History of the Merseum and Oceanic Gardens part 1

Part 1

I can’t recall the exact date … but the IM went something like

Robin: Mainland for sale $5888 for a 512

(ok trust me – back in March 2007 that was a “great” price for mainland just slightly over 10$L/sm)

At the time I was renting a 1024 with double prim on one of the Azure Islands where I had kept my home and spent my quiet times with Ren. So the thought of owning Mainland was quiet tempting.. Robin TP’d me into Corinaldo- I surveyed the area – and quickly grabbed 4 x 512s … OK sooooooooo it was designated “water land” by LL - Terraforming above sealevel was out of the question. Great.. 2048sm of grey murky water (pre-Windlight ya know). I promptly joined 2 of the 512s and Renamed the Land “Living Life UnCorked II” -

I didn’t think much about what I was going to do with it.. I was just learning how to build – so if anything I knew that maybe I could use it as a private sandbox.

Being a Beach Baby – spending summers at the Jersey Shore from infancy till I left NJ at age 27 – I did what felt natural, instinctual perhaps, and set off to make a sand castle.

During the same time as buying this Mainland “folly” Ren was opening his first Tattoo Store – and a very unique customer came in… A mermaid..Anya..she was extremely pleasant and delightful to chat with. Shortly after that Ren had mentioned that Anya was telling him that there were very few mer friendly areas in SL and with the waterland perhaps just decorating the area.. put in some information on mermaids.. and make it a tourist type of area. Expressing the idea to my friends who had all bought land in Corinaldo – the idea seemed to be agreeable – especially to Misty who’s land ran adjacent to mine… and off we went to discover what was available as far as poseballs and decorations…and TAILS…

Now if I recall correctly - “back in the day” if you searched Mermaid in SL^{TM ‘}s Search Engine under Places.. it came up with probably 10-15 different locations. First Stop – Erluen Twins MerWing’s in Panda Shores… Loaded up with a set of Irridescent Tails – a Mer AO (which btw I used up until a two months ago when I finally came up with my own AO), a new group <MERGE> , and about 7 or 8 animations to use in pose balls. We had a good start.

to be continued…

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