Welcome to Windlyn!
So glad you found your way here...please visit the links in my signature for my game and my charity threads and pick your welcome items.
suggestions for the site:
Buy Lazarus shop items first as they are only temporary and you never know if they will reappear.
Visit the fishing pond every 8 hours for free items ( some are rare and none are in the shops)
Use the fishing pond items for the quests
Make sure you play the games if you are trying to build feather currency, you get feathers for 3 games each game per day.
Don't hesitate to jump into most any thread.
You just missed an event but there should be another one around the end of the month.
Kitalpha is hosting INKtober if you like to draw post your drawings in her thread.
Akuyi has free items for newbies and a very good yard sale thread for past items.
What kind of foods do you like to cook?