Another little girlie that came home in my suitcase was one I bought secondhand on Ebay several weeks ago.  The seller was kind enough to agree to send her to my mum's address and so she was waiting for me, along with my Natterer Alice, when I got to my mum's house. 

She is a 19.5 inch tall Gotz Happy Kidz Emily from 2015 and was in perfect condition.  I have looked at this little face for a while now but having had a jointed Gotz Classic Kidz in the past, wasn't sure that I wanted the joints again.  But I decided to go for her and am very happy that I did so.

She came in her default outfit but I immediately changed her into a new knitted dress that I'd bought from My Doll Best Friend, and added a knitted hat and scarf, some tights and pink boots that I took with me to the UK with her in mind.  The tights were designed for a doll with much shorter legs so poor Emily was constantly finding the crotch down by her knees...not comfy, but she didn't seem to mind!!

The first photos were taken inside with flash whilst I was still at my mum's:

And these were taken on Sunday when we went out for breakfast. 

I think she has the cutest profile, very child-like.  

I hope you've enjoyed meeting Emily and hope that she'll feature on her more in the future!

Introducing a new girl....

Back at the beginning of October I bought a new Petitcolin Sylvia Natterer Alice from My Doll Best Friend, I thought I'd take advantage of their free UK shipping for purchases over a certain value and have her sent to my mum's house, so that she'd be waiting for me when I got there.  I added some outfits to the order too.

When I first saw Alice I wasn't sure about her.  It seemed to me that from some angles she looked like she had bags under her eyes.  However, I don't like to give up easily so decided to take her out with us this morning and take some photos of her in a more 'natural' environment than my mum's bedroom!!

And now I'm so happy with her, she looks lovely in natural light and I really like this outfit on her too.  It is one that is made for the Kidz n Cats dolls and fits her really well.  I added the pink jacket which came from another doll, the tights are part of her default outfit and the boots are from Gotz.

Firstly I took some photos of her by the beach.  The waves were quite high this morning and the wind was really trying to tug her out of my hands!!!  I love how her hair is blowing about, although I have to say it was hard to get the comb through when we got home!

Later we drove about 15 minutes inland to a place called La Viñuela where there is a lovely man-made reservoir that provides much-needed water for the surrounding area.  At the moment, after such a long dry summer, the water level is quite low but the surroundings are beautiful and it's just sooooo quiet and peaceful. 

It was so warm that she had to take her coat off after a while!

And then we went for a nice cold drink in a local restaurant and sat on their terrace overlooking the lake to drink it!

Thank you for visiting!  I hope you've enjoyed meeting Alice and hope everyone has a lovely week ahead!

And so back to sunny Spain!

I'm home again now from my week long trip to the UK and have to say that on the one hand it feels like the week flew by, but then on the other, I feel like I've been gone from the 'blogging world' for ages and ages!

I had a lovely, lovely time in England, visiting with my mum and brother and then the three of us going down to the south coast of England to spend a few days with my son Brendan and his fiance Virginia, in Worthing, West Sussex.

The weather was mixed, I arrived in soft drizzling rain and left in a downpour but in between it wasn't bad at all!  In fact apart from the Monday when we visited Brighton, I was able to go without my coat during the day (as long as I had my thick cardigan!) but Monday wasn't so nice and I ended up buying myself a couple of woolly scarves which helped a lot!!

I enjoyed the Chat n Snap, so perfectly organised by Dee of Sasha Village,  thanks so much Dee for everything!  I have to say I did a whole lot more 'chatting' than 'snapping' up of bargains, or snapping photos, as I actually forgot to take my camera out of my bag.  In fact, my poor dolls, having got all ready for their visit to their Sasha/Gregor cousins, never left the table in front of me as I was so engrossed in my conversations with the lovely people I met last year, or have met since on the internet!!  However, I did manage to spend some money at the event and will show those off on another post as I've not got the right accessories here at the coast to take photos of them  now.

So I thought I'd share some random photos of the Sunday when we arrived in Worthing, Virginia was in London with a friend over from Spain, so they are only of my family,  but hope you'll enjoy them.  I will put dolly photos on another post, another day!

My brother John and my son Brendan on the beach...

My mum on the promenade in Worthing, it must be warm, she's undone her top button ;) 

 These very curious young seagulls were strutting their stuff on the pebbles!

There were a lot of people enjoying a stroll on the pier, including us of course!

Oh gosh!  Is that me in front of the camera for a change? 

Worthing beach from the pier...

Looking east towards Brighton....are those the White Cliffs of Dover in the distance?  

Brendan was thinking "Now why didn't I bring my fishing gear with me from Spain?" 

I'm told the domed building is the newly refurbished cinema complex.  I like how they've blended it in with the surrounding buildings.

Now one minute my mum's head was in the hole....and then it was gone!!!  I have no idea what happened! LOL

I don't know what this sport is called but there were several pairs of people doing it!  It was a bit like gondoliers without the gondola or the Venetian canals!!  But it certainly needed a flat sea like it was that day!

The seaweed covered uprights of the pier...

I guess some people have to be told!!  

Children seem to enjoy playing on the beach regardless of how cold the water is, don't they!

I had a lovely time in Worthing, I was so happy to see my 'boy' and to know that he and Virginia are happy and content there.  I don't like that they are far away from us but it's their lives and they must live them to the full!  But I do so miss them!!! 

Thank you for looking, I hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween and a good week ahead!

Tea time visitors!

Today it's a 'no dolls' post but I just wanted to share some photos of some 'visitors' who came by this evening. 

I just happened to look up when something caught my eye through the living room window and I looked out to see a big herd of goats walking past on the bank of the dry river bed next to us.   A few of them were walking along the river bed itself.  I thought I'd quickly grab my camera and take some photos, I've always loved goats and always wanted a miniature goat as a child!

I ran out to our back deck and started snapping photos.....but forgetting that having just put a deep conditioner on my hair, I was sporting a most attractive (NOT!!!) bright blue towelling turban!  LOL!

I think the elderly goatherd was rather amused at this funny English woman standing there taking photos of his goats and wearing a turban!  Oh well!

Looking towards the beach.....I wonder if this lot had been for a little swim!

I think the goatherd found me highly amusing!!!

This one decided that there was more fun to be had on the dry river bed!

 

I hope everyone has a lovely week ahead! 

I'm off to the UK on Wednesday but hopefully will have time to do another blog post before I go!!