Kinda freaky, huh ? I got
this vintage Dress-Me doll in one of the Flea Market bundles, but I’m not
keeping her. It was nice to have her visit, though. Re-strung her arms with a
clear elastic, using an oversized safety pin, and pushed her head back on. Her
shoes won’t fit Barbie feet, I can tell ya. Her bra is held on with a straight
pin. Ask me, and I’d say that Barbie was a vast improvement over this
alien-lookin’ figure !
I remember my mother
crocheting long, billowy gowns for dolls much like these, and while I didn’t
like the dolls, I loved the dresses. She placed six dolls in a gift shop on
commission, the shop folded in the night, and she never got paid or the dolls
back. I remember that one had a red, white, and blue gown, so it may have been
back in ’76. The experience may have turned her off crafts for dolls, as she
never made one of them for me, although I asked, several times. She made a few
for friends and cousins, but aside from a few sewn Barbie pieces, never crocheted
or crafted for me or my dolls. Don’t know why.
So. This vintage doll is
moving along, since I’ll be in the area with M & FIL Saturday (promised to
take them to the Farmer’s Market, which they’ve already commandeered into a
daylong odyssey, darn it), I’ll just drop her off at the Flea. I’ve about
filled one bag with the items I didn’t want from the three grab-bags I bought,
if I look around a little more, I’m sure I can pack it beyond full. Might be a
waste, though – despite the manager’s claim that they’ll be there this weekend,
the Flea’s not on the calendar. I’ll have the bag – and the cash for last weeks’
finds – ready, just in case.
We were treated to an
amazing light show – all lightning, no thunder – last night. I’m wondering now
if lightning bugs don’t glow when a storm is due, or if it’s just coincidence
that I didn’t see them. Despite my hopes, it didn’t rain. I think what I heard
was bugs hitting the windows, they do tend to get a bit nutty during lightning
storms.
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