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Inside the RV

7/23/2019

 
Thought I would take a photo or two to show where the dolls were stored in the RV.  All the dolls had their own homemade cardboard box, labelled with their name, so they'd be easy to find. Each box had two cushions inside - a full size one under the doll, and a smaller one on top to hold them in place securely. There were seven boxes each with a doll, and two more, one for Props, and one for Clothes. During the night, and for the start of each day, they were all neatly put away into the overhead cupboards over the back bed....
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At the first photo location for the day, the first doll boxes would get taken down out of the cupboards, and they'd usually stay on the bed for the rest of the day for easy access. Eventually all the boxes would be down. 

The horses each also had their own box, and they were kept in the big cloth bag I made. During the day they'd be on the back bed, and at night, they'd get transported to the front passenger seat.

These shots were taken upon leaving the Trinity lighthouse, where only Rex and Bianca had come out. Cookie and David's boxes were still out after their photo shoot back on Strawberry Hill. And one of the horses had been replaced in the 'horse bag' by the picnic props....

Window shades would always be pulled down to keep the sun off the boxes
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Wedding Picnic

7/22/2019

 
After their wedding ceremony, Rex and Bianca went out beyond town, to a lovely, secluded spot
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... for a picnic....
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Bianca had prepared some of their favourite food...
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Picnic Prep

7/22/2019

 
I had thought that Trinity might be the perfect place for Rex and Bianca to celebrate with a picnic after their wedding. But it was way too windy in town, so we drove out to the lighthouse. The wind had died down some, and it looked like the perfect spot with the town in the background. The old church could even pass for the 'same' one they were married in on Fogo Island.
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So I got the dolls ready, and posed them inside the RV to limit their time in the sun. The best way to transport them was seated in one of their boxes, with all the picnic props piled in the middle...
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Jan commented that they looked like they were going for a 'boat' ride, and stuck on the 'HMS"...
​...and out we went....
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On Strawberry Hill

7/22/2019

 
We had stopped high on the hill overlooking town, and Cookie took her ice cream and sat down...
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"This town is like a Pioneer Village, that people still live in.."
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"Yes, and if you look way out there, where the lighthouse is..."
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"...there used to be a fort, to protect them from the French."

Girl in the Wind

7/22/2019

 
We had stopped high on the hill on the east side of town, and I wanted some shots of Bianca, out and about, with the town in the background...
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But then the wind caught her...
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Trinity

7/22/2019

 
The next day we were back on the main island, and drove to Trinity. It's a beautiful old English town, with the original settlement dating back to the 16th century. It has many old buildings registered as Newfoundland Heritage Structures, and it's like a visit back in time...
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It was also the very first, nice, sunny day. After eight days of rain and fog, it felt wonderful to finally have at the sun out. But as nice as that is for taking scenery shots, it's not good for doll photos. Like this one of David, taken in the midday sun, with harsh shadows all over his face...
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So that meant taking extra care to watch which direction the sun was coming from.

There was a small 'stage' out by the water near the Ryan premises, on which some of the kids had gathered with their ice creams...
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Ringo wondered what it would have been like here, two hundred years ago, back in the days of merchant ships and pirates...
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So we were magically transported back in time to find out....
...and we encountered Rex and Bianca on the dock. They had a huge trunk with them.
​So were they coming or going? 
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Had they just arrived and were purchasing a horse? Or were they leaving, and saying 'good-bye'?
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But I couldn't go any further with their story because of the wind.  It was blowing so strong, that even with their bases weighed down with rocks, they kept blowing over. Fortunately Jan was never out of catching range....and saved them all several times...
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Not being one to quickly give up, I did try again, and even with Jan's lightning fast reflexes, the wind blew Buck right off the stage, and he landed head first on the stones of the beach.
​"Are you okay, Buck?"
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He did sustain some damage to the paint on his face, but I knew it could be fixed in Photoshop.
​But it was definitely time to move on. It was way too windy there.

Wedding Day

7/21/2019

 
We had been exploring Fogo Island in the fog and rain that morning...
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...when the sun came out just as I was taking a photo of the old Anglican Church....
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Something suggested this would be the perfect place for a wedding. I hadn't really planned one, but I'd been thinking the past few days, that back in the 18th century it would have seemed improper for two young adults like Rex and Bianca to be travelling together without a chaperone.
Unless they were married.

So okay.....I went out looking for some tiny flowers for a bouquet, while they got dressed in their finest clothes. Then after the ceremony, I took some photos....
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"Hello husband..."
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"Hello wife..."
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They seemed very happy.
Now I had to come up with some ideas to fill in the blanks. Like, when did they decide to get married? Did he propose?  Where, and when? Did they go on a honeymoon? But I still had two weeks to figure it out. That's the advantage of shooting a story like a movie - totally out of sequence, to be pieced together later.

Summer Sale!

7/20/2019

 
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Fogo Island

7/20/2019

 
Originally named Ile des Fougues by Portugese explorers in the 16th century, Fogo Island is Newfoundland's first Provincial Heritage District, with many historical sites.

Even though it was still raining, we went out to explore the island, and take pictures in the rain.
​ The canon at Fogo Head Battery served as the perfect setting for Rex....
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There was also a canon aimed out to sea at Tilting....
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I wasn't sure if Rex was on patrol, since he wasn't exactly wearing a military uniform, or if he was just standing there contemplating a voyage out to sea.  But that could be determined later...
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In the town of Fogo itself, there was a lovely old 'cottage' surrounded by stone walls, which looked to me to be straight out of some BBC historical drama....
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A perfect setting for Bianca....
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Without any kind of story in mind yet, I wasn't sure whose house it was. 
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Probably not her's.  Maybe an elderly aunt, or grandmother?
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And was she coming or going?
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Only time will tell.

Twillingate

7/20/2019

 
Back in town, David and Ringo visited the Iceberg Shop....
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Their tour boat was moored along their dock. Business had been really poor this year. Hardly any icebergs had shown up.
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With the sun finally out, and the weather forecast looking hopeful, we decided to take the ferry to Fogo Island. We missed the ferry by just fifteen minutes, so were first in line for when it came back three hours later. Which meant we were first onto the ferry....
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Of course, no sooner had we booked a ticket, but it started to rain again. On Fogo Island, Olivia and Ciikie watched as the ferry was reloaded for it's trip back to the main island....
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    Martha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll artist and costumer, who enjoys photographing, and coming up with stories, featuring her vast collection of ball-jointed and artist dolls.

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