November outside
With an attendance of 36 dolls, about 20 guardians and two amazing elves as the absolute stars, our November meeting broke records. But the best thing of all (and there was a lot of wonderful little things that day) was the milky, humid, dreamy light of the autumn in Madrid and the yellow and brown leaves that kept falling on our hair. Perhaps it was an Elven spell.
Elf-obsession, anyone? Calandur and his main general (and pet), Ithilwen. Calandur means Dark Steel. Ithilwen means White Moon, but they call him Eimer for his pet name. And both of them mean than Nanyalin is not only very talented but very lucky for being the (human) girl they´re living with.
But for Kiyoaki the main attraction of the meeting were not the Autumn leaves, not even the elves. It was Arisu.
Isn´t she pretty. Adorable: I liked her as much as himself the moment we saw her. They´ve been together since February, in a relationship not without its dose of angst and guilt because- let´s say she's not the only one who wants Kiyoaki by her side. But still.
Some other day I´ll write about doll relationships. Today I´m only saying: 1) Having a girlfriend is too easy for some of us and too difficult for others (<.<), and 2) I wish so innocent a love could be possible in the real world.
Aren´t they charming and adorable and every other of the sickly-sweet equivalent adjectives I can´t think of now?
Thanks to Arisu, Kiyoaki is part of a quite large family. Yes, they are all attached to each other in some way.
And finally, the mandatory grup shot. It was dark by then, but we nonetheless put a lot of effort in posing them all together, and someone said they resembled mushrooms around a tree. Well, autumn is mushroom season, isn´t it.
I really had a great time, and once again I realized I can feel I kind of fit among these girls (there were boys too, but mainly girls). They are like a special race of people to me, so stylishly dressed -they themselves, not only their dolls- to show to the world who they are, and so sure of themselves, sure enough to be able to enjoy playing dolls at twenty-something without second thoughts about it. When I´m with them, I feel I am, more or less, one of them, and it makes me more good than one could think.
And besides, Kiyoaki looked more of a British schoolboy than ever. That´s good enough for me.