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LITTLE GIRLS & THEIR DOLLIES

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  The little girl in the prompt photo is holding a doll so “Little Girls & Their Dollies” is my theme for this post. Me with my Raggedy Andy doll sitting on a log in Muir Woods in 1942. I was 7 when I had this pretty doll I named Peggy though I don't remember why I gave her that name? The following year I had this full-size, life-like baby doll which could wear real baby clothes.  I named her “Joy” and she brought me joy in the fall of that year in particular when I came down with a serious case of bronchitis.  I was out of school for the better part of a month and had to sit and play quietly or I’d have horrible coughing spells.  So Mom set up a card table for me to play on and a favorite thing to do was lay out all kinds of baby clothes and dress and undress my “Joy” doll. J Later in life, I fell in love with these cloth dolls I found in various thrift shops and kept for a while.  My kitty cat, Molly, liked to cuddle with the ladies.  You will see the...
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OFF ON A TANGENT ABOUT TARGETS

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  My husband and his older brother liked to play darts.  One day they got into an argument over something about the game.  My husband was about 7 or 8 at the time.  He had quite a temper and as his brother turned to leave the room, he threw a dart at his brother’s backside.  Obviously he’d been on the losing end of the argument!  I don’t recall what his punishment was for that little trick, but the family laughed about it for years.  The Queen Mum lets loose a dart in 1937. During rehabilitation following her accident resulting in brain injury, one of my eldest daughter’s exercises was to toss darts at a dartboard.  Here, her therapist helps her stand up to reach for a dart. I took a picture of the result!  She’s right-handed, but that side of her body was not yet working properly, so she threw these darts left-handed.  Not too shabby! Arrows fly toward these targets. I tried my hand at archery for a while but I lacked the necessary ha...
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A TALE OF NOAH'S ARK

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  The ark took approximately 75 years to build and fill with animals and birds and was a’float for 110 days or 3 ½ months before the Great Flood receded and Noah found land again. There were some misunderstandings when Noah first began to build the ark. He had to change his plans a few times . “Bad news everyone!  The Ark didn’t turn out as I expected.” At last the ark was built, but along came the local HOA making noise.  Luckily, the rains came and Noah was able to move the ark in time to avoid paying a fine. When the ark was ready Noah began taking on animals in a certain order. Some were quick to get aboard, others, not so much. Others missed the boat altogethe r . “So, what part of RSVP didn’t you understand?” Eventually, a pair of unicorns did get on board, but Sylvia had been smitten with Terry and wasn’t exactly fond of Stan, so things didn’t look too promising for the future of unicorns. At last Noah had all the animals and birds onboard.  There were some p...
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