An Art Hive is a community art studio that welcomes everyone as an artist. From an art pop-up in a local library to a community studio or gallery, at its heart, an Art Hive is about inclusion, respect and learning. It's a welcoming place to talk, make art and build communities. Responding in creative ways to things that matter.

Come and contribute to our Virtual Hive and find out more about the history of the project here: https://arthives.org

Rakis Heron

Your contact person for grid (no drama)
and hometown sim advisor.
Owner of grid. 8 domains, 6 servers, 5 works,
hardware, software, business internet and
all bills every month. $ 300 / month.
PayPal donations are always welcome.

New garden veggie set at Willowbrook Gardens. Free and full permissions. These have single veggies, garden plots with the veggies and veggies in containers. Use these however you wish.
hop://grid.sub-version.space:8002/Willowbrook%20Gardens/14...

⚓ Harbor Trade & Shipping

From farm and forge, kitchen and mine, the goods of our lands gather here.

Prepared cargo is stored in the harbor barrels until the trading vessel from Almost Community Farm arrives. From this pier, supplies begin their journey to distant ports and settlements across the grid.

Fill the barrels. Await the ship. Let trade begin.

THE COUNTDOWN TO LINKUP GRID BEGINS!

Only a few days to go until we celebrate the Grand Opening of LinkUp Grid!

On 4 September 2026, a brand-new world of friendship, entertainment, music, adventure, and exciting possibilities officially opens its doors!

Get ready for an incredible day of entertainment featuring:

DJ Whisper
Live Performer Ouienanda – Proud2BThai
DJ Ted
Live Performer Eva Fae

Whether you come to dance, listen to amazing live music, meet new people, explore, or simply enjoy the celebrations, there will be something for everyone!

4 September 2026
Starting at 10:00 AM Grid Time
LinkUp Welcome

No dress code – just come as you are and enjoy the fun!

The countdown is on... and we can't wait to welcome you to our brand-new world!

Connect • Explore • Share • Enjoy

LINKUP GRID IS COMING... ARE YOU READY?

hop://login.linkup-grid.com:8002/LinkUp%20Welcome/118/70/2...

Drama seems to find people in virtual worlds. This seemingly faceless medium seems to want to creep into every crack and cranny and sink its nastiness into many places.
At Neverworld Grid we remain commited to being the NO DRAMA grid. This can mean a bit of housekeeping from time to time. It is all in the insurance that we continue to be healthy, happy, and stress free environment to live, love and create in Neverworld.
What is drama? Drama is emotional outbursts, personal vendettas, hate speech, political belittling, or other personal harrasments meant to evoke a opposing reaction.
Please leave your drama off grid, BE KIND and continue to enjoy our wonderful world!

👉 New in our little Shop ヅ

⇨ Enforcer SET
✓ Several colors
✓ Reborn only
✓ Waifu incl. (no need to wear ADDon)

⇨ Crop
✓ Amazing with Enforcer Outfit ヅ
✓ Color HUD
✓ Animation HUD

Enjoy! ヅ We hope you'll find something good for you ...ღ

P.S. You'll find more new beautiful Stuff and naughty Furniture for You... made with Love ...ღ
🚖 hop://spacegrid.online:6002/Te_Le/191/74/26

AVW grid we have built a dedicated region called HoneyBee, this region has a club and nature walk with bee's of course and best of all it's all copy. Leave a comment for the builder Shea Butter when you visit. avirtualworld.org:8002/AVW Welcome

New items are available in the PBR Menshop starting tomorrow, the second building will be stocked, it’s a lot of work and requires patience. Don’t fight against PBR, it will prevail anyway. Have a nice weekend! ----Picture KI----

CC-CLUB Returns to Its Roots

🎶 CC-CLUB is going back to what it does best.

We're bringing the spirit of the good old days into the present, with a renewed focus on quality music, authentic vibes, and unforgettable beats.

From now on, our events will be dedicated exclusively to genres such as:

Tech House
Progressive Tech House
Minimal & Deep
Peak Time Techno
Synth-Pop
Synthwave
EBM
Industrial Underground
Gothic
EDM

To match the unique atmosphere of each genre, we have carefully selected clubs and venues that reflect their distinctive sound and culture.

We are not here to generate artificial traffic—that has never been our purpose in OpenSim. Whether 30 people attend or just 3, our passion remains the same; the music comes first, together with a good community and conversation.
Our Slogan : Good Vibes = Good Mood !

We understand that these genres may not appeal to the majority of OpenSim residents, and that's perfectly fine. CC-CLUB is dedicated to those who share our love for electronic, alternative music cultures and the underground sound of that time.
Everyone who appreciates these sounds is warmly welcome.

🎵 One thing we stand firmly behind: we do not support or play AI-generated music. Our commitment is to authentic genuine creativity, and real musical expression.


C&C 🖤


CC-CLUB kehrt zu seinen Wurzeln zurück

🎶 Der CC-CLUB besinnt sich wieder auf das, was er am besten kann.

Wir holen den Geist der guten alten Zeit in die Gegenwart – mit einem neuen Fokus auf erstklassige Musik, authentische Vibes und unvergessliche Beats.

Ab sofort widmen wir unsere Events ausschließlich Genres wie:

Tech House
Progressive Tech House
Minimal & Deep
Peak Time Techno
Synth-Pop
Synthwave
EBM
Industrial Underground
Gothic
EDM

Um der einzigartigen Atmosphäre jedes Genres gerecht zu werden, haben wir Clubs und Locations sorgfältig ausgewählt, die den jeweiligen Sound und die dazugehörige Kultur widerspiegeln.

Uns geht es nicht darum, künstlich hohe Besucherzahlen zu generieren – das war in OpenSim nie unser Ziel. Ob 30 Leute kommen oder nur drei: Unsere Leidenschaft bleibt dieselbe. Die Musik steht an erster Stelle, ebenso wie eine gute Community und der Austausch untereinander.
Unser Motto: Gute Klänge = Gute Laune!

Uns ist bewusst, dass diese Genres vielleicht nicht den Geschmack der breiten Masse in OpenSim treffen – und das ist völlig in Ordnung. Der CC-CLUB richtet sich an alle, die unsere Liebe zu elektronischer Musik, alternativen Musikkulturen und dem damaligen Underground Sound teilen. Jeder, der diese Klänge zu schätzen weiß, ist herzlich willkommen.

🎵 Eines steht für uns fest: Wir unterstützen keine KI-generierte Musik und spielen sie auch nicht. Wir setzen voll und ganz auf authentische, echte Kreativität und wahrhaftigen musikalischen Ausdruck.


C&C 🖤

Hey everyone!

You will notice our old Joomla website is sometimes on and sometimes off. Here is the deal and some tips.

First off I want to thank fred for all his hard work on dreamgrid.

Some things in the new website require php8, so we have to switch over from php 7 that joomla uses for the new website to fix things and get it going.

Second, I want to thank Gundahar Bravin. He has been amazing with helping us get his epic L.O.R.E plugin for wordpress for maps working. Since website uses HTTPS but a port on dreamgrid uses http that meant we had to figure out a way around it since http to http is preferred. Many thanks to him for helping us with a workaround in his plugin.

With the help of chat GPT I was finally able to get ImageMagick installed and working for wordpress with dreamgrid along with curl and XML-RPC. If you use dreamgrid and your website is via wordpress, you need those 3 things for opensimulator plugin to work.

Apache was having a hard time finding ImageMagick even after i installed the dll, so i had to tell it in the file where the location was and boom, issue solved. Also I had to install a 7.11 version, not 7.12 incase anyone has that same issue.

One thing I noticed is by the next day, the changes i made to php8.ini were reverted back, anyone know why that happened? I was able to simple fix it and its back working.

Thank you to all that have helped me along this process. We will eventually get this new website up, it will just take a little longer then i thought.

## Lord Vaelrath

### The Dragon King

Long before Seraphina Roseblossom was born, the name **Vaelrath** was spoken throughout Whispering Willows only in whispers.

He had once belonged to an ancient elven bloodline, one whose magic was bound not to flowers, rivers, or living forests, but to **dragons**.

For generations, his family served as guardians of the great dragons nesting beyond the mountains. They were taught that dragons were companions to be respected, never creatures to be mastered.

Vaelrath believed otherwise.

He discovered that the oldest dragons possessed a magic capable of strengthening his own. Instead of earning their loyalty, he learned to dominate them. With every dragon that bowed before him, his power grew.

Eventually, Vaelrath stopped calling himself their guardian.

He became their **King**.

### His Desire for Whispering Willows

Vaelrath has conquered lands before, but Whispering Willows is different.

The realm is alive with ancient magic.

Its rivers, forests, creatures and people are connected by something older than any crown. Vaelrath believes that if he controls the heart of Whispering Willows, even the land itself will eventually answer to him.

There is only one obstacle.

**Princess Seraphina Roseblossom.**

The strange bond between Seraphina and Whispering Willows fascinates him. Where Vaelrath bends creatures through fear, they approach Seraphina willingly. Where he demands loyalty, she receives it without asking.

He cannot understand it.

And what Vaelrath cannot understand, he wants to possess.

He does not merely want Seraphina defeated. He wants the beloved princess of Whispering Willows kept at his side as his captive, both as a symbol of his victory and as proof to the realm that even its cherished princess can be brought beneath the Dragon King's rule.

But Vaelrath has made one dangerous mistake.

He believes Seraphina's kindness makes her easy to break.

### The Dragon King's Nature

Vaelrath is patient, intelligent and frighteningly calm.

He rarely needs to shout.

His anger is far more dangerous when his voice becomes quiet.

He considers fear an excellent tool and affection a weakness. Loyalty, in his mind, is something purchased, commanded or forced. The idea that people might willingly risk their lives for another person is almost incomprehensible to him.

That is why Seraphina unsettles him so deeply.

She possesses something all his armies, dragons and castles have never given him.

**She is loved.**

And somewhere beneath the crown, the cruelty and the terrible power of the Dragon King lies a truth Vaelrath would never admit:

He envies her for it.

### The Coming War

Vaelrath's dragons have begun appearing above the distant mountains.

His scouts have crossed the borders.

Strange red lights sometimes burn beyond the forests at night.

Yet the Dragon King has not attacked.

Not yet.

He sits upon his throne and waits, convinced that eventually Whispering Willows will kneel before him.

And in the peaceful valleys beneath the ancient willows, Seraphina knows something is coming.

She does not know when.

She does not know from where.

But sometimes, when the evening grows strangely silent, even the oldest willow branches turn toward the mountains.

As though they, too, are watching for dragons.

## Seraphina Roseblossom

### Elven Princess of Whispering Willows

Seraphina Roseblossom was born beneath the ancient willows of Whispering Willows, on a night when thousands of tiny white blossoms opened along the riverbanks long before their season.

The elves took it as a blessing.

From childhood, Seraphina was unlike the princesses remembered in old songs. She cared little for ceremony or being treated as someone above others. She was far more likely to be found barefoot beside a stream, helping an injured animal, carrying baskets through the village, or sitting quietly with someone who simply needed not to be alone.

Her greatest gift was never magic.

It was her ability to understand.

Seraphina notices the things others overlook: the trembling hands of someone pretending not to be frightened, the loneliness hidden beneath anger, the exhausted farmer who insists he needs no help, or the stranger standing at the edge of a celebration unsure whether they are welcome.

And somehow, she always seems to know when kindness is needed most.

Yet Seraphina is not naïve. She knows that gentle hearts can be wounded and that kindness should never be mistaken for weakness. She will forgive mistakes freely when remorse is sincere, but she will stand fiercely between the vulnerable and anyone who would deliberately harm them.

The people of Whispering Willows often say that Seraphina inherited the heart of the land itself.

Perhaps there is some truth to it.

Flowers have an unusual habit of blooming along paths she frequently walks. Wild creatures rarely flee from her. Even the ancient willow trees seem to stir when she passes beneath their branches, though there may be no wind at all.

Seraphina believes every creature and every people of Whispering Willows has a place in its story. Elves, fairies, hobbits, gnomes, humans, unicorns, and even those whom others might fear are not measured by what they are, but by what they choose to become.

That belief has made her beloved throughout the realm.

She does not dream of conquest or magnificent courts.

Her hope is much simpler.

That no one who enters Whispering Willows should feel forgotten.

And should the day ever come when darkness threatens her home, those who know Seraphina understand one thing very well:

The princess who offers her hand so easily in friendship will close that same hand around a sword without hesitation to protect those she loves.

For that is the heart of Seraphina Roseblossom.

Not a princess because she wears gold.

A princess because Whispering Willows has given her its heart, and she has given hers in return.

VILLAGE OF ART — GRAND OPENING

Step into a world where creativity meets soul! Join us for a special celebration as we open our doors to 4 Brand New Exhibitions, accompanied by amazing live music to set the mood.

When: Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Time: Noon Grid Time (21:00 CEST / Europe)
Location: sun.cozycomforts.net:8002:Village of Art

Event Highlights:

4 Exclusive Exhibitions
Explore 4 distinct galleries featuring 12 unique artworks each. Designed for collecting, printing, or simply soaking in the visual inspiration!

Live Music by Tommy White
Spinning smooth 80s & 90s Vibes to keep the party flowing while you mingle and enjoy the art.

Complete Series available via PDF download on Buy me a Coffee:
https://buymeacoffee.com/cozycomforts/extras

Bring your friends, enjoy the music, and share the inspiration with us. See you there!

I would like to thank Bonnie Parker for these lotus flower chairs. I saw these and had an idea

With the help of Chat GPT, I turned them into floating flowers that you can float on, or slowly drive like a boat. I then added a few more with my own textures. Please come and try them out and tell me what you think.

It is so peaceful in here, I was in Zen mode after working on these with the music in the region on.

🎣🗺️ FOUR NEW FISHING ZONES ARE HERE! 🗺️🎣

The REEL8 Fishing System just got bigger! We're thrilled to announce four brand new Fishing Zones across NeverWorld Grid:

🌊 Clarity Bay
🌊 Inner Bay
🌊 Pelican Bay
🌊 Rouge Vineyards

These four regions are all connected to each other, so you can boat from one to the next!

That's 8 total Fishing Zones now open across the grid, each with its own scenery and spots to cast a line. Whether you're chasing rare catches or just want a new view while you fish, there's a lot more water to explore.

Happy fishing! Can you REEL8? 🐟

Get ready to turn up the heat at Beach GBG Club!
Join us today from 11 AM Grid Time for an unforgettable beach party packed with non-stop house music, dancing, sunshine, and wild summer vibes.
DJ NICK behind the decks
HOST: ESTI
House music all day
Dress Code: Swimwear or Topless
Beach vibes • Drinks • Dancing • Good times
Come with your friends, bring your best energy, and let’s make this the craziest beach party of the day!
BEACH GBG CLUB 11 AM Grid Time — START
Come to dance. Come to party
hg.gbg-world.com:80:Aestria