movie star — classic car Karina greets Dreamshire

classic car Karina (rezz box version)
manufactured & sold by Babilonto Karu

Dreamshire Estate (Welcome Area)
owned & maintained by Nimoui & Lily Chenier

On the island of Dreamshire I drive classic car & take my driving test. Also I produce my 1st movie. How did this happen?

Babilonto, a friend of mine, has built an oldtimer. The model is called Karina. He parks the prototype in front of my cinema branch BIRDOLUMOJ on Auroro with the request to just try it out.

classic car Karina – prototype on Auroro

Now vehicles in Second Life are new territory for me. But after my first driving lesson I am so delighted that he immediately adds it to his shop range. So Karina gets available on the marketplace in different colors, also along with a rezzbox.

Karina ✿ a fancy classic car!

Already some weeks ago Nimoui & Lily Chenier announced in their landgroup that their island Dreamshire will celebrate its Fourth Anniversary in September 2020.

Happy Birthday ✿ Dreamshire!

Instantly I thought that Karina would be a wonderful match for this lovely island! So I gave the vehicle to Nimoui & Lily as a gift, along with the rezzbox. They tried out the vehicle on their island. And they were so enthusiastic that they installed the rezzbox even twice on their estate.

Visitors can now borrow a vehicle & drive around with it: here on Dreamshire Island (ground level) & here in Dreamshire City (sky level). Take your loved one by the hand & on a romantic classic car ride!

classic car Karina – rezzbox on Dreamshire Island (ground level)

classic car Karina – rezzbox in Dreamshire City (sky level)

When you touch the rezzbox, a menu appears in the viewer. You can choose of 3 colors: red – blue – black. (Black is actually precious wood.) Then the vehicle appears from nowhere. Its wheels are not simply made of rotating textures, but of real spokes. Chassis & body are a feast for the eyes!

When you now touch the vehicle, its doors open. In the rear there is space for driver & one passenger. When you take seat inside, a funny horn sounds & the engine starts. Close the doors & drive off: Just like old times! Direction & speed are controlled with the arrow keys on the keyboard. Even myself can do!

But this is now also my first attempt to shoot a movie in Second Life. Concerning my movie's quality I ask you for your indulgence:

Nimoui points out that visitors can sink the red bollards. One of them I show on last picture: Just touch! It sinks into the ground with a rich sound & gives way for car. From the dead end you'll then have to come back somehow.

It takes a few moments before Karina disintegrates. So if you get out by mistake, you still have time to get back in. Her fuel is theoretically enough until next restart of the simulation – if you don't fall asleep before ...

classic car Karina on Dreamshire Island (ground level)
classic car Karina in Dreamshire City (sky level)

Sink bollard & pass through: Dead end to be managed somehow!

calendar entry — Leggers & Tails in the Oasis temple

In the Second Life there are some dance & music events I like to join in. A few of them I am putting into my calendar and introduce to you. They meet regularly. Music and atmosphere are teasing. I meet nice people there, even new friends. — Take a try!

Teleport to Oasis (Dreamshire City)
Club Party Leggers & Tails hosted by Joyce Travels
DJane Martina Singh
on Wednesdays at 1 PM (SLT)

The oriental temple Oasis is located in Dreamshire City in the upper level. By the way, dance balls on Dreamshire Estate contain liquid dance animations of high quality. That makes fun!

There is no dresscode for this party. Sexually accentuated appearance or behavior will certainly result in warning.

DJane Martina sets up her equipment & installs the music. Do you see the thick glowing headphones? You can't escape her beats! Via Voice, she welcomes arriving guests again & again. Who arrives fresh, feels instantly welcome. None regrets that!

Joyce tells me, the party's name Leggers & Tails originally adresses steampunk people (leggers) & merfolks (tails). Also pirates & natives join in. Wonderfully mixed people here!

Hot club music drives the dancers. In general, the joy of life here is contagious. Too bad I can't stay that long, in the middle of the week. But I always come back here!

Teleport to Oasis

Valkyrie Transport — a great little train

The group The Great Little Trains of SL unites three narrow-gauge railways and their fans. Each of them has its own environment, its own creator, its own charm. Each is crafted with love and care. — Here I introduce you Valkyrie Transport!

Teleport to Valkyrie Transport (VT)
managed & arranged by Dizzi Sternberg • (Blog)
textures & meshes by NightShade Fugu • (Marketplace)
scripts by Janet Rossini • (Blog)
Part of group The Great Little Trains of SL

The Lexicolo region is run by 3 people. - NightShade Fugu creates the textures & the meshings. - Janet Rossini writes the scripts. – Dizzi Sternberg is the idea generator & composes the arrangement. - Their jobs can vary. Since Dizzi rezzes the finished parts, you can read only her name everywhere. But she expressly points out to me that they work here as team!

This Trio, they are brimming with creativity. Therefore, there is a lot to discover in their region. For example, on roof terrace you can enter a guided balloon tour. Taking the stairs, you can step down into Dizzi World. There you can get teleport marks to some other attractions & experiences on ground  & sky levels. While I'm talking to Dizzi, she is testing a new Alpine train at sky level. They are living here for about 13 years. Dizzi estimates that they currently have at least 30 attractions running in Lexicolo. That is beyond any Baedeker!

In this report I confine myself to the trains’ network at ground level. It is called Valkyrie Transport. The landing point is located on the roof terrace of the Main Depot. Down the stairs, I reach the gates.

This board gives away a set of steampunk hats in 4 fahionable colours. I put on the red one. Now I can't be missed anymore!

Coloured arrows move on this board. They indicate each train's movement. Each one 's worth a ride!

The turntable keeps order on rails. Spellbound, I admire the cars. They are excellently meshed & their textures are intensely glowing. This award goes to NightShade!

Signals & switches & barriers work reliably. Elephants of course have right of way!

This car is named Gullinbursti. Its rich golden tone is a feast for the eyes!

Gullinbursti • Diesel powered rail-car
named after the golden battle-boar owned by the Norse God Frej

Next model is a Steampunk Streetcar. As a German, I learn here that streetcar is the American term for Tram. It is steam powered. Fascinated, I watch all its moving parts.

Steampunk Streetcar • steam powered
prims & sculpties by Dizzi • scripts by Janet

The Double Fairlie locomotive Merddin Emrys is a technical masterpiece. It consists of 14 moving parts. The valvegears move precisely. In the curves they stay true to gauge on the tracks!

Merddin Emrys • a Double Fairlie locomotive from the Ffestiniog Railway
mesh by Dizzi • scripts by Janet

No matter how steep & narrow the gradients & curves are, a true Double Fairlie can handle them!

How is that possible? - Years ago Janet Rossini wrote one of the first scripts ever for to make an object running & turning smoothly in the grid. This script now runs in almost everything that moves in this region. Even in horseback riding & walking excursions.

This scripting is Janet's life's work. I'm recommending her for the Award of Grid Merit!

In this Region, there are some other locomotives & cars to discover. You have to see for yourself!

Gosh, here I meet Richard Trevithick’s brave 1802 locomotive Pen-y-Darren. Here she has been carefully restored & tirelessly she carries out her work!

Here I must investigate closer! The crane picks up wooden boxes & puts them onto the flat waggons. In the rear, a tipper gets lifted & dumps coal onto the tipper trucks. Hopefully, not my suit gets coaled!

Fully loaded, the Pen-y-Darren leaves the Main Depot, travels among a hilly meadow landscape & reaches the Power Station. There the gate opens, the train enters backwards & is unloaded inside.

Pen-y-darren loco made by Richard Trevithick
The First ever steam loco 1802 • built by Dizzi • scripted by Janet

What do you suppose the contents of these boxes are? I have heard a rumor about a secret laboratory beneath the Power Station. It is electrified, by the way. When I walk into that fence, I glow & smoke like a sparkler!

The single cars run there & back. Turntables change their directions. Locos with waggons travel snakewise over meadows & hills. In between they stop for some minutes at Hobi House so that the coal train can supply the Power Station. This region never sleeps!

Rowland Emett's fairytale tram, my favorite! Which one is yours?

Rowland • loco & cars based on Rowland Emett cartoons of the Far Tottering & Oyster Creek Railway
here built & scripted by Janet

Teleport to Valkyrie Transport

BIRDOLUMOJ — cinema BIRDLIGHTS goes company

Teleport BIRDOLUMOJ – short movie cinema
Entrepreneur Flora Sperling

Supported by Dorina Landar & Babilonto Karu
Visitor Group Auroro-Amiko

Since a few days my cinema has also been running on Auroro. How did this happen?

During a dance party on the pier I told about my cinema BIRDLIGHTS at Seogyeo Station. And I asked Dorina & Babilonto whether they could imagine such a cinema on their island. So they visited my cinema on Seogyeo. As result, I was allowed to move into a building in the harbor town of Auroro that was just vacant. Dorina has furnished & decorated the projection room. Babilonto has supported me set up the technology. I have named the new branch BIRDOLUMOJ; this is Esperanto for BIRDLIGHTS.

Dorina & Babilonto & me on their private terrace
planing a cinema on Auroro

At the harbor promenade you will find this poster. Not dried yet. Touching it, you get teleported right to the cinema's entrance.

Approaching from the interior of the island, the cinema is located at the entrance of the town, right on the main avenue. On the façade you get known what movies are current & coming.

In the foyer, my reliable employee is offering for you: Infocard (German & English), Group Membership, Teleportlink. For suggestions & complaints please send me an intrnal message or notecard.

Group membership is not required. But if you are a member of the group Auroro-Amiko, you will receive the new program regularly. In BIRDOLUMOJ the same program runs as in BIRDLIGHTS. The fortnightly program change is entered  in my public calendar.

The elevator takes you to the projection room. Have a seat – press the switch on the screen on the bottom right – pick a movie!

I look forward to your visit. I wish you good entertainment!



Teleport to BIRDOLUMOJ cinema

BIRDLIGHTS — short movie cinema

Group BIRDLIGHTS short movie cinema
Entrepreneur Flora Sperling

Direct Teleport BIRDLIGHTS short movie cinema
Travel by public transit Zany Zen Railway: Seogyeo Station

To be honest, I‘ve always had a faible for other’s creativity. Also, I have a cineastic faible, specially for short movies. Why not share this with you in a cinema of my own?

So welcome to BIRDLIGHTS, in my cosy garden cinema! You can reach it using the teleport link, or you comfortably travel with the unique Zany Zen Railway.

My reliable employee is offering for you: Infocard, Group Membership, Teleportlink. For suggestions & complaints please send me an internal message.

In my cinema I present witty short movies by netwide artists. The movies usually have no dialogue. Thus, visitors from all countries can enjoy them.The entrance of course takes you no costs. Neither I take donations, since I would know no way to share this with the artists.

The first movies can already be watched. Around the clock, you can choose from three great movies. About fortnightly on Thursdays, I install a new movie scroll. I am putting this into my public calendar.

If you are a member of the group BIRDLIGHTS, you will regularly receive my movie programme. There will not be group chat.

Building & garden are not quite finished yet. I ask you for pardon & patience! Anyway, up the stairs, you reach the roof terrace. Wheelchair users & people with walking difficulties please press the button on the wall. Upstairs you can enjoy the view. Also tasty almond ice cream is waiting for you.

The garden is to be made a little more beautiful, yet. Especially for birds & small animals. It shall get cosy here!

Zen Swords-Galway herself, owning the neighboured railway, has helped me to get this land next to Seogyeo Station. Hug you, Zen! Look, my goat already makes friends with her sheep.

Teleport to BIRDLIGHTS short movie cinema

calendar entry — classic concerts at Brody Castle

In the Second Life there are some dance & music events I like to join in. A few of them I am putting into my calendar and introduce to you. They meet regularly. Music and atmosphere are teasing. I meet nice people there, even new friends. — Take a try!

Teleport to Brody Castle
Visitor Group Scotland in SL
owned, managed, created by Magnus Brody

At Brody Castle in Scotland, some ambitious people perform wonderful classical music on Sunday. People are really gentle here. I even have met nice friends. Some of them play in the orchestra.

These events are immersive, indeed. The closer I sit to the orchestra, the farer I slip away, dreaming.

Teleport to Brody Castle

calendar entry — dance mood on Auroro

In the Second Life there are some dance & music events I like to join in. A few of them I am putting into my calendar and introduce to you. They meet regularly. Music and atmosphere are teasing. I meet nice people there, even new friends. — Take a try!

Teleport to Auroro
owned, managed, created by
Dorina Landar & Babilonto Karu
Visitor Group Auroro-Amiko

alternating DJs
Angus Fimicoloud
Anja Horten
Daniel

I have already reported on the party evenings on Auroro. They take place every Thursday at 11 a.m. (slt) and I like to visit them again and again. That's why I also enter them in my calendar.

I would like to add that they take place at different places depending on the season. But don't worry, Dorina & Babilonto care on the land settings. That means you always arrive in the right place.

Now in winter they take place in the ballroom. In the photo you can see me having landed before the stairway. I just have to walk upstairs. I am hearing that DJane Anja is really rocking today. I'm looking forward to that!

Teleport to Auroro