Mystical Mundane

 That seems to be the title of many things I write in many places. 
I have blogs all over. I remember the excitement each time I found and started a new blog.
Now it is either the matter of having no content.. or the content being too personal for me to want to share.

Birch in the Glen

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I have been in Second Life for about 3.5 years. Not long compared to some (most?) people. I had come across a blog from a resident and in that blog, a new Virtual World called Cloud Party was mentioned.
I will admit I wasn't fond of the title. So many virtual worlds are just a party with scantily clad avatars, and I wasn't really looking for any of that. Then there was the fact that registering (which you need to do to claim your free home at the end of the tutorial as well as a few other things) required a Facebook account - something I had closed down awhile ago - I hope that is something that is changed in the future. However, with reservations squashed to the side, I joined up.
It is quite Beta. The Marketplace is just getting established, so for the time being, unless you are a creator, you will have to make due with the limited things offered. However, if you ARE a creator, or even good with a bit of tinkering, you can certainly create some things.
Despite the name, Cloud Party seems to be a place more for the creative mind. A place to make cool things with the textures and building items that are given as part of the initial pallet.
There are also very friendly people about - not in hordes, which is kind of nice.
The really neat thing is that it is browser based. No download. But don't think that being a browser based game it is short on ability to do things. It totally is not. And it's free to play.
I'm Razzy/Moonrise there.
I also went and visited a place I had heard about but that was shut down by the time I got to see it... There.
There (there.com) is a virtual world that had quite a user base before it shut down.
The graphics are not up to par with SL, though that can be a blessing for your computer. It has reopened but is now a pay to use experience. 10.00 US/month.
There is a definite charm and seemingly little lag. I will have to explore it more as time allows.
I'm Moonrise there also :)
I also play a bit on Kaneva, but have not found its charm yet. ShekinahMoon is my name there.
Twinity was a bit interesting when it had replicated cities, based on google maps, but now due to expenses, they had to stop with the replicated cities. The user base has plummeted.
I'm -you guessed it- Moonrise there. haha
Okay, thats all for now. Check out Cloud Party if you haven't, and if you were wanting to check out a Virtual World classic, come to There. (keep in mind, There is not free to play, not even just to visit. It's ten dollars just to get into the game)

There is still quite a bit of work to do, but he's hoping that with some help via indiegogo that he will be able to get his CD finished and out there. It has had some play on some internet radio and there are people asking him to get them the final cd for airplay, but it all takes finances of course.
Currently the songs available to listen to on his site are very rough, very not finished.. his more cleaned up versions aren't on reverbnation yet. Still just the rougher cuts.
Originally we were looking at kickstarter, but he's not American. Apparently a requirement. 

?????sdrawkcab txet ym si yhw tub....emit ylevol a gnivah

Normally the kids are up at 7. So when I woke up on my own at about 7, I decided just to get up, rather than drift off back to sleep only to be awoken moments later.
Now it's 9 and they are still asleep. lol

Well, let's see. It's been a sort of odd few weeks. Of course, as I have said, my best friend is gone. I'm still feeling sick about it. Here is a pic of her in the vet's, shortly before her time ended:






And now here's a tree and one of my children



... because it doesn't make me cry

Another one of my girl - because I like to remember her out in the yard playing. This is from last week, with my two youngest:





These two are from yesterday - or the day before:





 

It was actually chilly enough for a light jacket yesterday - though not really cold enough for a good I don't think.

And here is an experiment I was doing with two vitamins today.
One on the left from Melaleuca and one on the right from Natural Factors. Seeing which dissolved fastest in cold tap water:



the one on the left is the expensive melaleuca and the one on the right is the much cheaper Natural Factors (my personal fav)

there... a very random post :)

#vitamins #melaleuca #ilovemydog #ilovemykids

We tried three stores, looking for sandals for the boys for our escape this weekend. Apparently we are far too late in the season! They did have sandals earlier this summer but recently they began falling apart because we go to the park and the water park multiple times per week.
so... Walmart, Zellers and Canadian Superstore. None of the stores had little D's proper size. So we had to get as close as we could. Luckily they are easy to please and are happy with the purchase.
right now we are out in the yard, enjoying some late afternoon sun. They boys are making a mess with the hose and i'm missing our dog. :(

“When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children, when we know love in our own hearts; or when, like the Japanese poet, Basho, we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash - at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the "newness," the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, all these provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.”
― Thomas Merton