Over two days of work, me and two other players dug out this trail ruin, trying to preserve as much of its structure as possible while grabbing whatever goodies we could from suspisious gravel. The ruins are open to viewing with bridges of scaffolding lining the area. Below these ruins are a giant cave system leading to a Trial Chamber, which we frequented for copper blocks and rare items.

A mountain peak with a small wooded valley was home to a herd of goats, or rather two herds, seperated by said woods. I called them the East Herd and the West Herd, though I built the warden's cabin closer to the East. These goats were ruthless, constantly butting my heels, even kiilling me on one occasion when I was shunted off the peak into the forest below! Even so, I loved these goats with all my heart. Some would come to the cabin for a few days before rejoining the herd on their own; Others stayed away from the herd and made the cabin their new home. I would love to do something like this again one day...

MAY 10, 2024:
During season 6 of our SMP, in preperation for the 1.21 Tricky Trials update, I had to make a world backup in order to transfer the world to our new server host; We would continue playing on this world until the update released. However, in a strange twist, the files corrupted halfway through the transfering, erasing half our world chunks and resetting them back to how they spawned in. It was truly devestating! I lost my empire, my friend lost their home, and most of the boating routes were erased or rendered incomplete.
Now, I could have of course erased the files from the server host and tried again, but then I thought about it...This could be a great change of pace! Even better, while the blocks we placed had been completely wiped out, all of the entities, including our pets and items, had remained. And so, with my kingdom gone, my villagers back to their usual homes, and my golems left to wander, I sailed away to join with my other friend who was also about to move homes. Together we found a new home to call our own, and built up a new quaint taiga village. This was where I remained until the end of that world, and the beginning of season 7.

My prized fish pond, containing over 30+ tropical fish, all carried by bucket and every single one named! For every player on the server, at least one fish is named after them.