Winter Wonderland

The north wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will poor robin do then,
Poor thing?
He'll sit in a barn,
And keep himself warm,
And hide his head under his wing,
Poor thing.

If he had half a brain he'd gather his little chums together and do what Tessa's jockey did recently, fly down to Uruguay and disport himself as close to naked as possible on the sun drenched beaches of the Rio de la Plata drinking Mendoza wine. Bird brain by name, bird brain by nature.
But having said that, things are rarely as they seem. Ask any SL "lesbian" what they keep hanging between their thighs. They know..... And the terrors of the blizzard are far from Sim Tessa, in fact if it wasn't for that freakin weather machine which we lost some time ago deep in the jungles of the sim, snow and Sim Tessa would rarely appear in the same sentence.
However in deference to our AFs we are acknowledging the calendar and changing the banner. It wasn't a cheap exercise. Tess had to take several flights, and she never flies any way but First Class, to Shenyang, China, where she snapped this snowy scene.at Nurhachi's Forbidden City.
While she was at it she took the trouble to invest a few Ls in protection from the cold, and with pleasing results.
Let's look at the sweater first. Nice isn't it? Actually, although the whole outfit has a Nordic buzz to it, this is the only genuinely Nordic item. It's the Marius knit sweater from artilleri which of course means that paragon of Nordic beauty, Antonia Marat. The jacket, nice as it is, is a cheap Jap imitation from Aoharu. See? They aren't confined to leather. They wield a mean knitting needle too.
Hair is boys hair. Androgyny has reared its ugly head yet again in this blog and we may need to Take Steps. It's Boarder Ginger reds Penny from Bryce Designs.
The glasses are Tess's faves, Genius Peepers from Miel. AFs will remember from previous posts that unlike other glasses they attach to the chin, not the nose. This means that uniquely Tess is able, in this shoot, to apply a little mascara, in this case 03 blue Flirty from LAQ. Yeah, we know it clashes with everything but we just don't get the practice. And sadly, Tess may be able to wear mascara and lashes with these glasses, but smoking is out, an attachment conflict. Tess likes a smoke.
Speaking of LAQ, Tessa finally solved the Great Eye Dilemma. You see it's dead easy to get wonderfully deep and sparkling eyes in any shade of blue. But if you're like Tessa and looking for that smouldering Mediterranean look, rocking horse manure analogies immediately leap to mind. Fortunately during an encounter with Jeza May, and while she was looking deep into her eyes, Jeza was kind enough to point us in the direction of these lovely brown orbs. Problem solved!