350 - Santa's bicycle

Dim Sum wonders if Santa's reindeer went on strike so he had to give up his sleigh.


OMG, only 14 pics to go! OMG!!!

This week's set has been strange, really. Usually, I'd have pretty much the same style in a set because I use the same windlight with slight variations. This time, I have four images in four different styles. I started with two different windlight settings and modified both, of course. It's just that certain places and certain compositions seem to demand a certain ambiance. So I just go with it. :)

The "{what next} Winter Bike (decor)" was created by FrankLee Anatra ({ what next }).

location: Telrunya

Technical notes

windlight: Midnight (modified)

349 - Winter cottage

Dim Sum wonders where everyone is! Has everyone gone away for the holidays already?!?


I wasn't quite happy with this one, but I was getting very sleepy, so I kept going. In the high-resolution version, there's a nice crispness in the trees with the mountains blurred enough to make the tree trunks pop out.

And now that I see it on a white background, I like that the lower left corner and the bottom edge melt into the page.

The ". a i s l i n g . Sonja House -Snowy Version-" was created by Druunah Esharham (aisling).

location: Telrunya

Technical notes

windlight: Default (modified)
water: Glassy

348 - Moonhouse

Dim Sum scratches at the door of the moon house and wonders if there's a fireplace inside.


I love love love this moon house!!! And this is my favorite in this week's series. It has too many prims and it's made for petite avatars, but I still love love love it!

The "TLG - Petite Moon House" was created by Marcus Inkpen (The Looking Glass).

location: Telrunya

Technical notes

windlight: Midnight (modified)

347 - Frozen too

Dim Sum meows, "Let it go.... Let it go.... I'm one with the wind and sky.... Let it go.... Let it go...."


After a short exchange with Richard (richartsharp), whom I met at "It's a New Dawn", he sent me some landmarks to check out. Telrunya is one of them. I figured it was time to create Opal's holiday card anyway.

Well, I haven't created the holiday card yet. In fact, I took this pictures last weekend but was so so harried and exhausted during the week that I didn't have time to create the settings picture and these blog posts, so I'm doing them kinda late.

The castle was created by Marcus Inkpen (The Looking Glass).

location: Telrunya

Technical notes

windlight: Default (modified)

346 - Autumn's path

Dim Sum ignores the squirrels next to her and tries to read the deer's mind instead. Compared to the endless chattering in the squirrels' minds, the deer's mind was very quiet, except for the mantra "grass ... grass... grass...."


I wanted the focus on the deer and on the lake beyond the path. That turned out to be a bit difficult to set up because the shadows weren't quite right. This was close enough.

• The "Balderdash - Trees that line the paths - Old Road Width - Mossy" was created by Saiyge Lotus (Balderdash). 
• The "Deer 1 Standing - Mesh" was created by Hannah Kozlowski (Just Animals).

location: It's a New Dawn by silvermoon Fairey

Technical notes

windlight: Fine Day (modified)

345 - Copycat

Dim Sum thinks twice about saying anything about dreaming of greener pastures, after the cold shoulder she got from the cow. Besides, that's too many cliches in one day.


I had to redo this image because I really liked it, but Dim Sum wasn't looking to the left! Models not paying attention!

When I was doing the original image, Silvermoon IM'd me to say Dim Sum looks cute next to the doggie. :D

The "{anc} flottante puppy. cream . sitB 1Li" was created by aki69 (a.n.c Ltd.).

location: It's a New Dawn by silvermoon Fairey

Technical notes

windlight: Fine Day (modified)

344 - Holy cow!

Dim Sum learns that cows don't react well to "Is this what it means to be put out to pasture?"


I like sims like this! There's a little bit of everything, and the objects are very well done. I thought of doing more than four images, but I have chores to do. Thankfully, my family already had our Thanksgiving dinner this past Sunday.

• The "Cow" was created by Raya Jonson (Mesh Full Perm).
• The "Farm Windmill Water Pump" was created by ebrink.fugue (e-brink's Design).

location: It's a New Dawn by silvermoon Fairey

Technical notes

windlight: Fine Day (modified)
water: Default