Second Life Events: Relay for Life 2024

 Relay for Life in Second Life raises funds for the American Cancer Society. One of the events is set up around a virtual relay track. This year 199 Second Life groups set up camps and created displays with information about fighting cancer.

For the last few years I've tried to do at least one virtual lap, but I keep getting distracted by the exhibits. I also usually take a while to find a lap pedometer and turn it on....

A comfortable chair by the side of the track.

The ACS provides information signboards and supplies the different groups can use, but it can get boring and discouraging to visit exhibit after exhibit and see the same information displayed. I much preferred the camps that reworded the information to make it unique.

Sugar Skol camp (Photo gimped)

Closing Ceremonies

If you were not able to donate during the Relay, you can still go to the website and make a donation to Relay for Life, Second Life.

Home & Gardens Expo 2022 in Second Life - Home Decorating Contest

The Home and Garden Expo will be ending on March 20th, so today I spent several hours viewing the sixteen houses in the decorating contest. They were varied, from mansions to humble houseboats and the decorators each had their own unique ideas on how to decorate the inside and outside of the houses they were given. 

I enjoyed seeing how each decorator put together a look for the house they were given to decorate. Apparently they were assigned homes at random, so I applaud the fact that all the decorating was appropriate to the house style.

I got some ideas for my own decorating, and even spent some time finding out where I could buy some of the items I saw.

I wish I could show you all the houses or even about all of one house, but here are two small pools to show to see how varied the decorating was.

This was in the Baranda by ʀᴜʙᴇɴ ᴅᴀʀɪᴏ, which was decorated by Devin Vaughn and Akira Voorhees. the theme was "A Cyborg's home in the year 2050" but there was no list of decor items.

This is the bath in the spacious bathroom.

Violetility Intelligent Life Bath by Gwen Ghostly

Here is an excellent article on this house.

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This was on the top deck of the Houseboat Calypso by Christhiana of Needful Prims, which was decorated by Malayaa Morningstar.

No theme, but the info card had a complete listing of decor items.

JIAN Pupper Pool Party Pool with a JIAN Pool Party Pup (Chihuahua Spinning Floater)

Of the two homes, the Baranda was the most striking, but the Houseboat Calypso looked more like a place I would feel comfortable living in.

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I notice one of the bloggers I follow (Gem's Finds) decorated the house with a sea serpent. 

Lantern Ceremony at Home and Garden Expo in Second Life

The Home and Garden Show this year runs from February 26th to March 20th. Every year, for ten years, there has been a nightly Lantern Lighting Ceremony at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hope%203/66/198/46  at 4pm SL time. 

The events guide describes it as:

A quiet reflective moment to remember those who are gone and celebrate those still fighting as lights of hope rise into the skies above the expo. Join us if you can for this moving moment atop the theater.

I stopped by the other night and I was confused because no one else was there and there were no lanterns. Turns out that you have to touch the lantern dispensers nearby.

It was beautiful.