Whilst the cat is away the mice shall play!

I am on my dream holiday (almost - where has the sun and heat gone?!)
Phil and all but Arthur have gone to the Butlin's caravan until tomorrow and I 'have to stay behind and look after the animals'

I could spend the day tidying up the squalor - but I think I will just enjoy the peace and quiet. I have a dolls house to go and pick up and so that may need my attention. Cleaning can wait. You never look back when you are old and grey and regret not spending more time cleaning.

On the picture front - my Sashas have some scrummy new clothes and shoes and I just *had* to get this brownie doll because I used to wear that uniform back in the 70's. I was the Brownie from Hell as I got ALL the badges. Right little swot I was!

Sasha & Mark Owen

Just wanted to post a picture of my Mark Owen 'old style' doll. He makes Ken and Action Man look so wimpish.

And an old picture of 1970's Sasha dolls. I had a Sasha as a child and now my darling husband has mislaid her. So I am reliving my childhood and getting what I couldnt have back then. I just adore these dolls. The memories they hold for me are happy ones and as it's often hard for me to remember happy things about my childhood - that can only be a good thing.

And a baby arrived today in a basket - the white nightdress one with the original blanket too. She's just how I remembered her in the shop. I loved that part of my childhood!