Yes, do not disturb (was my first thought), or, there is magic in every beginning, finally snowfall!

I have a nice memory with my goddaughter Leonie of this forest lake. We were often here, even in the depths of winter. Of course Lady Amalthea, the pink unicorn, was with us too. Oh oh, then the unicorn fell into the water. Leonie, close to tears, called out: "Greta Greta, you have to save her!" I grabbed a long branch that was lying on the bank and was able to fish the stuffed animal out of the lake. Leonie sighed and thanked me. I said: "Luckily I didn't have to jump into the ice-cold water, otherwise I would soon have the flu!" To which Leonie said: "Yes and luckily you're a woman!"

LOL

I asked: "What does that have to do with it?"

Leonie said: "Daddy has the man flu right now, and Mom said that it's much, much more worse!"

OMG, what a lucky I am, you know what I mean?

Happy Monday, everyone out there ;-)

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Conrail B36-7 5013 leads a couple of C40-8W's on train DNDS departing East Conway in Baden, PA on September 4, 1992. There is an Eastbound intermodal train to the left getting a crew change and a Westbound intermodal train passes by on the right. Those GE's could sure put on a decent smoke show.

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Dave Bruns (outside) and Dave Schultz (in doghouse) on a loaded WC ore train at Auburndale WI. Spring 1996.

A scheming DM forced the heroes to stop the wedding between some very important evil NPCs (or else the whole world is doomed, obviously), but he didn't expect what happened next...

The Die (Charisma check):

*successfully rolls 20*

Sam (DM):

"Why is everybody giggling?! Stop. Stop."

Betty (the Elf Bard):

"All the tour livestreams trained me for this moment!" *picks up the guitar*

Inez (the Dwarf Barbarian) and Peter (the Tiefling Sorcerer):

*are placing bets on whether she will change the lyrics just a lil bit (spoiler alert: yes, she has to!)*

Marcus (the Halfling Druid):

*crunches a chicken leg while nobody is looking*

(52 seconds later)

Sam:

*considers his precious plot ruined cause he hoped for violence*

Marcus:

*crunches in sync approvingly*

Inez:

*is singing and filming*

Peter:

*knows only the last line in chorus, but sings it enthusiastically*

Betty:

"Don't say yes, run away now

I'll meet you when you're out

Of the church, at the back door

Don't wait or say a single vow

You need to hear me out

And they said, "Spеak now""

When unpacking and admiring my D&D minifigures (just one set, even though the picture might trick you into thinking that I have doubles), I thought it should be cool to show a DnD party in the midst of some action, and when I saw a bard I just thought - what if she's a Swiftie? :)

Well, there is a bardcore YouTuber Hildegard von Blingin, who covered a lot of songs in Medieval style and archaic language, including "Willow" by Taylor Swift, so it's actually easy to imagine something like that, especially considering she has a lot of fantasy/historical-coded songs on certain albums. But! I was thinking about what these minifigures want to do, and I realised that it would be hilarious if instead of barging in and killing the villains and guests Kill Bill-style or Red Wedding-style, the party will use famous "speak now, or forever hold your peace" trope, because the bard knows a song exactly for that occasion! xD

Wait, does Betty's character even know the NPC in question? Funny that you're asking, because no one ever (except me and Elsa!) questions Disney movies, where characters used to get married after knowing each other for less than 48 hours or so! Therefore, the stupid rule of Disney allows that, I don't even make that up. xD

I was going to build a scene like a comparison shot between a scene from characters' POV and a scene from players' POV, and split it diagonally, but then I saw a scene-inside-a-scene on the picture by captain_j03, and I realised that by that trick I could show more than just a half of both scenes, which is super helpful, cause I put a lot of detail in the game table and in the guests (and some easter eggs for Swifties), and I wanted to show as much as possible. :)

I was supposed to post it a week earlier to celebrate the end of The Eras Tour, but the original tribute, which I planned in the summer, couldn't be made in time, because I still didn't bought something I need for it (I was going to in the end of the summer - but bad news made me postpone all shopping plans), so I decided to post this scene instead, even though it was a completely separate idea, but this scene is too big, and I'm too busy, so I couldn't finish it when I wanted. Well, it took some time, but now I'm very happy with the result, I hope you'll like it too! :)

The song exists in two versions, I'm only sharing the link to the 2023 version Taylor owns, but the original 2010 version with her younger voice is also on her channel, so you might look it up as well:

Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (Official Lyric Video)

macro mondays: Miniature

From our collection we use for our DnD game we started during COVID with my son home from University. A Chull monster and a Tortle hero. One of the things that has gotten us through the last couple of years...I painted the 'tortle' and my son painted the 'chull' with sand base.

too broke to afford DnD dices

Brave Adventurers fight the fearsome Beholder, will they defeat it?

The Beholder design belongs to

Brandon and Taylor (2 Studs), Really solid design, just had to take a cool photo with it.

Here's the original design:

www.flickr.com/photos/s-taylor-walker/32220018777/in/date...

Custom minifig made from the orc in CMF Series 24 and a Chima torso.

I have this early from TLG via BrickCentral for a photo shoot. US people might find the series on shelves already as well.

Dungeons and Dragons. A massive tale, full of Monsters, Dark Magic, and Fireballs.... lots of fireballs....

And lots of fireballs means lots less goblins....

Built as a fig-off against Hubba Blöoba. Check out his Flickr and figs!

Just felt like practicing some with my recently purchased Anypose so I started to do some memes with my SecondLife OCs.

For Context: knowyourmeme.com/memes/woe-plague-be-upon-ye

Just quickly remaking some memes with my characters for fun. This time a Monkey Island homage.

Kinda ironic considering we're on SL, but ah well.

Using the Dragoon core legs and torso mount, this heavy, short-to-mid-range beast is heavily armored and hits like a space freighter, but is effectively blind without sensory instruments and it moves slowly.

a puras rayas.

pac.

boatarde!

BONUS DAKKA! TOPPLE TWANKS, SQUISH SQUIBS, TROUNCE TRUNDLES! GRIND THEIR GEARS TO MAKE YOUR AMMO!

© Linda Plaisted

Hellhounds Delta paintjob. Some slight modifications allowing for parts differences.

Leopard @Bannerghatta National Park

1979 MGB GT.

Supplied by Lookers of Macclesfield.

Last taxed in October 1997.

Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -

"V5 Present

MoT Exempt

Chassis number: GHD5483942G

This 1979 MGB GT, registered in April of that year, requires restoration, having been off the road since 1997. Six former registered keepers are recorded on the (older blue) V5C document, which is present. The only other documentation is a receipt of purchase dating back to 2015. The car comes without any keys."

Sold for £760 including premium.

A320 Aegean Airlines

6 July 2022, Dundee Airport

Using the Dragoon core legs and torso mount, this heavy, short-to-mid-range beast is heavily armored and hits like a space freighter, but is effectively blind without sensory instruments and it moves slowly.

[Vibamp] - Sina bra and skirt

[Vibamp] - Sina Belt

At The Grand

🚕: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Grand%20Event/154/10...

[Rawr] - Cleo Necklace At Uber

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[Rawr] - Torment armlets At Kinky

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[Outkhast] - Hater blockerz At MP

🚕: marketplace.secondlife.com/p/OUTKHAST-HATER-BLOCKERZ/2541...

Old Square, Birmingham

A320 Aegean Airlines

First Glasgow 64118 a BYD D9UR with Alexander Dennis Enviro 200EV bodywork is another one of the initial 22 electric buses to join the fleet in time for the shuttle bus duties to the COP26 event from Glasgow City Centre in November 2021.

64118 is seen on Broomielaw on the 2nd last day of the event heading back to the SECC at the Tradeston Bridge stop.

©eb2010

Do not use this image without my permission.

dnd m1

Fits Signature Gianni and Jake Belleza

Available colors: Maroon, Black, White, Olive Green

Link to MP: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/231313

Was making a holiday ornament but it soon became obvious that parts of the build looked like teeth. Leaning into it I changed this icosahedron into something more sinister.

Geömbal and Da'wi'n (Dungeons and Dragons version of gumball and darwin form the show The Amazing World of Gumball).

Geömbal is a tabaxi berserker barbarian. Da'wi'n is a merfolk tempest domain cleric.

DND

Dnd at Pax South

Using the Dragoon core legs and torso mount, this heavy, short-to-mid-range beast is heavily armored and hits like a space freighter, but is effectively blind without sensory instruments and it moves slowly.

CT Plus

SN62 DND (2600)

ADL Enviro400H