I'm Talking To You

"And when you've taken down your guard

If I could change your mind

I'd really love to break your heart

I'd really love to break your heart

Shout

Shout

Let it all out

These are the things I can do without

(I'd really love to break your heart) come on

I'm talking to you

Come on..."

Shout 

~ Tears For Fears (Cover by Jillian Wheeler) ~

Barely making it up the hill on that chill and rainy day, their yellow beat-up car finally returned home.

No parade or welcome committee was waiting for them. Not a single soul was in sight.

It was obvious that they had not been missed. Even safe to say that they were not even noticed to have

been gone in the first place. How tragic!

She stopped the car and they both looked around hoping it was all a joke. You know how people tend to

be funny sometimes. For sure they will all pop out from behind the trees to surprise

them with a warm welcome. But minutes passed, too many minutes to be honest and suddenly it hit her,

the realization, colder than the heavy rain that was falling on them provoking their bodies to

shiver, it was no joke, they had been forgotten! They had simply faded away in the time they had been

gone. Forgotten like those bills that need to get paid, forgotten like a bad poem you had to learn

in your high school days. Simply and absolutely forgotten without leaving a trace that they ever

existed. Tragic indeed.

Oh well, it could be worse!

"Come Sunny, let's go for a walk."

As they both walked under the rain their bodies continued to shiver. It was cold and yet, the rain

and chill weather were the perfect combination for a good walk to take with a faithful and loving

companion. Sunny was that to her. She stopped and looked down at him, looking into his eyes.

He was so special to her and for an instant, she thought that the name "Sunny" no longer suited him.

A name must have a special meaning, come from a beautiful memory, or to honor special people.

None applied to her Sunny anymore. "What should I call you now?" she asked as she bent down to

hug him. He licked her cheek as he wagged his tail placing his right paw on her knee.

She continued to embrace him tighter as her mind struggled to find a new and perfect name for him.

But the name "Sunny" continued to appear on top of the list refusing to go away.

"Sunny" it is, my beautiful boy!

And so she decided to rename him "Sunny", again, but with a new origin.

This time, his name came from her heart and it meant the sunshine for her dark days,

sunshine for the sunny days, and all the days in between. His name had been refreshed under the rain.

His name honors now all that is good.

She looked back, just for a split second, just to say goodbye to the past.

While it had been good for her, it had also been hard and cruel sometimes.

She was in mid-transection in her life, just half a step from a new beginning. A point where she

could see with more clarity the achievements she had earned by her actions in the past. 

Sadly not all had made any difference for her or anyone else. What a shame!

Even more sad, many of the archived ones had been fast and temporary, not leaving an enduring beautiful memory.

Was it all done for nothing? She wondered.

She and Sunny continued walking in silence under the rain. She was lost in her head,

struggling with dozens of thoughts and questions that all came simultaneously. She couldn't find answers

to most of the questions or explanations for her thoughts. Truly an utter and brutish tornado of emotions.

Finally, in the distance, behind the curtain of heavy raindrops, she saw the end of the road,

something good for some and bad for others, depending on how you have traveled through life.

For her, it was a good thing... maybe.

Reaching the end of the road, life, an era, and even a moment may cause feelings of regret or satisfaction,

again, it all depends on how you have traveled through life. For her, it mostly caused the need

to go back to the beginning, the early days when everything was new and waiting to be lived.

Thank you life for what is yet to come!

Thanks For Reading. ♥

WLS: Nami + (PBR) Luminous Matte Skin (Neautal Bright)

Credits On Me

(NEW) WINGS-EF1112-HAIR @ Access Event (Ends / Gallery)

MIDNA - Earring Calina

RAWR! Queen Alexandra Ring

GIZ SEORN - Morning Glory Dress

Baiastice Dune Leather Boots

My Location: Frenscent, home of **The Pink Peppercorn Gacha Shop ** (Moderate)

I'm All Cracked & Dry

PERSONAL UPDATE

 OMG, I just had to. :P

I found this song earlier today and thought of sharing it with you.

But thought it would be fun to dress up for it.

What do you think?

Do you think Steppenwolf will still love me after this?

ENJOY!

Menopause Rhapsody 

- Bohemian Rhapsody Parody Song for every Queen -

Credits On Me

Sintiklia - Hair Tina ● VELOUR: MATURE ADDON II (FEMALE VERSION) ● Neha Beauty - Rosa lipstick for lelutka evo x BOM

:LMB: Ixchel Gift (Little Mustache) ● MILANI Cosmetics "Constellation" Blush #2 (EVOX UV)

[Glitzz] Chanttal Dress - Blush (Pearl Nechlace) ● Baiastice_Woollen Outfit- (Top)

Before He Cheats

EXPLORING SECOND LIFE

“Cheating is never an unintentional mistake. It's always a conscious choice.”
― Garima Soni - words world

Before He Cheats

- Carrie Underwood -

Hello Beautiful Second Life!

Please forgive me for I am about to show you a whole bunch of pictures with my face plastered in most of them.

But in my defense, this is another great way of showing a beautiful location and the 

great outfit I am wearing from one of my blog sponsors, :: pm :: Brooke Outfit. What I love about

this outfit is that you can style it in many different ways, casual, biker chic, cowgirl, etc.

Of course, I opted for the cowgirl style since Texan blood runs through my veins, where we wear

the kicker hats and boots and where everything is bigger as they say...

EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS

except for me of course, I come in mini-fun size. ;)

02 Mutresse - Hiding - Red Pandas

But Doherty Lori, we are not in Kansas Texas anymore.

We sure are not y'all. :P

Welcome, this is The Nature Collective - Moorcroft Forest Trails (Moderate)

Sim Description

Experience peace at The Nature Collective's Moorcroft Forest Trail. Explore on foot or horseback

and discover insights into rich flora and fauna amid the serene landscape,

where each step is a journey into the quiet beauty of the natural world.

I actually have visited this great sim and its surroundings before on different occasions,

but have blogged only once, one of the main spots in the past, Here.

Today, I spent a good two hours exploring the area and learning so many interesting nature

facts along the way, for example;

Random Bee Facts:

Flowers use all kinds of methods to attract bees, such as brightly colored petals and scents.

The honey bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.

Bees pollinate approximately 130 agricultural crops in the US including fruit, fiber, nut,

and vegetable crops.

One of the largest threats to bees is a lack of safe habitats where they can build homes

and find a variety of food sources.

Honeybees also have the ability to recognize individual human faces.

If bees disappeared there would be no more pollination and humankind would only have 

four more years of life left.

While I was exploring I kept checking to see if I could find someone there to chat with and take

their picture, since y'all already know how much I love to include other people in my blog posts.

Unfortunately, people kept coming and leaving right away, so I really never had a chance to 

say hello, maybe next time, fingers crossed. ;)

Before I leave I would like to share a real-life cheating moment that happened to me with the first

boyfriend I had. He and I at the time loved dressing in Western clothes, you know, the hats, boots,

jeans, big buckle belts, etc., AND we loved our Friday night high school football games.

We wouldn't miss a game, even when our team had to play in other cities.

Anyway, it was going to be his birthday and I bought him a pair of western boots that

he liked. All my 400+ dollar savings went into his boots. However, he would never wear them

and I kept asking him why, to which he would always say he was saving them for a special occasion.

Time passed and football season began, and again, we began attending every game but then he started

canceling on me, due to having to work Friday nights, so he said. So I lost interest in going to the

games. But then on the last game of the season, I decided to go with some friends. When the game was

over and as we were going down the bleachers I bumped into him, he was with a girl, holding hands.

It turned out that he had started dating her too and he had been going to the games with her.

I was in tears not really knowing what to say or do. But then I noticed that he was wearing the

boots I had gifted him, that is when all hell broke loose. I really don't know how, but mini-me

reached all the way up to this giant's cheek and gave him a good slap as I screamed at him

"So this is the special occasion you were waiting for?!" and then I took off running heartbroken.

He ran after me, the girl ran after him, and my friends were not far behind. Once by the car, he

kept begging me to forgive him, but I was in tears, and so was his other girlfriend.

Before leaving, my friends literally took the boots off him which I really didn't care for.

I ended up giving them to one of my brothers after they had been sitting in my closet,

collecting dust for almost a year. My ex continued to try to convince me to take him back

for some time, but I couldn't. I couldn't forgive him. The trust and respect were gone.

Remember, CHEATING IS A CHOICE, NOT A MISTAKE!

Thanks For Reading!

Much love,

Lori Novo

♥

Credits On Me

Wasabi // Oakley Hair - Redheads ● ERSCH - Volla Gacha Earrings Bull ● KUNGLERS Loretta Rings

[Melatonine] "Sunkissed" Blush ● [Onyx] My story Tattoo - Butterfly ● :: pm :: Brooke Outfit (Details)

Baiastice_Kimi Boots

I Was Born In The Rain

EXPLORING SECOND LIFE

“There are a hundred things she has tried to chase away the things she won't remember

and that she can't even let herself think about

because that's when the birds scream and the worms crawl 

and somewhere in her mind it's always raining a slow and endless drizzle.

Ans now whenever it rains you will think of her. ”

― Neil Gaiman

Hurricane

~ The Castellows ~

I was born in the rain on the Pontchartrain

Underneath the Louisiana moon

I don't mind the strain of a hurricane, it comes around every June

The high black water, the devil's daughter

She's hard, and she's cold and she's mean

But nobody taught her, it takes a lot of water

To wash away New Orleans...

-lyrics

Hello Beautiful World!

I wish I was clever enough to write beautiful song lyrics that tell my story and can travel

deep inside to the heart. But I am not that clever, I am just a simple

girl that loves to write simple words and hope for the best. However, I am guilty of still trying 

to compose a song occasionally.

Chorus

"We were beautiful once

just you and I against the world

we were strong together, we ruled our world.

Now I have died inside

and with me, I take our dreams and forever."

Those are some words I put together as the chorus for a hopefully, good song that I was inspired

to write down on a night I was feeling very heartbroken. At that moment I really felt it could be a good 

melody once I came up with the music for the lyrics I had written. But then a couple of days later, my heart

healed super fast so there was no need for such a song anymore. :P It is funny how sadness and pain

can inspire some of the most beautiful things to be written and created. And as I always say,

for some strange reason I find beauty in sadness and tears.

HERE for complete lyrics on the song I wrote.

But now let's turn our attention to my location.

We began with a beautiful quote, continued with a beautiful song, and now, the only way to

properly end this blog post is with a beautiful location.

Welcome

this is

ELVION - The Green Paradise

(Adult)

This beautiful sim is perfect for photographers and couples and provides rezzing rights to

group members with no fee to join the group. I was very happy when my Steppenwolf joined me

in exploring this beautiful sim, and after a while, we spent a sweet time cuddling. ;)

By the way, I loved the little animated sparrows that are with us in the above picture.

They reminded me of the Little Sparrow story that I wrote almost ten years ago. You can buy these 

cute little birds HERE in MP for 290L$ in case you are interested. I sure hope to buy them soon

for my garden. ;)

This is all for now my beautiful people. Please remember if you can to show some Linden love

during your visit. All big or small donations will be much appreciated.

Til next time, be kind to each other!

Much love,

Lori novo

♥

Credits On Me

DOUX - Vanilla Hairstyle ● [BS] Solstice Blush (Evox) ● Country Necklace ~ DruWear ● KUNGLERS Loretta Rings

Cowboy Hat ~ Meva ● Wheat in Mouth ~ Persefona ● Baiastice_Button Up Shirt ● Tres Blah - Flared Jeans - Vintage

🍂 All The Fallen Leaves 🍁

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”

― Albert Camus

How splendid, a royal season dressed all in gold!

So Autumn arrived while I was away but from my window, I enjoyed watching how

the Autumn winds began to undress the trees of their leaves which had turned into rustic and golden

tones. It was such a treat to watch them so gently fall from the branches and how they slowly floated

lower and lower until they touched the ground below, covering the grass and the soil in a brown-sugary 

and cinnamony carpet. I could almost smell the season, a mixture of sweet and spicy scents,

and if I had tasted it, it would have been delicious too, I bet.

Now, with autumn we get to see one of the most beautiful rains that Mother Nature

so loveling gifts to us. That is the rain of leaves...

Autumn Leaves

~ Susan Boyle ~

🍂 It was on a beautiful

Autumn afternoon

and while driving to my mother's house

that I saw

a beautiful rain of falling leaves.

I had reached a four-way stop on the road

and while waiting for my turn to proceed

I felt the soft breeze of the afternoon.

My truck's windows were rolled down

and the music on my radio was playing very low,

letting me listen to the sound of the leaves

as they started to fall down.

The leaves from the tall trees

fell so gently over me,

it was like a magical moment

as if they had been waiting for me

to gift me such a glorious shower of nature's love.

I remained still, for a while at the corner of the road

missing my turn to proceed several times.

I couldn't part my eyes from what was happening...

I never wanted that moment to end. 🍁

This is something I wrote back in November 2018. It is a beautiful memory

of my mother's last Autumn when she was still with me.

My mother was so much like an Autumn leaf.

She floated gently during the storms in life, in full-cheerful force of kindness and beauty, in joy and hope.

My mother was beautiful in all her seasons and her falls were never falls, but reasons to thrive to live

happier, and to do better. She always managed to remain beautiful without slowing down

or giving up. She lived to the fullest all her life and her beauty never abandoned her...

🍂 I am the leaf that lives on the tree

dressed in colorful greens.

I am strong, and full of life

watching my tree's shadow 

dancing for me

with the wind.

I am that leaf,

now lying at the foot of the tree

dressed in golden and brown.

I smile as I look up at the sky

watching the birds that fly by

and feeling thankful 

for the life that I have lived. 🍁

My mother died a queen. With a crown made of jewels of joyful-memories from all the love

she gave to everyone she loved and all strangers who had the fortune of crossing paths with her.

My mother was and continues to be my biggest inspiration in life. To be strong when all

I want to say is, "Please no more." To wear a beautiful smile even in my darkest days.

And to stay golden even when I had fallen, just like an Autumn leaf.

Because Autumn leaves after they've fallen, they continue to go on, strong and beautiful

 with their new transformation that continues to capture our eyes.

It is then, when they are resting on the ground that they become treasures....

🍂 Her brown eyes began to widen as she noticed the beautiful transformation 

that now surrounded her from the last time she had been out for a walk.

As she continued, she could hear the crunching noise

her steps would make every time her boots stepped on the fallen leaves.

She stopped to look around her and noticed how beautiful

each and every leaf was, even the ones that had been damaged.

She began to collect some of these beautiful leaves,

both, the perfectly intact and the damaged ones,

placing them carefully in her white dress's pockets... 🍁

Please continue praying for Palestine with me.

The Doctors Of Gaza / The New York Times / Audio

Poem: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy6HG75gWa_/

- Lori Novo

♥

Credits

(NEW) KUNGLERS - Leigh Ring (Details) 

KUNGLERS - Nora Bracelet

(NEW) Baiastice_Enya Dress-Ghost @ Uber Event (Ends Nov. 22 - Gallery)

REED - Princess Nails

WINGS-HAIR-ER1226 Blondes & Reds

Bangs - Sintiklia - Hair Arleth

[POM] Freesia Hoops

My Location: Autumn at Borkum (Moderate)

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Model & Photographer Lori Novo