Hilary Aerius is always chief bartender when her boys throw one of their parties, but it's been a long day - hiking, gardening, fishing, jumping on the couch - so after lubricating everybody and mingling a bit she heads upstairs. "You all right, Ma?" Greg asks.
"Little tired, that's all. Don't stop the party on my account!" But she hasn't been asleep very long when music wakes her up. Not the kind Greg's husband Ben and their son John Amos normally play. And - "Who the heck are you? You don't look like anybody that was at the party when I left it."

"I've come to take you to a different party," he says. "Here, have a tikki drink. I've got a bunch of people anxious to see you again."
Hilary realizes what's going on, and accepts the drink.

"Oh, my! Those girls are dancing just like Cousin Mary does since she came back from that island! Will I learn to do that?"
"If you like."
"I think I would, at that."
"I'm sorry you won't have a chance to say good-bye."
"That's all right. I'd hate to spoil their party. They're such good boys. They don't need me to tell them to look out for each other."

"Well, let's go, then, ma'am. I've had a fellow named Gregory fidgeting for days, looking forward to seeing you again."
"Do you now!? I'm kind of itchy to see him again, myself! I got so much to tell him. Lead the way."

Hilary used to be my least favorite CAS sim, but she grew on me after Greg moved back home and I got the hang of Pleasure sims. Note the cat entering in the background of the second picture. She stood and yowled at the urn loud enough to be audible downstairs. Yeah, I cried a bit. She's my first CAS adult to die, having started as a widow with a teen son.

Bruno Turquesa, the first sim I've ever played from in-game birth to death, passed away today.








Playing a legacy challenge is fun, but also sad.

Nannie Ghote, live-in nanny, cook, and housekeeper for the Munny family, gets up in the middle of the night for a bathroom run, chases teen Mark off the computer (she spoils the boys generally, but it's a school night), and goes into the kitchen for a midnight snack, where she finds an unexpected visitor.

"Leave? I can't leave now! My worthless son's finally getting around to providing a second grandchild! And my granddaughter's pregnant! And, and, I have breakfast to make and the dog bed to clean and I'm right in the middle of making all those potholders - it's not fair!"


Up the street, Old Mrs. Munny - or, as Mossless Rock Magazine calls her, Mary Munny, the Geriatric Goddess of Rock - is taking a break from her endless round of throwing parties, giving concerts, and teaching young studs what they're capable of, in order to study up on Fire Safety. She's good at a lot of things (just ask the young studs!), but cooking isn't one of them. According to local tradition, she should have been providing the nanny services for her beloved grandsons, not some hired simmigrant, but nobody really thought it was a good idea.


Mary's not sure why she keeps inviting her cousins Marie and Pierre Curian to her parties. They live right across the street and she's known them forever, but she can never get them to mingle. You can waste half a party trying to get their attention off each other long enough to introduce them to anybody.


They'd be at the tops of their professions right now if they'd exert themselves to win a few friends and influence a few people. They just don't see the point of interacting with anybody but each other! (Damn Knowledge sims; two more friends and they'll both be permaplat, but can they be bothered? They can not!)

Cassini Drone:

His hobbies include chess, intensive housecleaning, and attempting to reason with toddlers.

Join the army of death...

From Townie Place

The Trimbles (soon grandparents):



autonomously dancing under the moonlight in their front yard. :lovestruc

Red Onions and his granddaughter, Pearl.

Mary Munny, accepting the adulation of one fan...

...after another. In the first pic, she's on a date with the guy whose hat you can see behind her when Merlin Hawkins spots her and stops to gush. He must be a fan of her music, because they have no bolts. (For story purposes he calls her Aunt Mary anyway; they're related in ways I haven't quite worked out.) In the second, she's just finished a date with a different man, whom she woohooed in the car before coming back in, and normally she'd be sizing up Jim Spitzig here for his date potential, as there's two bolts there. But he's got an engagement ring on and she's officially not interested. She's a free spirit, not a homewrecker.

My sim Mike
 

Brenda Owen... R.I.P.


Possibly my all-time favourite sim, Bailey... it'll be a sad day next time I'm due to play his household, as he'll shuffle off the mortal coil in 6 sim-days time.

But, on the upside he's had a good life: five kids, 8 grandkids, two businesses that he's now handed over to his eldest daughter and has been perma-plat for as long as I can remember. What more could a sim ask for?

EDIT: No, wait, Bailey now has 11 grandchildren. Eldest daughter Tamara gave birth to twins at the start of her rotation, and just now had TRIPLETS! Heaven help the family tree is all I can say!

EDIT 2: My other favourite Sim - Bailey's twin brother Brandon. I'd never seen a sim over the age of Teen "Check Self Out" autonomously that I recall, but here he is doing just that:

On the road again...

alot of these elders look real young i wanna make some all of a sudden :D

Henry & Beth Tudor

So far in this round, four sims have become elders (there will be four more).

Louisa Lieb

Louisa´s husband Mathias

Jakob Berg (Jakob´s wife Helena is also an elder, but I forgot to take pics of her so I´ll show her later)

Wow, what an amazing bunch of awesome oldies! And then some simmers complain elders are boring...
All pics posted so far are great, though I must confess that I found the Crumplebottom ones a bit creepy...There's just something about that old bat that gives me the chills!

Anyway, here is one of my fav elder piccies:

Dagi_is_a_punk OOH not so loud, agnes heard you!

The beauty and the beast..no wrong, the beast and the other beast..no.....the bad and the ugly. Nooo the ugly and the monster...ahh whatever!

Agnes smiles



Agnes on parole



Agnes like toys



Say no to frontal nudity

Here's my legacy founde and co-founder, Roger and Trina Fleurada.



Roger Fleurada playing with his grandbaby.



His wife Trina right after her elder transition.





They still love each other, a lot. Despite all the cheating, they stuck together and stayed happy. I'm gonna be sad to see them go, eventually.

Grace Longshore, my favorite of the people living at the old folks' home in Elsewhere. She's a sweet old lady with a knack for Bridge, but if you interrupt one of her games you're in for trouble.

Caliopi Salamis and her husband Elmer stop by her sister Aristea's house to pay them a visit and catch up in the front yard.


Their mother Circe wakes up upstairs and and Calipoi tries to talk with her, but since Circe is about to die, and her marriage of how many years was ruined when she discovered her husband was cheating on her with not only the maid, but his co worker on the same day; the day of his death, she dosnt have much patience with anyone and their conversation quickly turns into an argument.


After dinner, Circe proceeds to beat up the co worker who had an affair with her husband while her daughter and step sons cheer her on, and her other daughter and co worker talk about food in the kitchen


The next day, was her last. Or so I thought. Grim came and she got her her knees and begged, and I was like wait...this isnt platinum death...WHATS GOING ON HERE? Then he took her soul and did the "pick a hand" and she won. I was shocked. And of course that homewrecker chooses to walk by at this moment. She dose not look pleased.


She proceeds to knock over my trash can, so Circe greets her, and kicks her ass. Again.
And what I just discovered, by checking relationship panels, is that Aristea's husband is also having an affair with the same woman. I cant even...this is just...how did i miss that?

EDIT: aaannnd history repeats itself. Circe finally dies; and immediately after Elmer and Jessica go at it, right in front of his wife, and now this marriage is ruined. Seriously bitch, there is a cowplant in a room in the backyard. Go grab the cake and leave me and my family alone.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i.../Snapshot-9.jpg

JUSTICE!

Was trying out photo manipulation. Saved in a GIF format for gits and shiggles. Didn't turn out great.

This is Flint Hunter and a successfully made Baked Alaska. He's dead now, but that's okay. So is most of Veronaville, because of him.

AHAHAHA! BUMPING!



Tyler and Anna Fleurada, as elders.



They really like grandkids. They're still pretty youthful inside, and don't like admitting their age.



"SO I WAS LEIK AT THA BAR AND I SAW UR SON AND STUFF TALKIN TO THIS GAI AND I WAS LEIK HI AND YOUR SON WAS LEIK 'LEAVE ME ALONE GRAMPA GOSH'. But seriously, teach your kid manners. Tell him to come and get his friend, too. He's been sitting in the hot tub here for three days straight, and he hasn't budged an inch."



"OW! MY BACK! IT HURTS!"

Mary Munny takes time out of her busy schedule to have the flu. This is massively inconvenient - no dating, no parties, no contact till it's gone, and she's supposed to have a concert tonight! She got herself up out of bed and went to work anyway, and I got the notice that she was healthy again along with the one about being late and the bosses not being impressed. The bosses can suck it - this is Mary Munny, Goddess of Rock, and she'll show or not just as she pleases.

Lord knows, I can't control her!


Goz Hawkins was just heading inside after a game of catch with his grandson and hugging his oldest girl, intending to relax next to his wife in case she woke up frisky from her nap, when he encountered this fella. Well, if now's the time...and he does need to have a little talk with his first wife before his second one arrives. He accepts his tiki drink and fades away. His alien not-quite-granddaughter is politely bidding her not-quite-aunt goodby behind him.

Goz may go quietly, but Kitty is far from resigned. Food has lost its savor because everything tastes like tears. He was supposed to die in her arms, goshdarn it!

She can't bear to lie alone in that bed, so she leaves it to her daughter and son-in-law and puts herself to bed in the twins' old room.

The elders of generation two pass away in peace.

Read my lips, you better watch out!

Kitty is still not resigned to Goz's death. Not one little bit, though she gets through the day all right.

For one thing, it never mattered a jot before that Goz's sister Livva Ann married a fella that's hotter'n Hades. He wasn't a patch on her Goz and there was no harm in being friends with him. But now...now it bugs her.

Brady Estic feels like he's gotten old overnight. He's a little worried about his teeth. And now he's got bifocals!

But it's all a psych-out, really. "Yeah, man, still got it! Glasses and all! The better to see myself with, Grampa!"

This is Erika, great-granddaughter of my Apox founder, who just had her elder birthday. She aged well, and can be seen in her younger days here.

Cyril and Bianca Larson, the founders of Tailor Bay:

They have three children and four grandchildren, and one on the way.

PIerre Curian's morning routine now includes mourning at his wife's grave. Inseparable in life, how is it possible she died before him? Especially since she was the one with the full fitness bar and he's at maximum fat? The only exercise he ever got was yanking a joystick and woohooing her.

His brother-in-law, Dr. Red Onions, is a workaholic like Marie was, but his wife Livva Ann knows how to get him to relax.

Relaxed enough to play drums in his underwear on a Sunday afternoon - you've got to admit, that's pretty relaxed!

Livva Ann teaches their granddaughter Pearl important life skills, like smustling.

Theo playing with his grandchild, Scout. He takes as much time as possible to spoil the little redheaded toddler, since it feels like the end is very much creeping up on him, and Scout would be the last grandchild he will ever meet.



I can't decide whether I like Nanny Seraphine Beer or not. On one hand, she's a total boss, responding to babies and their dirty diapers at an instant, cleaning toilets autonomously, dying her grayed hairs...on the other hand, when she's not doing babycare, she's doing absolutely nothing, like watching sports or on the swingset. Eh, she's pretty cool.



"Waitaminnit..."



"WHERE'D OUR SHOWER GO!?!"
"Relax babe, it's just been replaced with a duplex. Simmer down, okay?"
"Yeah, that seems fair."

Don't be greedy, Fivey. She looks after the kids; that's what you pay her to do; it's copacetic.

The big day is finally here - Madge's daughter Margaret, newly graduated, is getting married. Madge's wedding to Margaret's father was a quiet civil affair, since his friends thought she was a gold-digger and her friends thought he was numbskull. But Margaret's getting the arch, and the cake, and the house full of relatives, and everything will be perfect - because Madge Estic says so.

"If you came to prank the wedding, you're too late. The bride's upstairs, you can't see her, and I'm busy cleaning."
"It looked like you were busy making out with your husband."
"Either way, I'm a busy woman. What do you want?"

"It's time, Madge. You wanted to see Margaret settled first. She's settled. Now you need to come with me."
"Oh, for - can't you wait till she leaves on her honeymoon?"
"No. If you die on her honeymoon, she'll have to cut it short and feel guilty about not being here for you. This is better."
"Well, you have a point."

"Look on the bright side. This way, you can haunt your descendants in your good clothes and tiara."
"That's true. All right, then. Let's do this."

During this round 3 of my core sims sims became elders. I was kinda sick of them, but after their transitions I started to really like them again, and now I hope they will live as long as possible.

Jack Hamilton. A fortune sim who met his LTW of becomming a Hall of Famer some time ago, so he´ll get to spend the rest of his life happy.

Anna Kroon. During her life she has given birth to four children and her LTW is to see three of them graduating from college. Her two oldest kids are currently at college and her two youngest children will start pretty soon, so she´ll hopefully meet her LTT before the Grim Reaper comes.

Sam Falck. His LTW was to have 20 best friends, and he met that want well before his transition, so now it´s all about having fun for him.

"Good afternoon, Theo."
"Huh. You sound familiar."
"We spoke on the phone a few times. When you wanted to resurrect some of your family members?"
"Oh, yeah. Duh. Grim Reaper. Why are you here?"



"Uh, for you, obviously."
"Wait, why? I just finished my siesta, can I at least get changed first?"
"No, I'm on a tight schedule. Anyway, you've lived long enough, and that life was a happy one."
"What about my kids?"
"Your kids will be fine without you. As long as Ponsonby keeps his dick in his pants, Ulysses at least pretends he has a higher IQ than he does, and Eckhard doesn't try to die again, they're safe."



"Well, if you say so. Wait, what about Eckhard?"
"I said I was on a tight schedule. I'll explain on the way."
"Uh...okay."



Brenda, having had watched this happen, starts bawling. She never got to give a proper goodbye.

"So, you're still able to make it down that hill, are you?"
"What are you talking about, old man? I'm as spry as I ever was."
Nathan never did warm up to the Hawkinses the way Mary did. Kitty's bossy, opinionated, has been finding fault with his boy Zeke ever since her daughter married him, she tells the filthiest jokes in Drama Acres, and holy cheese does he get antsy sitting next to her on the sofa! But of course she had to be invited along with Zeke and Pigeon and Dove, for Deb's birthday, and she was always there for Mary in the hard years. Of course she had to come to Deborah's birthday, and no doubt she'll be the life of the party. Him, he's going to grab some turkey and take a nap as soon as the candles are out.

Mary is happily making the rounds hugging people when she feels a chill, and a sharp pain in her chest. (Grim's thought bubble contains the image of Harlan Hawkins, the same one the birthday girl is thinking of in the foreground. I guess Frank Munny has competition for Coolest Boy in School.)

"Wha - How'd you get in here?"
"The same way I always do. Nathan, do you want to be with Mary?"
"What? Of course I do! It was just a little nap. Tell her I'll be right down."
"She's not downstairs, but I can take you to her."
"Well, all right - say, is that a tiki drink? I haven't had one of those in years!"

Dr. Red Onions has had to attend the deaths of too many of the old gang lately, and it makes him weary. He wasn't strictly necessary, since Mary's son Ezekial is a doctor, but he's doing his residency as an ob/gyn. Red's granddaughter Pearl called him as soon as she realized something was wrong with Mary, and he doesn't mind attending. Zeke shouldn't have to pronounce on his own parents.

"Hey, Berjes, see this hourglass?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"It's your lifespan."
"Okay."
"All the sands are at the bottom."
"So what?"
"It means you'll have to come with me."



"No, that can't be true! I haven't lived life yet!"
"You've lived long enough! Stop being a little bitch!"
"No!"



"Berjes, you had plenty of time to live a happy life. I'm not the one who squandered that chance to get laid! Now, either come with me, or I'll go consult your son!"
"You know, I really should of gotten the chance to know Casper better. He's a good kid."
"Not my problem."
"Fine, I'll go."
"Good."



Grim sends off the old man, then tries to play a VCR in Berjes's television. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. So, he grumbles and leaves/

Jamie and Bella celebrate their 30th (or maybe 31st?) wedding anniversary.

They're both dead now.

"Hey, can I get another grandkid?"

No.



"Please? I won't tell anyone."

It requires telling someone. No.



"OH, COME ON! WHY NOT?"

You have like, ten grandkids running around. Isn't that enough?

"NO!"

Now that I think about it, I think your daughter Natalie is pregnant. There, you have a grandkid.

"SHE'S A SLUT, SHE PROBABLY DOESN'T KNOW WHO THE DAD IS! IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME!"

Shut up and go feed Zhivago.

"Fine."

I have more elders to show, some of them have been elders for quite a long time now.

Michael Herz, who is not as harsh as he looks He met his LTW and became Head of SCIA several simdays before he became an elder. He´s also rich, happily married, has two successfull children and a cute dog, so I guess life for him is pretty good right now.

Benjamin Falck, he wants to see three of his children graduate from college and I´m pretty sure he will live long enough for that. Two of the kids will graduate next day and the third in 5 simdays. His family is the poorest one in the ´hood, but that doesn´t really concern Benjamin - he´s got a big family and that´s what matters to him.

Richard Kroon, he could have aged up happy as he met his LTW and became a City Planner. But his son, Sebastian, died just the day before Richard´s birthday, so he decided to not have a party and just invited all his family members for his transition.

Mathias Lieb, another sim who reached his LTW well before his birthday. He works as a Celebrity chef and writes novels in his freetime. To be honest he´s one of my least favorite sims and my focus is more on his wife, Louisa who still works hard trying to reach her LTW.

An eventful evening with the Elberts Elders
 

Savana and her Husband Eddie live a fairly normal life. He's a retired CEO of Simspot Inc. and she used to work for the infamous all-female crime syndicate the 'Misguided Mistresses.' They have no children together but she has two daughters from a previous marriage all grown up and living on their own and he has two sons and a daughter, same deal. Now in their silver years, life has gotten a bit monotonous.

But then a new restaurant opened up in town, they decided to go. They discovered a karaoke machine.

Christian Love and Jennifer Jacobs-Love
*ignore Jennifer's teeth*

Jennifer was a single mother for almost all of her life. She had two daughters, Josie and Kate, who are now adults with their own families. Christian came into the equation when the girls were teenagers, and was not liked by either of them. Over time he was able to win over their affection with gifts of clothes and expensive perfume, luxuries which Jennifer was unable to provide. Christian and Jennifer were together for five years (five sim days) before Jennifer suffered a miscarriage. Their relationship strained and they broke up for a long time. It was only in their twilight years that they rekindled their romance and finally got married. They died happy and together.

Mary Munny can't escape the slack-jawed admiration of her fans even at home. It wouldn't be accurate to say that it's getting stale, but - it does leave her unsatisfied. Besides, the yard boy they sent does not get her motor running at all!

Red Onions prefers chess, but makes time to play anything his granddaughter Pearl wants him to.

Kitty Hawkins, on her second vacation to Twikki Island! Who would have ever thought?

Sue Casa sits in the break room of her husband Esteban's store, Casa de los Widgets, and listens to him talking about expanding the stock to include video games. He's happier than he's ever been, puttering around the store, but she mostly agrees to help out during the hours her daughter-in-law Lily's beauty store is closed, as a device to give her son some privacy in order to get on with the business of making her grandchildren.

Cassini Drone plays a game of pool with his mother-in-law Ellison Howe.




Mrs. Crumplebottom knits furiously.




A super-old picture of Olive and her favorite grandchild Grimhild. I'm not sure what it is about Grimhild, but Olive has loved her best since the moment she first set eyes on her.

These are my new sims Jewel and Morty, they just moved into their house, and are having dessert with the new neighbors.

Olive was up early, buying a dress, picking up buffet food at the market, mopping puddles, and generally helping her son get ready to host his first party. Now everything's going well (though she was surprised that Beaker woman didn't want to talk about esoteric poisons with her), she feels tired, and goes out to the graveyard to sit in her favorite seat, surrounded by her own little party of - friends. The sun is warm and bright on her face. She hasn't talked to Necros about his father yet, but he'll be in a good mood tonight. After the party would be a good time. But for now, it's nice to sit here and bask.

When she hears the music, she leaps to her feet. "Darling! Have you come to see Necros? He'll be so pleased."
"I doubt it. It's time, darling."

"What, already? I mean - after so long - but - I haven't spoken to Necros yet, haven't explained - "
"Do you really think he wants to know? Look at him. Mixing drinks, matchmaking - he's not like us any more than he's like them. He's only like himself."
Olive sighs. She knows it's true. Necros - no, Nervous freaks out over having to kill bugs. "I'm sorry. He looks so much like you, I had hoped - are you terribly disappointed?"

"Disappointed? To have a son strong enough to withstand everything the old Drs. Beaker threw at him? No, not a bit. And I'm looking forward to having you where you belong at last." He hands her a drink. "Here. It's my own recipe. A hemlock julep. Now, come along. I have so much to show you..."

Chloe and Gilbert both aged up to elders.



Even though their kids are now doing their own bit of sexual exploration, the couple have not refrained from their own romance (to Sebastien's dismay).



Gilby grew up appropriately into a polo shirt and khakis. He isn't going to retire just yet. That LTW isn't going to fulfill itself.



Chloe stripped her hair of it's obnoxious red dye, and has now grayed out quite much. She hasn't worked a real job a day in her life, and she plans to keep it that way.

Dora Ottomas

I think I speak for everyone when I say that Aegagropilon has set a new benchmark for Dora Ottomas makeovers. If there were a contest, she'd win it.

Kitty Hawkins entertains my relatively boring Peter Ottomas at his son Ted's graduation party.

Only Kitty can make a joke about stethoscopes and gold bricks salacious. Fortunately Ted, her future son-in-law, is not easily embarrassed.

Mary Munny's grandson Frank is a bad influence on her. That gardener doesn't come often enough to keep up with all this. Sure is pretty, though.

She's wrapped the latest album. Her son thinks the title "Goodby, All You Beautiful Boys" is too sad; but she knows how old she is. Every album could be the last album, the final cut of her life. So much she could never say, could never even think coherently, still has to fit into the music.When there's no other audience, she sings for her Frank. He's very close now, she knows it. Has she done enough - seen enough - sung enough - lived enough for both of them?
(Waaah! I don't want Mary to die and that space at the end of the bar is really, really short! But her character arc is wrapped, like the album, and I can't justify another hit of elixir.)

Aegagropilon Gee she looks nice.

Pierre Curian's last day on earth.

His boy Paul says they should just get a new computer, but why, when this one will work just fine once Pierre swaps out some parts?

He can still jazz it up with the best of them, too! But it's not the same without Marie to dance with.

He invites his daughter Eppie and her wife, plus some friends, over.

And then - an unexpected/always expected guest arrives. Pierre is playing with the cat when he hears hula music, and looks up. "Why, hello! Where's my Marie?"
"Waiting just out of sight. If you'll step this way..."
"You bet! Marie darlin'!"
After all, they don't really need him here. It's time for the next new thing!

Knitting cancerous ulcer

Peni & Flarz: Thank you both! :D

I'm going to be sad to see Mary Munny go (though I'm sure the Grim Reaper is looking forward to meeting her and getting his collection of CDs signed; you just know he's a big fan). And Flarz, your Agnes gets more and more diabolical-looking every time I see her!


Dora Ottomas dances with her husband Joe Graham, who's a member of the Garden Club and appreciates plants just as much as she does.

"...and they said, 'The Aristocrats!'" Loki punchlines to his wife, Circe.



Nervous Gieke ages up to elder without my notice.



His husband ages up shortly after. He's in his PJs here, but his new everyday outfit is a Santa costume. Sigh.



Captain Walder, who I made for a challenge on GoS.

Aegagropilon Yes Agnes is dead already, actually far beyond lol.

The Strangetown Goodies on the porch of their retirement project: a boarding house intended to house LFT graduates who can't find a place of their own yet in Strangetown's depressed housing market. Faith seems optimistic about the next phase of their lives.

Billie Ghote dances with his wife Luz on the morning after his birthday party. Side dates are fun, but there's something to be said for having someone at home who's always available...maybe it's time he knocked off the side dates for good?

Getting all the pictures for the submission taken makes me anxious to play Widespot for real, so I've been doing it. As soon as I opened the Mann house for the first time in my full game, Rich and Lana started doing this. Then they went back to bed.

And stayed there awhile...I don't understand why people don't like elders. They're adorable, especially in couples.

Moar pictures of Widespot elders:


Skye Weiss gives Daytona Beech a distrustful look while his daughter Penny is all smiles. Daytona campaigned tirelessly to get Widespot connected to the wider world and, while Penny has welcomed the new faces in town, it's definitely put a crimp in Skye's hermitic lifestyle.



Angel Hart's feeling like she's in paradise seated between Junior Mann and Woody Weiss.



Rich and Lana Mann unwind after a long day at the "office."



Beulah and Homer Land dance in the rain. They're probably (definitely) embarrassing their kids who are getting out of the bus, but they don't mind. (They're why I'm eager for summer to return to Widespot: the Lands won't autonomously dance in the snow!)

Elders Gone Wild!

The Old Coot Smustle by Peni G, on Flickr

Rich Brags by Peni G, on Flickr. Valentine there is in his boxers (available here: http://aegagropilon.dreamwidth.org/#entry-3842) because he just finished up a date with a young lady whom Rich's son is also in love with, by the way, but apparently there's no hard feelings.

Valentine Made a Beeline for Homer's Chessgame by Peni G, on Flickr; bonding with the young lady's father.

This was going on in the background of the dinner portion of the date at the Dining Dash; local hermit Skye Weiss comes out of his shell a bit in the company of Herbert and Faith Goodie and a random townie.

Agnes eats potatoes....

Paul Nova and Cindy Nova got a divorce



He just wasn't in love with her anymore, they have known each other since they were kids due to their parents being good friends, but he never really felt in love with her even though they have twins, Austin and Carrie. (In reality, I forced them together, but now that they're elders I wanted them to break up using a mod I got from simlogical, and I wanted to see what would happen and how it would affect their relatives)



Paul eventually moved out and will probably move to an apartment in Bluewater Village.

Before he moved out though, Cindy didn't take it too well that their marriage was ending and attacked him:





She won both times.

Mortimor at Cassie's wedding. You can see Don falling asleep during the ceremony in the back.



This is Coral Oldie picking up a collar for her cat.

Skye Weiss got promoted, and you can tell he's excited. Can't you?

I'm not sure why Daytona called him on the General Store's phone instead of just running across the street, but it happens to give Dora Ottomas a good view of him, and she likes what she sees.

Meanwhile, back in Drama Acres, Kitty Hawkins doesn't let a little thing like complete absence of creativity points keep her off the karaoke machine at the Convenient Stores.

And Livva Ann Onions takes over the care and feeding of her second granddaughter, Vidalia, because you know nobody else is going to do it right.

Rick Broke plays chess: (he just aged up to elder, he looks so much like Dustin!)

Beeing elder doesn't mean you can't have some sexy fun.....

Dora Ottomas gets her date with Skye off to a fun start. Those are his son Woody's feet behind them, btw.

She has a way of getting straight to the point. The fact that he's a virgin with two children takes a little explaining. One of those children is currently floating on the bubble blower behind them, and will shortly be joined by the other. Did he ask them to follow him in case he needed rescuing?

I really tried to keep it below the level of date that would bring on a post-date kiss - I have seen them only be worth a hug before - but no video for me. This is the price I pay for following character logic - there was no way Skye would ever even think of asking Dora out.

Dora and Skye by Peni G, on Flickr

Julien Cooke just aged up, he seems pretty happy to be an elder now:

It's Strangetown! You weren't expecting a fight?



However, this fight led to Olive Specter beating up Officer Chloe Curious -- a cop in uniform, please note -- in front of one of her fathers, her half-sister/niece (seen summoning reinforcements), and Olive's niece, who was invited over so Johnny Smith could propose to her. Suffice it to say that this collision of party guests and welcome wagon is probably going to ensure Olive dies in prison while serving her sentence for assaulting an officer -- not that I dislike her, but she doesn't have much time left!



Mortimer Goth was a much more welcome part of the welcome wagon! He and PT#9 discovered a common fondness for lab rats, and sat out much of the party chatting away on the porch like the nice old gentlemen they are.

Rebecca and Joseph Ruben went on a date to celebrate their son graduating from college:


Somehow I had some weird glitch where Joseph wouldn't scoot close to the table, he actually sat away from the table, but was still eating off his plate.

They both rolled wants to duet with each other so I let them:



It was Rebecca's time to go, but thanks to wishing for a long life on the Genie, she was able to cheat death:

This was Coral Oldie's reaction to finding her husband in bed with that Garden Club tramp, Jill Smith! Luckily she doesn't know who else he's been shagging -- she's sleeping on the neighbours' couch as it is!

Sage Ann Munny ages gracefully while serving rainbow trout. Eh, it's not her usual style, but it's okay to wear till she fills her hunger bar some.

Her husband Ernest, greeting guests on the porch, is less fortunate. "Um, excuse me, y'all. I have to go deal with a fashion emergency."

Properly dressed after the guests leave, Sage Ann resumes writing her book about the Bad Old Days. Sage Ann and Ernest are my favorite sims and the first of my original core sims to age to elder. Sniff.

Continuity! Kitty Hawkins's 14th grandchild Crane is the spitting image of her, if you don't mind the Gavigan coloring!

Joseph Ruben can't get off the phone when his wife is dying:



Oh, finally!



Janet Jones and her husband Tommy woohoo for one last time:



She died shortly after:



Plus she gained some games enthusiasm right before dying!

Ethan Leong, the famous ladies' man of my Attention Family Legacy, aged into an elder.







And he's still got it!

Danny Clark (son of Daniel and Kaylynn Langerak) and Megan Ruben (daughter of Heather Huffington and Gilbert Jacquet):



They just recently became elders, and went on a date to Londoste. Everything was going great, until Megan decided to fart in Danny's face.

Angle of death

Stay away from sockets.

This is what Olive Specter looks like when planning to steal a newspaper. (It's seen through the window of Father Laurence Stratford's drab little house, if you're wondering. That plant is the ACR adjuster!)


Herb Oldie on the phone with a lady friend. He really thinks he rocks that fedora!

Greg Aerius, whose nickname when he played was The Ambassador, and who is now comfortably ensconced in the Hall of Fame, ages gracefully.

He's still plenty fit and has no need for concealing PJs!

Ernest Munny attends his soon-to-be-late Ma's last party, on the day after his birthday. (I had to run the neighborhood rotation backwards to enable her to attend his party.)

Ernest's wife, Sage Ann, is still working hard, but will be retiring from her media empire soon. She's tired of managing things - it's time to write again!

I lost two of my most beloved sims during my last game play of my Attention Family Legacy.

First was Ethan Leong, my town ladies' man. If anyone has followed Ethan's journey through life, they know that he was born as an oopsie baby to his parents Cyrus and Gina while they were still in college. He eventually went on to romance many of the ladies in Legacy Falls, including two of his second cousins and his uncle's wife Caryl. He had a total of 20+ lovers, 2 wives, 6 children, and 8 grandchildren.



He really didn't want to leave with Grimmy...



But once he knew the Hula Girls were coming along, he was more than willing to go!



Oh Ethan, you caused me more trouble than any sim I've ever had. But I love you, you crazy kid!

I was also sad to lose my all-time favorite sim, Mirabella (Okuma) Deppiesse. She lived a long life, full of love and family. She was born as the only daughter to her parents Trent and Ashton. Although she had her father's looks, she had her mom's love of art and the outdoors. After she attended college, she married Leo, and the two of them had three children, twins Parker and Joel and a daughter Kennedy. She was a Professional Dancer and also owned her own business called Natural Beauty, where she sold fresh produce and flower arrangements. Sadly, she didn't get to live long enough to watch her children get married or have children of their own, but she is still in their thoughts every day.



I sure will miss her!

Achmed Izzies last adventure
 

My Sim Achmed Izzie had one last adventure before dying. Yea he is a pleasure/romance Sim....

Go for it, Achmed! Grab the gusto while you can and give her a high standard to hold future partners to!

Elderly hermit Skye Weiss just made a huge bonus and got promoted! He finds he wants to tell Dora Ottomas - who asked him out and taught him to kiss on her rotation - all about it. And he has money, so he can take her to dinner! What a great idea!

Somehow they get back on the woohoo topic. "I don't know. I mean, sure, I'm kind of curious. Beulah and Homer down the street sure like doing it. But - you have to, you know, meet people, and, and take them on dates and stuff."
"You mean like we're doing now? It's not that hard."
"Oh. Well. This is different. I mean. You asked me first."

"So you could bring yourself to kiss me again, since I kissed you first?"
"Um - I don't - I - um - yeah? If you - want me to?"
"Yes, Skye, I very much want you to kiss me again."

He doesn't quite dare to go for her mouth, but he's seen Beulah and Homer's daughter's boyfriend working on her, and she practically faints when he kisses her hand, so he tries that. Dora laughs, but not like she's making fun of him. "I didn't think gallant men like you still existed!"

Gilbert Jacquet

Florence Delarosa

Checo Ramirez

Lisa Ramirez

Drama Acres's own rock goddess, Mary Munny, didn't feel like having a date, so she threw a party, inviting family and friends. Although her last album, 'Good-by all you Beautiful Boys," was conceived and produced as a cap to her career, that's just good business. She and her grandsons Mark and Frank are playing around and jamming with tracks that could go onto a theoretical next album; but she's already lived to see her son Ernest get gray hairs, which she never expected to do, and she's started treating every album, every performance, every party, as if it were her last.

But even a Mary Munny party can only last so long. After she waves the last of them good-by she hears music.
Hula music.
"Wait - I know you. I saw you before - That Night - You came for Lira and I couldn't keep her from you."
"Yes. I'm very sorry."
"So you should be!"
"I've taken good care of her since then. Your daughter's eager to see you."

"And - Frank?"
"Your husband's holding her hand and Being Very Patient. I am sick of Frank Being Very Patient at me, to be honest. I don't have any leeway, you know, ma'am. I don't decide who comes along. I just fetch them. Please accept this complimentary tiki drink, and, um, if you don't mind - I have some things I'd kind of like you to sign?"
"Anything you like - within reason. Remember once I go after you I'll be a married woman again."

"Oh, absolutely, I mean - CD disks and I have a few pictures - and if I could get my picture made with you - I can't tell you how much your music has meant to me."
"Really? Any one in particular?"
"You'll think it's silly - but - on the second album - that little a cappella number -"
"Dance Alone? Seriously?"
"It changed my death. Everybody told me I was imagining it, but I felt like - you forgave me. And if you could do that, after That Day - Well, that was the day I forgave myself. I suppose people project things into your songs all the time."
"I reckon they do, but you didn't, honey. You got it exactly right."

Autumn and Fredrick Lovell; aren't they just great? I created them in CAS as adults and I've been playing them ever since! They have four children and three grandchildren--so far!

Benjamin Baldwin


Isabel Baldwin


Vivian Cho

Some of the elders of Widespot

Linda Stone will be your hostess for this evening. She is delighted to seat you. Because she is stoned out of her gourd. (Linda is not one of the NPCs who come packaged with Widespot. She generated after I installed a custom downtown and put restaurants in it. And she always looks like this.)

Dora Ottomas. This iteration is not dying on her granddaughter's birthday, no way, no how!

Rich Mann does as he pleases. Are you going to tell a Criminal Mastermind he can't play piano in his drawers in his own house?

And he intends to do it for a loooooong time.

She is always armed!

More Elders of Widespot, a great little town to grow old in!

Skye Weiss, a virgin with two kids and a grandchild, proves it's never too late for love when he gets engaged to Dora Ottomas.

Don't try to tell Daytona Beech that she's too old to rock!

Her son Hamilton seems a little bewildered to have attained the status of gray eminence.

And Hamilton's wife Sandy grows up at her son Wallys's toddler-child party, without being able to find that culinary job she wants; but with Wallys's grandfather Valentine Hart there setting the example, she doesn't intend to be slowed down. In fact, she thinks she's finally going to hit her stride and open a business!

Currently my favourite sim - Evelyn...


... and the one who stole her first husband, many sim-years ago - Hollie


Cristina - who's been a nice, good sim all her life...

Herb Goodie catches up on his reading.

Ernest Munny has always felt very avuncular toward his son's half-sister Andice Point. He was teaching her the finer points of chess when they made best friends. "Not bad. If you'd been a bit more adventurous with your queen, you would have done more than stalemate me."
"Oh, I don't mind stalemating. It's better than losing."
"I don't know about that. I'd rather lose than stalemate myself. Losing's something you can come back from."

Sandy Beech demonstrates that her mother-in-law's not the only elder who can tear up the family guitar.

Homer and Beulah Land may be past having kids, but it's easy to see how they got so many.

The main devil

Agnes doesn't look as if she's enjoying her vacation there.

Daytona gets up on the morning of her oldest grandchild's last day at home. Virginia slept with her because Wallys suddenly got too big for the crib and there was no point buying a bed for a single night. She's wearing the pjs her daughter-in-law gave her, though she's still not sure about them.

No matter how gray he gets, Hamilton will always be his Mama's boy.

Skye explains how it came about that he's got two kids but is still a virgin. Dora's being very patient about consummating their marriage.

But she's an experienced teacher, and Skye's an apt pupil.

The scene: The new Downtown synagogue.
The players: Rabbi Betty Goldstein McGreggor, Mrs Crumplebottom.
The script: "I saw you, little girl! You were...were...were...undressed in that tub! Have you no shame? Do you not know where you are?"
"Yes, ma'am, I do know where I am. In the women-only bathroom of my synagogue. Which you invaded to scream about my state of undress. Disrupting my bath. And what do you wear in the bathtub, may I ask?"
"Have you no shame?!? You are unfit for your post, you unholy...."

Sage Ann has plenty to do during the day since she retired, but once Ernest comes homes and takes his post-work shower she always has time to relax and compare notes with him.

Ernest always takes a shower first thing in the morning (yes, he takes two showers a day; more, if he spends any length of time on a community lot), but Sage Ann has all day to get dressed in. So this morning he comes in and finds her practicing her public speaking with a love poem.

I was waiting for full daylight to save the game, and letting them please themselves, and it pleased Ernest to please Sage Ann.

This is the marriage everybody hopes to get when they get married.

..................and who is your neighbor?

Loki creates a private retreat from the chaos of toddlers and children - and looks mad but harmless...

Circe is "in confinement", where - between her failed dreams of glory, lightning strikes, getting a leg caught in a bench, and only having a bunny to talk to..


she can blame bunny for EVERYTHING.

Sandy and Hamilton Beech, grown old together despite some pretty long odds.

Leslie Gay is so good at multi-tasking, she can keep on working on that teddy bear while on the phone!

Grantham Day shares the gospel of grilled cheese with a receptive townie visiting the retirement home.

Faith Goodie uses the time Herb's at work productively.

A few random pics:

Manuel Riley

Yolanda Holden

Chad Haggerty

Gavin Haggerty (Chad's older brother) and wife Caryl

Oh, no! Death has come for Dr. Red Onions! Waaah!

But he's not Chief of Staff at Drama Acres Community Hospital (and owner of a genie lamp) for nothing. He's presided over the passing of a lot of his friends and neighbors recently, and has had time to plan and put himself in a position to fight for his life!

"Ha! Sucker! I saw you palm that! It's not in either hand - it's up your left sleeve!"
"Curses! Foiled again! But I'll be back!"

His granddaughter Pearl is dazzled. "Grampa! That was awesome!"
"Eh, what kind of doctor would I be if I hadn't learned a trick or two by now?"