Hollow woods revamp! + Random updates

 The Hollow Woods revamp has arrived in all its glory! It is absolutely breathtaking! I have quite a few pictures here, there's just too many beautiful spots I don't want to miss! Even though I have a lot of pictures here, I still wasn't able to capture all of Hollow Woods. So you'll have to check it out for yourself! I'm very happy with this update, I think Hollow Woods is now one of my favorite places! Enjoy all the pictures!

I love the small detail of adding brown/reddish leaves to Hollow Woods, it really gives some added depth and makes it seem a lot more realistic!

One of my favorite additions to Hollow Woods are these beautiful glowing lilypads! 

Even Valedale looks quite a bit different!

Another thing I'm so happy they added are these little pathways in the river that you can ride through! So now if you need to get across the river, they actually have places all along it that you can cross!

I love this bridge they added here!

Something else I love is all the new waterfalls! They really add to the whole atmosphere of the place!

All in all, I think the revamp was very well done, and I'm so happy with it! Thumbs up from me!

>!< Thoughts on other recent updates >!<

New characters: Unpopular opinion, but I actually like them a lot! They look like they actually fit our horses now! And the new animations make riding look so much smoother and in my opinion, it just improves the game experience a lot.

Dutch Warmbloods: I love how they look, however I personally am not a fan of the exaggerated dressage gaits. But if you are looking for a solely dressage horse, then absolutely! But I don't think I'll be buying one any time soon.

Camp Western: I loved this event! I unfortunately didn't take any pictures to go on this blog, but I actually had lots of fun! I got a lot of new tack/clothes from it, and it brought a lot more interest to Starshine. However, and I know I'm not alone in thinking this, the wolves were SUPER annoying! I was glad when they were gone.

Mustangs: They're nice, but nothing special to me personally. I know everyone was super excited for them, but they didn't quite meet the expectations everyone had set. But they're still a great horse, again, I probably won't be buying one soon.

Not related to updates, but I maxed all of my horses, and leveled up my character to level 23! Woohoo!