Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Doll House

Irene was quite angry with me when she finally discovered her playhouse, the play dough cooking domain that she claims as hers when she visits in summer, was now in winter a shed full of garden furniture and stuff. She grabbed the wheel barrow as if to remove it, saying we had to get this stuff out of here right now! I talked her down, with some difficulty, and moved on to show her Grandpa's green house. Irene has not been here in winter before. But we had a new indoor attraction. That helped. Tom's mother Bernice was a skilled fiber artist. She and Bud retired to Whidbey Island and she became very active in a weaving guild. One Christmas we gave her a doll house kit. She and Bud put it together and she began furnishing it. We all gave her gifts of little furniture, but Bernice put her skills to use and wove or sewed carpets, coverlets and upholstery fabric. She even crocheted a Christmas tree and wreaths for the windows. She had a friend make some stained glass windows, too. Every time we visited we would first check out what was new in the doll house. When she passed away, Jill inherited her grandmothers creation. After Jill left home, we wrapped it up and stored it in a closet. This Christmas we brought it out for the next generation to enjoy. And that's how we started their first day of Christmas with us.

9 comments:

  1. What a treasure to pass down the generations.
    It looks like you have had a wonderful and busy Holiday.

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  2. Oh, those pictures of the children through the playhouse windows are too precious for words. What a treasure. Breathe taking.

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  3. When my daughter was little and during some supervised visits, my Mother and my daughter built and furnished a doll house and my stubborn Mother kept it at her house and it was lost in her fires.. darn it. That house is a work of art and love...

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  4. Wow, what a fun thing to play with. It's beautiful!

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  5. That's an extraordinary dollhouse!That is a priceless heirloom.

    I like the fact that even the boy in the photo is enchanted with it.

    Great pics of the kids thru the windows of the dollhouse.

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  6. how sweet-love the photos of the children through the windows. That's something I never had-a dollhouse. But I did have a little attic room that was a playhouse for me with table chairs etc. Fun photos through the windows.

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  7. What a lovely, lovely dollhouse! And how wonderful it will be enjoyed by the next generation! So many memories that it holds now will be added to I'm sure! Love the photos of the children through the windows.

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  8. Wow! I mean WOW! That is an incredible doll house! It is such a treasure for every generation who will inherit it.

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