Friday fumblings....................

 What do you do on a Friday arvo when you don't have anything better to do? 

You make something that looks like a big heap of runny doggy do-do but tastes really fantastic that's what you do!!!

This fantastic thing is Rocky road with maltesers. Very simple to do..............just find your favourite recipe for RR and add the maltesers.

Dolls & Magazines...................

A friend of mine was doing a bit of a clean up as he is moving on from this pretty island. He has lived here for quite some time with his partner in the partners great aunts house( very confusing I know). Anyway there lies many a thing that was kept from the great aunts life. Very interesting things that date back many, many years. One evening we were talking and a conversation came up about dolls and also the fancy old magazines he had on display in the house. Forward a few months from this night and last week he gave me a collection of little french dolls. How old he couldn't tell me but he thought maybe over 100 years. They are the prettiest, daintiest little things you have ever seen. They all have a handstitched outfit on with allsorts of layers including nickers. They are delightful and we all have gazed over them many a time noticing something different on them.

Thrown in to sweeten the deal with these little treasures was a whole lot of old crafting magazines. The youngest is from 1950 & the oldest is from the 1920's. I think I may write about these in a separate post because some of the things are priceless. Recipes, patterns and household hints, to be done the French way, galore.

You may also have noticed the odd picture out in the collage. I had to put a picture up of one of my new Blythe girls, Achachum Zukin. She fits in lovely with all the old dolls just not as dirty........they all need a very gentle scrub!

Sunday arvo...................

 A little jaunt up into the local hills was made yesterday afternoon. It is somewhere that has taken us only 3 years to get to. My husband is of the idea if you discover everything in the first 12 months then you get bored of the place. That is why we like to take it slow.

 But we did discover some interesting flora

 and some very coool water.

Wordless Wednesday........................

Wordless Wednesday!

After such build up and complete excitement about heading back to Oz the weekend away is now over and I am back doing the washing and the cooking and any other household job that needs to be done.  Oh it was a wonderful weekend though full of food, laughter, beautiful dolls, musk sticks, not being called to do something every five minutes, meeting up of old friends and then meeting some new friends. The Blythe meet-up (the main reason for going) was such fun and I learnt a whole lot of stuff about these wonderful dollies. I saw some beautiful outfits, crazy eyes, crazy hair & then some girls in the flesh that need to be added to the wishlist. The crew of ladies that put the day together did such a wonderful job. The hall was decorated perfectly for a party, there was prizes to win and too much lovely tasting food to eat. I was not disappointed in the day and can't wait for Sydney next year!!

On a side note I picked up my 3 new girls in Melbourne and had to just look at them in their boxes for 4 days. They are now de-boxed and sitting in the lounge-room being admired by us all. Oh they are truley lovely!!

One more sleep..............

  photo from Kylie2good

 Only one more sleep until I head off on my long weekend of no husband, no children, lots of talking with my mum, old friends, new friends and plenty of shopgirls.......I hope to do a little bit shopping in between all my other social activities.


I only have one set date on the weekend and the rest will be a bit of whatever takes mine and the friends fancy. I would like to eat some great food and have a good coffee or two sans interruption from the kids and find a pair of clogs. Any Adelaide readers out there who maybe able to help with this. We are staying in Nth Adelaide but will definately head into town at some point.

I can't keep from saying but I think the highlight will be seeing all the Blythe girls in person. New, old, customised it will be there......7th Heaven to some. I am now going off to check that my battery in my camera is fully charged and I have an empty card in it. I hope I will take many photos to show you all.

Lovely dolly links................

Photo from Frigginfuschia.

Some new blogs I have found lately in my quest to know more about these delectable dollies!

The Pigwidget Chronicles

Mademoiselle blythe

Stitches of Frigginfuchsia

( xoxo, Blythe )

Happy Sunday!!!