davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2024

[davidd]

But if you don't keep taking dolly photos... what will you DO???

The little running shoes are cute.  They look well-made.  And with actual laces?

Yeah... I guess I kinda need A Doll A Day to... cope? Cope with what, I don't know. Just to cope.

Yeah, the shoes are nice, and have real laces and a separate tongue.

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2 February - A Doll A Day 2024:

I don't usually repost old photos for A Doll A Day... well, actually, I never repost old photos for A Doll A Day, because that would be cheating.

But today I ran across this pic from way back in 2007 which reminded me of how much fun I used to have with Pinky Street figures.
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Pinky Play Time - 2007

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Of course, part of the reason I was having fun is because I was living on the beach in Hawaii at the time. From the spot where I was standing in the living room when I snapped that photo, I could have had my feet in the ocean within like 20 seconds. I could sit there and play with dolls while watching TV and looking at the ocean with the doors and windows open and the sea breezes gently circulating through the house.

I can easily become super depressed about having made a poor decision to move. Looking back, my reasons for leaving Hawaii were not as pressing as they appeared at the time. (Among other things, there was talk about raising the mandatory flood insurance premiums on homes with mortgages to $20,000 or $30,000 per year, and some area homeowners had already received bills for those amounts. Working in the schools was becoming increasingly problematic for a number of reasons. It was pretty intense when veteran teachers I was working with would break down sobbing during conversations about how hard it was to make ends meet and other rapidly changing aspects of the situation at the time.)

I've been in a morose mindset as of late. The Hawaii thing... well, it's been over nine years since I left. I'll likely never be able to move back. I could dwell on that... like I often do... but that won't resolve anything, now, will it?

But when I look at that picture, I totally 100% feel what it was like. I remember it like... like, I look over from where I'm sitting as I'm typing this and I ekspect to see that scene and the lanai doors and the palm trees and the ocean.

At least I can see a palm tree from where I'm sitting right now. But it's on a street lined with houses.

Anyway... just posting up that pic, which is what I was gonna do, would be cheating, so here's a new one:

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It's Not At All The Same

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P.S.: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GI JOE - Celebrating SIXTY YEARS of "America's Movable Fighting Man" - Introduced 2 February 1964