'D's DayDreams: GADCO DOLL COLLECTION

This is part of my doll collection, from the GREAT AMERICAN DOLL COMPANY ( GADCO ). All the dolls that I show here, are by the artisan, Rotraut Schrott. I started this collection when I owned my own boutique, in Pennsylvania.

MARTINA

MARLENE

THIS BROTHER & SISTER PAIR ARE, PUYI & SUZI

Sergei

I've been trying to get a good picture on my beloved Sergei for a while now. I take the camera ouside with me every time I take him out. I wait until I see him in a nice setting, where I'd like to take his picture, but as soon as I pick up the camera, he puts his head down, runs up on the porch and sits at my feet with his back turned towards me.

Now I've always been pretty good at taking my other dog's pictures in the past, so I'm disappointed that I can't get a good one of him. He's ten now, so I better get a good one soon.

My Mother-in-law

Where do I begin....... I guess the first thing I have to tell you is that my mother-in-law and I could never understand one another. She didn't speak English and I never learned Italian. :(

She didn't have much in life and during the second world war, the family lost everything, except each other, and even found themselves living in a refuge camp, when their beautiful town was invaded. Remember all the movies you've seen about those times and camps like that, well, that's what the family went thru. But Mamma always put her family before herself and the stories that have been passed on to me, are hard to listen too. So her generosity thru the years has humbled me and made me cherish the time we had with her and all those things she gave us over the years. I know I haven't taken the time to display all the items carefully, but after seeing the beautiful crochet pieces that Gollum put on her blog, I had to take some of the things she gave to us and share them.

THE DEMITASSE SET

Okay girls, get out that box of tissue that you keep passing around, while I tell you about my wonderful mother-in-law and her first visit to America to meet me and her first grandchild. After we picked her up at the airport and she got setteled in for her visit with us, she retreived her suitcase that Al had put in the bedroom, where she would stay. She sat down on the sofa, next to me, and carefully took out and unwrapped the demitasse set. After admiring it and giving her a big hug and a thank you, I placed it carefully on a shelf. then I proceded to take her suitcase back into her room. As I picked it up, it felt empty, so I mentioned it to my husband. He took it upon himself to look inside, out of concern. All that that unselfish women bought with her to wear, were the clothes on her back and two pair on underwear. She had come with a group from Italy and there was a limit to how much luggage they could bring with them.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

GADCO DOLL COLLECTION

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'D's DayDreams

About Me

ROOSTER PARTY

SEYMOUR LAKE LODGE

OUR FOYER

CHANDELIER

CHRIST'S BIRTHDAY

CHRISTMAS 2007

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Favorite Songs

HOOKED ON HOUSES

30 Days Of Therapy With , ME GARDEN GAL

COMMENT

SO BRIGHT, SO CLEAN LOOKING

MB WINDOWS

# 1 ROOSTER

# 2 ROOSTER

Sergei

Some Pictures

An Explanation

My Mother-in-law

THE DEMITASSE SET

Mamma's Tatting

OUR BACK PORCH