davidd’s A DOLL A DAY 2021

[Elfy]

That’s a great Abbey. Nice to see her moving away from her usual winter colours of white and blue.

[Lejays17]

The picture that Lagoona found is a true treasure. How could someone dispose of it so casually

Music Festival Abbey is so cool - a very 60’s hippy chick vibe. And Scarah is such an interesting release, her green mini dress is one of my favourite items.

[davidd]

March of the Monsters continues:

31 March – Monster High "Voltageous" Power Ghouls Frankie Stein

[Alliecat]

What the heck happened to March???????
It's been an interesting month of monsters with spooky settings and (again) cool lighting.

[Lejays17]

Love her “cape” of lightning bolts.

[Elfy]

Makes me wonder what April has in store.

[davidd]

Makes me wonder what April has in store.

Yeah... me too! 

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1 April – Integrity Toys Dynamite Girls Spooky Sooki

[Alliecat]

That's an interesting perspective. Did you get a Lensbaby or is it just a filter effect?

[davidd]

That's an interesting perspective.  Did you get a Lensbaby or is it just a filter effect?

Filter effect from an app called Photo Toaster. I have a Lensbaby but I have not used it in years.

[Lejays17]

You & Alliecat talking about Filters & Fancy Stuff (which I do know isn’t very fancy ) makes me wonder what things I can do with my phone camera - the only one I use - to get some interesting effects.

95% of the time I’m fine with what I do, it’s tge other 5% that makes me wonder.

I like the perspective of Sooki - it reminds me of the 60’s show, Land of the Giants.

[davidd]

You & Alliecat talking about Filters & Fancy Stuff (which I do know isn’t very fancy ) makes me wonder what things I can do with my phone camera....

I like the perspective of Sooki - it reminds me of the 60’s show, Land of the Giants.

From what I see online, most people manage to take better and "fancier" pictures using phone cameras these days than I have ever managed with a full-size or dedicated camera.
Supposedly the Google Pixel phone blows every other phone on the market out of the water when it comes to photography.

Nice reference to Land of the Giants! I haven't seen an episode of that since I was a little kid!

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2 April – A Magazine for Men... Action Men

A friend in the UK sent me this Palitoy Action Man figure. Action Man was the UK licensed version of Hasbro's GI Joe.

Another online friend made the mini magazine featuring a risque cover image of one of his characters... discreetly edited for general audiences.

[Alliecat]

He looks a bit guilty there. Like you surprised him.
What happened to his hand? Was he helping the Ameliae play with fireworks or something?

"Photo Toaster" made me snort, because one of my big peeves with scenic photography these days is the fad of cranking the colours into the nearly-neon range and HD-ing everything; like, nature isn't pretty enough for you on its own?... and what I usually say is, "I smell something burning... this one is overcooked". Now I'll think "toasted".

[davidd]

3 April 2021 - Quick, blurry snapshot for A Doll A Day today, as Janie and Addie help clean up 

the clutter inside the house before resuming some much bigger projects.

[Alliecat]

I'd like to hire them to help with my clutter. Where do I sign up?

[Lejays17]

And once Alliecat has finished using their services, we would like to employ them for the Library here, which is in dire need of a serious de-clutter.

And Action Man does look like he’s been caught doing something underhanded. But the magazine also made me laugh.