IT'S THE FIFTH SO IT MUST BE DOLL SHELVES!

Yes it's already the fifth of April, so time for this months doll shelf photos.

This little goose as escaped his pen and is taking the Ursula's girls attention.

Looks like lots of planning going on!

I'm thinking Ursula's Sasha family as grown?

All looking ready for Spring.

Karin's 69 to 71 Sasha's are wearing lovely sets by A Passion for Sasha, looking very spring like in their pretty coloured outfits.

I love this photo from Karin of a little watering going on.Love that tin flower bucket .

Karin's getting into the Easter spirit here with her sweet bunny .

Jane's girls are looking ready for Easter with their beautiful yellow checked dresses.

Ginger's girl as found two friends ready for Easter's arrival.

Over the pond at Ellen Church's place Political stands are being made!

They are also playing games or.......making plans to over run the white house! 

While their sisters discuss clothes and shoes and looking good!

and this Miss arranges the Daffodils to look there best.

and the babies just enjoy playing with the bunnies.

Some of the village clan decided that their shelf would be outside this month.

Jenny and Sophie enjoying being outside

While Ashley and Winter are dressed for warmth just in case!

Unfortunately Paige was sulking and twice knock two of the others over!

Jenni's lad was watching out the window but now he has a tractor to play with 

From Lel we have her girl ready with her bunny for Easter !

will soon be Easter with all these chicks about at Lel's house!

Still time to send in your doll shelf photos,

many thanks to those you have sent in their photos for sharing.





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CATCHING UP WITH CATCHING UP

April ! Was it not just March? Is the world spinning quicker? that the days or months seem to go so fast! I was sure they said time slows as you get older ! So I must still be quite young !

This week has been a busy one work wise, needed to work one of my Fridays which was followed by a Saturday , so half the weekend gone in a blink.

But we did manage to get outside today and finish painting the render on new infilled porch.

I was doing quite well and had not got any paint on myself until I carried the plastic sheet I was using to protect the ground , round to the front to place down , only for the wind to pick up at that point and plaster it to my legs, leaving me covered in white splodges of paint on both trouser legs!!!

I think now it's painted it helps to make it look like it was always been part of the house.

The Magnolia , Black Tulip, is budding up , it's best year so far !

I'm hoping that all the buds will get a chance to open and not get caught by any frost.

I just love it's deep rich colour.

I am adjusting to the fact that Izzy is not around any more but her bed is still in the kitchen and I cannot decide when is the right time to take it away! Part of me would love to leave it there forever but another part knows it would free up space if it was removed.
So I think I may move it to under where I do my blogging photos and see how I feel, it will still be in the kitchen but not in it's usual place, which will feel strange but it won't be gone, which seems to be the thing I cannot bring myself to let happen at present.

I am being very good , sort of , doll wise at the moment but a couple of dolls I ordered a while back arrived a week or so back. They are not Sasha's but Waldorf cloth dolls.

So here is Goldie, Reba and Victory. Goldie and Reba were made for me by Branka , who also made Nina who was the first one I bought a good while back and Victory, I found on the site of another maker whose doll I already had who lives in Italy. I now have six of these dolls, so that will be it unless of course I find one I just cannot resist. Hopefully I will resist as these dolls take up a lot more space than a Sasha!

So It's the beginning of April, so Doll shelf photos are required if you'd like to take part , please send in your photos by the 5th.

I wish you all a lovely week ahead and many happy returns to anyone with a birthday this month.




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