Livingtree Kid & Family BBQ/Picnic 10/21/07 @ 2:30 p.m. SLT

This Sunday at Livingtree, enjoy fun with the whole family as we host a barbecue and picnic for Second Life's children and families! Enjoy a feast of picnic goodies courtesy of Kitchen Korner, enjoy all the island has to offer, and just have some fun with us! All are welcome!



This will be the last day for Marianne McCann's "Why A Kid" photo exhibit!

While there, feel free to check out the island. All of Robin Sojourner's stores (The AV store featuring her skin and clothing work, The Broom Closet, and Kick The Can for child avatars) are located there, as well as her texture tutorial, library, and Wiccan learning center. You'll also find You Know... For Kids and Pygar's Stuff That He Made main stores, as well as Marianne McCann's herbs and plants.

Also, there are rentable (free) kayaks for exploring the island, a big playground, a swimming hole, drum circle, Neo-Realms fishing area, and other goodies to explore. There's even a few hidden surprises here and there!

Uncanny Valley Expo

They announced the finalists in the Uncanny Valley Expo competition today an... I'm one of them! My piccie, blog.secondlife.com has been picked as one of the ten finalists, out of a total of 43 entries!

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/10/the-uncanny-val.html

The voting starts next week. now the hard part!

I'm still displayin' my piccies in Livingtree, 'til Sunday. I'll be having a family barbecue dat day too. More information on dat really soon. :-)

Wow, cool!

I had the opening for my art show on Saturday, an wow what a crowd! We had bunches of people come an see my work, which was really cool.

I tink I most got a kick out of how many people who visited, decided to put on their own kid avatar versions of themselves, and come to the show. Definitely not anything anyone hadda do, but still really nice to see that I inspired em.

I'll be there for about two more weeks, at Livingtree, and I'll be there purty frequently. I also rigged up a system dat allows you to hear a little bit of information about each piccie, too.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Livingtree/77/129/24/

"Why A Kid?" art show at Livingtree 10/05-19/07

Livingtree island will be hosting a showing of the photos of Marianne McCann -- hey, dat's me -- titled "Why A Kid?" and focusing on the experiences of child avatars within the Second Life world. Show will run from the 5th of October to the 19th, with an opening event with the artist on the evening of the 6th at 8:00 p.m. SLT.



If you have ever had a misconception about child avatars in Second Life, please come and learn some of the reality behind why people would choose to be a kid in this world!

McCann's works and a show book will be available at the show.

All are welcome, an lotsa refreshments will be provided.

[url]http://slurl.com/secondlife/Livingtree/77/129/24/[/url]

"Talk Like A Pirate" treasure hunt *EXTENDED!* 9/19-23

Ahoy mateys! We had so much fun yesterday, that we decided to extend the hunt thoguh the weekend! You can still get the goods from our piratty trove!



In honor, come by Livingtree see if you can find the hidden treasure! Located somewhere on the island is the secret pirate's cove, full of private pirate property! Start in the middle of the island (say hi to Jose the parrot), then search high and low for a treasure chest full of fun pirate goodies! It'll be fun for child and adult avatars both!

Feel free to check out all else the island has to offer, too, including Neo-Realms fishing shirts, pirate balloon hats, and all sorts of goodies by Robin Sojourner, Marianne McCann, and Pygar Bu.

All day at Livingtree island! Yaar!

"Talk Like A Pirate" treasure hunt at Livingtree!

Ahoy mateys! September 19th be talk like a pirate day!

In honor, come by Livingtree before or after SLs maintenance time and see if you can find the hidden treasure! Located somewhere on the island is the secret pirate's cove, full of private pirate property! Search high and low for a treasure chest full of fun pirate goodies! It'll be fun for child and adult avatars both!



Feel free to check out all else the island has to offer, too, including Neo-Realms fish shirts, pirate balloon hats, and all sorts of goodies by Robin Sojourner, Marianne McCann, and Pygar Bu.

All day at Livingtree island! Yaar!

New springy ride-on animals!

Brand new from You Know, For Kids - the playground spring animal!

I'll admit - there are many others who've made rocking springy animals on SL, but most use a script that requires you to turn on and off the rocking motion manually, helping to contribute to laggy playyards with rocking, riderless rides that need constant supervision.

Not these! Thanks to some scripting help from Robin Sojourner, these spring animals will start to rock you when you sit down, and -- better yet -- will stop when you get up! No more lag from unused but operating rides! Perfect any place made for child or smaller avatars, and where you don't want any extra lag!

Three super cute varieties available that'll make you smile: a chicken, a duckie, and a piggie!



Get 'em at my main store in Livingtree (Located with Robin (Sojourner) Wood's Kick The Can store. Livingtree), or at my other You Know, For Kids locations in Inner Child Depot, booth 103 (Fletcher) and ClownTown (Masquerade Island).

Look for ridable examples at Livingtree, behind Kick The Can, or Inner Child Depot in their center play yard!