HI everyone,
Thought you might like to see what I’ve been facing in the early morning hours of my days recently!
Those baby chicks certainly aren’t chicks anymore, are they? They sure like to eat and are waiting at the door for me to let them out! They have recently discovered watermelon too, and LOVE it! My hubby thinks close to Thanksgiving we should start getting some eggs from them.
Well, I have a couple of new things to show you to finish up Mae’s outfit! I found some aqua colored silk ribbon in my stash and it turned out to be MUCH better than the “sort of” hot pink I used earlier…
Subtle, but sweet, don’t you think?
I also found “something” for the winner too… this was best thing I could find in a light blue and pink color… I think it’ll do! :o)
I looked in my stash and found some tights to cut up for Mae to wear under her romper. They are light pink and have little hearts on them.
I spent this evening finishing up Mae’s pink leather shoes… somehow, they look so cute when I see them at a distance, but when I see them in full blown pictures, my critical side comes out… now I’ve convinced myself I need some “harder” leather, so it’s not so wrinkled looking. I do like them… until I see someone else’s and then I begin the comparing game… I need to stop that.
Here they are… cute little pink shoes with bows on the front…
Shoes can have a “glamour” shot too, can’t they?
They fit perfectly over the thigh highs…
They also have a magnetic closure… super easy to put them on… no buckles to fiddle with…
I’ll get the rest of Mae’s clothes on tomorrow so you can see it all together… and maybe the weather will cooperate and I can take some outside pictures…
Mae has the “strangest feet” of any doll I’ve ever sewn for… they aren’t normal flat feet with symmetrical toes… far from it! Each foot is different… in fact, each TOE is different! :o)
I will see you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
My goodness, those baby chicks have certainly grown!! Hooray for fresh eggs, whenever that happens, though!
Well, what little girl wouldn’t love to have little hearts on her tights? Those are so cute, and the look great with the pink shoes (which I LOVE, as does just about everyone else, I think!! so, yeah, don’t be so hard on yourself!!).
Now, as to odd feet, if you remember the Julie Good-Kruger dolls of the 1990s/early 2000s, they had sort of odd feet, too–sort of flat, but the toes didn’t always go as expected. I have several of her dolls, and really love them because they have “character” faces, and look like real children, not “just another pretty face” kind of dolls. Daria and I each had several of them–most notably, Puddle Jumper, also referred to as PJ–but after Daria died, I put mine away and haven’t had them out in a long time.
By the way, I think our PJs (hers was Portia Joelle and mine was Penny Jocelyn) might just possibly make Dorothy’s Charlotte Noelle look like an angel!! They could get into more trouble….like the time they went playing in the fountain (after the 4th of July parade, in which they each had a float of sorts), and Penny ended up Really getting into the drink!!
I don’t suppose you have any pictures of the adventure in the fountain after the 4th of July Parade. If not I’m conjuring up plenty in my imagination. Too funny!
I do have pictures….somewhere! But that was way before digital, so I’d have to probably scan them and put them on a thumb drive before I could share them. We had such a good time that day–had a total of 28 dolls, some in the parade, some as bystanders! Her PJ had a decorated bicycle; mine had decorated a wheelbarrow to push! Our Magic Attic dolls were majorettes–I found wonderful uniforms in Target, I remember, and called her to tell her about my find. Happy days.
Dear Charlotte, I would love to know more about these children who can top Charlotte Noelle’s antics (laugh).
I have two Julie Good-Kruger dolls! She has a Pennsylvania connection. She used to have a shop in Central PA and some of my local doll club members have met her.
I’ve never met Julie, but I’ve talked to her on the phone, and also her late husband, Tim, back when they still had the doll company. Now she makes decorative bricks for floors and other uses. I’ve seen pictures–they’re very nice–and we are facebook friends.
Charlotte, I know nothing about the dolls you are telling us about. I hope you can send some photos and tell me more about them. I can understand why you put them away, but many taking them out again could bring back happy memories.
many hugs,
Sissy
Thanks, Sissy. One of these days I’ll get them out again, and maybe take some new pictures. I actually ended up with quite a few of Julie’s dolls. Daria and I also had about 3 or 4 other friends who had them, and we had Halloween parties for our dolls at one of the gal’s houses! Such fun….
Oh my, those chicks have really grown! Like George says, it won’t be long before yo will be up to your necks in eggs! Do you sell them or donate what you can’t use? I’m sure eggs are a staple at the Wiedlocher household!
Those shoes are just adorable, Jeanne! Who wouldn’t love those perky bows are PINK shoes for playing outside in? That must be every little girl’s dream! They look perfect to me, and so easy to put on. The tights are sweet too, and again, a pretty pink!
Looks like today will be kind of wet, but we do need it! I guess maybe it won’t be the greatest of days to take picutres outside, but maybe your corner won’t get too much, hopefully!
Oh my, those chicks have really grown! Like George says, it won’t be long before yo will be up to your necks in eggs! Do you sell them or donate what you can’t use? I’m sure eggs are a staple at the Wiedlocher household!
Those shoes are just adorable, Jeanne! Who wouldn’t love those perky bows are PINK shoes for playing outside in? That must be every little girl’s dream! They look perfect to me, and so easy to put on. The tights are sweet too, and again, a pretty pink!
Looks like today will be kind of wet, but we do need it! I guess maybe it won’t be the greatest of days to take picutres outside, but maybe your corner won’t get too much, hopefully!
the photo with the chickens is sweet. I love the umbrella over the food. brilliant
I hope your husband is healing well and getting stronger
The shoes are so adorable, with the BOWS, wow.
A drab day in Virginia. A good day to do house chores, and clean up some stuff
to make a pile for charity.
The baby chicks are getting big. I imagine birds do grow fast anyway.
Hope George is doing well as the days go by.
Jeanne, those pink shoes are absolutely adorable. Love the bows. It’s so special you don’t just get a beautiful outfit, but shoes too!
Overcast day – yes, it’s a good day to do chores.
Love the chick pic. I think the one in front is saying, “but where is George?” Our neighbor’s chickens love cucumbers. Well especially the seeds. We’ve been sending all of those from our huge crop that are soft, next door for them. Good ones too for our great neighbor.
I’m sure Mae is saying, how nice to have shoes that fit so nicely. Poor kid with those pop up toes. 🙂
Hope George’s pain is under control and that he isn’t trying anything strenuous.
Here, last week, other person came running in from the office and said, can you hear that noise? Something is pounding on the house. Well, that part of the house is two stories. So, we both ran out of the house to take a look. I went the back way, down the side steps off the deck to the yard, around the house and opened the gate only to look up and see a woodpecker almost to the top of the siding pecking away. Here I was way below yelling at a woodpecker and waving my hands at him. Well, that did it, he flew off, just as other person who had gone out the front door, down the steps, and around the house appeared as well. We definitely don’t need woodpecker holes in our redwood siding. What to do? They can make huge holes in siding although we haven’t had such a problem in almost 50 years here. We did however, have a Flicker, in the woodpecker family, peck through a 2nd story vent years ago. Other person had to go up into the attic and meet it face to face, shoo a very angry bird large bird out, and replace the vent cover. It did not return. So back to the present problem. I researched woodpecker repellent, and found that essential peppermint oil mixed with water and dish soap should do the trick. Thanks Google. Fortunately, I had the ingredients and mixed up a sprayer bottle full. We got the ladder and opened it up to the longest length. We also put a piece of 2×6 under one leg of the ladder to assure that it was level. Okay, who is going up to the 2nd floor on the ladder to spray that mint oil around the siding? Not me. I had visions of two old people, one hanging from a gutter and the other trying to put back a fallen ladder. Ugh. The ladder really didn’t reach up high enough, but other person climbed up anyway and started squirting away at the hole in the siding. Seconds later, he started complaining that the peppermint oil was spraying back on his head. Then, I too standing below holding the ladder got the same treatment. Fortunately, I like peppermint. Other person got enough of it all over the area of siding as well. So, down the ladder he descended. There we stood, covered in peppermint spray, but at least other person was on the ground again safely. So far, the varmint has not returned. Now, we need to bring over the really huge, heavy ladder from the other house. Find some patching material for redwood, and get that ladder up on the side of the house. I think we might need reinforcements for that. But other person is game to head back up a ladder and patch the hole before we get any rain. Always something it seems. And the good thing. The woodpecker has not been seen again. )
Dear Joy, I enjoyed this “caper” story, especially the part of hanging from the gutter. I am definitely glad that didn’t happen. I am also glad that the ingredients you used were harmless to humans (smile).
I hope your next adventure is on the ground and doll-related (laugh).
What an interesting story. I had never heard of a Woodpecker looking for a meal in the siding of a house. Fortunately our house is one story so If it ever happens here a step stool would probably suffice. But I’ll trade you your Woodpecker for our Red Wasps. They have been really bad this year. Sean has been doing some work on the mobile home Jason lives in. It’s going to be moved to the pasture next to his fiancee’s parent’s house and needed some repair work first. Several times he pulled off pieces of siding only to have a ton of Red Wasps fly out. And they set up nests underneath shelves in the storage buildings, so he’s learned to look before he starts messing with stuff in there. A few years ago after we had cable installed there was a hole drilled in the house that was not sealed when they were finished. I kept having Red Wasps in my sewing room. I finally caught one coming in one day and discovered where they were coming from so David sealed the hole. Fortunately I was never stung because I ran into a few unexpectedly when I reached for something.
Please hire someone to do that job on the ladder. My uncle fell off a ladder when he tried something similar and necrosis set in. It’s just not worth the risk. Roofing is second only to being a lumberjack as a dangerous occupation! Wishing you both the best, Susette
Oh, Joy, how funny, but also a bit scary! I am so glad your “other person” managed it safely. I hope the wood pecker will dislike your house now.
This reminds me of the problem in the house we rented while ours was being built….squirrels in the attic! They had chewed through the screens on the vents. This is back in 1998 when my hubs was 60. The house was an A frame and very tall. He got on our largest ladder, one of those extended ones, taking the Wet Vac with him, not easy, that thing was heavy! He held it to the vents and let it ROAR. We didn’t see anything, but the next day there were no squirrels in the attic. He then recovered all the vents with heavier screens, the kind used to make cages. Later, another squirrel started chewing those and even chewed through that hard metal! Sorry to say, since we were surrounded on three sides by woods, there were just too many squirrels. We had to resort to his 4-10 rifle. This worked. If he didn’t get a squirrel, he scared them off. The ones he or I did get with the rifle made our woods friend, a Great Horned Owl, very happy. We through them over the fence and the owl took care of them, so at least we were kind to one of the woods creatures.
Dear Jeanne, I love the shoes, especially the bow part. What was the name of the company, that went out of business, that made doll shoes? As soon as I press “post comment,” I am going to remember.
Anyway, I loved the shoes that they made with little bows. They were so “dressed up” and made me remember my Easter shoes from years back.
It was Monique doll shoes. They were located in the south bay area here. Loved their shoes. 🙂
Dear Joy, that’s it! Thank you. I just could not remember. I loved their wigs too.
I hope that George is continuing to heal well. Those little chicks have certainly grown. Mae’s pink shoes are very sweet. I love the bows!
We finally received some rain last night. Overcast right now so really hoping for some more as the drought is pretty bad.
I think the shoes are perfect. Little kid’s shoes are often made of soft leather and look crinkly. I think it looks cute and I love the pink color. Looking forward to seeing the outfit in its entirety. Piece by piece it is adorable.
Hope all is going well with George’s recovery. Keeping him in my prayers. There is nothing better than fresh eggs. Sean used to raise chickens and he sold some to the neighbors so he made some money as well as fresh eggs for us.
I think we are all liking this homeschool thing. Our church choir director works as a drama teacher and she was saying their school had the threat of a school shooting last week. She was very worried because evidently the girl involved threatened her personally. But aside from that Skyy and Jaiden seem to be catching on and adding subjects to their curriculum. Sean and Dionne are also buying textbooks and workbooks so they have something other than what is online. In addition Skyy comes out here to help out Sean with the mobile home while still being able to work on his studies. When Sean doesn’t need him he does schoolwork on his computer. When they start building the houses he will be coming out often to help while still being able to “attend school”. So he’s actually making some money too. Dionne is also looking into extracurricular activities for them with other homeschooled kids and their church has a very active youth program which they participate in on Sunday and one night during the week. One of the newsletters I get is from a group that gives investment opinions. I read the articles, but I mostly get it because one of the men who does a column also reports on family adventures. His three children (two older boys and a girl) are homeschooled but their classroom has been the world. They travel to places where the children (I think they are elementary, middle and high school age now) not only learn regular studies but about things, places and people. It’s a fascinating read. They are home based in London where his mother had a home that was passed on to him, but at times they pick up and head for distant lands. They have family in this country and have traveled the country over spending a winter in Idaho at an Airbnb because they wanted to learn to ski. They have toured China from one end to the other (his wife is Chinese) they have done El Camino de Santiago in Spain nearly to the finish. The older boys did great but little sis had some trouble at times and ended up going piggyback with dad. But she was a trooper but one day said she’d had enough so they left that adventure for one on a ranch in Argentina where she could ride horses to her heart’s content and they all became more proficient in Spanish. No they are not rich but live cheap and he follows his own investment advice and they get by. And their home base in London is inherited. But when I first started reading his blogs, the family was actually homeless because they sold everything they owned in Florida to make the trip that lasted a couple years. I’m not much of a world traveler and think they are incredibly brave for doing this but what an experience for them all and it’s a fun read.
I left comments for Elizabeth and Dorothy in PA and the World yesterday forgetting that I was commenting on the day before if they want to go back and read them.
Dear Barbara, thank you for letting me know about the comment you left.
I do really like Jeanne’s Violette. She has the sweetest face. And I agree with you, she does look like Jennifer Grey! I think it’s the hair (smile).
Yes, do take a look at Martha’s RRFF Noelle. I saw that the doll is also for sale at the French store Un Bonheur de Colibri, which I am guessing is good for the international market.
Martha also makes her photographs into storybooks that she sells. And she even creates doll calendars which make great holiday gifts.
Jeanne, your shoes are amazing. I know you could sell them by themselves, you are so good at making them!
I love the chickens! I used to get one or a duckling at Easter. We didn’t have as nice a cage as y’all and raccoons got the chicken. The duck grew up and followed me everywhere.
Can’t wait to see the final of Mae’s outfit.
We are still praying for you and George.
Those shoes are adorable!