Tammy – Dolls, Dolls, Dolls

January 27, 2017January 26, 2017Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday – Ideal Pepper

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday – Ideal Tammy’s Dad

August 28, 2016December 26, 2016Taswegian1957

Vintage Visitors – A Tale of Two Tammy’s

July 18, 2016July 18, 2016Taswegian1957

The History of Barbie in Australia – The Early Years

Is she Wendy from WR toys or Randy from Fab Lu- or someone else?

July 16, 2016May 27, 2017Taswegian1957

Vintage Visitors – Send in the Clones Part Three

July 15, 2016July 14, 2016Taswegian1957

Fashion Doll Friday – Ski Girls

July 10, 2016July 10, 2016Taswegian1957

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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Bad Photo Monday: The Moving Finger and Other Railway Disasters

It always happens when I go to the model train show. I get into position, frame my photo and wait for the right moment. Just as I press the shutter someone decides to point something out to their child. I avoided half a dozen of these today but not this one. I went to visit […]

Snapshot Sunday:Spirit of Tasmania

Today we were on the road to Devonport. I got this nice photo of the ferry that travels between Devonport and Melbourne on the mainland. Here it is berthed at Devonport awaiting departure time.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Small Subjects

Small is Relative On Saturday I visited the Hobart Model Train Show and of course all the exhibits there are small but some are really small. The smallest layouts at the show were the ones entered in the “A4 Challenge”. Tiny people and tiny accessories. I love photographing the miniature scenery nearly as much if […]