Today is dedicated to the LongFroglets and RoundFroglets who have now all gone to their forever homes! Some who left today have gone to be pets and others are going to live in a primary school classroom!
Traditionally, Midsommar night was considered a time of magic and mystery when plants acquired healing powers and were used to predict the future. Young women would pick seven different kinds of flowers and put them under their pillow to dream of their future husbands. According to tradition you had to climb seven roundpole fences and the flowers must be picked in silence, or the magic would be broken.
The roundpole fence is a wooden fence typical to the countryside in Sweden (in Swedish: gärdesgård), Norway (in Norwegian: skigard), Finland (in Finnish: riukuaita, risuaita or pistoaita) and Estonia (in Estonian: roigasaed or teivasaed). It is normally made from unbarked and unsplit youngish trees, mostly spruce or juniper. Roundpole fences have traditionally been used as a means of fencing off animals rather than marking property boundaries.
The fence construction generally consists of 3 or 4 parts: uprights put together in pairs, round poles laid horizontally or diagonally between the two uprights, and binding cord usually made from young saplings - and sometimes also diagonal bracing. The fence is usually 1.5–2 metres tall. The fencing can also incorporate specially made stiles and gates. The fence requires an abundance of wood, which was never a problem in Scandinavia, as the trees generally came from the owners' own forests in the process of thinning them out. The term ″roundpole fence" is somewhat misleading, as the rails between the pairs of uprights are usually split spruce logs. However, the upright poles are always round, young spruce trees with a diameter of 5 to 7 cm. For the diagonals, larger trees with a diameter up to 20 cm were split into four or eight rails of suitable dimensions. Very young saplings were used to bind the rails to the uprights, the idea being to utilize trees of different ages. In more recent times, rough sawn boards have also been used, preferably the outer boards of a log, with one curved side. The binding of saplings have also been replaced by steel wire.
The oldest known roundpole fence dates back to the Iron Age. The oldest known archeological find of a roundpole fence in Sweden was uncovered in Leksand.
Note: if you want to reblog a CC archive post, please use THIS ONE!
Unlike the previous CC creator archives, this isn’t a reupload, but merely a list of content that is still available on the web. I have also included links to both her Tumblr and blog, where possible. Most of it isn’t tagged with the same tag, so it can be difficult to track down. If anyone has any of the missing content (detailed under the cut), please contribute :)
Known as: gelinagelina (active), gelinasims (active), gelinadownloads-blog (active), gelinadownloads (inactive), gelinabuilds (inactive) [classified as whether the website is still online or not]
Update: everything has been found!
BUILD
Barn Door Arch: preview | download: 1, 2 (***)
Dixon Chain Link Fence and Gates, and Barbed Wire Fence
Florida Window Set: 1, 2
WA France Retaining Walls in different sizes, double-sided, for CAW (**)
LOTS
Bloom Ranch and Nectary: 1, 2 [Residential]
Clifton: 1, 2 [Residential]
Evergreen House [Residential]
Hudson House: 1, 2 [Residential]
Lago: old | updated for Island Paradise [Residential]
Lago and Lana [Residential]
Lana [Residential]
Modern Maple and Stone [Residential]
Montclair: 1, 2 [Residential]
Multi-Unit Houseboat
Old Main Street Fire House [Community]
Old Textile Mill: 1, 2 [Community]
Peninsula Ballroom Wedding Venue: 1, 2 [Community]
Shiny Things Inc. Warehouse: 1, 2 [Community]
St. Francis Nectary [Community]
The February House
The Oneder: 1, 2 [Residential]
Verona: 1, 2 [Residential]
Wood and Glass [Residential]
OTHER
Foxes: 1, 2 (playable)
Tutorial: Building Multi-Level Decks and Foundations Over Water
ADD-ONS
Vintage Lounger Add-Ons by @mochasims
Uranesian Weather and Mediterranean Day by @nilxis incorporate Gelina’s Lighting Tweaks
Notes:
(*) I wasn’t sure when these were made, so I ran them through RigFix just to be on the safe side. They should be compatible with the Pets patch.
(**) thank you, @buckleysims !
(***) thank you, @buckleysims and @catbrokensims2!
(4) thank you, @mspoodle1! [folder]
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN FOUND!
Decorative Paper Boats: previews: 1, 2, 3 FOUND! (4)
Barn Door Arch (arch) and Roundpole fence (sculpture) FOUND 1&2! (***)
Charlie Brown Christmas Tree FOUND! (**)
Perriand Chair (last image) FOUND! (**)
Piggy Planters FOUND! (**)
WA France Retaining Walls in different sizes, double-sided, for CAW (original post redirects) FOUND! (**)
been trying out valheim, and while i can appreciate a grind, the boars just don’t spawn enough. deer are supposed to be like the next tier, and i’ve got like twice as much of their drops as i have boars. so i spend my time just roaming around hoping to maybe find more boars, because taming them seems super finicky and involving a lot of afk. also the roundpole fence doesn’t have it’s own gate, so you have to have this stupid looking palisade gate next to the roundpoles. i’d heard a lot of good things about this game, and it looked cool, and while some of it was novel and encouraging, overall i’m a bit underwhelmed.
So I’ve slowly been converting my abandoned FC house into an approximation of what I imagine Xarzil’s colony home to be like
there’s not much in the way of Gelmorran housing items I have an idea of the stuff I’ll be wanting. The Entry way will stay as that function, downstairs I’m tossing up between a meeting hall and something more cosy? Duskwight fans let me know what you’d prefer!
for those interested I’m putting a list of stuff under the cut
Wall Lantern
Classic Chandelier
Masonwork Stove
Marble Arch Partition
Blank Glade Partition
Ivy Pillar
Glade Roundpole Fence
Amdapori Wall Lantern
Bread Rack
Crystarium Bench
Riviera Bench
strike through means I’ve gotten it already, not in need order
Here’s another request (only one more to go now!). This was for @kirstenmaealtman, who asked me to build a cozy lakeside cabin with two bedrooms and a screened porch. You can see more exterior pictures here.
This lot may use items from any/all EPs. Custom content used:
Log home set by Jezi Bomb
Nordic windows by Lisen
Screen door and windows by baufive
CASt-able chimney by armiel
Roundpole fence by Gelina (The download post was deleted and Gelina is no longer around, so I uploaded this one)
OMSP by granthes
Invisible light by Buhudain (I used this on the stair landing; you could replace it with a debug light)
Saimaa Day 68/100 Old abandoned dance hall is surrounded with roundpole fence and gate on island of Lake Saimaa. The village of the island is degraded and dances are not organised any more. Jo harmaantunut riukuaita ympäröi Saimaan saaressa sijaitsevaa hylättyä tanssilavaa. Saaren kylä on kuihtunut ja viimeisistä tansseista on jo aikaa. #100lakesaimaa #100päivääsaimaalla #reppujareissumies #visitsaimaa #saimaa #fence #riukuaita #tanssilava #hylätty #abandonedplaces (paikassa Sääminki, Itä-Suomen Lääni, Finland)