Surrey Hills Sindy

 She has only just recently returned from her Somerset trip.. a quick change into more outdoor - country living attire and Sindy is ready to enjoy Surrey Hills (Area of Outstanding beauty)!

It's quite a hike - worth to rest in tall grass for a bit...

So much fresh green!

and even some sunshine with the backdrop of actual box bushes 

since it is the Box Hill that we are climbing...

Oh yes - the view seems to be worth the effort!

...a woodland strip, and a windy one...

Are we there yet!!??

(yes please!! <3)

It was a great suburban spring hike!

Tadaaam!

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Birthday Edition (My dolls No. 204 & 205)

First of all the January birthday girl!

Pink United for this very occasion! This year it looked like that:

Pink prep...

Take 1: Pastels

Take 2: Fuchsia Twins

Definitely a core memory  - this desirable dress...

Close-up time!

Take 3: Fashion Play

Barbie calssics, one of these is my childhood original. So happy to have double (different, esp the bow)

awwww

...and then came my real human birthday. I've been treating myself with charity shop lucky finds like this handsome Monster and peachy pearly Pony!

Very unlikely....

This lovely, fair an doh so stiff Cinderella / Lilly James

I also unboxed one fashionista and played candy fashions with the curvy one...

family and Friends gifted me with this picturesc crowd!

Adorable spooks from my mangha-gothic loving gaming bestie

and these prominent and handsome individuals

Dark-skinned Barbie Signature Looks Ken made to Move with braided hair and Maya Angelou whom I really need to unbox but also display as she is very decorative - need her dress, book AND body, oh well...she has wonderful face however!!

It was a good year!

For more dolls in the coming months, hip hip hurray hurray!!!

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Somerset Sindy

 ...and now for something completely different.

I took yet another trip to Somerset with work - now primely to see the new foal...and many more animals!

Nothing quietly screams English Countryside better than a good old Sindy doll:-)

Enjoy!

Timid as per usual... lets make her look a bit more...monumental :-)

Ah! darn, bit dusty :-(

Still very little green and meadows bit wet...

oh windy....c'mon hair!

Yes, a wild plum, thanks!

AND a sunny spell!!??

Lush riverbanks...

UUUuuu and a fence for some good old trespassing ;-)

...followed with tree-climbing in a skirt...

...and flower picking....what a great mental health walk it was :-)

Thank you SPRING!

well deserved lunch now...

and a little tour round the farmhouse:-)

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