It was off back to Lam Erin’s Cherishville for me (in between growling at the PC, which decided to start playing up on me), to see what had come forth for the coming of spring.
The work of Lam and his SL partner, Azaria (AmariahRenee), the setting once again contains some echoes from past setting there, helping to give that sense of continuity, whilst also presenting something entire new and – as usual – photogenic.
That sense of familiarity is felt immediately on arrival: once again, the Landing Point for the setting sits at one end of a road running before a row of houses, a road which form a T-junction at the one end and which turns sharply right at the other; only this street is cobbled, rather than paved, giving it something of a rural feel, something further trees and flowers facing the houses.
A further hint that this iteration of the region represents an earlier time that what has come before can be found in the saloon car parked at the end of the street, just before the road makes its right turn to the south.
Behind the row of houses sits a large lake, which takes up the middle are of the region. Rather than gardens or yards, the houses share a common terrace reaching out to the water, complete with docks for rowing boats and kayaks.
Whilst plentiful in number, these water craft appear to be for décor and sitting rather than taking out on the lake – which is fortunate, as the waters are the home to swans, with some of them nesting (together with ducks to one side of the lake).
Aside form the road passing around the lake on its west side, much of the land surround the lake continues the rural, almost pastoral theme; sheep graze, trees and flower bloom, streams and brooks bubble.
Winding through a good part of the scene, the road provides access to houses and cottages on the southern side of the lake, which they can look across from a slightly elevated position, one of them offered s a farmhouse with pigs, goats and chicken.
There’s no indication as to where in the world this iteration of Cherishville might be – not that this is important – but the large semi-fortified house on the east side of the region and again overlooking the lake did, for whatever reason, suggest Scotland to me – possibly helped by the off-region mountainous surrounds. This large house is a new(ish) release from Marcthur Goosson, and appears to combine elements of some of his previous designs (notably the MA MAISON Medieval Cottage and the Castle Gate Tower BARREZ, medieval style building) to present a large and engaging structure.
Whilst the fortified house is unfurnished, most of the rest are complete with furniture and décor, offering opportunities to peek inside them and perhaps take a seat as an alternative to the seats, boats and benches found outside.
Cherishville always tends to be be attractive – if with the occasion niggle with floating elements – but this iteration has the feeling of going beyond in the way the palette of colours from sky to scenery to buildings has be brought together as a whole. In this the use of PBR helps as well, the materials providing a sense of added depth to things like the exposed rock alongside the shoreline of the lake.
The simplicity of the setting, coupled with its natural beauty means that detailed descriptions really are not required; the region speaks clearly for itself. With this in mind, I’m going to shut up here and encourage you to go see for yourself!
SLURL Details
- Cherishville – Spring (Tuscan Hills, rated Moderate)
Inara Pey: Living in a Modemworld 