NEW PAGE - MY FOREIGN HATS AND HEAD-WEAR COLLECTION

NEW PAGE

MY FOREIGN HATS AND HEAD-WEAR COLLECTION

A C.1930's doll

Over the last few years I have been collecting some foreign hats, shoes and clothes, so I thought I would share them with you on my Blog.

This is a NEW PAGE for my HAT COLLECTION.  It is not a very large collection, but I am still collecting!

To view the hats just click onto the title "MY FOREIGN HATS AND HEAD-WEAR COLLECTION" on the top, right hand side of this Blog.

I hope you will enjoy them.

Carole. 

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DOLLS FROM RUSSIA, MOROCCO, MEXICO,GERMANY and WALES

I have listed a few more dolls today - RUSSIA, MOROCCO, MEXICO, GERMANY and WALES.

For more information about the dolls, and more photos, please see the website.  Thank you.

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I have also added some photos of my walk today, which ended with atrocious weather and eight trees blown down right across our track.

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RUSSIA - (peasant woman)

(Website Id:  Asia - Russia - 0026 and 0026A)

 MOROCCO - (man of the Rif Mountains)

(Website Id:  Africa - Morocco - 0018, 0018A and 0018B)

 MEXICO - (peasant girl)

(Website Id:  America - Mexico - 0019 and 0019A)

 GERMANY - (Bavaria costume)

(Website Id:  Europe - Germany - 0027 and 0027A)

 WALES

(Website Id:  Europe - Wales - 0035)

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MY WALK (with fallen trees on our track).

My six miles walk today started with the sun trying to peep through.  We made our way up to the Dams in Elan Valley, Mid Wales.  Winding our way up and up the track it was starting to get a bit more cloudy.

When we were almost to the top the wind was reaching almost gale-force with heavy rain and hail stones, and my feet literally left the ground a couple of times.  My daughter was hanging on to me for dear life, with us both laughing away!

After struggling to remain vertical we finally reached the top but then moved to a more sheltered area for our well-earned lunch break.

On the way back down the track to return home we were suddenly brought to a complete stand-still as eight of the Forestry trees had come down across the track.  Someone had called a Forestry worker with just two minutes to spare before he left for home.  If we had gone back home the other way it would have been a sixty miles detour, so we watched and waited for a couple of hours instead.

What a day!

A VIEW ALONG THE WAY

 THE CAIRN ON THE MOUNTAIN
WHICH WE WERE CLIMBING
(Note the FOX on the right of the picture)

 ME ON THE WAY TO THE TOP
(with the weather changing for the worse)

 THIS IS WHAT WE WALKED THROUGH
TO GET TO THE TOP

 EIGHT FALLEN TREES ON OUR TRACK
COMING BACK DOWN

 FORESTRY MEN (and a helper)
WORK IN PROGRESS

 GETTING CLEARER

FIVE MORE THINNER TREES
ALMOST DOWN

THE CLAMPER ARRIVES

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Carole.

ENJOY!

DOLLS FROM UGANDA, SOUTH AFRICA, JORDAN and GERMANY

HAPPY NEW YEAR  to you all!

Today I am listing dolls from UGANDA, SOUTH AFRICA, JORDAN and GERMANY.

For more pictures and more information about the dolls, please see the website.

I particularly like the Ndebele doll from South Africa (but I like them all!).  The first three lots are all hand made dolls, and the little doll from the Rhine region of Germany is quite a character.

More dolls to come (time permitting). 

UGANDA

(Website Id:  Africa - Uganda - 003, 003A, 003B, 003C and 003D)

 SOUTH AFRICA

(Website Id:  Africa - South Africa - 0022, 0022A, 0022B and 0022C)

 JORDAN

(Website Id:  Asia - Jordan - 005 and 005A)

GERMANY

(Website Id:  Germany - 0028 and 0028A) 

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MY WALK JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS.

We had an eight and a half mile walk up to the BACK MIXEN MOUNTAIN in Mid Wales.  It was a dry but bitterly cold day with the temperature being just one degree centigrade.  The ground was very boggy.

The path going up for about a mile and a half, was extremely rough (as can be seen on the first photo) but as always, it was well worth the effort when we got to the top!

A SMALL SECTION OF THE PATH GOING UP

NEAR THE TOP OF THE
BLACK MIXEN MOUTAIN

A SECTION OF THE PATH

GOING BACK DOWN

(With snow on the hills, opposite)

ENJOY

Carole

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