Daily Photo Thread

[Cornflower Blue]

That is gorgeous!!! I don't know anything about butterflies, but that sounds interesting!

PJ! by Haley, on Flickr
I recently got back into collecting Barbie, and a dollie friend bought me my dream Barbie as an early Christmas gift. <3

Meet Malibu PJ! She's so beautiful I can't even begin to capture it in photographs. I'm so in love with her.

PJ is very special, for a multitude of reasons. While I think she's probably the most beautiful Barbie doll I've ever seen and that is initially what made me want to add her to my collection, I remembered something else recently that makes her even more special to me.

Next month it will be one year since my mother passed away. She also had a huge love of dolls for her entire life, and had many favorite childhood dolls, some of which I purchased and replaced for her. She played with her Barbies so much that only one Ken doll(and a Luke Skywalker doll) survived. But her favorite childhood Barbie doll was Malibu PJ. Unfortunately, as I said, she was played with far too much and had to be thrown away long before I came along, but I still have her original Malibu Ken! PJ is very excited to be reunited with him.

I'm very happy with her and excited for her to be here. She's the oldest Barbie I have and it's so fascinating comparing her to dolls that came a bit later.

Also, it's technically fall now, but it was still 96 degrees today, so I can't blame her too much for going out in a swimsuit!

Thanks for sharing your story. I can appreciate how special this PJ is for you. She sure knows how to stay cool in style!

I still have my Malibu Barbie and my sister's Malibu Ken. They survived in better condition than some of my other Barbies because they were released near the end of my interest in playing with dolls as a child.