HAS SPRING SPRUNG YET ?

 

Ava seems to be the one getting to go out and about in the garden , I think it's because she is wearing such a lovely bright yellow coat that reminds me of spring. Plus she is also closest to the backdoor ! I may have to get her to swap places with one of her other sisters who are also wearing coats !.

Although the sun is shinning there is still a chill in the shadows, the weather is due to drop in temperature in the coming days.

 Ava also took time to visit with the famous Japanese cherry tree, now at least thirty plus years old having been purchased as a tiny stick in a plastic bag from Woolworth, that old magnificent store no longer with us. Someone needs to bring Woolworths back , in all it's old style glory. Old wooden counters, jars of pic n mix, queuing at each counter to get some cheese or ham etc. We need to bring back making shopping a lovely calm experience. 

What's not to love about this little flowering cherry tree ? 

Magda managed to get outside later, when the sun was behind the clouds and the day drawing in and have her photo taken with the Camelia's by the gazebo.

Naturally there is always someone who thinks they need to amend the pose ! Or he is checking about elf n safety !!

I decided while writing the post to just pop back out and take a few with Magda in a slightly different position to be surrounded by the Camelias but look at the difference in colour in just twenty minutes or so of the light changing.! 

Hopefully the weather will be nice again tomorrow, even if cold and some of the other girls can have a walk about outside.

SUNDAY SO SOON

 

Well the days are trundling past at a steady pace. I would love to say that I have achieved incredible feats of daring do in the last week, however it would be an untruth ! What I have achieved is my usual life of many plans and much faffing about! 

I do actually , in truth , get some things done but they are usually the basics and not the nice extra's involving the dolls. They are the things I have plans for but never actually seem to achieve at present. All though I do seem to have achieved adding enough new adoptees ,that they no longer fit onto the shelf in the display cupboard I bought for them and are now standing in several places about the downstairs.

This led me to thinking about maybe needing to have a change around of what's in what display cabinet , maybe moving the china to the doll cabinet and the dolls to the china cabinet or maybe an actual move around of the cabinets from one place to another ! But the two cabinets I could use for the dolls are in the exact place they need to be ! So I cannot really change the dolls into them ! Now of course I think I should have been sensible and bought a smaller sofa for the backroom, but no I wanted a big one to fill the whole wall ! But this means that also cannot be moved anywhere else ! Plus the big sofa was ordered so that the dogs could lay by their beloved master 

However what I didn't realise is that Casper, the one laying on Paul's legs, would start demanding that Paul move back to the sofa during the day , if he comes and sits by me to watch the midday news !! If once the news is over Paul does not immediately get up and go back to the big sofa, he makes little grumbling noises with the odd bark until such time as he achieves his aim !!  Honestly ! there is not another woman in this marriage but a six stone male dog ! 

What I really need is another six foot on the depth of the back room along with a side extension doll room! But since that is not going to happen, I will need to resolve my dolls issue another way ! 

Finally the person who bought one of our chest of drawers arrived and took it away. So one down and one to go. But naturally the new wardrobes have caused a bigger knock on effect and now I also need to find space for a small antique display cabinet , that was standing on top of the chest of drawers, or sell that on or somehow fit it into the doll studio !! If it goes into the doll studio, that will mean getting rid of another piece of furniture ! Honesty who knew putting in new wardrobes would cause so much other problems / issues ! 

Added to that I also need to sell on some of my China/ pottery again to gain some room. Sometimes I feel like I need a second hand shop for a month, just to try and off load it all in one swoop!.

Today's headliner is Cleo, looking lovely in a dress by Anita in Australia, which I have had for a good few years.

On the doll front no dolls have arrived ! I know a minor miracle ! One week down many to go ! A bear as sold. So little by little in both cases.

I'm hoping to get some doll knitting and maybe even some dress making done over the coming week. and try and stay off eBay , so I am not tempted by any dolls or clothing etc, I'll let you know how I got on next Sunday.

So I will wish you all a happy healthy week ahead.

Dee