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I've got a lot of catching up to do... for now, though, a quick update:
Fox & Dinah both came to DragonCon w/ me. We had fun, though the girls didn't get to see as much as they'd like.
We stopped at St. Augustine on the way home. I intended to take all sorts of nifty beach photos and/or show the girls around town (Fox has been before, but not Dinah). But... hurricane Ophelia put the kibosh on that one (I can't even imagine trying to get a doll to stand or even sit up & keep her wig on in gale-force winds). I got some interesting pix inside the condo where we were staying, but I haven't gotten around to editing them, yet. Also got a Madeline doll outfit on clearance, which is (as expected) a little baggier & shorter than intended, but still looks awfully cute on the girls (they agree that it's really more Dinah's "thing").
Ms. Deth moved out, in order to co-habitate w/ her SO, so I no longer have instant access to Dru & Lex... but we're all still on good terms, so I'm sure they'll still show up in my pix now & then. Ms. Deth has been working on updating our website, but I haven't even checked to see if she's got anything uploaded, yet...
Recently fell in love w/ antique all-bisque dolls, especially the Japanese ones. More about them, later.
Also, my mom died in December, which is one of the main reasons that I'm continuing to be unproductive & uncommunicative.
Hope everybody is doing well!
Almost forgot... found this poem today, & liked it quite a lot:
The Dearest Dolls.
Miss Winifred Evelyn Constance McKee
Invited our dolls to an afternoon tea.
"But don't bring them all,
For my table is small.
Just each little girl bring her 'dearest,' said she.
I felt in my heart it would not be polite
To take my poor Rosa-she's grown such a fright!
She's blind in one eye,
And her wig's all awry,
For she sleeps in my bed with me all through the night.
I explained to dear Rosa just why she must stay,
And I dressed Bonnibelle in her finest array;
And then, do you know, When the time came to go,
I snatched up my Rosa and ran all the way!
And-what do you think-of the six dolls that came
There were four that were blind, there were two that were lame!
And each little mother Explained to some other,
"She's old, but I love her the best just the same."
~~Youth's Companion.
Fox & Dinah both came to DragonCon w/ me. We had fun, though the girls didn't get to see as much as they'd like.
We stopped at St. Augustine on the way home. I intended to take all sorts of nifty beach photos and/or show the girls around town (Fox has been before, but not Dinah). But... hurricane Ophelia put the kibosh on that one (I can't even imagine trying to get a doll to stand or even sit up & keep her wig on in gale-force winds). I got some interesting pix inside the condo where we were staying, but I haven't gotten around to editing them, yet. Also got a Madeline doll outfit on clearance, which is (as expected) a little baggier & shorter than intended, but still looks awfully cute on the girls (they agree that it's really more Dinah's "thing").
Ms. Deth moved out, in order to co-habitate w/ her SO, so I no longer have instant access to Dru & Lex... but we're all still on good terms, so I'm sure they'll still show up in my pix now & then. Ms. Deth has been working on updating our website, but I haven't even checked to see if she's got anything uploaded, yet...
Recently fell in love w/ antique all-bisque dolls, especially the Japanese ones. More about them, later.
Also, my mom died in December, which is one of the main reasons that I'm continuing to be unproductive & uncommunicative.
Hope everybody is doing well!
Almost forgot... found this poem today, & liked it quite a lot:
The Dearest Dolls.
Miss Winifred Evelyn Constance McKee
Invited our dolls to an afternoon tea.
"But don't bring them all,
For my table is small.
Just each little girl bring her 'dearest,' said she.
I felt in my heart it would not be polite
To take my poor Rosa-she's grown such a fright!
She's blind in one eye,
And her wig's all awry,
For she sleeps in my bed with me all through the night.
I explained to dear Rosa just why she must stay,
And I dressed Bonnibelle in her finest array;
And then, do you know, When the time came to go,
I snatched up my Rosa and ran all the way!
And-what do you think-of the six dolls that came
There were four that were blind, there were two that were lame!
And each little mother Explained to some other,
"She's old, but I love her the best just the same."
~~Youth's Companion.