Neon’s A Doll A Migraine-less Day, More Or Less - 2019 edition!

[Elfy]

It does make me wonder what he’s so concerned about.

[Alliecat]

Kind of spooky lighting on both.

[Lejays17]

Laura always looks so concerned with life - she reminds me a bit of MH Rochelle, who always looks worried.

[neon_jellyfish]

Thank you, guys! Grimalda (well, all Lauras) has that particular shape of eyebrows that gives her constantly worried or sad ex³pression. To be honest, I don't really like worried / sad doll faces. They make me feel like a bad doll owner. I like neutral or slightly mischievous faces best.


Day 3,2,1, go!

30 years ago this day, Velvet Revolution (or Gentle Revolution, as it was called in Slovak part of Czechoslovakia) started, eventually leading to fall of communism in Czechoslovakia.

I won't recount the whole story, the Wikipedia article is pretty accurate, but one of the symbols of Velvet Revolution was jingling one's keys. It accompanied one of the mottos - "Děkujeme, odejděte!" ("Thank you, now leave!"), which was a message for communist government, the keys were a nonverbal equivalent for "close the door when you leave". I've also heard that it was meant to symbolize entering a new era, but that wasn't all that prominent at that time, because everyone was thinking about the present rather than the future. It was nice, because everyone had keys, so everyone could join. And it was a lovely and gentle sound, very apt for a revolution that was, at least for the most part, free of violence.

I was a few months old at that time, so I don't remember a thing

I wanted to show you celebrations, as they were massive this year, but the shoes I naively trusted betrayed me and gave me blisters yesterday, so I wasn't able to participate. And it would be impossible to take photos of the important places anyways, because the weather was nice and there were crowds so dense, if you threw a pin there, it wouldn't fall all the way to the ground.

So here's a totally artificial pic of Remei jingling her keys in the safety of the tent.

[Lejays17]

Sad that you couldn’t join the celebrations properly. But this is a nice remembrance photo.

[Alliecat]

Another interesting history lesson! I like the idea of the keys!
I read a couple of news articles. Wow, what a crowd. And interesting to read that there are still protests around the current government.

[dargosmydaddy]

I love how educated I get through this forum!

[Elfy]

What a great story and so well commemorated by Remei.

[Lejays17]

I love how educated I get through this forum!

Me too!  About all sorts of things!

[werepuppy]

That is an amazing piece of history to learn about.

I'm glad that you were able to celebrate in this small way, even if you couldn't get to the bigger ones.

[neon_jellyfish]

Many thanks, everyone!

The celebrations were really nice, but also kind of tarnished by the current political situation. I can't talk about that, because it would be endless rambling about how stupid we are as a nation, and I'm giving up on us, but at the same time, I hope things will get better, the problem is that- Uh. See? Rambling.

Aaaaaanyways...


Day 322

Today is Occult Day, and Rosamunda is celebrating and having fun!



Filter magic!

[werepuppy]

Oooh, the both versions look appropriately spooky

[Alliecat]

Nice use of the lights! I prefer the original.
(Did she conjure something? )

[dargosmydaddy]

I like the filtered one best-- very cool!

[Elfy]

Occult Day was made for your crew.