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Entry #3

7/9/2018

The third prompt in the photo contest was 'the Kissing Booth'. My first thought was that I didn't have any 'kissy' dolls, so the next best thing was to go in the opposite direction...

Poor Ringo. He made a Kissing Booth out of a big appliance box, but no one other than the neighbourhood dogs showed any interest....

Some of his friends came by, and they felt rather sorry for him. He seemed so deflated.
"One of us better go over there and give him a kiss, so he feels better."

"You go first!" "No, you!"

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I needed a picture of my workspace, and since it had to be posted somewhere to link to, I figured why not here? It's just an armchair with a small table, and my sewing machine tucked in the corner behind. All just in my living room.....

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7/8/2018

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There were ten prompts for the photo competition, and I submitted one recent, and two older photos for three of them. (I'm skipping #3 for now)

2. Is it Summer or Winter right now where you live?

It's summer....with cool treats on the patio....

4. Helping with Chores

The boy's turn to do the dishes....

5. Something WILD

"It's a BEAR!! RUN!!!!!"

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1. Favourite Book

7/7/2018

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The Resin Cafe is holding an online Virtual Doll Convention this weekend, and one of the games is a photo contest organized by Daisy Dayes. She posted a list of ten photo ideas two weeks ago, and participants were challenged to take doll photos of as many as they could....

The first prompt was 'My Favourite Book', with extra points for depicting a scene from the book.

This was my entry....

...and a few other shots....

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New Outfits Available

7/6/2018

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Just put up some new dresses for Kaye Wiggs MSDs. For more pictures click on photo.

Summer Fiesta - $65.US + shipping (2 available)

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Behind the Scene

7/6/2018

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A look at my patio table set up for the Forest Dweller Party. I like using the patio table, since it's a great height to sit at to set up. Much easier than on the ground!

I always place 'hanging baskets' of small flowers onto overturned pails on the back benches, to create a somewhat in-scale 'garden' background. In spring I purchase plants with smaller flowers specially to use as photo backgrounds.

The violas were fantastic for a while, but I know they don't last an entire summer, and they have seen a better day now (but were still nice in the photo above) so there's four other hanging baskets with small flowers waiting to be used now.

The photo taken of the scene above....taken with my tele-photo lens from the far end of the patio, since I hadn't figured out what was wrong with my 'testy' regular lens at that time.

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Family Photo

7/4/2018

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Everyone was looking at the photo....

"Who are those people?"

"That's me!
It's your Grandma and Grandpa, with me and Owen, and our sister, when we were little."

"Well, maybe we should hang it up?"

So he took down the painting above the fireplace, and hung up the photo instead....

"Does this look straight??"

"Yes, that's perfect!"

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the 4th of July

7/4/2018

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Today is 'Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk Day', and it will be hot enough out there to do just that....

It's also 'Tom Sawyer, Whitewash the Fence Day'

...and it's American Independence Day....

...so, Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!!

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the Photograph

7/3/2018

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Meanwhile, back in the parlour, the ladies were working on their needlepoint....

...when the three children came in, carrying the big framed photograph...

"Do you know who the people in this picture are??"

They turned it around so everyone could see it....

"We found this up in the attic, and thought you might know who they are..."

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Oh Canada!

7/2/2018

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With Canada Day being on a Sunday, most places are closed today as well, as part of the 'Holiday Weekend'. So to celebrate some more, I thought I'd post some of my favourite doll photos from our travels across this vast country of ours.

Being in southern Ontario, we are somewhat centrally located, so I'll start there.....with one of Ontario's most famous attractions....Niagara Falls....

Heading northward, the beautiful red granite shoreline of Georgian Bay, Lake Huron....

The spectacular fall foliage in Algoma, north by Lake Superior

Prairie winds in Manitoba.....

Grain elevators in Saskatchewan....

Vast wheat fields in Alberta...

The Rockies at Waterton lakes, southern Alberta....

More majestic Rockies, further north, at Lake Edith Cavell in Jasper, Alberta....

Canada's desert in central British Columbia.....

In front of the parliament buildings in Victoria, on Vancouver Island....

Hiking in the Rainforest at Pacific Rim, on Vancouver Island...

Watching the waves roll in, along the Pacific Ocean on Vancouver Island...

Then, back in Ontario, we head east. Mostly we just drive through Quebec and New Brunswick on our way to the Maritimes, but we always stop at one park along the St. Lawrence River...