Recently I have had a number of people requesting that I allow child avatars at friends-grid and I want to discuss this openly and honestly.

It is not my place to try and push my morals and values upon others....however, as a grid owner, it is my place to learn the laws of every country involved. In this situation, I need to understand the Child pornography laws of not only where our servers are located, but I also had to research and learn the laws of every country we have residents and guests from. We currently have residents from 30 countries and guests from another 35. People who say "laws dont apply " are incorrect on this subject. You may have servers in one country.....but all the laws of your resident's countries come into play also.

A good thing to remember is that because you have gotten away with something for 10 years does not make it legal. You may never get caught....and then again.....somebody with a grudge may turn you in.

I want to point out a recent post by Jerralyn Franzic . Jerralyn showed the cutest childs outfit ever! ....and she also made the wisest statement ...."I don't understand the hatred towards child avis in Open Sim. Sure, they shouldn't engage in adult activities and maybe not hang in Adult sims but otherwise, what's the problem?" Personally I would love to see kids riding ponies at my farm....and having fun being mermaids. If everyone in child avi were to abide by Jerralyn's statement, there would not be an issue.

However, lets talk about reality. Not all child avis are simply riding ponies and playing in the water. The simple truth is that many (not all) of these child avis are having sex. Some grids use this to boost their traffic. In some countries, including US, the graphic illustration of a child online having sex is 100% illegal. You see, it does not matter if the person behind the computer is 12 or 52......the visual computer generated depiction of a child (child avatar) involved in sex is very illegal in a number of countries. 18 U.S.C. § 2252 Many people will say their countries are different....and this is stupid. I did not make laws........but I need to abide by them. Before people jump on this and criticize me ....I would suggest you read the laws of your country....your servers country...and the laws of all your residents or guests. There are many misinformed people on this subject. I am not saying the laws are right or wrong......but learn the laws.....then comment. You need to learn laws for your servers country...and all your guests countries. This post is not about morals......it is about laws....of all the countries involved.

I have spent over 200 hours reading international laws. Some countries allow things that others do not. However, you have to consider all the laws because of guests.


In closing....do I hate kids and kids avis......nooooooo. I would love to be able to allow them to come to friends grid. However, this is a less than perfect world in which we live, and I have to look at the potential liability of allowing those child avis. Because of that, Child avis are not allowed on friends-grid......no exceptions! I am sad....because there are some wonderful people in kids avis that I do not get to have visit.

Friends-grid is an Adult community and we are looking for adults, with adult avi's who want to make this their main opensim home.

All - Earthquake in Marrakesh Update 10/09/23

We have moved from our badly damaged home in Marrakesh to the capital Rabat - our power/broadband/telephone is very patchy but I have managed to make contact with Alex (Princess Alex), who will run the ILU side of things with Bobbi Fox, while we assess damage and living arrangements for the family.

Its just been announced over 2000 deaths and hundreds of injured - one close friend hasnt made it but he pulled his parents out of their wrecked family home.

Please pray for us and all those affected by this disaster.

We will see you all soon I hope.

Debz, Malik, Karen and Bethany Mansour

Danke für eure liebevollen Worte und Gebete. Danke allen, die in dieser schweren Zeit mir beigestanden und unseren Rudi das letzte Geleit gegeben haben. Danke auch für die vielen Blumen- und Kranzspenden, mit denen ihr eure Anteilnahme und Wertschätzung gezeigt habt.
In tiefster Dankbarkeit
Nasti

TDV_ WildGrasses 4 seasons, this grass tile features a multi-face texture system with a seasonal menu and automatic synchronization across linked tiles!

- 4 Seasons: Spring, Winter, Autumn, Summer
- 3 Shades per Season – 12 total combinations
- Menu on Touch – intuitive and easy to use
- Auto-Sync with Linked Tiles
 + When linked with other tiles of the same name, all tiles update together
 + No need to click one by one! Change one – all update!

💡 Perfect for large grass areas – link as many tiles as you want and control them all at once.
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Tierra De Volcanes/994/173/29 (TP----> Los Jardines)

and remember
We lava U!♥

I'm happy to announce that I'm reopening my store today! Access is now open to everyone. [Almost everyone]
The Athena Petite Area is filled, except for a few missing vendors. The Legacy Area will continue to be filled in the coming days. Currently, the last remaining vendors are available. So please be patient with me until I get everything back to normal and can start working on new items.

Tired of people coming to ur SIM/region/parcel just for copying stuffs? After u had a loot of work on doing it and all u see is.... avatars with arm stretched copying from A to Z? So the "COPY MY ASS" 3D sign is perfect for u.. Available for FREE and FULL PERM! Enjoy :)

I would like to address some people's questions about why they can't access my store or are banned.
There may be various reasons for this. For one thing, your grid is or has been blocked by OSGrid, or you are a HG Blocked User...but I think the main reason is that you simply took my stuff and offered it for sale under your name on your grid or store without asking me or my permission. You were even so cheeky that you altered the images that normally bear my logo. To get to the point... I'm sick of risking my ass for those people and investing my time so that they can take credit for other people's work!!! Even if you keep trying to come up with ALTs, your ass will be banned, as some have found out in the last few days. So keep your ass to yourself on the grids, get something going of your own, but don't think I'm a stupid little noodle. I'm better skilled than you can ever imagine, and I'll catch you again and again.
and by the way...you have a Mouth and can ask before you just grab others Works!!

It's the summer here and so HG Safari is on break until September 3. But the Safari blog continues, and here are a few recent posts you may enjoy.
As many of you know, Mal Burns died recently. Here's a post about his impact on Opensim, through the voices of people who knew him well
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/07/remembering-mal-burn...
OSGrid's big 18th birthday is coming soon - what's it all about this year?
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/07/osgrid-turns-18.html
If you like theater in opensim, maybe you could join this project on SV3D grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/07/event-space.html
Dark Wolf's beach sim, with an adult fairytale twist...
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/06/shelly-island.html
Cherry! Freebies! Pangea Grid! 'nuff said
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/06/free-expression.html
Cruising opportunities in Neverworld (in the nicest possible way)
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/06/all-at-see.html
and finally, a little piece of opensim perfection
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/06/small-screen.html

Hey lovely people! Just wanted to give a heads up that is getting veeery busy at work at the moment, in case you see me a bit less active around! Layoff season so...having to do double!
Also last sets I am bringing are much more complex on hudding, blending, masking, which take more time...
Huuugs!

I received the message today that the grid where my store is located will be closing its doors on June 30th, 2025. Now I think it's time to finally end my work for the OS. After several restarts on different grids, I'm tired of starting over again and again. With that in mind, I'm saying goodbye with a tear in my eye and a smile. I wish all my friends continued fun in OS. Maybe we'll see each other again sometime.

New!!!!
Hair in various sizes: "S", "M", "L" , also for bodies: Kupra, Reborn, Peach and Petite. With Materials, Low complexity, Styler Hud and Hud with 51 colors.

hop://sciattisigrid.it:8002/SciattiShopClothes/182/11/22

LETS SPREAD POSITIVITY NOT HATE!

Lately I have noticed a lot of drama, hate and bashing towards other people. I try to ignore most of it but lately it has become to much. Why do people feel the need to use hateful words or put someone down.

No matter what religion we are, gender, political views or whatever it is, cant we just agree to disagree.

I have seen a lot of people in my time in Opensim do amazing things, anyone that can DJ, build, script and anything else, is awesome to me. For the ones that constantly tell everyone they are awesome its because they are. They do a lot of things i do not know how to do or cant.

So in conclusion, I would like to say thank you to all creators, builders, scripters, and etc, because without all of you, my regions wouldn't look as good as they do. I may take things and place them and put them together but the credits go to the creators, builders and scripters.

Instead of name calling and tearing people down, lets be a little kinder, lets ignore the negative and worry more about spreading positivity.

Comment's welcome but please be kind :)

Mein geliebtes Weib, meine Siwas
Ich will versuchen dir nur zu versprechen was ich auch halten kann.
Ich kann dir die Welt nicht zu Füssen legen, sie gehört mir nicht.
Ich werde dir keine Sterne mehr vom Himmel holen denn das habe ich schon und du hast deinen Stern.
Ich habe damals gesagt dieser Stern soll dich beschützen und über unsere Liebe wachen. Das hat er getan und uns nach unserer Trennung wieder zusammengeführt.
Vielleicht merkt man erst bei einer Trennung was man wirklich verloren hat.
Wir sind wieder zusammen und nun will ich dich endgültig als meine Frau und werde alles tun dass wir zusammen glücklich sind und unsere Liebe für immer bleibt.
Siwas, du warst immer, du bist und du bleibst für immer mein Baby,

Upgraded the horse rezzer script from the popular NPC horse rezzer to an "All-in-One" Animesh Horse Rezzer, with a load of features in the animesh horse.
Tip: to avoid the horse from dying, remove the "animesh horse rez" script, and have it roam around an area of your region or parcel, follow other horses, and other options.

One of the major benefits of the animesh horse is that it can cross regions (if allowed by the sim owner).
When you own the animesh horse, you can wear it an teleport around.

NEWS!!! hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Tierra De Volcanes/591/827/24 (TP -----> Tattoo, Accessories, Components)
Deformers are essentially manipulating the positions of bones within an avatar's skeleton.
Making it possible to alter your shape outside the standard shape sliders, creating more refined contours
We lava U!!! ♥

**Gloria Gown&Stilettos + Gaynor Dress&Boots FATPACKS OUT NOW!**
Continuing with the pride vibe - two sparkly sets that include both the pride, rainbow, edition, as well as other 11 colours.
- Available for LaraX, Legacy +Perky +Bombshell, and Reborn +Waifu
- Texture HUD with 12 options
- Material layers included
- Animated sparkles layer (ON-OFF via HUD)

Taxi: hop://sanctumastra.com:8002/StarchildShoppe/115/85/24

Hey everyone, we have great news for you!


NEW STORE IN THE SILVERFOX MALL!

Discover "THE OTHER SIDE" – your new fashion destination for extraordinary styles!
Step into a world of Vintage, Steampunk, Rockabilly, and Fantasy – featuring carefully selected outfits and dresses made for Lara and Lara X.

hop://kishaki.de:8002/SilverFox%20Mall/128/128/2

Happy shopping & have a great Weekend
Amelia & Hertha

For all of you interested in animesh: I made a new animated free roaming dragon thats now available for testing peer review. Pick up a copy in my shoppie, read the notecard and knock yourself out!
Lemme know if the notecard was clear enough...its a bit tricky with this roaming script....
Have fun!

NEWS!!! Another beautiful addition to bring realism to your virtual builds: a chocolate shop!
With its industrial-style façade and eye-catching interior design, it won’t go unnoticed.
Add a sweet touch to your city — who’s craving chocolate?
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Tierra De Volcanes/1018/349/22 (TP---> Los Jardines)

NEWS!!! Mediterranean Decorative Houses,
Bring color and charm to your region with these beautifully crafted Mediterranean-style houses!

We Lava U!!! 💗
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Tierra De Volcanes/1066/322/22 (TP---> Los Jardines)

After being asked several times whether I'd rebuild the old Yin Yang Town, and saying no, I've now decided to box up EVERYTHING that was once in YYT and make it available to you for free. For this purpose, I created the YYT Marketplace. I'll gradually put everything there as I find it again; the first items are already available.
You can find the teleport to the YYT MP in the CCC Main Store.

This road is an old favorite, that we all know... and we’ve brought back the best version yet!
Now with flawless resolution, if you zoom out far enough, the sim will vanish before the road does! So no more excuses like “I couldn’t find the path…” 😉

Dirt Road is a fully customizable path with a built-in texture menu.
Just click it to open the menu and choose from various road styles.
Optional side rocks can be toggled on or off.

It works perfectly with your existing landscape.
Two versions: one with terrain edge textures, and another alpha version that shows only the road.
Both include straight and curved sections.

No extra HUD needed – everything is built into the object!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Tierra De Volcanes/1010/213/29 TP ---- Los Jardines

We Lava U! ♥

**Euphoria Set MEGAPACK OUT NOW!**
Another favourite of mine, which I have also seen around but in partial colours - here is the full pack with HUD, materials... of Sweater, Jeans, and Boots!
- Available for Lara +Petite, LaraX +PetiteX, Legacy +Perky, Kupra, Reborn +JuicyRolls +Waifu
- HUD with 50!! different tones!
- Includes Sweater, jeans, and boots fatpacks
- Material layers included

Taxi: hop://sanctumastra.com:8002/StarchildShoppe/98/135/26

**Palmer Skin FATPACK & HBase Beard Scar OUT NOW!**
Happy Monday! Out now this tandem of skin fatpack, and set of hairbase, beard, and scars add-ons.
- Skin comes in 10 different tones matching Jupiter body skin tones
- Brows and browless options
- Hairbase in 10 tones and scars in 3 different styles and intensities.

Taxi: hop://sanctumastra.com:8002/StarchildShoppe/145/161/27

**Breach Set FATPACK OUT NOW!**
Right, so I wanted to bring these 2 sets together even tho they are several items, so you can see the combination possibilities. Breach Set is a cool urban/beach-y set:
- Comes with a full bikini for ALL bodies, Strappy Top, and Cargo Trousers for Lara/Legacy/Reborn
- Cargo Trousers come with an alpha layer to hide body for other bodies
- Each comes with its own HUD and tons of textures
- Strappy Tank Top comes with 2 versions (one to wear under pants)
- All material layers included

Taxi: hop://sanctumastra.com:8002/StarchildShoppe/98/135/26