SL for Nowt

Today Mar logged in and decided to spruce up the Newbie Haven a wee bit. She dug out her old landscaping kit and the hedge-making kit, and set down some hedges for a bit of privacy (also to shield the house from the worst of the fuglies outside. While there isn’t too much, and Phoenix’s de-render option lets me get rid of the worst of it, I think it’s nice to have hedges around a house). She also put down a tree, some planters of cheerful pansies, and an adorable little birdbox with birds.

Hop behind the cut for a couple more pics! :)

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The Newbie Haven move is complete! The cottage was rotated through 90° overnight and this morning Mar logged on to shift all the contents into their new position. Apologies if you logged into the Haven while I was asleep, before I had a chance to move everything, and found it looking all higgledy-piggledy!

Here’s the new location, and as you can see there’s still tons of room at the front of the Haven:

I’ve edited the notecard that’s given out by the information sign in the Haven, to include some new info about the railroad, together with landmarks to the rez station and the nearby local terminus where you can call the trains from. Sadly, there’s a huge bit of land with banlines on it that’s stopping one section of the track from being built, so I do hope the creators can get access to that part.

Hop behind the cut for a couple more pics :)

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I’m taking a short break from the main blog (we all need a bit of a breather now and then, don’t we?) but that probably means I’ll be updating over here (and on Mar’s Twitter account) a bit more.

Today, Mar’s landlord contacted her about something new that’s going to come through the region where her home – and the Newbie Haven there – sits: a pretty cool multi-region railroad project that’s being built. I’d noticed the bridge near the front of the house, but it wasn’t until I raised draw distance and cammed behind the house that I saw the track stopping behind it. Eek!

However, it sounds like an interesting project that will be fun for newbies and oldbies alike to ride (I sure as heck am looking forward to having a go on it!) so I’m happy to make the few small changes that my landlord requested. I won’t be losing any prims, but the cottage that houses the Newbie Haven will just need to be moved a tad. We think that a 90° anti-clockwise rotation will be enough, and will leave plenty of space in front of the house for a landing spot between the house and the tracks.

Here’s the track location as it appears on the main map:

Hop behind the cut for a bigger, closer picture showing the railroad and how the cottage will probably be moved.

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