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Imogen & What are you Reading?

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Tons of rain yesterday and then the wind came. It’s still a little windy out there and, though we were supposed to have no rain today, we might have some this morning. Don just went out to work on the trails, where he has been raking and cleaning things up. I’ll wait to see if it rains around 10 am. If it does, I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to get some work done.

Dear little Imogen. I hadn’t pulled her off the shelf in a while, so I remedied that the other day. She was one of my first Blythes. The third, I believe. She arrived at the house just before I took off for 6 weeks in Brooklyn when I was working on the movie.

In fact, here she is with Sophie the day I moved into the apartment in Brooklyn. (Maeve, though the second Blythe, hadn’t arrived yet – she had a very long trip from Russia.)

She was customized by Torry Dolls who lives in Belarus. Love the dimple in her chin.

The puzzle is driving me mad, but I think I managed to correctly insert about 10 pieces yesterday. Nothing else is new, my friends.

Since that is the case, this post will be relatively brief. But, I do have a question: What are you reading?

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

Decorating the Tree

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Out of all the Blythe-related photos I’ve taken over the past year, this is my favorite:

Imogen is ready to hang an ornament and Pippa is looking up at the tree. The magic of Christmas.

It took some fiddling and I had to add a support for Imogen; Pippa is somehow posing without any help. Actually, the final photo turned out better than my original concept.

And, I forgot to put the girls back on the shelf last night and they’re STILL holding these poses!

I tell you, these girls provide endless delight.

Reader Elaine is the person who originally informed me of the existence of sweater ornaments. She lives in Toronto and found a cute one at Canadian Tire. She also passed along photos of the Target sweaters. So I sent her two Target sweaters and she sent me two sweaters from Canadian Tire and here they are. They arrived yesterday.

The red is deeper than this, but reds are hard to capture. Thank you, Elaine. I’m going to do my snipping and binding at the back of the neckline so I can wrestle them on two of the girls. Aren’t they cute? VERY Christmassy.

We are getting a lot of ‘weather’ over the next two days. Snow, rain, snow, rain – with the final amount anyone’s guess. So we’re going to hunker down here at the cottage. Next week – if the forecast holds up – up to 10 inches of snow on the December 22nd and 23rd. Whoa, Nellie!

Stay safe.

Happy Thursday.

 

Seeking A Peaceful Weekend

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The bee balm is in bloom – Don’s favorite. That vivid red is never easy to photograph. You can see some milkweed off to the right. I’d say there are at least 12 milkweed plants scattered through the gardens. It used to pop up in the back forty, but it’s moved to the garden beds for the past 4 or 5 years. (And the front lawn, which is problematic.)

It was very hot and humid yesterday, so we mostly stayed indoors, suffering from allergy/humidity brain fog. Today will be stormy and I just heard a rumble of thunder in the distance. Don isn’t going to be at the Farmer’s Market today, because they are now in a parking lot out in the open and he can’t get that vintage camera wet.

The theme for this week seems to be redressing the girls. Yesterday was Imogen’s turn:

Later, I remembered that she has green eyes, too, which complement the stitching on the dress and the shoes.

We finished Borgen (the first series) last night. Excellent on every level! Tonight, we’ll start watching the new batch of episodes of Stranger Things. And I’m reading Spook Street  the next book in the Mick Herron Slough House series.

Above all, I’m trying to stay grounded and find some peace. I didn’t watch or read any news yesterday as I seriously needed a day off which I’m pretty sure will turn into a weekend off. I’d rather scroll my Blythe feed on IG. Or read my book. Or water my houseplants. Or listen to my husband play guitar and sing.

All of which will take place today.

Stay safe.

Happy Saturday.

 

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