My Doll Haven

Everyone Needs Playtime

In our hectic, modern lives, many of us focus so heavily on work and family commitments that we never seem to have time for pure fun. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we stopped playing.

When we carve out some leisure time, we’re more likely to zone out in front of the TV or computer than engage in fun, rejuvenating play like we did as children. But play is not just essential for kids; it can be an important source of relaxation and stimulation for adults as well.

There doesn’t need to be any point to the activity beyond having fun and enjoying yourself. By giving yourself permission to play with the joyful abandon of childhood, you can reap oodles of health benefits throughout life.

Wednesday

A Day Out

It was going to be a scorcher today, so hubby and I decided it would be a good day to take a 130 kilometer drive to pick up a replacement "Land For Widlife" sign from Alexandra, for our Beechworth property.

I remembered to take my camera and a wee doll with me this time. However, the doll ended up staying in my bag most of the time due to the heat and flies giving me a hard time! The following three photos were taken just outside Alexandra.

If you think it looks hot and dry, you're right!

On the way back we stopped off at Ned's Gully, at the foot of the Cathedral Range which is just a small part of the Great Dividing Range. It was still hot and the flies were just as bad!

The Cathedral Range State Park is located in Victoria, Australia, approximately 100 kilometres north-east from Melbourne. It is situated between the towns Buxton and Taggerty and runs parallel to Maroondah Highway. The Cathedral Range was declared a State Park on 26 April 1979.

I walked across the suspension bridge and took these.

Looking down the gully.

Across the park.

And looking up at the beginning of the Cathedral Range.

Featuring a spectacular rugged, rocky ridge and rich natural and cultural heritage, this 3577 hectare park offers many outdoor activities ranging from relaxed camping by a clear mountain stream, to an exciting climb to its 468 meter exposed peaks.

And a little further down Maroondah Highway at a dirt road turn off, I managed to get a couple of clear shots of the range as we continued down the Highway home.

Hope you enjoy seeing a little of my home state. :)
Big hugs,
X

Monday

For Chiriann

Well here they all are (unfortunately I didn't get a chance to redress them) . . . Cookie, Macaron and Biscotti . . . my three little sweetie pies enjoying a picnic in the forest.

Hope you all enjoyed the snaps!

Big hugs,

Friday

Tasty Treats!

I bet you thought this post was going to be about food . . . well in a way it is, but not the kind you eat.

THINK PINK IT'S FRIDAY!

I'm beginning to enjoy Fridays for several reasons, but mostly because it's the end of the working week for most people and I get to share another photo with you. This time it's Macaron, my Fairyland PukiFee Coni who arrived August 2014.

Macaron is a little French elf from Paris, adores strawberries, the colour pink, especially pink ponies and it should come as no surprise . . . she has quite an eye for pink feminine style . . . hence the pink hair and clothes.

She lives with two cousins, in a small biscuit barrel deep in the Elvin Forest. Sometimes I wonder how they manage to get on so well together, they all have quite different personalities.

Cookie comes from Odense on the lovely island of Fuen in Denmark and was named after the Royal Dansk creamy butter cookies. She has become very fond of cooking cookies herself and eats most of them while they are still warm from the oven . . . you could say she is a little cookie monster!

Biscotti on the other hand, originally came from the Italian city Prato. Now she is the more serious one who loves books, art and clothes. She prefers to wear arty style clothes, as long as they are green and she has the most overwhelming weakness for Pistachio nuts.

Anyone else have dollies dressed in pink?