porcelain dolls – Dolls, Dolls, Dolls

May 18, 2017May 18, 2017Taswegian1957

Doll Detective Mailbag: Canadian Dolls

September 3, 2016September 2, 2016Taswegian1957

Three New Dolls Join The Family

August 28, 2016August 28, 2016Taswegian1957

The Hobart Doll Show 2016

August 6, 2016August 6, 2016Taswegian1957

Twinkle, Twinkle

August 30, 2014August 30, 2014Taswegian1957

I came to Australia with my mother and sister Vanda in 1966 from the UK aboard the Sitmar liner Castel Felice. We settled in South Australia I lived in the western suburbs of Adelaide for most of my life. I became very interested in retro items in my twenties. It was always a dream of mine to have an old house and fill it with retro items. I have done it twice now. My main interest is collecting old things. They do not have to be valuable, only interesting. There is something reassuring about old retro items. I have all sorts of things including doll related items. My other interests are my beautiful pets, art and going for drives to who knows where. I also enjoy board games or doing a scenic jig saw puzzle on a wintry afternoon by the fire. My goal is to travel a bit more as there are some places I would love to see

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Taswegian1957

Born in England in 1957 my family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. David passed away in 2015 and I'm here on my own now but I have Cindy the dog and Polly the cat to keep me company. I currently write two Wordpress blogs. My doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", which I co-edit with my sister Naomi; and "My Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania.

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My Bargain Centre Finds

As dark clouds loomed over Oatlands I decided I was better off spending the day indoors. I had errands to do so I could not avoid going out even for a little while. I needed power for the week end and one or two grocery items I had forgotten to buy. There were a few […]

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Couples, Twins, Two of Anything

Twofers These three photos were all of objects from my china and bric a brac cabinet and were edited with Adobe Photo Elements 9. Here are a couple of pairs of Barbies, these are older photos edited with the Microsoft software on my desktop computer.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Teddy Bears, Dolls, Toys

Dolls, Teddies and Toys You can imagine how delighted Naomi and I were to have a challenge involving dolls, bears and toys as we collect them but not all my photos today are of my own things. Every year I try to get to the Hobart Model Train Show and every year I take photos […]