Sunday, September 27, 2020

Oliver

He is beautiful! The doll arrived in August, and was wrapped in a lot of bubble wrap, in a plastic envelope. For a moment I  thought it was something else, not a doll. Usually dolls are sent in boxes. I am not complaining though, it was wrapped enough to not be damaged. But it was probably thrown around a lot. :)

This is the seller's picture. They managed to capture a very nice expression, I was immediately drawn in. 


When I opened the bubbles wrap, the baby boy seemed tired from his travels, or maybe from a long time sitting somewhere on someone's shelf. No original clothes, he was wearing only a lovely handmade cotton shirt. The body and hair looked perfect, just a little dusty. He has lovely eyes.





The baby boy was fascinated by the foxes on the towel. 


There were more foxes in the room.


And he was very curious, who are they?


From examining him, it showed that he needed restringing.  I wanted him to be well. That pushed me to try my first restringing. I posted about it in a previous post.


Today I wanted to take pictures with a fall theme in the fox outfit I made long ago. While I was deciding who will wear it today, I just chose the new baby boy. Later, it occurred to me that he had wanted to look like those beautiful foxes on the towel, so it worked out. 

While we were walking in the park, I was thinking about a name for him, and I said Oliver.  














 It was a lovely afternoon walk. A lot of pretending to be a fox.



We also saw two goats, Lulu and Patches. The goats are working in the Van Cortlandt Park Museum this summer, eating poison ivy and other vegetation.








It is still very green in the park, but some leaves are starting to change their colors. Fall is on its way. Happy Autumn to all!



 





















Sunday, September 6, 2020

Picnic with the dogs

The weather is now much more comfortable for walking and taking pictures than it was this summer. It was a warm, beautiful day. I took my dolls to the park to take some pictures. We did not go far, just explored close to home. Some other day we will go deeper into the park and around the lake.

Vera changed her dress and shoes for a more comfortable outfit. They packed some lunch, water, and a blanket into their backpack, and they were ready for the promised trip outside.


Today Vera and Anthony took their dogs for a walk.




It was windy and a little complicated to lay the blanket alone. Vera wanted to help but she had to hold the dogs.


Anthony managed. They brought mostly healthy snacks for their picnic.


They spotted a ginger cat and were wondering why it was alone, and whether it lives in the park. 


The cat seemed to know where to go. 






The cat went deep in the park. It looks like he or she knows the area very well.

















Vera got a camera recently and was practicing taking pictures.






She was very excited to snap pictures of: a bee,

a white butterfly,


and a beautiful yellow bird that we've never seen before in this area. I'm not sure of the name. 





Behind the scenes: my daughter helped me with setting up.