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What happened next? Find out in the Greench Farm legacy!

4 couples stranded and founded a new community on Maccaroni Island. Currently the 3rd generation is about to start new families! This is a Sims3 community legacy that has been updated frequently for a full year, and contains about 100 chapters! Late July 2012 it came to an end and a new spin-off legacy focusing on just one of these households will bring the story forward, starting August 15, 2012.

The very first post is here, or use the Blog Archive to look back. Posts describing the project are tagged *. Please see the interactive map for household bios and family trees. Comments are welcome both here on the blog and on the SimBasic thread at the thesims3 forum. Even if there won't be more updates, I will still read your commnts.

Find all my stories and Sims projects gathered at my blog, Simmerville's Sims :)

I hope you will enjoy the read! :-)

March 27, 2012

Week 11 Day 7: The Concert

It was early in the morning on Maccaroni Island. Last night the weather was really rough, strong wind and a few trees fell over. There was even a slight quake again, but this time pretty weak and going unnoticed by most locals.

On this day most of the residents are looking forward to the weekly get-together. Corinne Y. Redward will finally give a public concert at the little theatre stage!



But first, a man just rushed into the House of Laws - Randal Redward. He heard that Christopher R. Black finally caught Joe Hawk, who had been accused for theft.



Down in the basement, there was a raw cellar, and a small cell was built there too. Randal knew that, because he had overseen the work. Joe Hawk was the first to use this facility.


All along Joe had insisted on having nothing to do with the serum robbery. But it seemed nobody really believed him. Not even his wife, Agnes.



Randal Redward wanted to have Joe Hawk arrested for stealing the black bottle serum, stealing some matched from late Roger Redward, and finally stealing from the Warehouse. Randal knew that it had actually been his Father, Roger, who stole from the Warehouse, but this was the chance to make up for those matches, and to complete Roger's work. If Joe Hawk was found guilty of stealing the bottle of serum from Greench Market, Bridgette B. Greench had sort of promised to hand over half the pay to Randal.

This very early, several residents were already up and about. On Maccaroni Beach a young woman relaxed in the chilly seawater. It was Rebecka Black, still a teen, but pushing adulthood shortly. She swam a little, then looked out to the horizon. What's out there? Will someone from that other world ever make contact with them? She was nearly meditating, perhaps that's why she didn't notice all the goods that the storm had left on the beach during the night. When she turned and saw it all, she hardly believed her own eyes!


Rebecka heard someone calling the name of her cousin and friend, Graica Greench. Now that Graica had moved north, they met more frequently than ever before. The person calling turned out to be Graica's uncle, LaShawn. Rebecka had only met him a few times, he was still single and he didn't go out a lot.




They were both overwhelmed, and because they had not checked yet, it could be a load of high valued items right there on the beach!


LaShawn was the poorest guy on the island. His bank loan was still way too high and there was nothing he could sell to raise funds.


Being born on a primitive island, neither of them had ever seen a real radio...



In the eastern region, at 9 Yea-Low Ring, a nice surprise had occurred few simdays ago. Dorothy R. Yea-Low was now heavily pregnant, expecting their 4th child any moment!


The moment was today, and little Irena was born. The daughter Richelle was already a child, and both their sons were now teens. Their dog just had a puppy, and with two cats in the house, it seemed like quite a handful having another baby.




Well, Dorothy didn't protest to that, there was just too much for a little girl to understand.

It was finally time for the weekly event. Corinne had practiced a lot lately, her husband Randal had spent a couple days in and out of the hospital, or Health Care Center, giving Corinne some free time. She knew a total of 8 songs, and performed them all from stage to a politely smiling but rather silent audience.



Cody G. Major was in the audience, on first row. He was still a little interested in Corinne, but they never really took the needed step forward. Now he had a feeling that Corinne was singing to him, only...



Gabriel and Greta Greench were there too, both 116 years old! They spent many hours walking to the theatre, and although they both disliked the music, they wanted to be part of a community event like this.

The red haired guy who is gazing at Rosanne Redward, is actually her cousin Russell Hamming. So he can't be interested, probably just annoyed about her cheering.


After the concert, they all clapped and cheered. It was a successful event, fancying the music or not wasn't of importance. The attendees shared news. Owning the Consignment store, Constance R. Hamming had organized the unpacking of the crates. The beach was nearly cleaned, but some crates were not opened yet.


Also teens shared gossips. The main issue was that the new school would open the following day, and even if they could choose to skip education occasionally, it felt like getting to work certain hours. But also Joe Hawk was a subject.


Corinne's husband Randal and their son Yamir had not attended the concert. Corinne was not disappointed, in fact she had never expected them to show up to support her. Sad but true. Instead Randal and Yamir were gathered at the Fort Base.


Yamir was a teen, but in just one day he would become a young adult, not affected by the new school system.




Yamir had never before heard of this new kingdom. Was it a new plan, or was it some old plan he was not entitled to learn about until he grew up? Or was it - a result of Randal's head injuries?

Over at 4 Yea-Low Ring, Agnes and Beetle can relax knowing that Joe will not surprise them by suddenly being at the door, when they thought he was far off. Agnes felt a bit guilty for her husband being locked up, but in a day it would be over. As soon as the judges had their say, Agnes would no longer feel like causing the situation.






Agnes had two sons, Amadeus and Grim. Grim is youngest and got her black eyes, which made Beetle very happy. He carries Grim around all day long. Agnes did not follow the local naming tradition for Amadeus, he was actually named after Joe's first girlfriend Emmy. When Beetle saw Grim's eyes, he suggested the name and although Agnes had other ideas, she gave in.

She wasn't quite sure of who was Grim's dad, Beetle or Joe, she only knew one of them had given her the black serum, just like she did to Joe Hawk 10 simdays ago. Beetle insisted he had never given Agnes the serum, meaning Joe could be the one. Because nobody knew that Beetle even existed, officially Joe was the dad to both Amadeus and Grim. Thanks to a soon to come heritage, that strategy would surely pay off.





There is more to come! Stay tuned :-)

March 16, 2012

Week 11 Day 6: A different baby

Early in the morning Beatrice G. Hedgewall at 5 Sunrise Valley felt the urge to get dressed and walk outside to get some fresh air. Then it started, their 3rd baby was arriving...


The baby was... different! Beatrice could hardly believe what she saw, the little boy was green! Not pale like herself, but solid green! Greener than anyone on Maccaroni Island.


A mother can't be blamed to be a bit shocked. Why Beatrice's baby? Had she done something wrong? Was it something she ate during the pregnancy? Instantly she wanted to hide the child from anyone to see.


It's been some time since the volcano drama. There had be no more quakes and the volcano no longer gave a red-ish light above it. The picture below shows that there is still some smoke in the distance, but the mountain area is no longer as foggy as it used to be. From this view we see the old central park, Town Square, and behind it is the Art gallery. Farther back is the House of Law, and the unsuccessful Fish Park, on the foot of the mountain. A bit to the left is the rather new Fort base. Unfortunately both the Fort base and House of Law are pretty close to the mountain.


Over at 3 Greench Farm the twins had forgotten all about the dangers in the mountain, because their cat Miley had a kitten! The kitten looked quite different, so Miley obviously found a mysterious wild life mate.



In the fruit tree garden nearby, Graica was busy harvesting. She and her younger brother Bertil had helped their parents Archie and Bridgette all morning, there was so much to harvest today!



Graica is a young adult, but because she is her generation's only adult, she still lives at Greench Farm.


Graica was a little surprised with the request, but se accepted, and after a few minutes she even looked forward to moving up north to help granny Bianca and uncle Alfonso. She never had much to do with them, but knowing they had 6 real mine cats, the Miozoo cats, really would make the stay very interesting. Graica could hardly wait to tell the other Pets Club members, Albert and Constance.

A little later, she had packed a few belongings, and ate lunch at the farm before leaving for 3 Blumington Road.



Most of the locals never frequented the northern region. Even those fishing at the little pond in the mountain would rather climb the short cut, up from the little graveyard.


Graica's dad had 5 siblings, meaning the Greench blood was in 6 of the households. Graica had never thought of this, but choosing from 3 families would probably give her a few options, and being the oldest girl meant she would get to choose first!


At Greench Farm there are currently 3 households, all descending from Greta and Gabriel Greench. Across the road at 4 Greench Farm, resides the Peel household. Well, only Carie has taken the Peel lastname, Greta and Gabriel are still named Greench, and Carie's mate Albert has kept his family name, Blumington, as they never got married. But the two kids Carie and Albert had, were real Peels.

Greta and Gabriel are very old by now, 114 years! But they are still helping in the garden, that is, they are the only to tend the plants. Carie runs the Bakery, and Albert spends time sculpting at the Warehouse. Their efforts bring in good funds, and they don't really need to be farming.


Russell Hamming is the oldest son of Constance R. and Jess G. Hamming. Jess is son of Greta and Gabriel. His family didn't visit the Peel house, and since Greta retired from her Bistro, leaving the job to Jess, she hardly saw Jess.


Russell had 2 younger brothers who are twins. They were not teens quite yet.




And a little later, they were all seated.



Greta always grew grapes, intending to make nectar. But the only nectar maker machine was sold to Russell's grandmother, Rita Redward, long ago, and had been locked away ever since Rita passed away.


So, would it be possible to force Randal Redward to anything? Unless he was benefiting from it, of course...


Right after lunch, Greta walked down to the Hedgewall house at 5 Sunrise Valley. Greta's legs are not really capable of walking this distance following the roads, but over the hill the distance between Peel and Hedgewall houses is not too bad, and besides - Greta was eager to greet her new grandchild - oh, it was her grandchild number 13!


Greta was surprised like everybody else. But she saw it as a blessing, still.




Greta always wanted someone to to be renamed after Astrantia Major, the last plant person she descended from. There was a strict naming routine though, reusing the first and last letter of the baby's grandparents' names...




It was getting late. Up at 4 Black Heights, near the Maccaroni Mine, Christopher and Bella had rebuilt their little house, with good help from locals. Recently giant rocks somehow rolled down from the mountain, and some of them had smashed he house. The new home is built just a little back, and with 3 daughters, they decided to build a tiny shed for a bathroom, to have one additional bedroom, now occupied by Rebecka.

In the distance the volcano smoke can be seen, and this location is behind the mountain.

Christopher had been working at the House of Law today, when his brother Randal Redward, injured but still aggressive, had claimed Joe Hawk to be arrested for theft. Christopher didn't like the case, but he was in charge of the House of Law, and to keep that position, he had to find Joe Hawk. He looked for him unsuccessfully, then walked back home to eat. Now he was off again to look for a thief.


He stopped by at the Warehouse, knowing Joe Hawk used to hang out there in the past.



Christopher had already checked the Hawk house twice, but nobody were there. This time he was luckier.



Agnes called, and Joe came outside.


Joe had no idea what it was all about, he followed Christopher Black, off they went. Agnes felt bad for a second, then she realized this was something she always wanted, just she, Beetle and the kids. Little Amadeus sitting on her arm. Baby Grim inside in the crib. She had to make sure Joe stayed away, she would not be habile to judge him in a trial, but she could certainly make up a testimony to put him in a very bad light... 


To be continued in a very short week :-)