Linden Homes

  • 2025: The Year In Review

    2025: The Year In Review

    As 2025 draws to a close, I find myself pausing — as I so often encourage my readers to do — to take one last look back at the year we’ve just shared together on Second Glances with Arabella. With this being the first year of my blog, I’m still finding my way, getting my footing,

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  • Second Life Aspen Homes: Mountain Charm for the Holidays

    During the winter months, and especially during the holiday season, many tend to have a strong urge to “nest”, to be somewhere and settled in for the colder days with a cozy and warm place to call their own – and one of its most intriguing themes in recent years which can fit that bill

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  • The Game of Homes

    The Game of Homes

    For some, gaming is an essential ingredient in Second Life, whether it be HUD based games such as Tiny Empires (my favorite) or game tables where you play with friends or against the system…and then of course, there are the unofficial ones that exist almost as an undercurrent, not always seen but very real. If

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  • California Dreamin’: Ridgewood Enclave Linden Homes Debut

    Yesterday, Linden Lab—perhaps already in a Halloween mood—decided to drop a house on us. Well, not just one, but several, like a virtual Wizard of Oz moment, except instead of Dorothy we get a shiny new Premium Plus housing development called Ridgewood Enclave. These homes, released less than 24 hours ago at the time of this

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  • Experiencing the Seasons of Second Life

    Second Life is often described as a world without limits, a place where imagination and creativity shape entire landscapes. Among its most ubiquitous, yet enchanting qualities is the way it captures the rhythm of the seasons—spring’s renewal, summer’s warmth, autumn’s colors, and winter’s hush. Just as in the physical world, the turning of the seasons

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  • Log Living: Revisiting the Linden Log Homes

    The Bellisseria continent in Second Life continues to evolve as one of the most thoughtfully designed residential areas in the virtual world. Among its many themed housing communities, the Linden Log Homes stand out as a favorite for Residents seeking a cozy, rustic lifestyle and recently, four new models were added to the inventory of available styles for residents

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  • A Life Afloat: Linden Houseboats Revisited

    In the sprawling, ever-growing continent of Bellisseria within Second Life, a unique lifestyle awaits those drawn to the gentle lapping of virtual waves and the freedom of open water: Linden Houseboats…and though they have been around a few years now, these houseboats offer Second Life Premium members a scenic, customizable, and community-oriented alternative to traditional land-based

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