Yes, I know – 2010, according to the Chinese – is the year of the tiger. But have you noticed the predominance of mushrooms lately, both in fashion and particularly with decor? And within the many breedable pets within Second Life – well, it’s ‘shroom heaven.
Reek Bouncable Mushrooms on the Ozimals SIM
Cartoon It Mushrooms at Fae Faire
Big Mushrooms at the Bunnies SIM
What a shame I don't like eating mushrooms - so so many at the Ozimals SIM
Reek did it some time ago with the Reek ‘Bouncing Shrooms’ – a good lot is on display around the Ozimal’s mainstore of course. As far as the new Ozimals SIM goes, it’s mushroom heaven, with a good smattering of mad hatter’s tea party too.
Not a completely new concept, as a previous couple of markets for breedable pets were based on the Mad Hatter concept with a few good mushrooms too. And of course – a week before Ozimals opened, the other bunny brand – HunnyBunny opened up it’s own mainstore on the Bunnies SIM – and guess what – the Bunnies sim has a mad hatter tea party table out, and there are quite a few mushrooms to sit on around the SIM and mainstore too.
Then there’s Petable Turtles – who a couple of months back produced a new home object which centralises the roaming on turtles, plus makes them non-physical. Yep – it’s a mushroom. The shroom is completely modifiable, so you don’t have to have a shroom, and mushrooms and turtles do seem an odd mix, whereas bunnies and mushrooms seem to go together. Right?
What is it about breedable pets and mushrooms then? It’s something about fairies, fantasy and animals – there’s something going on with the world where we are moving back to stories, fairytales and fantasy. Perhaps our real lives are harsh – what with the wars and recession, economic and ecological problems. But nowhere can we find this return to fantasy more-so than in our Second Lives, where it’s very easy to do, and acceptable too.
The Ozimals SIM has mushrooms of so many types you’re going to have to visit to see. Many were supplied by Fae & Tiny Fantasy Creations at Rainbow Island, who do a mass of mushrooms, houses and fantastical trees. Previous to that I’d discovered a similar fantasy place - Fae Faire – which has recently brought out a ‘Cartoon It’ range – those trees, a house, silly furniture and sitting mushrooms look like cartoons, with black borders around their outside. Fae Faire House & Garden has a huge abundance of normal mushrooms too.
A colloboration between Fae Faire and Epic recently sent out a ‘Cartoon It’ shoulder mushroom which I’ve been wearing for a few days. It’s free at Epic. When along came Needful Things own popular range of faun horns and tail – with little red mushrooms on them. How could I resist? The set also includes a mushroom mouthpiece and mushroom rings. I’m not big on dangly things in my mouth, or jewelery, so am not sporting those today, but I do have a tail, and some more hooves – the hooves are from Epic.
So, hence my own attire of late – a mushroom faun. Today Needful Things supplemented the outfit with a free gift – a Mushroom shouldersitter. Now I have two sets of shoulder mushrooms, both free.
More Mushrooms – in my Meadow Garden
Of course, that’s not all. You’ll all have your favourite mushroom sources out there. But here, I’ll share with you some nice garden variety mushrooms, which happen to be set out in my own Meadow Garden skybox – a setting created for the bunnies, in fact. The large log with pink mushrooms contains several sit positions, and is from New Trails. In front is a happy stump by iTuTu which includes a few mushrooms – and several sitting positions. The matching group of little mushrooms on the tree are from iTuTu, and the larger red mushroom growing out the side of the tree is from a set from Picnic.
There are more mushrooms in my meadow – but that’s for another time, perhaps.
Pacific’s Credits
- Hair : Carol – Highlighted Blood by Calico Ingmann
- Skin: Acorn [Dark] Elf – Happy Holidays – Curio (Subscriber Gift)
- Eyes : Fairy Eyes – Frog King Bright – Poetic Colors
- Faun Hooves in Mushroom Brown (colour change socks)– Epic Fantasy Wings & Clothing
- Faun Horns and Tail – Fa(u)ntasy Mushroom – Needful Things Mainstore
- Trousers – Carny Stripe Trousers in Red – Fear & Clothing (previous hunt gift)
- Jacket – Tweed Jacket Beige – Fishy Strawberry (previous hunt or 50L gift)
- Scarf – Kitheres (Freebie)
- Mushroom on Right Shoulder – ‘Cartoon It’ Mushroom Shoulderpet – Fae Faire / Epic (Epic Free Gift – currently available)
- Mushrooms on Left Shoulder – Needful Things – Free Gift – currently available,
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