Pilkahdus

Bird(s) watching

E20 and E19 surveying their surroundings together and seeing something interesting in the pasture. The eaglets have been spending a lot of time at the nest rails, and a few more attempts have been made to see how the world looks from outside the nest, too.

Sun-warmed rolls

A little photoshoot with Masu enjoying a sunny spot.

Playing birdhouse continues

More silly screenshots of my weird raptor sims, featuring more of Tumult's family. Long and picture-heavy post.

Among the sims showing up to welcome them to the neighborhood were of course their closest neighbors, and also a human who was rudely ignored. Blue and Indo spent much of their visit being gross and engaging in gratuitous PDA.

Meripihka approves.

Lumikkuna

Morning after a blizzard.

Racing towards branching

Screenshots of the SWFL eaglets. E19 is eight weeks old, and E20 will be later today. (Post includes views of prey, but mostly old remains in the nest and not in focus)

E20 lying down, E19 standing at the nest rails a few days ago. They've gotten more steady and confident on their feet, and are interested in things going on outside the nest.

E19 wingers.

E20, too. The ventral coverts are still less developed than the dorsal ones, making the "inside" of the wing look more naked.

Flower puzzle

I completely retextured a flower hair accessory without a template (original texture file is a floodfill color) using a laptop that doesn't let me use the camera angle changing keys in Bodyshop, basically guessing through trial and error without being able to zoom which part of the texture affects which part of the item. Whether that's bragging or self-deprecation probably just depends on whether it looks in game the way I wanted it to.

Masu spottings

There are benefits to napping next to a radiator.

Can I help you?

More albatross cuteness

Recent screenshots from the Royal Albatross nestcam.

Chick with mom two days ago.

Picking up plants.

Mom preens baby, baby just wants to garden.

Closeups from today, dad at the nest this time.

Mantles and mantling with the SWFL eaglets

Link to nestcam. Post includes views of prey.

E20(left) and E19 beaking.

E19 stretches a wing over E20.

E20 preens one of E19's flight feathers. :')

Distant and close views of feisty eaglets

Screenshots of the SWFL Bald eagles. Post includes views of prey, and some sibling rivalry.

 

Harriet warming the eaglets on a rainy morning. She can't shield them from the rain much anymore, they're too big to fit under her, but their new feathers protect their down from getting too soaked.
E20 at the front, peeking out from under mom.

E20, E19. Huddling together.

Credits/WCIF on all the CC I've heaped upon my raptor sims

For those interested and as a memo for myself in case I misplace something.

This is all TS2 stuff, to be clear, because that's what I play. More pictures of the actual raptor sims can be seen at this tag. Also this is just the stuff on the sims themselves, but please feel free to ask about specific buy and build mode things if you want to know.

Tiny seabird's evening activities

Some cute screenshots from the Royal Albatross nestcam. What might be that fluffy little egg peeking out from under mom albatross' butt?

It's a napping baby!

Sunrise window frost

Eaglet pics and gender speculations

The SWFL eaglets are both six weeks old today. Here's E20 (center of the image) and E19 (corner) this morning, waiting for breakfast together. The rest of the post is screenshots from the past couple of days (warning that the screenshots again show prey).

Eaglets working on new plumage and new skills

Screenshots of the SWFL Bald eagles, starting from four days ago. E19 (back) and E20, both now five weeks old. Warning that post will again include views of prey, some quite gory.

Snow curtain

Bird simulation

Who wants a long and picture-heavy post about some pretty uncanny valley sims I've been having fun with?

Raptor family with a couple more degrees of anthropomorphization, what crimes will they commit!

Swirls and spots

Have some swimtrunks

A little more Sims 2 custom content I've made. Six swimwear recolors for AM.

They come in two sizes: the default Maxis bodyshape, and Consort's heavy. The former doesn't need a mesh, as it's a basegame recolor. Mesh for the latter is not included, but can be found at the MTS link.

Albatross closeups

I caught some adorable zoomings at the Royal Albatross Cam, so here's sharing.

Dad is back already, time for a brooding shift change, and lots of allopreening.

And for peeks at the baby! Let's have a closer look.