Every thirteenth of the month I host a little meet and greet for the residents of Winterfell. In the past the time for the party was pretty much "when ever I want" but that makes it hard on people to plan on attending.

Being that most thirteenths will fall on a weekday and not a weekend, and I have limited hours on week nights, I have decided that the party will be at 6pm SLT on the thirteenths that fall on weekdays.

On the days that the thirteenth falls on a weekend, I will do everything in my power to have the party at a time when the residents who live in non north american time zones are more likely to be able to attend.

On the oh so groovy days that the thirteenth falls on a Friday, I will be sure to set up something super extra special!

And to commemorate my finally sitting down to figure out a set schedule for this event, I wrote a poem!! LOL, it's not very good... but I had fun writing it!

Much love,
Miss Serra

I have been gone for a while, but now I am back!

I will have a new release in a few days, stay tuned!

It is no secret how much I love jackets ... some might say it boarders on being a fetish, yes?


You can get yours at [CIVVIES] @ Kyoot Army HQ

I am not a huge fan of Victorian dresses (Victorian jackets yes, dresses no), but this one for sure appeals to my aesthetic. Rich colors, subtle fabrics, a bit of lace, a touch of velvet, and a heap of oo la la! You can get yours (or treat your favorite lady) at the Ivalde main store in Second Life.

I have been tagged, TWICE... dirty rotten scoundrels!

Okay so the rules are as follows...

(1) Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

(2) People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.

(3) At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

(4) Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

(5) New rule added by Serra: If you get tagged and dont have a blog, post your list as a comment.

Simple, right? Here are my facts:

1) Favorite color is pink, then black.

2) I can't stand dairy products, but favorite food is ice cream. Grasshopper Fudge.

3) I am the oldest child, my father was the oldest child of his family, and his mother was the oldest child of her family, whose mother was the oldest child of her family.

4) When I dream, the main feature is the building the dream is taking place in, and there is always a building.

5) I am completely and totally addicted to Diet Mt. Dew

6) I am not an elf girl in RL, but my RL best friend is… really

7)I read about 330 words a minute

8) I actually like washing windows.

And now for my tags, if you dont have a blog, you can post your facts here as a comment, so you have no excuse not to make a list!

And even if you do have a blog, you should post your answers here as a comment. (yes its a new rule, and yes its kinda cheeting... but I don't have 8 friends with blogs)

Julie, Azazeal, Wildstar, Andrion, Andreas, Desmond, Rilan, Naga

Seneschal of Winterfell
Miss Serra Anansi

and

The Duchess of Caledon Carntaigh
Miss Gabrielle Riel

cordially invite you on behalf of both their nations
to the Winterfell-Caledon Winter's Solstice Ball

Saturday, December 15
2:00pm - 5:00pm SLT
Winterfell Palace, Winterfell
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell/129/227/35

Formal, Diplomatic or Military Attire

As you all know I have been a bit crazy insane busy the last few weeks, so I thought a quick run down of what has been happening and what is coming up for Winterfell would be helpful.

In October, Winterfell was featured in the Second Life magazine Prim Perfect. It was an honor to be recognized by such a well known publication. You can read all the articles here.

Also in October the dark Victorian themed sim of Winterfell Absinthe was delivered. I added this themed sim to act as the gateway to the amazingly popular and respected Victorian/Steampunk nation of Caledon. Early next year Winterfell and Caledon will share an ocean link and we will be able to either sail or take a ferry between our two fine nations. I can not begin to tell you how excited I am about this link, it has been a long time dream of mine to share a boarder with my dear and long time friend Desmond Shangs nation.

In the next week or so another set of void sims will be delivered, and next month I will be ordering Winterfell Laudanum (another dark Victorian sim). When Laudanum is delivered, Winterfell land holdings will be 983,040 square meters. WOW!!

Which brings me to my current project: I have regained the 8192 meters of land north of the village, to re create Winterfell Castle. To facilitate the new build the north wall of the village will need to be taken out so the castle opens up into the village. This has the potential to be another semi painful expansion. I need to ask for some help with the following:

- Merchants who have larger shops and are willing to move into smaller locations with the same prim allowances

- Merchants who are willing to move to a second floor location.

- Tent merchants will be moved to proper shops

- And finally, something that I don’t want, but if there happens to be any merchants who would like to leave the village, I can offer a refund on remaining rent.

When the castle is finished there will be the following areas:

- Club 13 (looking for a better name, if anyone has ideas. Does not need to have 13 in the name.)

- Community meeting hall

- Space for the upcoming Winterfell Library

- Shop space in the base of the castle to help replace shops lost by the expansion

- Formal open gardens and gazing pool in the middle of the village

- My personal residence.

In addition to all the physical changes in the village, I will be working at making the village a proper “capital” for Winterfell. Silverdrake Sparrow has started the community projects by setting up a group Flickr account, you can see it here. Anyone looking for a place to hold regular meetings, group events, civic services will have my full and enthusiastic support.

That’s it for now. Please IM or email me if you are able to help me with the village expansion, or if you have ideas on how to get it all to work.

Much love,

Miss Serra

Late last week Silverdrake asked me if I would support a Flickr Album, and I said "Hell yeah!!" So here it is and I have to say that I am stunned with the images. I have always been a pretty hard core Second Life supporter... but now with the spectacular addition Windlight, I think I am officially a fangirl.



In the past year I have been so happy with what everyone has done with Winterfell. And now to see these photographs I am moved beyond words. Everyone has taken my vision (the very essence of my heart to be honest) and embellished, nurtured and sent it soaring past my wildest dreams!

To say that I am proud of you all for making Winterfell as beautiful as it is, would be an understatement of enormous proportion.

I love you all!!

Miss Serra

go now... go quickly... post more photos!!!

Good Evening Denizens of Winterfell –

A wee update on the land situation in Winterfell: as of this morning there are two 1024 and seven 512 double prim plots available on Winterfell Absinthe. These are town plots and can be used for commercial or residential. I invite any of you to come take a look around, this new sim is slightly different than the other islands of Winterfell, as it is not medieval themed. Absinthe, as you might guess from the name, is themed Dark Victorian… rolling fog spills off the docks and through the cobble stone streets.

512m double prim plots cost $6,144L with a monthly tier of $2,000L

1024m double prim plots cost $12,288L with a monthly tier of $4,000L

I am also taking preorders for 4 new void sims, these are like the void sims located between the south east corner of the original Winterfell islands and the new Absinthe island, but will be located off the north east corner of Winterfell. The price is at a premium, but I think its well worth it. An entire sim to your self with the occasional boat sailing through, your own kingdom!

1,800 prims

65,536 meters

$115,000 price

$20,000 month tier

AND you can pick the name, within reason and subject to negotiation.

Please contact me for information on either of the land offerings listed above.

Much love,

Miss Serra

I wanted to thank you all for answering the interview questions for the Prim Perfect article. Your kind words have made me so incredibly proud of all I have done with Winterfell. I truly do love you all, thank you for helping me make Winterfell what it is today.

You can read the article here if you like... http://www.primperfect.net/

Thank you again! xoxo

For many years I was actively playing White Wolf's Vampire the Masquerade (role play game for those who don't know), but when I found the internet the RP world slipped from my realm of interests. I still loved the gothic vampire genre. So here it is… my nod to the good old days of vampire, werewolf, slippery slimy, oogley-boogaly, shadows stalking, undead walking, things that go bump in the night role-play days.

Winterfell Absinthe is set just as the sun goes down and the night stretches its arms across the land, dancing its fingers through rolling fog and over cobblestone streets looking for it’s next play thing.

Commercial residential land is available.

To celebrate Winterfell’s one-year anniversary, I am offering three free months of tier to new residents who buy land in Winterfell in the month of October.

Conditions apply:

Land must be land that I (Serra Anansi) am selling not land that other residents are selling
Free tier is not transferable to other residents.
After the three-month period you will be responsible for normal tier payments.
All other Covenant rules apply.
DOES NOT INCLUDE WINTERFELL ABSINTHE
Offer expires October 31st 2007

Please IM or email me with any questions,
Serra Anansi
serra.anansi (at) gmail.com

Please visit Winterfell and view land for sale on the SL map (make sure you have the land for sale box checked)