Nude Scuba rides now at Naked Dreams....

                         Nude Scuba at Naked Dreams!

                                 

 

Well my dear friends!

Before I start, I want to wish everyone a wonderful 2014! For me some personal amazing highs in my rl and more to come so stay tuned!

 

What a way to welcome in the new year! In rl I had some really needed r and r and so was able to add a few new things at Naked Dreams!

 

I know my friends have been shivering in the unprecedented cold of the Northern hemisphere winter in recent days, whereas home here, its been perfect amazing beach and pool weather, in fact as hot as I can ever remember! Where ever you live, you can, after a long wonderful day at the beach, or a freezing cold winters day, come home and find the perfect SL Island in all its perfection all year round!

 

This post finds me a very proud girl as I have just read Pookes story of the new Shipwreck tour at ND and I am hoping it was experienced with the free diving tour and gear that adds so much to the dives.

 

I am truly humbled by Pookes words and to realise that others also love how wonderful it is to convert imagination into SL theatre as I do, amazes me!

 

                                                         

It has been a joy to make these and I have to say I am proud of the Shipwreck tour but may be the bearer of bad news. That is, we may have found the remains of Saltdogs Son Duane in the hulk of the ship!

 

If you don't understand then I suggest you read the very cool SL Naturist from pixel to pixel!

 

http://theslnaturist.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/back-in-the-day-naturist-stories-imagined-no-1/

 

There is actually three separate scuba tours or rides, all for two people at once, and a Hang glider tour.

 

Start at the entry beach. Walk left from the entry jetty. Grab your free gear by touching the red sign near the big rock, wear the fins, tank and mask, and then just touch one of the small balls and let the ride take you on a pre-programmed tour of the reef with sounds and animations built in.

 

Keep your dive gear on though, as the tour ends, and walk to your left again to the small Kayak rezzer jetty. Again just touch the small balls and take the ride to the SS Nudita! Ensure sound is up to enhance the full experience!

 

Next tour takes in the crazy Trippy Tunnel and mysterious Round Room and ends up at Palm Beach, the back beach on Naked Dreams.

 

 

Toss off the heavy scuba gear and revert back to your beautiful naked self and walk up Palm Beach over the small stone bridges and up the steps to the Church. By touching the small sign there near the doors, the Hang glider tour will be offered.

 

Rez a solo or duel Hang Glider and take in a birds eye view of ND and then over to the Eden Yacht Club, Eden Celebration Island and Airfield and the Surfing Beach. The ride will bring you back to ND, landing you not far from the Entry jetty. What you do then is up to you!

 

There is some secret labyrinths on ND. Its a network of chambers and tunnels that actually start under the Church steps and go all the way through to the Underwater room. It is a rabbit warren down there and you will have to use your imagination as to what the secrets these rooms could reveal! I had to clear all remnants of its wicked past out so as not to offend anyone! Be aware, there is actually three ways into the upper crypt! Make sure you drop down into the smaller round lower crypt and dungeons too!

 

I also rebuilt a few things to lower prims and enhance the Islands beauty. The new beach tarpaulin now offers extra shade to protect you from the harsh Aussie sun and even the Church has had a total makeover to lower prims and keep it fresh.

 

I hope you find my imagination a reflection of yours, and it takes you back to those warm balmy dreamy days relaxing on your favourite naturist beach! Please enjoy!

 

Finally, for now, I often wonder who reads these posts. If this is you, let me offer you love and peace for a very fruitful and wonderful year ahead. Both in rl and your sl..  

 

I look forward to welcoming you to Naked Dreams very soon!

 

Love on you!

 

Teresa

 

The latest news from Naked Dreams

What a strange and wonderful world Second Life can be! I have been asked to update what's been going on at Naked Dreams and I am only too happy to report a lot is the answer!

Before I go on to let you all know about the improvements, I want to openly invite you to Naked Dreams. This Island is your Island, it's for Naturists who love peace and harmony. It's for Eden residents to enjoy, bring their friends and love all the amenities the island has to offer.

Many an Eden sailor has dropped anchor in the crystal clear lagoon or pulled up along many of its very boating friendly waterways.

 I am so proud of the Eden Estate and its residents. You would find it hard to get a better crew anywhere. Owners Elbag and Brenda, backed by its very capable staff, offer a myriad of Islands to explore all in tropical beauty and lush tranquillity. It was in this light that I was asked to build Naked Dreams. A glimpse back in time to a sim many naturists enjoyed in SL many years ago. An open and free Island offered in good faith to treasure and enjoy.

Now onto the improvements...  I have always tried to use the almost unlimited potential of building in SL and blend that with a reality so that as you walk the leafy palm frond laden pathways of the Island, you really get the feeling you are actually there. 

Around a year ago, I finally achieved what I had strived for over so many years and that was to have every building and structure on the Island actually made by myself. You wont see any purchased buildings on Naked Dreams!

In my past Islands I always loved having some secret spots hidden in the build. Naked Dreams is no different. There are many places you will find very un-expectantly. Try walking behind the altar in the Church. Some careful exploring will lead you to a giant crypt and an even smaller one under there. Trapdoors, built in tp's and secret panels are the order of the day. If you persevere it will lead you to the secret tunnels!

 

Probably still one of the most surprising finds will be the Merfolk friendly Underwater room and looped viewing tube. Simply touch the low wall on the stone wharf on the southside of the island to get in. A simple touch to the glass wall delivers you safely to the wharf again! A little exploring there and you might even find the secret tunnels that join the crypt buildings and Church. Its all up to you! Don't stop looking though, there are some beautiful discrete areas on Naked Dreams to simply hug and kiss your lover!

SL is people. People using their imagination and skills to deliver our 'second' life.  The human mind is very inventive and you must remain open to change knowing its more definite than anything else. Imagine my surprise when I had a beautiful ND resident challenge my way of building. With help from her, I have been able to save so many prims in the new mesh structures and featured builds on the island. What a challenge for me to learn how to use Blender! However, this has meant I can place even more amenities all over the Island.

You can now do all these things in no particular order. Skydive from the ND platform and landing target. Windsurf, Kiteboard, Kayak on a single or double Kayak, Row a boat. Swim. Surf on a surfboard. Fly a free Helicopter. Hang glide. Climb up and down Trees. Walk the Tight Rope. Cliff dive and bridge dive into the Naked Dreams gorge. Have a massage in the Naked Dreams massage hut or a Spa in the ND Skydome. Dance on one of two Intans. Catch a sail boat from Eden Natropolis. Have a shower with your lover under the massive waterfalls that grace the Eastern shoreline or just lay back on the many beach towels and beach furniture items spread all over the Island. You can even rez your own sailing craft or Powerboat on the Island.

The most exciting part is the announcement of two new experiences on Naked Dreams. There is now two new rezzers on the observation jetty near the misty lake Tiki Hut. One produces an almost clear bubble for you and your partner to fly in. It travels slowly so great views of the island can be taken in.

 
The other is a custom made Naked Dreams Parasail rezzer. One touch produces a rideable parasail flyer that is very steady over sim crossings, in fact you can sail right across the entire group of Eden Islands in quiet floating naked bliss! 

 

I am so proud of my involvement with the Eden group. I am thrilled to see the Islands grow and invite you to join with us. Simply visit Natropolis to join the Eden group. 

Please come and visit. The Island was made with love and peace for all to enjoy!

I hope to one day see you join me on Naked Dreams where all your dreams just might come true!

Love and peace   xoxoxoxo

 

Teresa Korhonen

Hello Everyone.




Well... So long between posts!



I saw one I did, sixteen months ago, very pessimistic, saying I might not be here in 2013! Well, not only am I still here but SL has never been better for me...

I guess miracles can happen!



I have been loving the boating in sl. Either Motor boat or crewing on sailing ships. Eden has so many Islands and the fact that its joined to the Fruit Islands makes for some wonderful day trips.. It would be difficult to find a much more beautiful array of Islands flung like jewels across the sea than the Eden and Fruit Islands group..



As for me, I have been busy and a lot has happened at Naked Dreams of late. There's a new Crypt and lower chamber under the Church! it is a little more adult than the surface though and very hard to get into. Ask me if you need a hint to drop in!



There's the new Tiki Hut I made and nearby the trippy tunnel. Just dive off the long bridge to Misty lake.



I also made a new addition to the island last night. It's in the Underwater chamber. It is an observation tube surrounding the reef. Please check it out and tell your friends if you like it! The sea life is abundant and the reef is beautiful.



I am now proud to say that every building on Naked Dreams has been made by myself. No purchased buildings just plonked down here. This is rare in SL and I am very proud of that fact.



I have to say, I giggle when someone tells me how good a sim is only for me to visit and find it little more that a used car lot of used buildings.



The best thing about Naked Dreams these days though is the people. We have so many drop in from all over the r/l world and the visits have grown to surpass many other sims. I have never advertised Naked Dreams in search, so this also makes me very proud that people drop in to visit us and stay with us by word of mouth alone.



Finally, congratulations to all the naturist sim owners who have battled on. A few have gone, maybe never to return. To all those who have dug in and still offer beautiful places for all of us to enjoy, well, heres cheers to you!



I am also proud that we all live and visit here in our 'second' life with such love and happiness.



Thank you to all who live and visit here!

Love and peace to you all!!



Teresa...

There is nothing better than having someone understand you and understand the meaning behind why you are motivated to do things. Lovers are often the only ones to support us in our own quest for what we aspire to do in our lives and that takes trust and a deep understanding of their lovers soul.

It is in this mindset that I respond to the recent write-up about Naked Dreams in The SL Naturist.

http://theslnaturist.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/the-naked-dreams-eden-heron-underwater-viewing-platform/

Even though I have never met the people who write The SL Naturist, I can see they understand me totally and appreciate what I was out to achieve.

I was raised as a nudist and I am proud of it. My parents passed on a love of freedom and awareness that is beautiful to acknowledge.

When I came into Second Life, I saw the potential of capturing the real feelings I have enjoyed as a naturist for so many years.

When I build lands in SL, I try to remember the total feelings of freedom being the part I loved the most. Slipping into a rock pool with your fellow naturists at Byron Bay will always stay in my memory. Walking naked in the bush trails at Point Lookout on Stradbroke Island still takes me back and I can still smell the pepper like aroma of the forest there. Ahhh pure bliss!

When I build in SL, I strive to summon up that rl atmosphere, the fact or the feeling you could actually be there. Sometimes it's amazing being alone in nature and as nature intended. Other times you need the feelings of togetherness in a social environment. All these things I try to factor into the build.

As a Gold Coast girl, I loved Seaworld on the Spit. I had the idea of building an underwater observation viewing room in sl and found it suited my other love of marine creatures in all their naked glory.

To have others enjoy and connect to the ideas of this part of Naked Dreams has been one of the most satisfying elements of Second Life and I am totally humbled by the words in the article.

Thank you to Ella and Harry for their words! I must point out in public forum that I didn't actually build the original Buffy's Cove though. I just put a lot of love into it..

I also want to say thank you to Dandy, LeMelon and my wonderful friend Gray for their on-going support and friendship.

Peace and love and naked dreams to you all.

Teresa

Thoughts for 2012..

Hello Everyone.

As we move into 2012 well and truly now, we can look to the future of our beloved Second Life with some concern.

I found an article (link attached below) where they talk about Hard Alley closing down due to lack of funds to run the place. I have to say I am not a regular visitor of this sim, or many like it.
I tend to hang out on my naturist sim Naked Dreams and relax on its palm laden, sun soaked beaches and tranquil forests, but Hard Alley possibly closing does pose a question on the on-going viability of the Grid.

SL constantly changes but is it drying up?

While this is not a 'beg' blog post, I for one find it very hard to keep going in SL. I built a place for people to relax in and in no way am I ever going to beg for donations. It was my decision to build Naked Dreams. I could have easily said no. The simple fact is, it costs lots of money to fund a sim like this and I don't charge a membership or entry fee. I have 2 small tip jars, one at entry and one on top of the underwater viewing room. Unless you are prepared to get an Adult sim full of inane sex animations, you can only expect a few visitors to your Island. Personally, I know visitors to ND prefer it this way, nice and quiet..

We fund Naked Dreams through the generous donations of real money from the Sims owners, Elbag and Brenda who run the Eden group from love and passion. I pay a large percentage of the rest of the tier while hopefully, the 4 units on ND are rented out most of the time. If even only one unit is not rented out, as I have now, there is instantly a shortfall of funds over the top of the money already put aside to pay the tier.

Donations in SL have all but dried up. Don't budget for anything via tip jars or donations really these days if you plan to open a sim. So different to the past where people knew someone had to pay to keep these places afloat.

When I first joined SL, I learned how to build and offered my services in exchange for a place to live in-world. Most of these arrangements failed after a short time when the novelty of having me on their sim passed. You can still see replies to some of my blog entries from these of these people in my blog.

I decided to chip in and pay my way in real cash to have my own piece of pixilated paradise. Well, the day is fast approaching where I will not be able to maintain my little piece of paradise any longer.

The point is, SL has changed. That's a given, but its changed in a way that will limit its future. The days of wandering alone on public land could be a thing of the past with more membership fees being charged to visitors by the sim owners if they wish to remain viable.

The platform itself has not moved with technology either. Constant sim reboots and crashing avatars all adds to the frustration. Friends are fewer on the platform too. The PS3, Iphone, Xbox, Wii and so many other technologically superior elements all compete with the escape from reality that most chase in SL.

Read the article to see some amazing insights into our beloved SL.

http://alphavilleherald.com/2012/01/hard-alley-to-be-cleaned-out-march-10.html

I can't have a go at anyone who wrote the comments below the main article because many I agree with, and even though I find some of the comments distasteful at best, I can say I admire 'Required' who posted on January 26 (Australia Day) and who could see the plight of genuine people with good hearts that only tried to enhance the grid, and who only tried to make it more beautiful.

If I last in SL another 11 months it will be nothing short of a miracle!

Love and naked dreams to you all!

Teresa

Merry Christmas to you all!

Hello Everyone!

As Christmas draws near I thought it time to offer some words of peaceful greetings and happiness to all of you for the season.

It has been a year of contrasts for me in RL and in SL but here I am, facing the end of the year with renewed optimism and hope for a peaceful 2012.

In SL, around March, I built Naked Dreams. It was the end of the flu season here and I had a few days off to recover, a perfect time to build a new sim.

There's enough in my previous blog writings about the Island. I know so many of you love it and visit the Island regularly. I actually do love the Island. On a recent break away from any computer interaction, I felt like I was coming home again when I finally rezzed there. It was awesome!

I have loved the last nine months in the Eden archipelago. I have so much enjoyed meeting all of my new friends and keeping in with all my old friends in SL and I have continued to be impressed by various builds and new ideas in SL.

I have seen two new naturist Islands developed in SL in 2011 that I respect greatly. One is Su Casa. Built by my wonderful and loyal friend Gray and his band of merry nudist friends, the island offers peace and a beautiful safe place to enjoy our SL pass-time.

Now there is a new place to visit. The Lost Garden Naturist Park is set to a more European theme and its sparseness offers a unique take on SL Naturism. My old friend InstantKarma has carefully constructed a uber relaxing place for everyone in SL to enjoy. If you want to see it before a membership fee kicks in, I suggest you get over there ASAP.

Minimal is the layout and design. Wondering around the grassed fields while looking at rugged mountain peaks in a naturist setting is the theme and its well worth a visit.

Not that I haven't seen a myriad of other wonderful builds and places to enjoy in SL this year! The creative thinking behind every avatar is always a wondrous thing to see. What an amazing world we have created in our Cyberworld!

Peace and goodwill to you all. May the worst of the last year be washed away by an optimism for a peaceful and joyful 2012!

May you all have a safe and relaxing Christmas with your loved one and familles and I hope you all have a visit from the jolly fat guy in the red suit!

Merry Christmas!

Teresa Korhonen

Well hello everyone!

Finally after months of being asked, I decided to go back and make another island. My good friends Elbag and Brenda from the famous Eden group of islands offered me a place to set up and re-create an old magic, a magic long past and almost forgotten.

The Island is called Naked Dreams. I like to say, dream it and it is!

I had so many comments from people saying they missed Buffys as it was when we had it. The dynamics of what was changed and they missed the olden happy days there. I decided it was time to re-create the magic as Buffys was.

My Island is made with peace and love. No hate, no hurt, just love and respect. Bring a healthy dose of that and chill out. Ride the Hammerhead, the green Sea Turtle or the Manta ray. Enjoy the reef as it was in the past. You will find all the old rides are there too. There's even new ways of getting around!

The Island is a nudist island and while I will never accept nude police making sure you are naked, its expected that's how you would relax on Naked Dreams.

You will also find four units to rent too. There are two Penthouses and two units below all with stunning ocean views. Just drop me a line in world if you would like to live in your own Naked dreams!

There is also a support group too. Come and visit and I will make you a Naked dreamer!

The island is pretty much lag free, very tropical and very relaxed. I would love to welcome you to its shores.

Maybe the best thing is, we have no baggage at Naked Dreams. When we took over Buffys, there were so many people that expected us to listen to their every word on how they expected Buffys to be operated. All the owners of Buffys were aware not to change anything so as not to upset anyone. Well, at Naked dreams it's a fresh canvas with some nice fresh paint but still with respect for what was a much loved island in SL, an Island that is so different now that people have forgotten how it used to look.

I am in competition with no one. My dear friend Gray is operating Su Casa and it is stunning in every way. I take my hat off to my friends at Bare Naked Angels too. These were the islands I found so much happiness in after the Buffys demise.

Peace and love to all that come by our way. With a gentle wave of a palm frond or a turtles fin, you will be welcomed into your own Naked Dreams.

Can't wait to share a coconut milkshake with you soon!

To find us, simply go to my profile and check Picks. you will find Naked Dreams there waiting for you!

Love to you all.

Teresa