Birthday Party. Plus, some come...and some will leave

Secondlife is a place where we all can grow...if we're a mind to. Social situations have always been a stressful place for me and overcoming much of that has been made so much easier here in Secondlife. I suppose much of the perceived ease has to do with first our anonymity, and second that with cntrl Q the situation instantly disappears from our view though not from our mind. I preface this post with the above because last evening I was invited to a social gathering where I was only going to know two people and I was glad to go and honored to have been invited. The occasion was Carl Metropolitan's fifth rezz day here in Secondlife. I first met Carl at the Sutherland dam discussion meetings and found him to be a careful, thoughtful thinker that would stand by any rational decision he made... whether it was a popular decision or not. Carl was the head of NCI for a few years and has since moved on to become the Chancellor of Oxford at Caledon. As I said to Linda Coffee who put on this event, "He's a very special guy". {and btw, a public thank you to Linda for my invitation.} See a couple of screen snips immediately below of the early guests...my guest Lori and I stayed about an hour. As always, it makes it easier for more guests to attend if one doesn't overstay.

***********************Happy Five Carl Metropolitan*************** ********************************************************************** I'm pleased to announce Benares has its newest resident, AlexHayden Junibalya. Forever to be known as Alex from now on =^..^= If memory serves me Alex is several hours east of me so I was surprised to see he had already rezzed a home (now comes the part I love the most..furnishing and landscaping). {Am I the only one? I was near terrified when I tried to rezz my first house!} ***********If you've a few minutes check out Alex's blog *********** http://walkingwithavatars.blogspot.com/

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Next today...... Sophie had to point out what Marianela had done with her place!So cool... I had never seen this done before. The entire ground floor is an aquarium and so well executed. A well deserved plug, Marianela has a shop, let's support our own. http://slurl.com/secondlife/%20Hidden%20Treasures%20/92/15/22/

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More new "residents" below. If you haven't visited "Animania" it's a must visit place.

*******************Mother Orca and baby!******************

*********** Out near Sophies look for the very "busy" dolphin ***********

Coming in another couple of weeks Benares will likely have a prime private parcel. I've been notified by Sabre that due to real life circumstances she will be leaving Benares. While that is sad news I will look back with fondness at the time she's spent here. I don't know if she's representitive of all Canadians but if she is you can easily see why they both survive as well as thrive in a land that starts at about 45 degrees North!

And so it goes

My love to you all, brinda

Namaste

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