davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2024

[Alliecat]

*gasp* the DSLR has made an appearance?
What exactly was the ex-periment...?  If you frame them the same and you are close to your subject and don't have a distant background, they are going to look pretty much alike anyway, ...aren't they...?  Sorry, I'm up too late and tired again 

Hope she's not going hiking in any long grass in that... she gonna get ticks....   

So "Swallowtail" (or SWtail) in your Flickr descriptions referred to the MOTUS tracking site, and not necessarily to Sofia being named Sofia Swallowtail.

Heh, no, it's the name of the point and lighthouse.  I've always used various abbreviations to label my photo locations.  I don't have a last name for her.

[davidd]

Hope she's not going hiking in any long grass in that... she gonna get ticks....  

That's why I have some socks on order. 

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8 January - A Doll A Day 2024:

Berrrwyyyynnnn...!

NECA "Svengoolie" miniature action figure.

Figure stands about 7 inches tall.

Svengoolie is a TV horror movie host. Syndicated nationally since 2011, Svengoolie has been doing his Saturday night hosting gig for nearly 50 years, originally as Son of Svengoolie after taking over from the original Svengoolie character.

WHY DID IT TAKE ME UNTIL LAST YEAR TO DISCOVER SVENGOOOOOLIEEEEEE!!!!
I feel like most of my life has been wasted never having seen this show!

I had heard of Svengoolie, but my understanding was that he was a "local" TV host only available in Illinois. How could I have missed out on the MeTV broadcasts that have been going on since 2011, nearly fifteen years?

THE ANGUIIISSSSHHHH!!!!!!

[davidd]

Child would like to know what the chicken is called

The chicken is a character on the show who tells really lame jokes. His name is Kerwyn.

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9 January - A Doll A Day 2024

NECA Toys Toony Terrors Vampira Figurine

7-inch size figurine representing an early 1950s TV monster movie hostess. Vampira was loosely based on Morticia Addams from the Addams Family cartoons that appeared in magazines, a decade before the Addams Family became a TV series. Later horror film hostess Elvira is patterned after Vampira. Vampira pretty much set the stage for all TV horror movie hosts and hostesses who followed.

[Alliecat]

Wow, a cross-forum quote! 
How do we get this F!#$^%@$* forum fixed to let people in?!  grrrrrrrrrrr

I've never heard of either of these 2 characters.  Or "Me TV" either.  Clearly I don't watch horror film hosts.

Going back to an earlier discussion...

in the past year or so, grocery prices are not "up two percent" or "up five percent" as the media report, they have increased 50% to 100%.

This came to mind again while I was working on year-end ex$pense statistics this evening.  In 2023 I spent 29% more on groceries!!  WTAF!!!! 
TWENTY-NINE effing percent!!!  In previous years despite all the commentary about rising prices, I managed something like 5%ish increases.  Maybe because the increases have, er, increased, beyond mostly meat that I don't buy, and really hit produce, dairy, and everything else.
I stock up on sale, I have a points/$-off card, I don't splurge a lot.  I grew half a freezer full of produce.  And I didn't have to buy 4 months of food in a panic stockup with governments threatening to segregate grocery stores.  Can't quite fathom it. 
At least I know my regular grocery-shopping refrain of "HOW MUCH??" wasn't just my imagination.

[davidd]

Wow, a cross-forum quote! 

Oh... that was a duhhh on my part. I copied my post from the other forum to post here, and forgot to cut out the reply.  

[davidd]

10 January - A Doll A Day 2024:

A tiny green shoot is beginning to emerge from the mangrove seed pod 

that Yasmin found on the beach back on the 7th of November.

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Bratz Selfie-Snaps Yasmin

[davidd]

11 January - A Doll A Day 2024:

"Skipper Mike," a new character, visits the surf shop

Head: Easy & Simple PMC Urban Sniper (26047)
Body: TBLeague M33
Costume: various via eBay and Monkey Depot

[Alliecat]

Another new character! Is he a recent addition?
Yay, you have a sprout! How long does it take them to get to an appreciable size?

[davidd]

Another new character!  Is he a recent addition?
Yay, you have a sprout!  How long does it take them to get to an appreciable size?

The head and body are recent, as within the past two months. The outfit was put together from things I have on hand.

I shall try to get a photo of the mangrove that was just beginning to sprout in November. The shoot is about six inches tall now and has several leaves.

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12 January - A Doll A Day 2024:

Surf Trip Snapshot 1970

Head: YMToys YMT029C
Body: TBLeague S35A
Clothing: TBLeague S44, Bratz Boyz

[Alliecat]

She's cute. That looks like a pretty big board. Would that be a really old-school traditional board...?

[davidd]

That looks like a pretty big board.  Would that be a really old-school traditional board...?

Yeah, old-school longboard was the idea... because it's easier to suggest using cardboard than a more modern short board.

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13 January - A Doll A Day 2024:

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Catching Up on the Latest News and Gossip at the Surf, Dive & Tackle Shop

[Alliecat]

I like how all the bits and pieces suggest they're quite at home and the place is well-used.

[davidd]

I like how all the bits and pieces suggest they're quite at home and the place is well-used.

The space is developing "a look" all on its own, sort of. I've been setting things there that I intend to "put away later," but they end up adding to the mise-en-scène.

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14 January - A Doll A Day 2024:

Polyphœma Parker

Polyphœma Parker (aka Budget Beach Babe Poppy Parker) looks somewhat lonely sitting abandoned and forgotten in a half-finished diorama... which is where she's been languishing for nearly two months now. I should take her out for some adventures.

14 January - A Doll A Day 2024

[Alliecat]

Yes you should. Before you know it you'll be back in colder weather and no more chances to ex-plore the jungle and shoreline!

[davidd]

Before you know it you'll be back in colder weather and no more chances to ex-plore the jungle and shoreline!

It's plenty cold here. Or at least, plenty not-entirely-warm. And it's been a grey, rainy winter thus far. Not very conducive to eggsploring and adventuring.

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15 January - A Doll A Day 2024:

Just Standing There

Just standing is a bit of an accomplishment. The "girl figure" pictured here has "attached feet," or as hobbyists call them, "floppy feet," and they are notoriously difficult to get to stand. This one has been standing like this, oblivious to the difficulty, for over a week now. Perhaps the conversation is particularly engaging.

The tips of the finger on the right hand are slightly in contact with the back of the yellow chair, which probably provides increased stability.

Female fig:
Head: Firegirl FG071C
Body: TBLeague S34A
Costume: Mattel Wild Hearts Crew

Male fig:
Head: Off-brand "Gerard Butler" head
Body: TBLeague M33
Costume: mostly Ujindou Blair Mayne figure (UD9003)