the day before Valentines day, I took my doll Tracie out to make pictures. It was cold and windy!
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the red shawl was my Mom's, so I love wearing it |
I always have fun making pictures of my dolls!
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pretty red cyclamen in full bloom |
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Tracie Gale--perched up on a wall |
Valentines day was WET, DRIZZLY, COLD, DREARY! LOL
well, we weren't going to let THAT spoil our day! LOL
lots of puddles........![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D2afWCj3Hco/YC95xzJqSqI/AAAAAAAAzQ0/Lb5R9uDMeVcZ3yE4TS5BlR6ab-utODuJgCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0684.JPG) |
Mr. Front Porch gave me two dozen of my most favorite cookies! And pretty cards---with summer seeds tucked inside. |
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my favorite candies! |
..........and a big bouquet of cheery red balloons!Valentines the girls made for their Daddy!:![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MVtQogOaHW0/YC96OrvwCUI/AAAAAAAAzRY/7R1yZG86OIkqhIgdFHU-1ljkdeNWyB6nQCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0876.JPG) |
Bindie Jolene and Tammie Jayne |
(below)--the back of the cardsAround here, even THE DOLLS get valentines! LOLHere's Tansy with hers:and here's Tracie showing hers off:![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3gCqcPqUvU/YC97X1JxAJI/AAAAAAAAzR0/RO4izjqIf4o7a5QHsdfZqwrywoMR1yScACNcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/IMG_0708.JPG) |
their valentine greetings were from Tracie's identical twin cousin, who lives in Florida! |
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I decorated our fireplace mantel with these sweet little Victorian cards
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sweet shoes for my dolls!--these sweet "little girl" shoes for Tracie, and tiny blue high heels for Tansy!--(because you know---Tansy is "sophisticated" ha ha LOL |
I got books for Valentines day! These look good, can't wait to start them! There are a couple of more as well, they have not arrived yet.
Mr. Front Porch also found this old vintage Raggedy Ann and Andy book:
It has pretty illustrations:I love the old fashioned Raggedy Ann dolls ( I have a small collection of them), and made sure Fairy Granddaughter has one too.
Then, out of the blue, these four books arrived. They were a late Christmas present from a dear friend and were totally un-expected and I was so excited to receive them!--I have plenty of books to read all Spring now!
Valentine goodies for Fairy Granddaughter:a pretty Valentine dress, with lots of red velvet, red satin, and fluffy, swishy skirt layers
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..............and...........SPARKLES! LOL |
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the picture below of the lace makes the dress look light blue--this is the actual color--a deep sapphire blue |
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the sparkly lace |
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fun socks! "embroidered" up the sides |
Valentines and a fun spring gardening book:Some American Girl books:Here I was trying to "roll" these fluffy dresses with the net crinoline type underskirts---to fit them into the box! ha ha LOL.I didn't make pictures, but Mr. Front Porch made us a delicious supper on the grill, outside on a rainy night. He made steaks and smoked salmon and baked "taters". We had that good Biltmore Vanilla Cheesecake for dessert. It was all so GOOD! I was stuffed, and he made alot extra, so we had plenty of left-overs for two more nights!It truly was a lovely Valentines Day. Rain and all.