My smaller Rose of Sharon suddenly started budding late in the summer, though I didn’t think it would amount to anything. Well, lo and behold, it’s blooming! In fact, yesterday I had to chase away a Japanese Beetle who was attempting to dine on a bloom We haven’t had many Japanese Beetles this summer, but I guess I’d better keep a watch on that bush. Excuse the weeds! Too much rain equals lots of weeds and I usually give up on weeding in August.
There are a lot of bees buzzing around the blooms.
I mowed on Sunday – the lilac side of the front lawn – and Don and I mowed the main part of the lawn yesterday. We’re hoping to mow with the unrepaired lawnmower through the end of the season. It makes it twice as tiring, but we have to have a small tree that fell taken away by our tree guy – it also fell on partway on our neighbor’s property. So whatever extra money we have will have to go to that. That tree was already dead and it lives in a soggy part of the property. I think all of the rain hastened its demise. It’s been a summer to remember – and not very fondly.
Today, I’m taking a break, though more mowing has to happen tomorrow. And weed whacking.
In reference to my post about aging, after yesterday’s mowing without a self-propelled lawnmower, Don and I reminded ourselves that we are still pretty darned vigorous. We have made a vow to stop all talk of aging. Period. We are able to take care of our property. We are not retired and are entirely capable of working many hours a day at our respective professions. We want work and we welcome work. Our minds are sharp. And we look pretty darned good.
So that’s it. It will be a challenge because so many negative thoughts about aging creep in our heads throughout the day but we’re going to retrain our thoughts and spoken words. We are not going to think in years except in a positive way.
Just wanted to share this little outfit that I ordered on eBay.
This is called “Mandarin Mood” and the story behind it is that Gene loves to entertain at home when she’s not on the set – this time she’s having a party with a Chinese theme and this is the hostess ensemble she is wearing. It came with the earrings and the black chopsticks (?) for her hair. There’s actually a doll that comes in this outfit, but I put it on Simply Gene (the one who wears the bathing suit.) In addition to the dolls, most of the outfits were sold separately as well.
I always wanted red hair in this shade. Or black hair, like my dad’s. Ah well. I live vicariously through my dolls.
Stay safe.
Happy Monday.
Mowing without the self-propeller must be exhausting. But, you both can still do that. Yes…go with that! Build on the positive. Aging, while it is physical, is also mental. So keep those positive thoughts flowing.
I missed out on that post on aging, and commenting on Saturday. We were at the car races at Road America. We’ve been going off and on since the 70’s. We went with our extended family, and were surrounded by young people. Between the fresh air, all the walking, the enthusiasm of youth, we felt invigorated. We were exhausted at the end of the day…but it felt good. We felt younger. And we proved to ourselves that we could still do that, and enjoy ourselves.
Pretty outfit on your Gene doll. Love all that detail. I always loved the dresses that my mom wore when they went out for a special occasion. She made most of them….and that outfit reminded me of that. It all in the details.
Enjoy your day! ;)
Good for you, Donnamae! We feel invigorated, as well. We eventually need to take a nap, but…
Those hostess outfits were such a thing in the 50s and 60s. I love them.
Thanks, Donnamae.
Stay safe.
good for you, donnamae … enjoy those races and doing what you want! :)
hope you’re keeping cool and having a nice day.
kathy
On the lawnmower front, we frequently see lawnmowers on our local “Buy Nothing” page, or as “curb alerts”, especially at this time of year. There is a local guy who sometimes collects them and spends the winter tinkering with them, then donates various ways. All this to say that you might find one that way if you are so moved, and avoid the expense of buying new. Our 2 lawnmowers both were picked up off the curb before trash day and with blade sharpening and new spark plugs have been working fine. Our son’s came from the “free shed” at his local town dump and it works great too. .
I love the hostess outfit!
Ceci
Yes, we’ve thought of that. It still works, though, just not as well as it would if the self-propel feature was functioning.
We’ll just stick with this and hope the grass slows down its growing process.
Thanks, Ceci.
Stay safe.
beautiful flowers!
though i am a definite introvert, a themed party sounds fun (also, easier to host and easier to attend)!
hooray for vigor and doing what we can … including trying to focus on the positives … they’re all around us (and also facing, as needed, the hard things)!
on a related note, may i please ask anyone so inclined for prayers for my family? someone i love is having a tough time. also would appreciate a prayer for me … i’m having nuclear scans of my parathyroids this friday. thanks ever so much. :)
sorry, sad about the tree.
you all are in my prayers.
i am ready for fall’s cooler temperatures, but sweater weather is a ways off … it’s supposed to be over 100 today and for the next several days.
hope you all are keeping cool, having easy days. stay safe in every way!
kathy
Themed parties sound dreadful to me, precisely because I am an introvert! The thought of either hosting it or going to it is just too much! But in doll world, themed parties are wonderful.
Yes, praying for you and your family, Kathy. Absolutely.
Stay safe.
i am not one for parties either … not at all … but think having a theme to guide the menu and music decisions would make it easier if i were to (for some unknown and completely-out-of-my-character reason) host a party or decide what to wear if invited to such a thing. very likely not happening, though … ha but not really ha. :)
thanks much for the prayers. needed and appreciated!
xo,
kathy
kathy, as always you have my prayers, dear …
thank you, vicki!
hope you are safe and well, especially with the hurricane and earthquakes.
praying for you all.
kathy
xo
Cathy, I will be praying for your family and you. I always look for your comments because they are always so supportive and kind. Stay cool in all this heat.
Dottie in Georgia
thank you very much, dottie! while a bit nervous about my scan, i worry more and want the best for my family so i especially appreciate prayers for them.
thanks for your kind words. sometimes depression and troubles get in the way, but i do try to stay positive because life is better, easier that way. and it helps knowing God is in control. :)
temperatures to reach 95 to 105 degrees over the next few days, so keeping cool means staying indoors. others have it rougher and i pray for everyone. am guessing it’s hotter for you in georgia … be safe!
hope you’re having a good night.
kathy
Are you making the lawnmower worse by no not fixing it?
Maybe it won’t cost too much to fix it.
No. It works, it just needs the self-propel feature fixed. And we can’t really spare it for repair right now because we’ve had so much rain and the grass grows very quickly.
Thanks, Linda.
Stay safe.
dear Claudia/Don — glad y’all could be outside w/mowing — sometimes physical work can give a new perspective to thinking. re aging — it happens — should we resist vigorously or accept/tolerate our fate? ignoring it is much harder for us to do these days since our 2 daughters are nearly 50 — how did that happen? I know some who fight it to their dying day but is that the best use of time/money?? Perhaps I am just too lazy for the bother, haha!! have been blessed for lots of years — have “earned” the white hair and wrinkles — not 25 anymore but think I am much wiser these days than all those years ago. stay safe
I’m too lazy to do anything (like color my hair or get plastic surgery) so I think there has to be a certain amount of acceptance. Doesn’t mean we can’t wear makeup and lose weight, but that should be only if one wants to.
Thanks, Linda.
Stay safe.
Sometimes it’s almost as if we forget to look at ourselves. I have skin damage from too much sun and, for the past few years, the dermatologist looks at this mark on my face but doesn’t do anything about it, saying Medicare won’t pay for it to be removed as it’s cosmetic, not cancer. Went to get my new driver’s license photo and realized I was going to have a photo taken with a big ‘thing’ on my face the size of a quarter which looked like a brown birthmark. Had to go thru a bunch of old makeup in the drawer to find something to cover it for the photo which is when I realized I no longer even had a fresh lipstick. Afterward, I went to the derm-guy and said, “Take that thing off my face!” Glad I did it; has faded to a pale-pink spot which will go away. And I bought some new, basic makeup, like when did I stop wearing lipstick for Pete’s sake?
I have sun spots on my face and my hands. I’m not thrilled with them, but they don’t really bother me. I just let them be. Tells the story of my living in California days.
That being said, if you felt it should go, more power to you!
xo
good for you, vicki … you can feel better and not have to be bothered by it anymore. :)
i have some brown “sun spots” on my face … and a laser consultation scheduled to hopefully have them removed. made an appointment weeks ago, can’t get in until after thanksgiving … so, vicki, we’re not alone!
kathy
Good you’ve put this aging “thing” on hold for awhile. Just enjoy every day. There’s always something to be thankful for. Your rose of sharon is beautiful. Hugs, Elaine
Thank you, Elaine.
Stay safe.
Agree! Age is pretty relative! We just do what we can do and find joy where we can! I really like Gene’s hostess outfit… I’m sure there are some exotic drinks and hors d’oeuvres to match! We haven’t had any rain here, but southern California is getting more than enough, as well as headaches. Hopefully it doesn’t get worse.
I hope everyone is safe there. The rain and winds coupled with an earthquake is just too much.
Stay safe, Barrie.
I love the doll’s hair! And the outfit looks so finely sewn.
Well, yesterday was one of the scariest days of my entire long life. Where I live in Southern California was under this rare, strange tropical storm warning (which has never happened since my deceased-elderly parents were teens in the 1930s of Los Angeles) … August no less, when we’re usually in drought … but then we got hit with a very, very violent earthquake in the afternoon, followed by aftershock after aftershock (my husband and I stopped counting at 15 smaller quakes [smaller but still VERY MUCH felt]). There were (official count as reported in ‘the news’) two dozen aftershocks and, again, we felt nearly every one of them; it was earthquakes all afternoon and into the night; I’ve never experienced anything like this EVER and I’m a native Southern Californian who definitely ‘knows’ earthquakes.
I completely fell apart; the stress was too much. It’s hard to be THAT on edge for so many hours; the body and mind in high-alert mode. Between politics on the national scene, a pedestrian who got killed by a drunk driver at the entrance to my street a few days ago, the Maui fire, the threat of a hurricane off my coast and then these multiple earthquakes in the space of 12 hrs (like an average of 2 per hour), I was in a fright-flight scenario, enough to just want to get in the car, start driving in any opposite direction and just get the heck out of Dodge.
I’ve been sick to my stomach with headache ever since, like I want to hurl at any given moment. I dissolved into being a little girl again, sobbing and scared. What happened to trying to stay calm in a natural disaster? To be rational? A mature adult? I think I’d just had enough of too many anxietous things. A pile-up of anxiety. And then I had the post-stress sinking of feeling SO melancholy. I just have to pick myself up out of this today. I will! We could prep for the tropical storm and did; there is NO WAY to prep for simultaneous earthquake. The 3-second warnings on our hand-held/cell phones in a new earthquake-alert system weren’t enough time to react. I was on the landline-phone with a friend when the bigger quake hit; didn’t even have my cell phone near me.
The friend with whom I was speaking on the house phone is just ten miles away. She felt the earthquake of course (but somewhat-less intensity). We both were screaming, threw down the phones, took cover. I must have screamed 20 times yesterday; this is not normal for me. Maybe sometimes the scream was more like a yelp. The quake we had last night at 10:30pm (8 hrs after the first, bigger one) was a 4.0 or thereabouts and even my husband shouted. (Imagine my poor dog. Even the quakes in the 2s and 3s were unnerving. Again, you have no idea when they’re coming; you don’t know if it’s over; you don’t know if it’ll get worse.)
The Northridge (CA) quake in ’94 was I think a 6.9 and the San Francisco in ’89 a 6.7(?) and this bigger one yesterday at 2:40pm was ‘only’ a 5.1 although initially reported in as a 6.0 (sure felt like a 6) but it’s my understanding so far that ours yesterday were more shallow quakes which means we feel them much more than if they were deeper below the ground/earth. (I guess so anyway; I am not a quake expert. I don’t WANT to know more; I just want them to go away!)
We got more rain from the tropical storm than anticipated but nothing like areas south and east of us (San Diego, Palm Springs, etc). Los Angeles schools are closed today. I was never too worried about the rain for us further up the northwesterly coast even though we were in flood warning and storm warning (not watches) because the storm tracking kept pointing more to central-east in the SoCal area.
The quake(s)? A whole ‘nuther thing; just out of left field. I’ll never forget the noise: The central a/c was drumming (my unit is old and not quiet) due to the terrible humidity (warm temps outside), the rain at the time of the quake was pounding loudly outside the house windows, I was talking on the phone as said (and felt like the earthquake exploded from behind me; least thing in the world to expect), the wind was loudly blowing a fierce gale and stuff was crashing around outside, then the explosion-like (can’t describe it differently!) quake prompted tsunami sirens (I didn’t hear; this was closer to the beach) and set off building and car alarms all over town (which WAS in my vicinity, and of course there were the police/fire sirens, endless sirens), so I guess this is what I’ll always recall now (on a day which won’t be forgotten), the noise. Clearly too, when a quake happens and you’re close to its epicenter, you’re surrounded with the noise of snap, crackle, pop, bang.
I had three glass (sturdier pressed-glass, not crystal, but vintage) bowls fall out of one hutch but their fall to the hardwood floor was cushioned by crap I had sitting at the base of the hutch; am SO glad those didn’t break because I’d heard the sound of the crashing glass as the house shook and shuddered with the quake. Of course anything stacked in the house and garage fell over. We still have more cleanup in terms of repositioning stuff which toppled. Just shouldn’t have loose stuff in a house for quakes but, what can I say, we’re stuck in remodeling Hell, so there are stacked/packed-up belongings in boxes, building materials towering here & there like wood planks, ladders (doesn’t much matter if they’re braced/leaning against a wall, when the wall is swaying right under your fingers [the experts say to duck, cover and hold on; well, hard to hold on when everything, even a WALL, is MOVING]). And my husband was trying to go around the house exterior to make sure we didn’t have a natural-gas leak at the meter but the rain was pouring in sheets at that point which made everything difficult in terms of home inspection.
(Still raining as of a half-hour ago but as it subsides, we’ll be taking closer looks at the house and our outbuildings [for damage]. Can’t believe we got 24 hrs of rain in August. Wasn’t hugely abundant but the ground is quite wet and hopefully this will help with wildfire season in Oct-Nov as long as it just doesn’t mean more grasses will spring up only to go dry for fire tinder; we still have hot weather to come with Santa Ana winds which can start in Sept.)
In the ’94 Northridge quake, the fireplace brick separated from the living room ceiling, so we always have to keep an eye on that as it weakened the fireplace in our home. The fireplace isn’t usable but we still need to inspect the chimney. I just kept saying to myself for the 1000th time, “Why am I here? Why am I living in such a dangerous area … with wildfire, drought and earthquake?” My husband is the one of us who’s been wanting to move to the Upper Midwest for years now but even he said, “There IS nowhere safe in the U.S., Vicki!”
Our drug store just a half mile from the house had most of its shelving inventory land on the floor; same for the beauty-supply place; what a mess to clean up. Reports of buildings suffering cracks in drywall; that sort of thing. Not good on old houses like mine; not good on infrastructure like water mains. But we got off lucky, me and my whole town. Nobody hurt from what we can learn. That’s the most important thing; to not have loss of life.
Earlier this morning when I didn’t dare want to fall asleep (and instead be ready & alert for more aftershocks), I packed another tote with emergency supplies and whatever small keepsakes I could manage; I was very unprepared about this when I should instead be VERY prepared. I also got well-made ponytail holders and banded knob-to-knob what kitchen cabinets could be secured at their door handles; bottles of olive oil broken on the floor would be a big mess to clean up if we get more aftershocks today (although so far so good; will hope they’re on their way out).
Our amazingly-calm, pragmatic seismologist expert, Dr Jones, who avails herself generously to all the TV news stations in L.A. (I lost the satellite at 5pm last night but at least we never lost electricity; anyway, yeah, I’d had the TV turned onto the news), said that while the percentage of it happening is low, it is possible that an even-larger quake can follow on the heels of what was already a bigger one; so, the next 2-3 days are still a time of some nail-biting.
End of my double-disaster report from Southern Calif!
Oh, Claudia, you’d relate to my pain on this: Yard inspection post-quake and post-storm, have just come upon this in the past few minutes: Our front-yard GORGEOUS in yellow blooms Golden Medallion tree has suffered possibly fatal damage. It was healthy, only 9yrs in age and towered over the roof of the attached garage to the house. Beautiful spread and perfectly shaped. Was it from wind or quakes; must have happened in the overnight. The center trunk is sheared off and we have 20 feet of thick branch/log covering that section of the front yard, on the ground, GONE; didn’t crack the city sidewalk, thankfully. Too much for my husband to tackle or even my elderly mow&blow guy; we’ll have to suffer the expense of bringing in a tree crew (this is NOT in the budget). I handpicked that tree at the nursery when it was a $200 seedling. I don’t know if the tree can be saved; my husband is doubtful. We can’t afford to replace it. When we’d purchased it, was a OTO yard-overhaul endeavor. I know it’s just a tree and we didn’t lose a human life or a pet in the double-disaster yesterday, but this is so unfair! To me, the tree IS a living, breathing thing with a soul.
Could we please just have a better day tomorrow?
Oh no! I’m so, so sorry, Vicki. Trees are living, breathing things and I feel their pain when damage happens to them. I completely understand. That’s terrible news.
so sorry for what you’ve all had to go through, vicki! hope you can rest and relax.
lots of people are praying for you all. i’m one of them.
sending hugs,
kathy
kathy, thank you, Southern Calif definitely needs everyone’s prayers and I thank you for yours (no relaxing around here yet!)
Your husband is right – there is nowhere safe these days. Every region of the country has had catastrophic weather/damage of some kind and it’s just going to get worse. We’re lived through hurricanes (in NY!) and falling trees. We had a microburst that brought down another tree, everyone’s electrical wires, closed roads, and damaged property – just in the small area surrounding where we live. It was frightening as hell. There’s now endless drought – or too much rain – or fires (an entire town evacuated in Canada.
I hope the next few days bring some rest for you, Vicki. You need to sleep. You’ve been through a lot in 24 hours and it definitely takes a toll. You’re safe, your husband is safe, your dog is safe.
xoxo
I’m so sorry! Our friend Adrian lives just 10 miles from the epicenter of the quake. He said it was insane where he lives. I can’t imagine how frightened you must have been. I’ve lived through several quakes and it’s so unsettling – panicky. Adding that into a mix of torrential rain and wind and flooding is just too much, Vicki.
Take care of yourself!
xoxo
Yeah, I’m mere miles away (from the epicenter just up the road), closer to it than Adrian by half as much; it’s indeed insanity; again, never been thru anything like this IN MY LIFE; sitting here bawling my eyes out again; the sustained stress of now over 36 hrs is unreal. We’re feeling nearly every aftershock of some 30 or more now. I tried to recover some sleep late yesterday afternoon and early evening but then something woke my husband and I up this morning around 4am (this is Tues) so we were both walking around and awake when ANOTHER approx 4.0 quake hit at approx 4:30am and then another at 5:30am; I understand now from headlines bouncing up that nobody is sleeping around here as we keep getting awakened with the houses cracking, shuddering, swaying; it’s too much; as I’d said, enough already; please God make it stop. I have to be really careful of my anxiety level; my chest has been pounding with fear. Despite all this, our beloved seismologist Dr Jones is saying get a grip, people, a 5.1 earthquake isn’t a big one, so what are you gonna do when you get something bigger? Well, I know the answer to this question: My husband and I need to get the heck out of California! Many reports now of downed trees, toppled chimneys, broken toilets, cracked plaster. (Local headlines; doesn’t make the national news.) It is NOT a small thing. I know your weather is bad, too, Claudia … but be SO glad you and Don moved out of Calif when you did!
Take deep breaths. Meditate, if you can.
All will be well.
xo
Yay for vigor and stamina! You both look marvelous and you’re very engaged with life. This little outfit is so adorable! You’re making me wish that I hadn’t liquidated my Gene Dolls, but I thought I was moving and made some hard decisions. Do you think Gene likes egg foo young or General Tao’s Chicken?
I’m thinking she likes whatever isn’t fattening!
How many Genes did you have, Nora. Honestly, I’d never heard of them until recently!
Stay safe.
I had about 15 Gene dolls, three Violet Waters, The beautiful black character, and a Marsha Hunt doll. You probably know Marsha Hunt Was a very talented actor with a long career and was the inspiration for Jean. I’m leaving it with Jean, because spellcheck… I still have one in the navy uniform which was very special because my mom was in the Navy. And I have the doll called love, Paris, who came in a gorgeous Dior style suit, which was a gift from my sisters because they know I love Paris. My sister was a faceup artist who did customizations like the ones done for Blythe and she introduced me to the dolls not too long after they came out. I don’t remember what anniversary it was, but there was a big event at FAO Schwartz and my husband was kind enough to drive me to New York and hang around while I waited in line and got to meet Mel, Who is one of the most talented and kindest men I’ve ever met. He has a Facebook page which you probably visited and you can see some of his fantastic art. One of my favorites is his portrait of the ayatollah for the cover of Time magazine. I’m very happy that you found Jean Marshall’s world. She gave me a lot of pleasure and comfort during a difficult time in my life. And she plays well with others. :-)
I am a fan of the Love, Paris doll and have seen her on the secondary market.
I had no idea your sister was a faceup artist! How lovely!
I’m on two facebook pages for Gene collectors and through those pages, I’ve ‘chatted’ with Mel. He is such a nice man. He regularly engages with all his followers and he adores my friend, Doug, so we have that in common.
Speaking of the Genes in uniform, I’d love to get the Gene in her USO ensemble.
I had absolutely no interest in dolls when Genes were appearing on the scene, so I didn’t even know they existed. It’s awfully wonderful that you were on the scene at the time they were being produced and got to meet Mel in person.
Thanks so much, Nora.
How great that you have met Mel and you share a good friend! I was browsing and saw the USO Doll on eBay the day before yesterday. So glad that you’ve seen love Paris isn’t she a, dream?
I haven’t met Mel (in person) just virtually. But he’s awfully nice!
Yes, I saw the USO doll, as well.
xo
Yep, you’re as old as you feel. And you and Don are in better shape than many younger people. I cannot imagine doing all the mowing you guys do each summer!
We’re finally getting the extreme heat here in WI for the first time. It’s to be close to 100 next couple of days. I guess if we’re gonna get it, the dog days are the best time. It’s always super hot when school starts anyway.
That Chinese outfit is tres chic. I think the Gene doll is much more interesting than Barbie. Wish I’d known about them.
Take care,
Kay
I think Gene is much more interesting than Barbie – at least to me! The new Barbies really don’t interest me at all. It’s the classic Barbies that still hold some appeal.
Stay cool over the next few days!
Stay safe, Kay.
Dear Chill (the way you signed your painting)…..love it. I am now testing myself and husband for Covid. It seems that we may have been exposed . Keep your fingers crossed. In any case the hypochondriac in me kicks in and I just made some chicken soup and am drinking more water. As to aging…..I wear my sunglasses to hide the bags under my eyes…..and as far as brown spots…..I have one on my cheek the shape of a heart. A clerk at Trader Joes pointed out to me and all in the line. Oh well, Beauty is wasted on the Youth or something like that. So we can slather our face with tintd sunscreen, put on some lipstick and squint at our reflection in the mirror. Don is the consumat romantic and I love that he took your photo and you can keep it private….just the two of you but know that you are loved. I have a couple of photos that I hope will never surface but they remind me of when I was struggling with many stresses….so all a part of the picture of me.
Oh no! Fingers crossed that the test is negative, Maria. I have sun spots – many – on my face and hands and arms. I think it’s from my time in San Diego. Anyway, they don’t really bother me and if I need to look good, makeup helps to dilute their presence.
Love that – “all a part of the picture of me.” Perfect way to look at those photos. They tell a story.
Stay safe, Maria.
hej, maria …
praying for you and your husband! hope you get good results soon from those tests. either way, enjoy that homemade soup!
i’m going to chicago next month to hear a longtime favorite, gino vannelli. will be fun, but i am nervous about being in a crowd like that for hours … worried about covid and expecting to both test back home and (sadly) have to keep away from my family until i know for sure i won’t have it. what a world, huh?!?
hope your week is otherwise starting well and only gets better.
kathy
kathy, just wear a mask to the concert (my husband and I still mask everywhere; we’re not freaks; actually am seeing more of it again as we get closer to Fall as I think a lot of us don’t have vaccine protection if we haven’t boosted up since indeed LAST fall although some people got a Covid booster in like April or something); my husband has been participating in a trial for RSV (since last November) and they’ve now removed him from it (with the end of the trial [as of yesterday], results which won’t be revealed to us), so this frees him up to get the RSV vaccine next month (if/when they offer it [my plan, if possible, is to get the RSV vax, then later in Sept get the Covid boost and then finish it all up two weeks later with a seasonal flu vaccine by mid-October but no later)
Yes, smart advice. School started 2 weeks ago and Covid is running amok here. My 7 year old grandson got it last week (fever, headache and general malaise) he’s vaccinated and is on the road to recovery . Seeing lots more masks here. Take care, Vicki!
thanks, vicki. :)
i expect to do that. :l
been hearing on the news lately about new variants and the numbers of covid cases going up. ugh. :(
hope you have a good day, rest when you can. praying for you …
kathy
I saw just a snippet of a 1942 film staring Carole Lombard. She looked exactly like the new dolls you have. The hair and the clothes were spot on. The doll designer nailed the look perfectly.
I am very happy I can do so many things around the house and garden myself. If I can do it myself I do it. Some repairs are left to experts.
Take Care,
Kaye
If I can do, I do it, as well. I like to prove to myself I can still do it!
Stay safe, Kaye.
The doll and the outfit are just Wow, Wow, Wow!!
My grandmother always said, count your life in smiles and laughs not wrinkles or grays!
I just turned 66 and have been letting my hair do it’s own thing my whole life. I love my silver curly hair and I don’t look in the mirror once my contacts are in so I walk around smiling and not caring about wrinkles.
It’s been a tough couple years for me, because my parents died within 3 months of each other and I haven’t gotten over that shock but I watch the birds, butterflies and the flowers grow and smile because Mom and Dad taught me and my sisters to love nature and the beauty of our earth. We have all shared that with our children and grandchildren. Life is short and our time here is a treasure. xo
I’m sorry about the loss of your parents, Betsy. I lost mine within 18 months of each other. I miss them every day.
Stay safe.
Thank you for telling me you miss them every day. I’ve been starting to wonder if that’s normal or not. <3
You are absolutely normal, Betsy.
You’ll never stop missing them. Even now, several years after their deaths, I think of something I want to talk to them about.
xoxo
so sorry for your losses, betsy.
hope you can rest, do something that makes you smile.
i’ll be praying for you and your family.
sending a hug (if okay),
kathy
Thanks, Kathy. I appreciate all types of hugs-virtual or in person! :)
I always wanted that red hair, too. If I had that outfit, I’d wear it!
You’re right — the anti-aging talk gets us nowhere and makes us feel worse. In so many ways, we are so lucky!
We are! And we have to keep reminding ourselves of that.
Stay safe, Jeanie.