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D#010: Fruit Islands - The Lighthouses

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For those of you who do not know them, the Fruit Islands are a sailable and flight community of over 200 connected sims owned by Zoha Islands, one of the most famous estates in Second Life. Besides plots that people can rent and personalize, there are islands with houses ready to be rented, public hanging out spots - beautifully built and decorated, a few nice marinas with boat slips for rent, and airports.  There are many activities you can do there: from sailing and flight to diving in a few underwater worlds, caves exploring, kayaking, 7 seas fishing, and more.  One thing I particularly love about Fruit Islands is the many lighthouses that can be encountered while sailing between the many islands. I have always been attracted by lighthouses in real life as well, due to their charm and the aura of mystery that surrounds them and with this post I want to pay homage to them. While some of them are on private parcels - remember to respect the privacy of the people living nearby - others

D#009: Kidaka Resort & Eco Lodges

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Beautiful flamingos Kidaka Resort & Eco Lodges is the perfect combination of a luxury vacation or a honeymoon destination and a real safari adventure.  The setting is absolutely original - the wild and beautiful African savannah - and the place consists of the main hotel building plus a couple additional tents and four lodges, all located at the edges of the savannah itself. This is exactly what I loved the most about this place: the structures are more like a decoration and not suffocating the savannah at all, which remains the focal point of the whole place.  Ready for the safari adventure! Many are the animals that can be observed roaming freely in the wilderness: a family of lions with their cute little cubs, zebras, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, antelopes, monkeys, and even meerkats. I had a lot of fun trying to approach them to take some pictures! Lions,  the Kings and Queens of the Savannah Zebras! Majestic Elephants! Antelopes Giraffes Observing a Rhino from safety distance

D#008: Kintsugi: Spirited Beyond (Closed)

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From Wikipedia: Kintsugi  ( 金継ぎ , "golden joinery") , also known as  kintsukuroi  ( 金繕い , "golden repair") ,  is the  Japanese art  of repairing broken  pottery  by mending the areas of breakage with  lacquer  dusted or mixed with powdered  gold ,  silver , or  platinum , a method similar to the  maki-e  technique.  As a  philosophy , it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.  The art of kintsugi is often used as a symbol and metaphor for resilience -  a concept that indicates the ability to deal positively with traumatic events, to positively reorganize and rebuild life when facing difficulties while remaining sensitive to the positive opportunities that life offers. Kintsugi - Spirited Beyond is exactly this: the union of two creative minds - Valarie Muffin Meow (zalindah) and Bambi (norahbrent) - coming together to create something magical and unique as a way to cope with Bambi's RL loss, a place of