dolls out of the box

This month's doll is Seraphine Delphine - she is our tallest girl 62 cm. When I take pictures of her, I'm always impressed how pretty she is. SD has got a new outfit in berry colurs with a matching vest - It's autumn.

Dear Diary,

we had a very short holiday this year. My humans had decided to renovate things in their house, so there was not much time left for a longer holiday. That's why we only went to the Rhine, which is only about two and a half hour's drive from where I live.

On the way to our holiday place we stopped in Bingen. This is already on the Rhine and it's the place where the famous Hildegard von Bingen lived - that's a lady from the Middle Ages that wrote a book about herbs. People still read it today. I and my friends were more interested in the famous Mice Tower. The legend says that a greedy bishop was eaten up by mice there. Normally it is on an island, but at the moment the water level of the Rhine is so low that you can walk to it.











On the second day we went to Koblenz. The biggest town in the area. You can walk along the Rhine and watch the ships. Of course sitting in a Beer Garden and eating and drinking is a must in the holidays.






















On the third day we went to Koblenz again and we had a guided ship tour on the Rhine.
















On the fourth day - it was Sunday - we stayed in Rhens. That's the little town where our hotel was. We walked a little bit around the town - it was very hot.











































Day 5 - we went to Boppard. There are Roman ruins there. The weather was not very good, it was chilly and a little rainy. But we still had fun.

On day 6 we went to Cochem. A really nice little town, full of old houses, but unfortunatelly also very full of tourists. I liked the old castle and the view over the Mosel from up on the hill where the castle was.


















I also liked the tour of the bank bunker, where they used to keep money back from the 60's to the 80's. But we had to stay in out doll bag and be very quiet and just listen - dolls are not allowed in the bunker.

On the way home we stopped in a little backery. We were hungry and thirsty - so we had a lot of cake and a big coffee.






We sat a little bit on the river of the Mosel, ariver that flows into the Rhine. It looked very green because it was full of algae.







On day 7 our humans wanted to go shopping in Koblenz, so we stayed in the hotel and watched all the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies on my laptop. Katana wanted to read - she had taken a book with her - but the movies were more interesting.







In the evening we went to the cinema and watched Jurassic Worls part 3 - with a huge bag of popcorn.









On day 8 we already went home. On the way we had a little stop in Bad Kreuznach because we wanted to see the bridge houses.

It was a very hot month so the girls decided they wanted do do some activity outside. They thought roller skating would be a lot of fun. First I just bought one pair of roler skates - finally there were 4 pairs. So on the last Sunday in July 4 of the girls went skating. I think they enjoyed it.



Melody(Stubbs) likes to do photobombing - this was again a suitable opportunity. The skater girls were resting and she really wanted to show her new pink hat.

I haven't bought many new dolls recently - but still- here are some additions to my collection.

First - Jamie. She is/ or rather was a Mermaze Mermaids doll. When I first heard of these dolls I was very excited. Wonderful faces. But I do not really like mermaid tails without the option of legs. So she got rebodied.


Second. I finally got Bellatrix Lestrange. I had wanted her for quite some time. But I decides she would not be kept in her original clothes. I like her much better in a casual outfit.

This is Clawdia Wolf for the DBC. After two years of break due to Covid - this year there is finally another Music Festival in Dollietown. You can enjoy famous singer and bands and newcomers. There is something for everyone.

Sam made her second appearance in a twinning photo with my husband. I think they look well together.

New arrival at my birthday - a present from my husband. A Rock Angelz Bratz doll with her car.

It was very hot this month, so all the girls wanted shorts and some wanted to spend more time outside. So Vivian had an idea - she decided to go hiking. She took a map and a compass. Maya was not so confident they would manage to return before dark, so she took a torch. Mirwen didn't want to go at all, but then she took a bag of crisps nad reluctantly followed the other two girls. None of the other girls wanted to go. They all said "You are doomed, you will surely get lost". But as the three didn't go farther than the garden, luckily they returned home safely.

FedCon in Bonn was an amazing event this year - as always.

Of course we were looking forward to it and during the countdown I took a few doll pictures.




Of course we also dressed up.











After the FedCon - a litte Vulcan twinning.

Another wonderful month of May is over and of course that meant - MerMay. All the mermaids came out in their wonderful outfits, with pearls and mermaid hair. It was not easy to get pictures of them - they are quite shy. But I was lucky to get a few beautiful photos. Here they are.





































The last photo was hard work - a group photo.

Lunnula dressed navy style to prepare for the hot weather. She is looking forward to the summer.

The newest addition to my collection is Marleen. She is a recast Echo Town Delores. I had been looking for her for quite some time. There were different Echo Town dolls on sale on Ebay but mostly they had no face up or one that I didn't like. Then finally I found her.

Just a little concert for the last day of April.

I had been looking for a good place for a photoshooting for quite some time- something like an old castle ruin. Then, a few days ago, I got a hint from another doll collector about a famous ruin not far away from where I live. I hadn't thought about that. The weather was good, sunny, only a little windy (you can see that because the doll's hair is sometimes a bit wild).










The girls were very excited. It was not easy to choose, who should go on the tour. Then we decided to take The two Shuga Fairies - Lilith and Isy, dressed in Steampunk outfits to fit the location. Nella Della and Baby Elf wanted to come, too - they thought it was a great adventure. We had to go up the hill a little bit. The girls got quite heavy in their carrier.



Then we got started. Lilith was the first - she wanted to present her great outfit.

Isy was next - she was not very happy about her very elegant outfit - she likes street style more. Also, normally she has blond, short hair and not long brown curls.







































Nella Della was very adventurous - she liked to climb up high.














... and to collect flowers.












It was not easy to follow Baby Elf - she was very curious and ran about the place, looked at everything and climbed up everywhere - little elves can be very tiresome.




















The girls were tired in the end and happy to get back in their carrier.









Behind the scenes ...








... some impressions from the nature that surrounded us.