You've most lilkely seen or heard about the minimalist "sandbox" in the sky over the sim called China. If you haven't it's quite something. A giant canvas in the sky where aston Leisen has created a very beautiful scene. Mountains in the distance, light whispy clouds overhead and clusters of bamboo trees. Sometimes there is a hut, sometimes there are other objects. There's a calm peace to this location.

My journey begins on a smelly fishing vessel, that is safe, yet I am quite relieved when we dock. As I depart the fishing boat, I'm happy to be smelling the fresh salt water air, and not the dead fish that made the voyage with me! I have finally arrived at Pathfinder Islands!

Patron, by it's very nature is a place you'll want to explore. Not only are the art displays, architechture and surrounding gardens beautiful, but they are also a place to find solitude and contemplate. Along the way you'll surely find many of the treasures that, creator, Eliza Wierwight spends her time there building.

Sunday mornings. I've written about these times before. SL is a lovely retreat of solitude and quiet on a Sunday morning, especially when it's too cold to be outside, and too early to be out and about!

I am very fortunate to be surrounded by some of the best people in Second Life. Not only are my friends fun to be around, but they're also very smart! It is one such smart person that pointed me in the direction of Visiwa. I had been hearing her tell me about this sim, and that I must get over there to explore and drop a landmark out to you all, but I was dragging my feet for one reason or another, and then something would come up and I just forgot it.

On a recent stroll around SL, I came across a sim named La Cuesta. Primarily a shopping sim for the store and hang out "Groll Inn", I found this sim to be beautifully picturesque, in a very eerie, spooky way. Not only were there skeletons hanging from towers, and mysterious tomb like buildings spotted on my journey there, but there was a feeling I had the entire time of being watched. Upon entering the Inn, there is a strange woman at the desk, she never quite made me feel i was truly welcome, even though I'm quite certain this is her job as Inn Clerk!

Well, I have been having fun finding some really great LMs of the Day lately. Thank goodness I've been paying attention to Koinup and Flickr lately! While perusing a SL group page on Koinup I noticed a scene that I thought, surely, could NOT be Second Life, it just looked too much like it had been pulled out of a children's illustrated story book! 6pi is indeed in-world, and it might make you feel as if you have stepped into the pages of a story book! The colors and textures are immediately standing out as this sim's focal point, until you begin to wander around and you notice the landscaping, various buildings, and a variety of shoppes. Strewn about the sim you'll find tiny blue transparent cubes in which you can animate yourself for photos.

When writing up Landmarks of the Day, I am usually struck by a particular aspect of a sim. Whether it's the art, the gardens, the theme, or the landscaping, usually one thing clearly stands out to make me realize "THIS is going to be a LM of the Day!" Well today's LM of the Day, Wandering Spirits, is a little different. I can't quite put my finger on why I want to feature this sim, but the more I explored the place, the more I wanted to share it with you all!

One of America's greatest architects is being honored in Second Life. Not just randomly and occasionally, but today a new museum opens in homage to Frank Lloyd Wright. At the Frank Lloyd Wright Museum of SL, you'll not only be able to see photographs of his houses displayed in chronological order on the roof of a building inspired by his works, but also go inside replicas of some of his more famous houses. Along the way you'll find teleporters that will take you from place to place that is highlighted, but I found it very delightful to walk around the sim and explore that way. 

About a week ago I got a notecard from SL Things to Do group member, Transparent Banshee, telling me about a group of sims called the United Sailing Sims. Here you can explore four sims, Greenhouse, Foliage, Mare Nostrum and Mar Menor. Surrounding these sims is the Blake Sea, and it makes a really wonderful place for photography.

While I was visiting and exploring I was most impressed by two separate things. The first being the Greenhouse area. I haven't been in such an exquisite greenhouse in Second Life before, and it was very reminiscent of greenhouses found only at the worlds best botanical gardens.