Cartoon of The Day: Porcupine Artist

 

 Taken at Raglan Shire. And yes, a porcupine artist would easily do that.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

 

SL VIdeo: "Da Basement Underground - Fantasy Faire 2026"

 

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 From Nitwacket on April 27, The "Basement Kitties of Doom" playing music at the Fantasy Faire. 

 

Raglan Shire Pre-Valentine’s Day Party

 

Second Life had quite a few Valentine's Day events.  Among them was at the tiny community of Raglan Shire in it's Gazebo. Reporter Netera Landar went there, and saw a variety of the little folk, taking a number of pictures.

 

See Netera's article and pictures in Events.  

SL Video: "A Raglan Shire Tiny Christmas Carol"

 

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 From Nitwacket on December 2008, "Arwenbunny Lisle, Bo FIddlesticks, Etheria Parrott, Summer Seale, Mousearina Ballyhoo, Ian Perl, Brenna Hastings, Panacea Pangaea, Baldi McMillan, Songbird1028 Sorbet, Tehlozor Scribe, Wellington Beam."

 

Tiny Carolers At Virtual Ability

 

On Monday December 8 at 1PM SL time, Virtual Ability got a Christmas treat. The "Tiny Carolers" from Raglan Shire dropped by for a performance. The Newser was there, and took a few pictures and heard some of the "Wootmas" tunes. 

 

Read the story in Events. 

 

Announcement: Chateau Trikassi Holiday Ball

 

 We are pleased to have you join us for the annual festive tradition...

Chateau Trikassi Holiday Ball

Saturday, December 7th

1-3pm slt

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wooburn/175/128/43

Special Guests: Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers

Music provided by: SWORD

Formal Attire from any era requested

ALL Welcome!

SL Video: "Dinkies Marching Band 2024 - Wee Wonders Grand Opening"

 

 

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 From Misfit Dance_SL on May 21. This was the Wee Wonders parade that Kamida Delec wrote about a few days ago. Kamida herself appears onscreen too. 

Reader Submitted: Wee Wonders

 

 

Kamedia Delic sent in a few pictures of a tiny event she came across, "Grand re-opening of wee wonders sim? They decided to do a marching band."

 

"A very chaotic marching band. Well, it's mostly just sillyness sofar."

 

"46 people on the sim... that's pretty busy."

"Wootstock" In Raglan Shire

 

 

This weekend, the "Wootstock" concert took place in Raglan Shire. This tribute to Woodstock lasted from Friday July 21, starting off at 1PM SL time, and lasted until sometime after 8PM Sunday July 23. 

 

There were a number of DJs, notably on Friday, but the majority of the music was by live performers. While many of them were local talent like Caleb Kit and bFlat Unplugged (above) , there were plenty of singers from outside the community, such as Jaycatt Nico and Frogg Marlowe. One group of performers, Keeba Tammas &The Tiny Maniacs, had people from both in and out of the community.

Dropping by Saturday, I missed Keeba and the Maniacs, but did see a few others. Among them, singer Maximillion Kleene. Usually in a human avatar, he was in a "Greenies" avatar, one of the aliens in the classic giant room sim in Second Life's earlier days.

It was a fun, lighthearted event that Raglan Shire is noted for delivering. Some in the audience added to the funnery of the occasion. There was also a food stand that had it's own share of grins.

Bixyl Shuftan

SL Video: "Going To The Vet"

 

 

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From Nitwacket in Oct 2022,"BKOD Vet Clinic! Get your certificate."

 

Announcement: Raglan Shire's "Wootstock 2023"

 

 

This weekend is a musical tribute that only the tinies of Raglan Shire can pull off, the "2023 Wootstock" music festival. From Friday July 21 to Sunday July 23 will be "Three days of waffles and music," with performers such as Maxamillian Kleene, Jaycatt Nico and Frogg Marlowe, and Keeba & The Tiny Maniacs. So drop by for some musical fun. 

(management not responsible for inhaling the fumes of those smoking catnip)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/80/198/3006

 

 

Tiny Carolers and North Pole Village

 

Gemma's search for Christmas places took a fun turn when she came across some tiny carolers from Raglan Shire, going from place to place to spread "Wootmas" cheer.  After all the Riverdancing was done, she headed to Christmas at North Pole Village & Santa's Workshop. There, she explored the picturesque town where the elves lived when not making toys, which even had it's own newspaper.

Read Gemma's story in Design.

Wee Wonders Tiny Freebie Store

 

Being a tiny has it's share of challenges in Second Life. Among them being that most things were made for avatars larger than yours. But there's a place that has all sorts of things for tinies: Wee Wonders. Owned by Veloce Bertone and located in the Didean sim, there's all sorts of things for smaller folk from vehicles to furniture to animations. And the price, they're free!

Read more in Design.
 

Memorial for Teal Freenote

 

Last month, one of Raglan Shire's more notable residents, Teal Freenote, had passed away. About two weeks later, a memorial event was held in her honor. Zayn Till gave a speech, describing her life and what she did and meant for Raglan Shore.

Read more in People.
 

Scenes From The Fairelands

 

So why would an appetizing stack of waffles with butter and syrup need a sign that says, "These are not eating waffles. Really. Eeew, eeew, yuky. Don't touch them." Well, anyone familiar with Raglan Shire's tinies know the wee folk there go bonkers over waffles. So why would the stack be there? Well, maybe as a trap for the Fairlands "pawlice"to nab people for the Faire's "Jail and Bail" events.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Tiny Carolers At Club Amarantha

 

On Sunday December 19, Club Amarantha had some visitors of small stature. Raglan Shire's tiny carolers had come over to sing. Yours truly got in a bit late, but caught the tail end of the performance, as only the tinies of Raglan can do one.

~*~ You Better Watch Out, ~*~
~*~ You Better Not Cry,~*~
~*~ You Better Not Pout, I'm Telling You Why, ~*~
~*~ Santa PAWS Is Coming To Town,~*~

~*~ He's Making A List, And Checking It Twice ~*
~*~ Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice,~*~
~*~ Santa PAWS Is Coming To Town,~*~

~*~ He Sees When You Eat WAFFLES, ~*~
~*~ He Knows When You Eat CAKE,~*~
~*~ He Knows If You've Been Bad Or Good,~*~
~*~ So Be Good For Goodness Sake! ~*~

~*~ You Better Watch Out,~*~
~*~ You Better Not Cry, ~*~
~*~ You Better Not Pout, I'm Telling You Why, ~*~
~*~ Santa PAWS Is Coming, ~*~
~*~ Santa PAWS Is Coming,~*~
~*~ Santa PAWS is Coming To Towwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnn, ~*~ SANTA PAWS IS COMING TO TOWN! ~*~

~*~And so this is Wootmas~*~
~*~And what have you done?~*~
~*~ Another year over~*~
~*~And a new one just begun~*~ 

~*~And so this is Wootmas~*~
~*~I hope you have fun~*~
~*~The near and the dear ones~*~
~*~The old and the young~*~ 

~*~A very merry Wootmas~*~
~*~And a happy new year~*~
~*~Let's hope it's a good one~*~
~*~Without any fear~*~ *

~*~Happy Wootmas everyone~*~

And at the end, they started shaking up the stage with their "tiny riverdance," the place starting to sound like it was being tromped on by much larger critters, "Shake the sim!" Violet Solano would comment, "Good thing I build solid."

It was a fun event by performers small in height, but big in heart.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Announcement: Raglan Shire Medieval Grand Ball

 
Oyez Oyez!  The Raglan Shire Medieval Grand Ball will occur this Saturday September 11th at 12 Noon to 2PM SLT.  At the Raglan Shire Castle Grand Ballroom. 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/83/156/58
 

Weekly Fishing Contest at Tiny Oasis in Sunweaver Estates

 

While the Sunweaver lands are best known to being home to a (mostly) furry community, there is one spot in the southwest corner of Sunweaver Space that's more tiny oriented: the Tiny Oasis. Owned by Skye Tracer, the place has two events a week. One is the Tuesday night dance. The other is a fishing contest every Wednesday. The event is hosted by Kitty Huang (SuperGirl1970 Carver).

With a few known regulars from Raglan Shire, the fishing can be whimsical, with various tiny-themed gestures played throughout the event. It's done using 7Seas equipment and contest board, with the current leaders of the event shown for all to see. There's at least two rounds per event. The contests have been going on for over a year, with Kitty only unable to run it twice.

I have yet to sit in on a contest, though have seen it from a distance. By the time I get there, it's pretty much wrapped up, with the fishers doing the tiny riverdance. By some coincidence, the radio stream was playing, "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish."

"Ni ni all. See ya next Wed."

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunweaver%20Space/7/65/22

Bixyl Shuftan
 

SL Video: "Raglan Shire Wootstock 2021"

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Video by Nitwacket, Tuesday July 27. Last weekend, Raglan Shire had it's annual Woodstock tribute, the "Woodstock." The fifteenth event of it's kind, the sim was packed with over 90 avatars. Among the performers on Sunday was Keeba and the Tiny Maniacs.

Raglan Shire Turns 14

 

Second Life's most noted communities of "Tinies," Raglan Shire, has turned fourteen years old. The news was announced in the community's Discord chat yesterday, Wednesday April 7.

Over the years, the community has remained a unique one in Second Life. It's not just for the small stature of it's residents, but also for it's events, such as it's annual Art Walk, the creativity of many of it's residents, it's squeaky-clean image, and it's friendly reputation.

Happy anniversary Raglan.

*Correction: * As it turned out, there was a mistake. The community came about in April 2007, not 2006. Sorry about the error.