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Checking in on Saturday

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A quick post today. I’m exhausted from a very busy week full of long days. And we had to get our flu shots this morning.

From last night’s shoot.

I think this is rare in the word of film dialect coaches, but look what I got this week!

I’m hoping they’ll let me take the canvas back piece at the end of the shoot. Wouldn’t that be cool? On the other side is the title of the film: Spoiler Alert.

I’ve chatted with Sally Field (more on that in the future) and she’s simply lovely. And fun!

Something happened this week that was completely unexpected and a total surprise and I wish I could share it with you but I am bound to secrecy. Sorry for the tease, but rest assured; at some point I will tell you the whole story.

And this little one arrived all the way from Spain. She arrived very quickly!

Her name is Olivia. Her nickname will be Livvy. She’s adorable. I adopted her from her owner via a Facebook Blythe group. She was made by VegaDolls (also in Spain) and I fell for her hook, line and sinker. VegaDolls are usually expensive because they have a distinctive look that is absolutely charming  – too expensive for me. Since this was a ‘second-hand adoption,’ I got a deal.

I adore her.

There’s one more coming next week and then that will be it. She’ll arrive when I’m back in the city so I won’t see her for a while. I guess you could say I commissioned her, based on another doll the customizer had done in the past. She’s so, so cute!

But I’ll keep her a secret until I am back home and can open that box!

I’ll tell you, scrolling through Blythe feeds has kept me sane during the filming process. There’s so much time spent waiting. Instagram has kept me going.

I’ll write a more detailed post tomorrow.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

Sunday at Home

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After another good night’s sleep, I’m feeling a bit more human today. Of course, I have to get up at about 4:45 am tomorrow, so the whole thing will start up again. But, in the meantime, I’m going to enjoy this sunny and cold day. The leaves are off most of the trees – the hard frost that happened over a week ago took care of that. The burning bush is a gorgeous red and the oak leaves are still hanging in there – some gold, some red.

I got my first check yesterday but it was only for one day of work. Next week’s check will be for a full week’s work.

I’ve missed Don’s cooking! And our evenings together. And our routine, which we treasure more and more. He said he’s finally relaxing now that I’m home. I feel the same way. So we’re grateful for a little time together before I have to go back to the city.

Here’s Jim on the set during a night shoot in Greenwich Village.

And here is another shot of my gorgeous Maeve:

As with most redheads, green suits her. I grabbed this outfit right before I headed to the train station on Thursday. I had received notice that she’d be delivered either Thursday or Friday, so I wanted to be able to dress her in some fresh clothes.

I have a lot to do today before I drive to the set tomorrow, so I’ll make this short. I try to post whenever I have a chunk of  spare time so that I can check in with everyone.

Stay safe.

Happy Sunday.

Home, Briefly

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Greetings from the cottage.

To say I am wiped out is putting it mildly. On Thursday, which was a day off for us, I grabbed some stuff, threw it in a suitcase, and took the train home. Yesterday, I drove to the set, which took about an hour. Honestly, it’s a toss-up whether I should stay here or in the city because it takes about the same amount of time to get to the set. The only difference is that I have to add in travel time from Brooklyn to the van pick-up point in Manhattan. Plusses: I get to see Don, although briefly. I get to drive and ‘you don’t have to wear a mask’ (Ben’s quote.) Minuses: In the van, I don’t have to drive and I can take a nap. Plus, upending things in the middle of my established routine in Brooklyn throws me off. And I’ll miss two weekends in Brooklyn. But my birthday is next weekend, and I can spend it here with Don before I return to the city.

From a night shoot in Greenwich Village.

From a night shoot in Queens, looking across the East River to Manhattan.

The 59th Street Bridge aka Queensboro Bridge.

If you’re not already doing it, keep your eye on my Instagram account because I often post photos from the day. I can post quickly and you can get an idea of where I am and what I’m doing.

Honestly, most of it is a blur. What we filmed on Tuesday? I have no idea.

A new girl has joined our little Blythe family. I ordered her more than 2 months ago and she just arrived on Thursday – the day I got home. She journeyed from Moscow – getting out of Moscow took forever, then she was transferred to Poland, then to Germany, where she seemingly sat inside her box for about 5 weeks. In reality, some of that time was spent on a ship crossing the ocean. We lost all sense of where she was – the seller was also checking on her – and then, on Wednesday, the seller wrote me to say she was in the USA. Except she didn’t show on the any USPS tracking, so I didn’t fully believe it. But on Thursday, it showed she had arrived at my local post office and, because she was a registered mail package, they delivered the package despite the fact that it was a holiday.

A quick photo this morning of Maeve.

This is how she arrived. She also had an adorable bow in her hair but I removed it in order to get her hair to ‘unkink.’ The bow had been there a long time!

The girls. Sophie is holding a hedgehog on a cart, made by Gifts by Loubilou who has an Etsy shop. I’ve had the needle-felted sheep for a long time. The little Boston Terrier was found in a toy shop in Brooklyn.

More pictures later. Once I knew that Maeve was about to be delivered, I packed a dress for her to wear.

I’m crazy about these girls!

Today’s irony: I packed about 6 books to read while I am in Brooklyn and I have no time to read! But I did start the newest Louise Penny and I’m going to devote some time to reading a chunk of it this weekend.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

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