Belated Independence Day Greetings!

With Independence Day falling on a Wednesday this year, it seems that a lot of our neighbors have been celebrating all week!  We took this photo of Susie and Hitty Grace on the 4th, but have been too busy to post until now!



We hope everyone had a wonderful Independence Day!

A Doll A Week 45/52: Hitty Patty

This is Hitty Patty - her carving was finished on February 17, 2006, thus her name.  She is the first Hitty I've carved, and I learned a lot from her.  Unfortunately, I haven't really had a chance to really apply what I learned about carving since then!  She loves to cook and bake, and when she isn't in the kitchen, she's probably reading cookbooks and watching the Food Network!  The other Hittys get really excited when she's in the kitchen!

A Doll A Week 42/52: Hitty Rosemary Wilson

Hitty Rosemary Wilson has lived her since April of 2005.  She is Hitty Beatrix Wilson's older sister.  She loves to garden and loves perennial flowers and herbs.  During the winter, when she can't garden outdoors, she enjoys her houseplants, baking and quilting.  She always has a word of encouragement for her friends and is able to find the silver lining of any gray cloud.  She makes lemonade with life gives her lemons!

A Doll A Week 41/52: Hitty Beatrix Wilson

I am a few days late in posting my "A Doll A Week" photo and blog due to a family emergency.  Hitty Beatrix Wilson has been riding in my tote bag to and from the hospital since last Friday.  We didn't get home until almost 2 AM on Saturday morning, spent almost all day Saturday at the hospital, had to get up at 4 AM on Sunday to get there before the surgery.  My loved one is still in the hospital, but has a good prognosis, so I will have to go back to work tomorrow.  Hitty Beatrix has been a good source of comfort to me, and is asking if she might be of some help in dealing with the stress of work.  I will consider her offer very seriously!  My only fear is that she damage her own health in trying to be a help to me.

Hitty Beatrix has been with me since she was born from Gail Wilson "extra parts" back in March of 2007.  She is the younger sister of "kit" Hitty Rosemary Wilson, who I still need to introduce to you.  Hitty Beatrix is the calmer, more serene sister.  She loves animals and has two pet bunnies, Benjamin and Peter, who live in a rabbit hutch and little yard.  Hitty Beatrix loves to draw and paint, especially with watercolors.

- Jen

A Doll A Week 37/52: Hitty (friend) Carol

This is Hitty Friend Carol.  She can to us via eBay from a carver that uses the Stonedragon name there at the end of November, 2008.  She loves the holidays, and is glad to see the warm days and cool nights of Fall arriving here.

A Doll A Week 35/52: Hitty Ginny

This is Hitty Virginia Brown, but we call her Hitty Ginny for short.  She is a Williamsburg Hitty that I adopted from her carve mother, Judy Brown, on March 7, 2009 at a Gaithersburg Doll Show.  She is a resourceful, hard working Hitty.  She loves history, especially the Colonial Period.  This week, she got a notion to work on a special project.  She's been working hard with pen and paper and has wished for fingers to help with some addition and subtraction.  She says she needs to figure out a way to preserve a special part of American History and that if all goes well, she'll tell me more in a few weeks.  I can't imagine what she's up to now!

Jen

A Doll A Week 30/52: Lydia Belle Raikes

This is Lydia Belle.  She's a Hitty friend by Raikes that came here via eBay on March 16, 2005 in a fancy purple dress in a wooden box.  They called her a Southern Belle.  In today's picture, she is wearing a new dress and apron I made earlier this month.

Lydia is a very serene, peaceful girl.  She loves to read romances, and her favorite is Gone with the Wind.  She also likes to take garden strolls, and sip mint tea from a shady bench.