned and such are easily found. I don’t get to see many of the Le Clos Miron homes and was pleased to visit. I noticed Anjelikka also has a blog, marketplace store, and art photos on flickr.
The dog with the bow on his tail in the photo above is an avatar. I caught her snoozing a little and then we talked about some future events she has planned. It’s good she has so many projects. I’m concerned there’s some evidence right here that otherwise she might be going down that road of becoming a crazy cat lady.
orijinalchris said:
Crazy cat ladies are cool! I love how much of a Mainland lover you’ve become… Seri spent many, many happy hours wondering the roads there before the horrendous lag thing happened.
riverpearl said:
Maybe the horrendous lag thing will be resolved in the next few years. Some days are worse than others. I really do enjoy the mainland. Up (or down) the road from The Retreat is a gallery with nature photos that are quite a bargain which I might find a way to include in a post sometime.
I’ve put the firestorm opensim viewer on my laptops and have learned to hypergrid. The worlds I’ve visited are very creative but don’t seem to be what the masses would care about. If SL stops working for me I can continue with that instead of passively watching television.
I love your lomography photos. Delicious is the word that comes to mind, rightly or wrongly. I don’t know how any program could make that quality of light. My cameras truly defeated me and I know it. 🙂
orijinalchris said:
Ha! Yes, delicious… how about succulent? They evoke the quality of dream, for me—dream, and a kind of alternative universe nostalgia. I LOVE them. Expect more (:
Anjelikka Kowalski said:
Thank you so much for your visit. I am glad you enjoyed it. I love the pictures you took.
LOL, the crazy cat lady comment might be true. 🙂
riverpearl said:
That’s so generous of you to share your home and plan all those things for people to do. It’s a wish of mine that the right people find The Retreat.
And there’s nothing wrong at all with becoming a crazy cat lady! The world could use more of them. 🙂