Arabian Delights

Our first stop this week was to Wolf Territories Grid, to see the artist and poet Arabian Sands, This vast sim has so much on it, that we could only touch on a few points of interest and wow how interesting it was. The sim is called Dune Art, and it's a very sandy sumptuous region under a spectacular sky. There were quite a lot of us on the sim, including some first time Safarians, always great to have new company on our tours!

Yara Eilde: Hello Arabien

Max Well: hello hello all

Dings Digital: Hallo Yara :)

Tosha Tyran: Hello folks :)

Ayla Alvarez: hi everyone, got your pith helmet?

Star Ravenhurst: Hi everyone

Arabian Sands: Hey Forest :)

Tosha Tyran: James, sexy underwear :D

Forest Azure: oh wow, I'm me already! that is fast!

James Atlloud: ty Tosha - who knows, where's my clothes!! ha ha

Ayla Alvarez: not panties, I hope...

James Atlloud: boxers, always boxers.  they be painted on just for such occasions.

Lavia Lavine: Hey Everybody

Bob Solo: hi

Thirza Ember: how is the rezzing going? I see you all looking good ... at least, skins are slow today but at least we all have our hair!

Bob Solo: all colored in

Spax Orion: slowly seeping in... no lag on my end...Pretty place btw!

Lavia Lavine: It's slowly coming in for me

Ayla Alvarez: I'm gray and I can't get up

Tina Bey: Hola a Todos !!

Jade Serenity: Oooo pretty sky!

Tosha Tyran: Hola, Tinísima

 Arabian Sands: As-salamu alaykum, and welcome to everyone.  My name is Arabian Sands, and I am the creator and builder of Dune and Dune Art. It is my great honor that HG Safari has chosen to visit my world today as one of their stops. I would especially like to thank Thirza for making this visit possible.

Thirza Ember: don't say great honor until after. we make a lot of mess

Jade Serenity: giggle

Tosha Tyran: lol thirza! We litter

Ipso-Fari

Our second stop this week was on BloodMoon Pack grid, to meet up with the French painter and videographer Prodyck Theas. We were there to see Ipsofacto, a sim with deep connections to Prodck's RL artistry, and also his many eyars of activity in opensim. Prodyck often streams inworld events on his Twitch account, though today he was busy showing us around - so here's the words and pictures part; if you'd like to see more pictures, why not join our Facebook group where photographer extraordinaire Roff Kisses has posted a few.

Prodyck Theas: bonjour

Vlad Helsing: Please click on the ball on Prodyck's head and choose your language.

Cherry Manga: hello bonsoir

Forest Azure: more desert!

Dings Digital: bonsoir

Tina Bey: que bueno!! llego el traductor!

Prodyck Theas: Has everyone arrived? Welcome to all It's been a long time since I've made any visits. The last time was on Craft  A thank you to Vlad for hosting regions. The theme of this region is after global warming. Man had to make little artificial paradises

Tosha Tyran: Oh my god, that is why it seemed so familiar - like looking out of my window in RL

Cherry Manga: global warming made clouds bloom as flowers , how sweet

Prodyck Theas: Follow me. Here a nod to the spirit of the times

Linkup Opens its Doors

 Five friends  have set up a new grid and the opening party is today ! Starting at 10am SLT, there will be dancing and celebrating for four full hours with DJs and live singers.

The grid's called LinkUp and as the name suggests, the emphasis is on sociability, with many opportunities to play, to learn, and to chat together.

The five friends are Winter King, Dave King, Whisper Carfield, Sofee Supermarine, and Ted Junior. They've been working hard over the summer to bring the grid online, and it already looks very bright, friendly, and easy to navigate - with so many years of experience, that comes as no surprise. 

They have known each other from the days of Zangrid - to give you some perspective about how long these guys have been pals, I looked up the last times Safari visited that lovely but now offline grid, turns out it was back in 2016 and 2017. Of course, the past decade has brought with it all kinds of technical knowledge, and now they're in a position to open their doors to the hypergrid on a platform tailored for getting together.

Ted Junior: We want to link up everyone who contributes something special to OpenSim — whether it’s fashion, building, education, amazing places, events, creativity, technology, and so much more. By working together, sharing our knowledge, supporting each other, and bringing our different talents together, we can build something stronger as a community.

Thirza Ember: Can anyone join? What about if people have technical questions about Opensim and need some help or support ?

Ted Junior:  At Linkup Grid we believe in helping one another in any way we can. Anyone can join, it's easy to make an avatar. Whether you need technical assistance, publicity, creative support, or simply someone to work together with, we want to be there. Every person has something valuable to contribute, and together we can create connections that bring us closer.

The grid's just getting started but there are already a range of different styles to the sims here, this photo shows Summer Vibes, with boats and waterfront houses. But there is a strong emphasis on group activities here.

Ted Junior:  Yes, there will be AI, DJ, and building classes, at our dedicated Education building. Go there and you can find all the info. 

Sofee Supermarine: There will be regular events for Fishing, Greedy and BINGO during the week. There will be some special events too, but talking with people is more important then partying all day. And just having a chat with people is important to us.

The party begins at 10am SLT today Friday September 4 at 

hop://login.linkup-grid.com:8002/LinkUp%20Welcome/118/70/23

Safari gets into the Zone

Our first outing for the 2026 Fall season of Safari was on a new grid, called The Zones, which is the home of Kimm Starr and Cooper Swizzle. They have prepared an interactive build, or Experience, that is colorful, fun, and breathtaking, on the theme of 'Day of the Dead,' which is also the name of the sim. We were delighted to be invited to see it and while about halfway through our visit, there were some technical problems, it's clear that this is a lovely build you should see for yourselves! The HG Address is, of course, at the end of the post.

It was so nice to see many people on the trip, new faces and regular safarians alike. As you know anyone who wants to join us is welcome, so don't feel shy, come on over next week and be part of the event! Of course, no guarantees your bits and pieces will travel at the same speed when you grid jump...

Ayla Alvarez: I don't want to say hello until I look like a normal human avatar... ah... there I am...  phew!

Alex Salamander Hello everyone :-)

Star Ravenhurst: Hi Alex

Mike Fleetwood: hello everyone

Tutz Zabelin: hi to all new

Cooper Swizzle looking drop dead gorgeous

Cooper Swizzle: Welcome everyone.  We will begin at 5 after 12 so others can join us and rez in. In the meantime, if you turn your sound on there is music. Welcome Ayla, and Neo. Hello Alex.

Kimm Starr: We will start in a couple of minutes... please check your environment is set to midnight and your in-world sound is on

Max Well: hello everyone

Cherry Manga: Hi all!

James Atlloud: wow, so many stars in the sky!

Jade Serenity: yeah and clothing :P

Marlon Wayne: Huhu Yara

Cooper Swizzle: Hello Koshari

Star Ravenhurst: Hi Dorena

Cooper Swizzle: Please come stand behind the yellow line...

James Atlloud: define 'behind'

Safari at the Crescent

 Yay back on Safari!  Oh, and there are ten weeks of Safari this season, so join us soon if you can! Wednesdays at 12 at the Clubhouse. Our second stop this week was on Winxtropia (addresses at the end of the post, as always). 

Here's what we learned from the lovely Bloom Peters of Winxtropia grid who had lost of news about things she's been building recently. There's quite a bit of info on the same subject in this blog post 'Giddy About MIDI', but yesterday's visit geve everyone the opportunity to meet with her in person. We met on Crescent Melody region, under this dome, where the animated orchestra resides.

Bloom Peters: Welcome all. Please,  enable your mic for this experience

Petlove Petshop: Hi Bloom!

Farstar Enoch: hi all

Boujee GamerGirl: hello!

Dorena Bree: i like the sky, its really pretty

Ayla.Alvarez: I'm afraid to ask what the buffer rate is

Bloom Peters: so far 190... not bad. Smart buffer is critical for timing

Bloom Peters: you are free to chat before the show case of course. Today will showcase a brand new viewer created.. as soon as thirza says she is ready. If your mic wont activate do a relog

Farstar Enoch: You need mic enabled to hear the music

Petlove Petshop: ahh ok!

Jade Serenity: i have no mic but i have voice enabled

Bloom Peters: yes that's perfect, as long as u get the dot hehe, you only need to enable Voice checkbox

Neo Cortex: Unfortunately I don't have that voice client on Linux

Nara Nook: I don't have voice either

Thirza Ember: i have voice but it doesn't kick in immediately in a big group but i am sure it will soon!

Bloom Peters: For those who cant get voice not a problem links will be provided for youtube demonstration

Dorena.Bree: great

 Farstar Enoch: Bloom has it all covered

Bloom Peters: this everyone?

Thirza Ember: looking... yes i think so...