Autumn – Bre's Adventures

If you aren’t a member of Luane’s World or go there often, I highly recommend it. Not only is it an incredible set of sims for photography, but the landscape has so many little scenes that make it a super versatile location, but the landscape changes often and it’s so beautiful that it’s a great place for anybody to wander. Winter landscaping is coming, so if you’d like to check our how Luane has crafted the main sim, go explore it soon. (I highly recommend Luane’s Magical World, as well, which is part of the set of sims and there are teleporters to get you around to different areas that Luane creates. The Magical area is a gorgeous setting for ethereal pictures.)

I love the hint of a New England feeling to the landing zone and nearby areas, and there are so many little details to take in. You can wander about a neat little set of houses with lush trees and bushes that are set near some neat water elements. Although it is recommended to use the sim’s WL settings for best viewing, one of my favorite things is to see how Luane’s looks with different WLs, and then I used my LumiPro to help Bre pop in the more muted WL.

One thing I also love about Luane’s is that there isn’t a set path. Wander between the houses, go over to the lake, or get lured down the path to the right; this is a location that is meant to be explored and enjoyed. And if you’re into landscaping but on the amateur side like me, you’ll find tons of ideas and items for your wishlist every time you visit. *grin*

If you wander beyond the first portion of the landing sim, you’ll get to explore a variety of different scenes and photography opportunities. This is a neat cabin on a little hill and the adorable bear sitting to the left in the picture is actually animated, so it stands and has a cycle of movements. When I realized that I was watching the bear moving at the tree just as much as my avatar was, I knew I had to take a snapshot. *laugh* IRL I was a lot more delighted than the slightly concerned look I went for on Bre. *wink*

There are even neat little pastures, barns, and caravans to explore! This was literally just down the steps from a caravan I discovered!

The road you just traveled and enjoyed, the road ahead that is less traveled but holds adventure, or shall we take the right path toward the well-traveled yet picturesque little town? Seriously, if only I could have traded spots with my avatar at that moment! Fairy lights in a wooden bridge, a light fog decending on the New England-styled town, and a beautiful landscape at every turn…

Credits

Body: Zooby LOVEMOMMA 2.3

Head: LeLUTKA Avalon Head 3.1

Skin: [Glam Affair] Cherry Skin [Lelutka EvoX] Honey

Hair: TRUTH Mischief – Brunette

Shoes: -KC- Dania Ballet Flats/ Maitreya… (KC Couture)

Top: Carol’s Store – Basic Sweater for Momma Pattern Blue (Updated LM as of 11/10/22)

Bottoms: Carol’s Store – Skinny Jean (Updated LM as of 11/10/22)

LumiPro HUD

Poses:

Rebel Poses -RP- Aww Shucks F Pose (first and second picture) (Marketplace here)

Elephante Poses – Not Going Home #8 (picture taken outside of caravan)

Elephante Poses – Not Going Home #5 (picture taken in tunnel)

I think SL is a spectacular environment to embrace and soak up Fall/Autumn and Winter landscapes, decor, and sims. A lot of games/systems try to simulate seasons, but I truly love all of the creativity and skillfully designed within SL the best. (I’m not knocking how adorable Sim’s Cottage Living can be with Autumn, but I’m being objective here. *grin*) Although Halloween is quite the celebrated event in SL, gothic details can be appreciated throughout the year when used well, so I decided that I’d also feature a few favorite items I discovered during my Fall Wandering that were featured for Halloween, but I think there are more opportunities that make them either a good buy or a great location, and want to share. 🙂

If you follow my blogs or even Flickr, you know I am working through grieving the loss of my RL mother, so I’ve been slowly getting back into the “swing of things” in SL, and I’ve been late to a lot of events and such. One was the much-loved (and sometimes hated) Shop And Hop. I also am not above taking screenshots in stores of animations if I like the set up and such, so don’t pay attention to the sale signs in a few pictures. *laugh* For the record, I was so impressed I actually bought the featured item, but the store stall was set up cute enough that I wasn’t going to try to compete. The CHEZ MOI Cute Tomb (PG) is definitely an adorable additional to any Fall or Halloween decor, but if you’re a fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas like me, then it can arguably be pretty perfect for most of the year if you like to have little peaceful spots tucked away in your landscape with a bonus of cute poses included.

The CHEZ MOI Cute Tomb (PG) includes the pillows and rumpled blanket, plus a bunch of animations

This animation pulls at my heartstrings honestly and if you cammed differently, did a different background, etc., I can see this being an awesome prop for a memorial picture. There’s something so realistic and believable with this pose, in my opinion.

Add in a change of WL and using LumiPro to assist with lighting, and I think this is a really nice pic taken right there at Shop And Hop. I added a bit of contrast using my computer’s pic program, but no PS or such, and even with a less popular mesh body that carries the skeleton slightly differently due to being a pregnancy body, there aren’t clipped limbs even! (At 8 months PG in world, a lot of animations are now having some difficulty with the arms/hands disappearing into the baby bump *laugh*.)

And how cute is this one?! Ignore the wonky finger pose from the natural hand positions getting a bit, well, wonky, please. lol This would be perfect for taking pics with sitting Zooby toddlers or so neat in a little Fall foliage landscape.

One last picture that shows how there are subtle postional changes within the animations that makes me like this decor prop so much that I splurged for a Chez Moi item which is usually beyond my budget. I am honestly seriously impressed with this little prop and plan to have it as part of my landscape most of the year (and not being supported or even blogging for the company). I love a versatile landscape and decor prop, and a little Jack smile puts it in my fav decor file. *smile*

Credits:

Body: Zooby LOVEMOMMA 2.3

Skins: [Glam Affair] Cherry Skin [Lelutka EvoX] Honey

Head: LeLUTKA Avalon Head 3.1

Hair: TRUTH Monsoon – Brunette

Top: *BabyCakes – Aadi – Flannel Blouse (and Tank) – LoveMomma – 18

Bottom: {bb} Basics – Mommy Outfit #13 (Bluebird Baby)

Shoes: -KC- Dania Ballet Flats/ Maitreya… (KC Couture)

(taken at Shop and Hop event at time but should move to in-store) CHEZ MOI Cute Tomb (PG)

LumiPro HUD (Marketplace)