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2019 Weekly Alphabet Challenge, Week 11, K for Knackered
These are the two oldest dolls in our collection of family keepsakes, we have no idea how the rag doll on the left lost an arm, but suspect the moves may have had something to do with it.
Hans Christian Andersen really did have a wicked imagination. His stories about evil stepmothers will chill your spine.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Swans
This swan actually has a more wonderful story for me. It was given to my aunt May on the occasion of her 50th wedding anniversary.
odc: fairy tales
This was a recent gift to me from my cousin Elizabeth. She lives in my hometown of Bowling Green, Kentucky, I have always been enamored with the deep rich blue of this bowl, and could not believe it when she gave it to me on my last visit. I suddenly today recalled long ago I had started sharing favorite things. When I found this album, I was delighted. Time to renew it. 11/365
Sentiments of the 1980's like my old PY501 parts. I really want more parts to hang around the house....
I love this family antique. It was in the corner by our dining room table my entire life. Many, many happy memories were made within sight of this cupboard.
Do you have a corner big enough to hold a piece this size? This was truly the only place in my entire house this piece would fit when I finally got it moved from KY to TX last year.
ODC: corner
This small case holds an ambrotype of a young girl overlaid by an oval cut tintype of a woman and a small lock of auburn hair tied with a white string. It is obviously a home made keepsake assemblage. We will never know why it was made but the first time I held it I flashed on a husband and father who carried it in his pocket while away from his family, perhaps as a soldier. I find it very touching.
From an oft-quoted stat among history buffs, these types of rustic-looking thatched roof homes reportedly made up about 70% of Seoul's housing at the turn of the 20th century. In the provinces, the share was around 80%. Extremely rare postcard.
Ariel is next to be removed from the display stand. She is still tied to the doll stand, and her dress still tacked to the base of the stand. There was also tissue paper wrapped around her legs under her skirt. There was a tie in the back of her skirt that when cut made the skirt fuller. Her hair was in two sections in the factory packaging, but the gap was easily shaken out. There was hair product to set the curls, but her hair was still fairly soft, especially in the straighter parts. She is wearing dark blue flats, matching the color of her skirt. Her outfit was in four pieces: her blue satin skirt with gold embroidery and jewels, her corset-like blue velvet bodice also with gold embroidery and jewels, her white tulle petticoat, and her satin long sleeved blouse with lacy collar and cuffs. She has no edition number stampings, unlike Eric, but like the other Princesses in this series. She is removed from the doll stand, and laid down to partially undress her, to see the construction of her outfit, and to inspect her lower back for markings. Then her blouse and skirt are closed up, and then her bodice is put back on. She is now fully deboxed.
Eric is the first to be removed from the display stand. He is place on a counter to inspect his outfit, and partially disassemble it. First, his sash and belt are sewn together, so I cut the stitching (except for one), so I could remove it. The belt has a Velcro closure, but the sash is just tied together with the loose ends hanging like a men's tie. The belt and sash are removed, and his shirt and pants are partly opened to show his back. On his lower back is stamped his edition number and size: #1145 of 6000. He has dark blue painted on underpants, matching the color of his pants. His rolled up sleeves are sewn in that position, and has considerable fraying from the inside of the cuffs. It should be easy to free the cuffs, and roll down the sleeves. However, they don't look like they are full length, and would stop short of his wrists. His shirt and pants are then closed up. His sash and belt are placed next to him. Then his sash and belt are put back on. I had considerable difficulty redoing the sash tie so the ends would hang as nicely as before.
Deboxing my Limited Edition Ariel and Eric Doll Set, #1145 of 6000. They are in their display case, with the clear acrylic cover removed. They are attached to the cardboard backing and plastic spacer, and also supported by the built in doll stands. Then the backing is opened by cutting the tape holding the sides together.
Then the dolls are removed from the backing, but are still attached to the plastic spacer, and to the doll stand. Ariel's skirt is also tacked to the cardboard at the base of the stand. Next the backing is cut off from the base, so that we are able to view the dolls from all angles. The backing stored with the acrylic cover. Then the spacer is removed from the dolls. It is necessary to cut the plastic ties that attach the back of Ariel's head to the spacer. After the spacer is removed, the dolls are still attached to the doll stand by wires.
I just received my second Ariel and Eric Doll set, that I ordered online last Wednesday, October 16, 2013. It is #1145 of 6000. At first look, my new set looks almost perfect, with a Ariel in a better pose, her eyelashes more even, and the collar neater than in my #12 pre-ordered set. It almost seems a shame to debox the dolls, rather leaving them as is, but I need to free them from all the packing material, so they can be posed with other dolls, and when reboxed, be able to be viewed from all angles. Photographed boxed, during deboxed, and fully deboxed using built-in camera flash.
Disney Fairytale Designer Collection
US Disney Store
Release In-Store: October 15, 2013
Release Online: October 16, 2013 (at 12 AM PDT)
Sold Out Online: October 16, 2013 (by 12:15 AM)
Second set ordered online on October 16, 2013.
Received October 25, 2013.
#1145 of 6000
Product information from the US Disney Store website:
Ariel and Prince Eric Doll Set - Disney Fairytale Designer Collection
$129.95
Item No. 6070040900891P
Above the sea
The red-headed Ariel gets her wish to be out of the sea and with her handsome prince, Eric, in this pair of limited-edition dolls. Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection, they feature elegantly detailed costumes.
Magic in the details...
Please Note: Each Guest will be limited to ordering a maximum of one of this item per order.
As part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection this pair of Ariel and Prince Eric dolls were carefully crafted by artists inspired by Disney's 1989 movie The Little Mermaid. The Disney Princess and handsome Prince have been reimagined in exquisite detail with these limited edition dolls. Brought to life with thoughtful attention, they uniquely capture the essence of the fairytale couple, creating a one of a kind set that will be a treasured keepsake of collectors, Disney fans, and every princess at heart!
•Global Limited Editon of 6000
•Includes Certificate of Authenticity
•Ariel features her signature red curls tied back with a blue satin bow
•Rooted eyelashes
•Lacey off-shoulder neckline
•Satin and velvet bodice with embroidery and rhinestone accents
•Embroidered taffeta overlay with printed inset hemmed with lace trim at the bottom
•Prince Eric features billowy satin shirt with embroidered detailing
•Crimson sash, belt and matching boots
•Dolls sold in a special keepsake display case with intricate details on the base, including a golden plate with the name of Ariel and Eric
•Includes special Disney Fairytale Designer Collection Gift Bag
•Part of the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection
* Intended for adult collectors -- Not a child's toy.
The bare necessities
•Plastic / polyester
•Ariel: 11 1/2'' H
•Prince Eric: 12'' H
•Imported
Dafina is very grateful that Elise/liveloveyarn sent her a new sweater and skirt and Halloween stickers--280 stickers!
Taken for the Idea Room Photo Challenge
Taken for Day 6 - KEEPSAKE
Mi Corazon means "My Heart" it's a magnetic keepsake from Bonaire in the Caribbean. Jimmy and Lily got married there in January 2015.
Mr. Cat and I bought this box when we first started dating. We are both big note leavers, so we began to fill it with love notes, matches, corks and cards. Almost 17 years later, it is literally bursting at the seams. I can barely fit one more thing in it. Lots of love in that box. It is something I treasure.
I left Secondlife a few weeks ago. I used to love rping there, theses are some of my characters, but like all books and stories there come a time for The End :)
Simona the business woman, Ronnie the baby faced gangster, (he had a older brother Tony but I can not find a photo of him), Neyea the Model/club owner, Hana the widow/crim, Maxx the cop, Maxine2 the female make of Maxx, Ala the Sith, Dave the cop and later Jedi, Ney the Mage.
Many people in Baltimore, Maryland had train gardens under their Christmas trees during the 1920s, 30s and 40s. My father put up a very large one for my sister, my brother and me every year. There was a decorated tree in the right rear corner that reached to the ceiling. A farm scene was laid out with a farm house, barn, chicken coop, well and outhouse. The back was lined with billboards "advertising" the places where some of our relatives worked. A Lionel train ran around the entire scene. Dad handmade everything except the train, the cars, the animals and the people. He even made a " frozen" pond with paraffin.
Each year I create a little scene with some of the items from the garden. It is the first Christmas decoration I put up and the last one I take down.
Here is a link where you can see, in the comment section, some of the items in detail:
www.flickr.com/photos/9324411@N08/5284513454/
Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful holiday.
Since I started having my own tree (rather than my parents) I have bought glass ornament(s) every year. This star is the only remaining one of three, its fellows having been broken. It is probably 20 years old or more.
so for 26/116 keepsake and more bokeh for WAH
A Bloomingdale's window display in a Mother's Day-themed series.
If this site ever starts working properly again I'll upload the other 22 photos I intended to post. I'm not wasting more time and effort putting everything and its information together then failing to upload.
An unfinished wooden box, stained in pecan with a Hitty graphic decoupaged to the lid. This box is a bit shallow and would only accommodate one padded insert.
A precious keepsake - this belonged to my mum. It isn't valuable, just glass beads - but the metal looks tarnished & its original coating is very worn. I can't wear it now, but won't part with it as it reminds me of the pretty things my mum loved to have.
7DOS worn & weathered
This was a custom order. The word patches were sent to me and I quilted them on as if I were doing a ticker tape quilt.
Castellet i la Gornal, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The castle of Castellet is located in the municipality of Castellet i la Gornal in the Alt Penedès area, south of Barcelona and just a few kilometres from Sitges and Vilanova i la Geltrú. It was one of the fortresses which, around the year 1000, formed the frontier between the Spanish Marches (modern-day Catalonia) and Al-Andalus, which in those days covered the rest of the Iberian peninsula, one of a dense network of castles and towers for the defence of the frontier with the Muslim territories.
The first reference to the castle dates back to a document from the year 977. The fortress was of major strategic importance until the 16th century. Over these centuries the control of the site alternated between several houses of feudal lords, the counts of Barcelona (in the 11th century) and the crown of Catalonia-Aragon (in the 15th century). From then onwards, the castle went through successive periods of decadence until it fell into ruin.
Between 1928 and 1930 the castle underwent partial restoration work, covering the structures of the central and western parts. The southern part was not affected by this work, which formed its profile today. After so many years the castle was declared a cultural site of national interest, but this was not enough to ensure the preservation of the fortress.
Source: www.fundcastelletdelfoix.org/eng/fundabertis/fa_sede.php
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CASTELLANO
El castillo de Castellet se encuentra en Castellet i la Gornal (Alt Penedès), al sur de Barcelona y a pocos kilómetros de Sitges y Vilanova i la Geltrú. Ésta fue una de las fortalezas que hacia el año 1000 definÃan el lÃmite entre la Marca Hispánica (actual Cataluña) con el Al-Andalus (entonces resto de la penÃnsula) y que constituÃan una densa red de castillos y torres para la defensa de la frontera con los musulmanes.
La primera referencia documental conocida del castillo data del año 977. La fortaleza tuvo una gran importancia estratégica hasta el siglo XVI. En estos siglos la posesión del inmueble alternó entre varios linajes de feudatarios, los condes de Barcelona (siglo XI) y la Corona Catalana-aragonesa (siglo XV). A partir de ese momento, el castillo fue encadenando periodos de decadencia hasta llegar al estado de ruina.
Entre 1928 y 1930 se realizó una restauración parcial de la fortaleza, que comprendió las estructuras de la parte central y de poniente. La parte sur no se vio modificada en estos trabajos, que determinaron su actual perfil. Al cabo de los años el castillo fue declarado bien cultural de interés nacional, pero eso tampoco garantizaba la conservación de la fortaleza.
Fuente: www.fundcastelletdelfoix.org/es/fundabertis/fa_sede.php
Doll: Delilah - Barbie Holiday Blue Dress 2016
Fashiono credits:
T-shirt: Barbie ♥ Angry Birds
Trousers: Barbie Shakira Rockin concert
Shoes: Barbie Twillight Bella
Earrings: gift by my friend Katka
Diorama - attic:
The building is originally a canadian souvenir shop, which my mom made 5 years ago.
Picture: gift by my friend Ivana
Mirror with angels: miniature decoration
Chair: dining room from doll Sindy Pedigree
Spider web: from halloween party decoration
Box: decoration
Egypt statues: from my mini egyptian collection, which I have in egypt souvenir shop for dolls, because I love Egypt and this anticient history :-)
About this photos:
Delilah went to attic to find memories of her grandfather who was an archeologist in Egypt.:-)
Paronella Park.
Paronella Park was built in the 1930s by José Paronella (ca.1888 – 23 August 1948), a Spanish immigrant.[1] Paronella arrived in nearby Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, in 1913, having sailed from his homeland, Catalonia, in northern Spain to plan a life for himself and his fiancée Matilda.[2] He applied for Commonwealth naturalization in 1921, identifying his place of origin as La Vall in the province of Girona.[3] His full name was José Pedro Enrique Paronella, and he was born on 26 February 1887, in La Vall de Santa Creu, a hamlet in the province of Girona, north-eastern Catalonia.[4] Paronella worked hard for 11 years, creating his wealth by buying, improving, and selling cane farms. While travelling through the beautiful countryside he discovered a virgin forest alongside spectacular Mena Creek Falls – the perfect location for his dream.
Upon returning to Spain, Paronella discovered that Matilda had married another man. Determined to sail back with a bride, José proposed to Margarita, Matilda's younger sister. One year later, the newlyweds were ship-bound for Australia and by 1929 had purchased the land of José's dreams. He first built the grand 47-step staircase to shift building materials between the lower and upper level. Here, the couple had their cottage hand built of stone, and moved in on Christmas Eve.
Inspired by childhood memories of Catalan castles, Paronella and his workers set to work designing an entertainment area. Their fingerprints in the cement foundations remain as testament to their extraordinary effort. A movie theatre transformed on weekends into a huge ballroom with live bands who entertained while a massive ball of mirrors spun from the ceiling to reflect a dazzle of pink and blue lights. More than 7000 trees were planted around the Paronellas' home and castle, including an avenue of kauris that tower now like cathedral spires in a sacred forest. The kauris at Paronella Park are part one of only two known distributions of this particular variety in Australia, the Agathis robusta. [5]
North Queensland's first hydro electric plant was built in 1933 to power the 13 acres (5.3 ha) park, and the castle grounds were ready to welcome the public in 1935. The Paronellas invited everyone to movies on Saturday nights, built tennis courts from crushed termite mounds, and a pavilion with turret-topped balconies, refreshment rooms and changing cubicles for swimmers. Eventually a museum featured a collection of coins, pistols, dolls, timbers and interesting keepsakes.
Unexpectedly, the tale of Paronella Park took swift and dangerous turns starting in 1946 when a mass of logs from a clearing upstream swept away a railway bridge and descended on the park, destroying the refreshment rooms.[6] Undaunted, the Paronellas replanted gardens, repaired what they could, and re-opened for business 6 months later.
1948, leaving Margarita, daughter Teresa, and son Joe. Teresa married Pino Zerlotti and Joe married Val Ribes. In 1967 Margarita died leaving Joe and Val as custodians of José's dream. After Joe's death in 1972, Val and their two sons Joe and Kerry, continued until the park was sold in 1977. In 1979 a fire swept through the castle, leaving only the walls and the turret as a reminder of what had been. In 1986, Cyclone Winifred tested the park's endurance once again.
The park changed owners several times until, in 1993, it was bought by the present owners. Mark and Judy Evans,[8] the park's current owners, rediscovered the almost lost park and envisaged reviving Paronella's dream with his appreciation for beauty and warm hospitality. Paths were uncovered, buildings repaired, trees identified, and a museum created in the original home built by Paronella for his family. Cyclone Larry in 2006 added another chapter of endurance to the story, and the dream continued once again.
Paronella Park is eco-certified and heritage listed. Efforts today focus on maintaining the property while staying true to its historic and ecological values. A number of ongoing restoration and preservation projects will see the Paronella Park story live on for many years to come.
Determined to make the park self-sufficient, José installed Queensland’s first private hydroelectric system in 1934. Inspired by hydroelectricity in Europe, he recognised the potential of Mena Creek Falls. With no formal training, he sought guidance from South Johnstone Mill engineers, who, impressed by his determination, helped him develop the system. Water flowed through an aqueduct onto a 30-foot drop, powering a turbine and DC generator from ex-army stock. The system supplied lighting, pumps, refrigeration, and cinema power.
The hydroelectric plant was damaged by flooding in 1946 and wasn't restored until 2009. The park now runs entirely on hydroelectric power, with excess electricity fed back into the local grid or used to power electric vehicles.