Fred Beckhusen/Ferd Frederix^✦✔ @Ferdzee

three rivers statue of liberty is finally accessible, u can teleport to the top of the base, you can also catch the almost island new monorail train here .

hop://login.osgrid.org/Three%20Rivers/94/108/23

A visit from @FerdFrederix today. Bringing more magic to the Sakuragawa region! He added horse stables and horses so that we can ride and explore this 3x3! He tested it out and said you can ride the whole way even going over the bridges! After your ride, you might be hungry so stop in at the Ramen House next to the Fish Market! Thank you, Ferd! three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Zensational https://youtu.be/okFpz1RpmnU?si=VHGHaXYU8cAk9a2Z

Sakuragawa (Cherry Blossom River) has neat boats to float down the river! Make sure you have your media sounds on to hear the Japanese music in the distance. three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Zensational thank you, @FerdFrederix

As usual, I had lots of windows up and didn't see a message from Captain Shadow until I closed my windows. Some mornings the kindness people extend just overwhelms me, Captain sent me this lovely Tea House for Sakuragawa, thank you Captain this is such an adorable house. I have it already placed and it looks incredible! Thank you!

I updated the Caribou region description on Opensimworlds today.

I tell about my love to my region and grid and why it is important for me. Please comment if you have opinions about what I wrote:

I am Jeanne. I own Caribou. I share Caribougrid.com and Caribou with my long-time close friend Angelic Ronin. She is absent. My former partner and good friend Andron Rae still comes in to help me.

Caribou is my life. For over 15 years I have been working on it almost every day.

When I worked around the world I spent lonely hotel nights here.

In the long years that I fought my two cancers I was here every evening after my radiation. When medication made me sick i came to my islands.

I am still not on the clear. I need Caribou as much as ever.

My dear friend Veritas McMaster made me understand how important our experiences in the metaverse can be. I miss Veri so deeply. You will find many sites in Caribou that celebrate her and her work for all of us.

When we come somewhere in these grids, we look around. Is it nice? Is it beautiful? Is the building or the lake or the environment interesting? Do I want to see more?

Caribou is not different. I try to give attention to details. Do you still want to explore is my question?

Still, you look at us from the outside. It all changes when you enter the scene.

Your thoughts, opinions, memories, dreams - they are with you. Your sadnesses and your joys, your fears and hopes?

I am not the only creator anymore. You create the scene and experience equally much.

Veri told me how virtual worlds affect our brains. She lead me to the link between experiences and neurological health.

Veri came from Second Life. SL friends recommended to seek me up in Caribou.

Caribou was then where she received the AVs that she was helping. They went on to different adult grids for private housing.

Until Veri tragically passed away we worked together on her project.

Veri knew that experiences in adult grids can very different. They can heal but also create suffering.

Neuroscience tells how our brains work. Scientific advances show us how our feelings affect our brain.

I was socially excluded and bullied in the OS world myself. I wrote in opensimworld.com how it hurt my real health.

Angelic and other friends helped me back. A difficult time followed. I am still not completely healed.

I know now how effective and dangerous social exclusion and harassment can be. I am a strong person. Still it hurts me sometimes.

But I was privileged because I could read and learn about this.

Others are maybe not. Some are alone, some not well, or young lonely adults seeking their place in our worlds. For them exclusion and bullying is a real danger. And it is inhuman. Makes me upset, yes.

We don't always realise this in our virtual worlds.

Ihave dedicated Caribou to the road that Veri showed me. I am still far from done. I want everyone to feel equally welcome. To be what they want to be. Where nobody is left out. Where there is no bullying. And where a beautiful and inviting environment inspires to everyone. This work is on its way.

I don't prescribe anything. My intention is just to tell what I do in Caribou. All others do things their own way. This is ours.

I want to show that there can be a way back.

Caribou cannot offer professional help. Maybe we can suggest where to seek it. But we can be here for everyone.

Caribou is my life and my love. Like a Tiger Mama I hold on to my world.

Hugs, Jeanne Lefavre

Teaser photo of a much larger VAR going online soon, Will be a tank wars region with every Military vehicle in my massive inventory.
Its been a toss up do I make fighting Mechs or Dinosaurs i will not do zombies :) Everyone has zombies. This will be the most ruins you have ever seen. Perfect Battleground.

Tri Stone Smokey Quartz is one of the many rings you will find at Monentes Jewelry. I placed a few requests out this week, I will add more as time allows. Thank you for sending the IM with your requests. When I think back at all the requests I have had, two of my favorites was a request for a journal locket, and Veri's back necklace. Please don't be shy if you have a jewelry piece you would like to wear virtually please just ask, if free I would be happy to create it.
three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Monentes Jewelry

This clock was originally built by Zia Frimon. She used 5 scripts in the root prim, A script in the minute hand, A script in the hour hand, A script in the alarm, A script in the light, A script in the chimes. Zia used 10 scripts in total that were very lengthy and very complex. Zia's clock used a nice chunk of sim cpu, and in present day they didn't work well at all. The clock was unsettable as the hands would go to a random position regardless of what you set them to. Zia's scripts in total were over a thousand lines of code. So here is my clock. The second hand sweeps like a rolex. The chimes work and are at the hour, and quarter hour. The hands turn and keep real world time. You set your time zone by entering it in the object description and resetting the script. Example: Eastern Standard Time is -8. The clock also plays a lovely clicking noise and the entire device works flawlessly in less than 40 lines of code. Get it FREE at cyberdatastorm.com:8002:Wizardry

Tired of small talk and awkward silences? Fear not, for bugfriends are the ultimate conversationalists. They may not speak in words, but their chirps, clicks, and buzzing provide endless entertainment. Come hear what all the chirping is about. Goliath Gardens where you can experience being a bug!! three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Goliath Gardens Cool bug avatars to wear and keep!

Ferd Frederix offers his Tandy's Jeweled Wand at his Outworldz site https://www.outworldz.com/Secondlife/Posts/Tandy/Part%208%... , so I created it and added particles that gives it an extra special magic. I have it at the store free/full perms, I have a note inside that explains how to add your own particles to it giving it your own special magic! This wand is perfect for Roleplay.

I have another shopping destination for all you Ruth2 v4s who like Clutterfly and Damien Fate: Marianna Monentes' Catena di isole (https://opensimworld.com/hop/88656).

Just recently, Marianna herself opened a shop named Classic Closet that offers textured Damien Fate clothes along with other things, now even including original mesh skirts by Mari.

Around the corner, there's 100 Dresses by Robin Ridley. She mostly textures Clutterfly, and judging by the name, there's a whole lot more to come than what she already has.

Of course, while you're on the grid, I also recommend you to take a closer look at Monentes Jewelry (https://opensimworld.com/hop/84210) where even guys can find something.