Happy Fourth of July - win 2 complete outfits by Costume Creation

Fourth of July is here! It's time for the rocket's glare and fireworks in the air!

And it's time to win two complete outfits worth 550 L$ for you & your partner today:

Simply add a comment here - a lucky winner will be drawn on July 4th at 12 PM PDT.

Win a Rez Day Telegraph

Win this Alphabet dial telegraph receiver with animated Happy Rez Day message by Timeless Curiosities. When touched the dial spells out the "Happy Rez Day" message. Based on a French 1870 model.

Great Victorian-style rez day gift or addition to any steampunk, mad scientist Lab or curious home collection.

See it at Dreaming Mermaid Isle (click here to teleport) and leave a comment in this blog to be registered for the drawing and win the telegraph.

We'll draw a lucky winner on June 26, 2011.

June 17, 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.

June 17, 2011 - The Statue of Liberty arrives at Dreaming Mermaid Isle.

And best - it's a freebie for you! Click to teleport > Dreaming Mermaid Isle

„We all go a little mad sometimes“

June 16, 1960: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is released

Freebie of the day @ Dreaming Mermaid Isle <- Click for Teleport:

Driveable Bath Tub inclusive Psycho Shower Curtain

Freebie of the day

We offer a changing freebie of the day to our friends & visitors. Simply grab it in the info hut. No need to wait like at Midnight Mania boards. Today's freebie: An animated Elvis to celebrate the opening of the first Hard Rock Cafe on June 14, 1971 in London. Teleport: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saragossa/128/128/22

Golden Bunny Hunt - solutions

Congratulations to all the winners of our Golden Bunny Hunt @ Dreaming Mermaid Isle:

Rosaline Roxley

Brittania Trill

Roland Teichmann

EtoMiyzel Islar

Kipper Kuri

Ocean Emerald

And here are the solutions:

1. What is the origin of the word "Easter"?

An Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre

2. Easter is based on which calendar?

Lunar

3. At Easter, rabbits are used to symbolize what?

Fertility

4. What country introduced the Easter Bunny to America?

Germany

5. Australians prefer to use which animal as a symbol of Easter?

Bilby

6. The most expensive jeweled eggs in the world were made by whom?

Faberge

7. Who co-starred with Judy Garland in "Easter Parade"?

Fred Astaire

8. Easter Island is a special territory of which country?

Chile

Your donations for Japan

Thank you for your donation which helped us to raise 6,500 L$ (ca. 19 Euro/30 US$) for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The rounded up amount of 25 Euro was transferred to the Japan fund of WorldVision on May 7, 2011.

Hiermit möchten wir uns ganz herzlich bei all denjenigen bedanken, die mit dazu beigetragen haben, auf Dreaming Mermaid Isle die Summe von 6500 L$ (umgerechnet ca. 19 Euro) für die Erdbeben- & Tsunamihilfe Japan zu sammeln.

Der Betrag von aufgerundet 25 Euro wurde am 07.05.2011 an die Katastrophenhilfe Japan von WorldVision überwiesen.