Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Well, it’s stretching it, but fall is here and Thanksgiving and Christmas are sure to be on top of us before long.

I’ve been under the weather a bit lately, but as soon as I feel better Bill and I are taking the motor home out of mothballs and heading to Florida.

Since holidays are in sight I thought I’d design a Christmas Southern Bell. Her dress is red with some gold trim and she’s wearing a Christmas wristband. You can see her now at Joan’s Dolls.

Till I blog again. . . .

Virgina In The Fall

The state of Virginia is beautiful in the fall. "Wide Swatches of vibrant yellows, reds and oranges"  will greet you on many of the driving tours mapped out by the Virginia Department of Forestry.


The Virginia setting sun inspired the name of my latest doll, Amber.  She is now showing on Joan's Dolls.

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Texas Plantations

We have had three days of thunderstorms. So far 4 inches of rain have fallen. Some parts of Texas and Okalahoma have had flooding. We, fortunately, are high and dry.As always I have been busy crocheting dresses for my Southern Belle dolls. My latest one is Miss Ruby. Miss Ruby lived on a plantation in Canton, Texas.

Usually when the words "southern plantation" are mentioned most everyone thinks of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, the Carolinas, Virginia or Tennessee. But did you know Texas had huge plantations raising cotton, sugar cane and corn. Here’s a few of them: Dewberry Plantation (20 minutes south of Tyler), Ellersly Plantation, Liendo Plantation and Waldek Plantation. Texas seceded from the Union and became part of the Confederate States of America in March of 1861.

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Labor day Weekend

I was going to title this blog "Happy Labor Day", but then I thought of all those people out of work and it's not to happy for them. Bill has some definite political opinions on the state of  the Union. Someday I'll let him babble on on my blog. Me, I put it in the Lords hands and pray all well be OK for our unemployed.

The flag is out and all is peaceful here today. As usual blue skies and white clouds are overhead and the grass is still very green although there are subtle signs of Fall. Come visit us in East Texas. We would be glad to have y'all as our guests.

I 've been busy. Miss Catherine joined the Belles on Joan's Dolls today at http://dollsbyjoan.com/. Lately I have been using a lot of "eyelash" thread for trimming dresses and hats. It adds a little zing to the outfit. Eyelash thread has hundreds of protruding threads about ¾ inch long woven into the thread. Click on Catherine's picture to get a good look at the trim on her hat.

Till I blog again…

This Weeks Doll Miss Lily

Things have been quiet around here this week. Bill could not mow the lawn as his riding mower broke down. But alas, the repair shop delivered it last night so he has no excuse now. Get to work Bill.

I choose Miss Lily to put up on the website this week. She's named after the flower and her dress is cream colored with black accessories and accents. Since 1880 her name has been given 78,883 times. Her name was not given much in the past, but it has skyrocketed in the last 15 years. Miss Lily is one of my favorites.

If you have looked at the website you know that each Southern Belle tells a little story. They often use slang words from the mid 1800 US. I thought it would be nice to include a dictionary of their slang words as a page on the website. As they speak a new slang word I add it to the dictionary. Some of those old slang words are used today.