Softpaw the Fairy Cat of Second Life

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Relay for life of Second Life 2026 - Wild for a cure

Relay weekend has come and gone. And the sims where sunk and soon will go away. And lots of money was raised!

This year I COULD have done so many laps. new comp moved like a breeze. But I just kinda, enjoyed things and took my time and got in an good 11 laps.

Lap stats

1,357 Avatars 4,981 Laps Completed 53,124,096.00 Meters Walked 9,728 Course Length (m) 39 sims

More sims and a longer track then the past several years! Means more teams which is great!

Fund raising stats

RFL SL TOTAL L$: 96,391,516 USD: $385,566.00

Steelhead Salmons L$: 109,320 USD: $437.28

Fantasy Faire L$24,177,086 USD: $96,708.34

Steelhead did better then last year!

We had a few fun events and hopefully even more next year

Photos of the launch and Steelhead events

with the theme of wild for a cure there where some fun camps. And people intrpreted "wild" in a few ways. From animals, to a wild good time. to the Wild wild west. There was even a camp themed around the Steampunk movie Wild wild west witht hat giant metal spider thing going after a cancer cell!

Steelhead chose, as I said, to be a Cryptid Sanctuary and we had lots of them! You can see photos of our camp and then at least one photo of all the other camps here

So many fun avatars on the track and I enjoyed either attaching say, a flamboyance of Flamingos about me, or changing forms. And as always going a lap with friends makes for so much fun! Photos taken over Relay weekend are here

Silly video taken by my friend Siren when I was going about the track in a goofy monster

Monday I went around the track again and explored some of the camps deeper and found quite a few lovely hidden gems in them. Photos of that are here

And then of course on Wednesday we had the traditional sink the sims party. I am pretty sure this was the highest the waters ever gotten. WELL over the signs. and then when they took it back down it was amusing to watch people plop out of the air as they had been in a floaty. Photos of that here

Theme for next year and dates *not counting Fantasy faire* have been announced

The theme for next year is The Elements of Hope

Fantasy faire 2027 is April 22nd to May 9th I checked my logs.

Saturday, June 13, 2026

In the darkness there is a light

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A time to pause and Remember just WHY we are here. The Luminaria Ceremony.

We Relay for those we have lost.

We Relay for those that are fighting.

And we Relay for Hope that one day we will never need to Relay again.

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you can watch the cermony at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ZXd5XTZW4

Ready to walk on the Wild side with Relay for Life!

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This years theme is Wild for a Cure . Sheelhead has chosen to represent this by creating a Cryptid Sanctuary and Fuzzball and I had a bit of fun with it. Come meet the cryptids! The Fence is there for their protection not yours!

if you want to watch along to the opening ceremony its at https://www.youtube.com/live/20j6RzpUVJU

Listen along at http://cp1.digistream.info:7024/stream

Map is huge ...Link to a photo of it taken by everyones Favorite Unicorn Avariel

Time for one of the best weekends of the year! GO RELAY!!

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Fantasy Faire 2026 Farewell - A time for Endings....

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And yet beginnings...

BUT FIRST, Holy crap the reasons this post took a few weeks to get out. I took a short break after Faire ended to process as, it was a lot! And in that time, my computer had a memory link issue and then an attempt to fix that caused it it to get stuck in a repair loop while trying to start windows. Basically it became an expensive paperweight.

Thank EVERYTHING I had backed up files just 3 days before it happened. Only really lost one day of an importance for my SL logs. Also thankfully the computer I was using before that one still worked, so I was still able to get on and do things. But its internet card was dying. It did not connect at fast speeds. It took almost an hour to get my Anniversary photo uploaded. There was no way I could get full albums uploaded. Also ALSO thankfully, Eldorzi was able to help me get a new computer. So That's what I'm on now! But resetting and reinstalling everything up has taken a bit of time.

But its all settled now, mostly.

SO lets get into things! First up from the webpage Fantasy Faire 2026 earned L$24,177,086 by the time it was over for Relay for Life. That's $99310.70

Next Tangles! Hear me sing!

I'm a little pitchy but to be fair, I only had a week with the song to get it down. Would I do it again? Hell yeah!

There is also some photos of and other things at this link Fantasy Faire 2026 -shenanigans and randomness

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Children of Stories this year was something else. The story was tied back to the fairelands itself. And the recent repetitive appearances of the Golden Hour the past several years. And the children where to work out why, as squires to the Bard Queens knights. But things took a turn and in the end. We lost the Guardian of Fire Cole. He sacrificed himself to save the fairelands. You can read all about it here

and all my photos of each day are at here

It was an intense and emotional role play in parts. But also fun and playful. And I can't wait for next years!

We already have the dates for next year as well! which, I cant find right now.

But as always, each year a Faire full of memories goes back into the mists. But we know that, Junction will rise again and bring with it new realms to explore and enjoy.

Till then...we shall meet each other in the Golden Dream.

Monday, June 1, 2026

Opal Anniversary

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24 years together! Next year a full QUARTER OF A CENTURY the big silver anniversary!

I was so pleased to see what this years anniversary is called.

Why?

Opal is one of my Grandmothers names. The other is Pearl.

I had true gems for Grandmothers!

Friday, May 15, 2026

The Pilgrim’s Forest - Fantasy Faire 2026 Memory

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Fantasy Faire 2026 quest was called The Pilgrim’s Forest and it was a delight. The lore of the fairelands continues through the quest and while you can no longer partake, as faire is closed. If you did you had many memories of it! Plus at least the little deer Hero to take home!