It's Been A While

 I really don't like the way Blogger has changed over the years.  It was so easy to use before and now I find it challenging.  I was really disappointed when I discovered I could no longer post on my old blog and that the list of blogs I was following was gone.  Oh well, I'll just have to accept the challenges and move on.  Perhaps in time I'll get things figured out and post a little more often.

 

Not too long ago I added a new member to my doll family.  She's a Patti Playpal Companion Doll that I found on eBay.  I was attracted to the title of the auction.  It said she was won on the boardwalk and I instinctively knew that she must be from NJ.  Growing up in NJ I spent time on the boardwalk playing some of those boardwalk games.  Sure enough she was from NJ and had belonged to the seller's grandmother.  Here she is:

 

Uh-Oh...I didn't notice that her one hair bow had slipped down a bit.  She's sitting in an old stroller that I found at a Houston antique mall a while back.  I couldn't resist.  Here's a couple of old (very old) photos of me in the same type of stroller:

 

 She has a few new friends that also live in my doll room.  Here's one of them.  She's a Patti Playpal Doll that I got at a doll show a few years back.

Here's my oldest son on the exact same Cheyenne Horse when he was almost 2 years old.  (He's now 52.)

Over the years every time we moved my husband would say, "Betty, can we get rid of this horse now?"  And every time I would say, "No, I might need it someday."  I finally needed it!

I'll get some pictures taken of her other friends soon.  Betty