Todays Sunday morning 'jaunt'.....

....took us along the coast to the Puerto de La Caleta de Vélez, just under 8 kms from us.
It is still a working port, home to many of the fishing boats that supply fresh fish not only to local restaurants but much further afield.  To one side of the port there’s a beach and to the other side there’s a marina.

It was another lovely day with a breeze once we got nearer to the port.  I took little Brodie with me, my Iplehouse BID Bordy, and as you can see her hair got a bit windblown!

We eventually had to remove her bow clip before it flew off into the water!!!

Brodie enjoyed looking at the fish, they are really plentiful here in the marina!

I love how the sunshine is sparkling on the water and making it look like little stars!!

The beach was quite busy for this time of year, but today is a national holiday, Constitution Day, and Tuesday is the day of the Immaculate Conception, another bank holiday here in Spain, so a lot of people make what they call "a bridge" and have a long weekend without work!

Because it's a bank holiday, the fishing boats are all in the port today. 

Even the seaguls were enjoying the sunshine....along with one lone egret who you can just see in the centre of this photo!!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend and that the week ahead is good for you all.  I really must try to focus on Christmas coming as I'm totally NOT ready!  I think being at the coast and having such good weather at this time of the year has really thrown me!!!! 

Dolls for Sale - Warning: Nude dolls!!

I have a couple of ball jointed dolls for sale and thought I'd show them on here too, just in case anyone is interested but isn't a member of the BJD forum Den of Angels, where they are also listed.

The first doll who is looking for a new home is a Volks Super Dollfie (SD10) Nana who is approx 58cm tall and made of all resin.  I bought her new in March 2008 direct from Volks in Japan.  She is a beautiful doll and has a gorgeous custom faceup by Luna in Italy.   The doll comes with the chocolate brown Leeke World wig shown in the photos, random glass eyes (not necessarily those shown below)  and her white cotton knickers, also shown in the photos.  She also has her original box and cushions.

The price for this doll is $550 or best offer, plus shipping.  I ship worldwide.

The second doll looking for a new home is a 1st Edition Ayumu, who is also from the Volks Company.  He is a YOSD, approx 26cm tall and anatomically correct.  Ayumu is also made of all resin and is fully jointed.  I bought him brand new back in November 2007, via a shopping service in Japan.  Ayumu comes with his default wig, shown in the photos, random glass eyes, his full paperwork, default box and cushions.  He too has a custom faceup, his is  by Caroline of Viridian House in the UK. 

The price for this doll is $375 or best offer, plus shipping.  I ship worldwide.

 

 

Both dolls are in very good condition with no chips, bad odours or other damage.  They both have probably yellowed slightly over the years but if they have then it is even.

If you are interested in either of the above dolls, then please email me at:

dambuster0662@gmail.com

And please don't be shy about making an offer, I can only say no, and I promise that I'll say it really nicely and not in a scary way! ;)

Thanks so much for looking, and I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

If we have to have winter.....

....then I'm more than happy to have a winter with weather like we're currently having!  Today was another beautifully sunny day, and once again we were able to go for a nice morning walk along the beach before having a coffee at a cafe on the promenade.  This week we went to Algarobbo Costa which is about 20 minutes east along the coast from us.  Algarrobo has a dark sandy and stony beach and is more residential than a holiday resort.  It was lovely this morning, quite a few people were walking, jogging or cycling along the promenade or sitting chatting at one of the several cafes.

If you're interested in reading about this interesting area, more information can be found here:

The Village of Algarrobo

Looking back towards the mountains, the ancient tower you can see  one of the two ancient watch towers in Algarrobo:

 
The Mediterranean was particularly calm today!

Looking along the coast towards Torre del Mar and Malaga....

I particularly wouldn't mind living in one of these houses, facing straight on to the beach....perfect!

Banana trees growing on the beach...

Lovely tall palm trees swaying in the breeze....

And plenty of seagull footprints in the sand!

I decided it was Nuria's turn to come with us today, but little Toddler Teddy insisted that he had to come too!  So the two of them got ready and off we went!  Most of the photos are of Nuria as poor little Teddy is a bit unsteady on his feet! ;)

"Mama, why can't we go in the pool?"  

 

 

This lovely tile 'mural' was on the wall of a restaurant.  The kids wanted to pose in front of it as it was so pretty.

I hope you have enjoyed this little stroll along Algarrobo Costa with us, and hope you all have a lovely week ahead!

(Sasha's lovely smocked top and shorts are by Marilyn Hotchkiss and along with her straw hat (from Sasha Morgenthaler Harlequin) were bought at the Chat n Snap last month, her pretty white leather sandals are by Marti Sanders Murphy.
Toddler Teddy's gorgeous cardigan was knitted for him by Rosie Laird, his shoes are by Lisa Hartley.
Teddy's shorts and cap, and both kids' striped socks, are all made by me).

Another sunny Sunday, another sulky face!

Yesterday was another bright sunny day and except for a bit of a chilly wind coming down from the north, it was quite warm too, particularly if shielded from the wind. 

So we decided to go for a little walk on the beach and I thought I'd take one of my dolls along for the 'ride'.

I thought Valentine might be happy to get out and get some fresh air.....well how wrong can one be!!  She was not a happy bunny, preferring to sit in front of the television and play on her Playstation......

I think the look on her face says it all!!!

 

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and that the week ahead is good for you all.

Thanks so much for visiting!

 

Oh Brother! A lovely new embroidery machine!

My wonderful, kind and generous hubby, recently bought me a lovely new sewing machine that also does embroidery!  I had been telling him about it, having seen it in a sewing shop in the UK whilst I was over there.  He suggested that I might like it for a combined 10th wedding anniversary/Christmas present!  I gave it quite a bit of thought because it was expensive and I wasn't sure how much use I'd get out of it.  However, because this particular model can also be used as a regular sewing machine, I decided that I would love to have it and so it arrived last week!

It's a Brother Innov-is 955 sewing/embroidery machine and came with:

• LCD touch screen
• Automatic needle threading
• Extension table
• 296 embroidery designs
• 129 utility and decorative stitches

You can also download designs from the net, I have so many ideas!!!

Brilliant eh!  I did a bit of research on how to buy the machine because Brother no longer has a distributor on the Iberian peninsular, however they do have an agent based in Valencia who was really helpful and they got the machine to me in record time.  Because I'm in the middle of a big commission I wanted to wait until I'd finished it before getting involved in trying out the embroidery function of the machine, I've not tried that facility yet....but I'm gathering all the necessities so that very soon I can have a go!  I'm very excited about it and I'm hoping it will be the perfect machine for making doll clothing with embroidered designs on!

So watch this space!

And so that this is not a completely non dolly post, I thought I'd share a couple of photos of Emily, my Gotz Happy Kidz, who wanted to have her photo taken with this monster truck on Sunday as there was a car show locally:

And because she looks so small in that photo, she wanted me to take a close up of her in another location so that you could see her cute outfit that I bought last month from My Doll Best Friend, it has the cutest Pug wearing earphones on the front and came with the printed leggings!  I bought the knitted hat locally, it was actually made for a premature baby!  And the boots were already hers!

Thank you for stopping by my blog, I hope you all have a great week!