This is an old post … but I think it still explains why the residents of Linden Lab are so very passionate.
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
WB Yeats – The Cloths of Heaven
Images used:
Wizardhat, photo by Wren Carling
RFL 2010, photo by Twisted Lemon
Insilico, photo by PJ Trenton
Second Life Railways, photo by Wildstar Beaumont
Syrah Xue’s Linden Home, photo by Raven Halaan
Inis Caiseal, photo by GM Nickolaidis
The Merryman Arms in Babbage at RFL 2011, photo by Judith Lefevre
Calas Galadhon, photo by PJ Trenton
Junkyard Blues, photo by Twisted Lemon
Some of those places have gone now; some were intended for only a brief existence; some have been updated. Perhaps readers of this blog could suggest new locations to illustrate this poem.
Prim Perfect 
Great post! Glad you reshared. It is so very true. Jasmine’s Hollow is my dream. It’s the dreams and memories of my childhood. It’s how I’m recovering from a serious illness and finding life again. There are so many stories like this in sl
Tread softly? bring a bull dozer.. start at the top with the editorial staff and marketing departments