New Game: Who are you in the doll house?

Hmmmm... perhaps my grading was rather harsh....

If you enjoyed playing "What kind of dollhouse are you anyway?"
(see below)

Well let's find out what kind of doll you are...
Answer these questions and then I will tell you how to score yourself.

1. When some one cuts you off while driving you
                     a, Flip them off.
                     b. Roll your eyes.
                     c, Wave and smile forgivingly
                     d. Ignore them.

2. What instrument would you play?
                a. I'm tone deaf

                     b. Piano
                     c. Let's do a duet.
                     d. Go look through my CDs.

3. Now you are hungry. You
                      a. Yell at your spouse to get you something,
                      b. Walk away and wait until the next meal.
                      c. Take a piece of fruit and say grace.
                      d. Finish whatever the kids left on the counter.

4.  You'd rather read
                       a. John Crais
                       b. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow                    
                       c. Ashley Gardner
                       d. Caitlin Morse

5. In the 2016 Presidential election you'd vote for (remember this is pretend)
                       a. Dick Cheney
                       b. Hilary Clinton
                       c. Jeb Bush
                       d. Elzabeth Warren
                       

  Add 1 point for every a, 2 for every b, 3 for every c and 4 for every d. 

7 points and under you are him:     

  

Dude! Get some prozac, The world is not your oyster. Chill.

New  scale: 8 points you are her... 8-12 points you are her:

 

You are practical and well, a little boring. Sorry.

New Scale: 9 points you are her...    13-15 points:   

You are unbelievably sweet and kind. We probably can not be friends.

16-20 points:

New scale: 10-20 you re her...

You are cool, you're calm. You take it as it comes. And let's face it you have great style.

Cheers, CM

Thanksgiving

So my First Thanksgiving on this blog was November 14, 2009 when I posted this

by Jennie Brownscombe both scenes rather idolized, as there were only 68 pilgrims left at that point.

So I am a Mayflower descendant through my Father's Mother's Grandmother who was a Fuller and is related to Dr. Samuel Fuller who signed the Mayflower compact. Also Priscilla Mullens and John Alden of the famous line from the poem The Courtship of Miles Standish where Priscilla says "Speak for yourself John." if you know that work. 

John and Pricilla's graves in Duxbury Plymouth

Classic reproductions of what John Alden and Priscilla Mullen Alden were thought to look like.

Elizabeth Alden Paebody

This is an early painting of  John Alden's daughter Elizabeth Alden Paebody. Her future ancestor was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who wrote the poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish" from family stories handed down. He also wrote "The Midnight ride of Paul Revere".

Then there are lots of grave stones until we come to 

Jonas Chilson Conkey husband of Mary Loretta Fuller Conkey. Her Fathers family led back to Rev. Samuel Fuller and her Paternal Grandmother was a Loring who led back to John Alden and Priscilla Mullens.

About this time one of my female relatives painted this picture of their home in what I think is Chatham, Ohio. I used it as the backdrop for this photo. This is a behind the scenes look. My Dad gave it to me and it hangs in my daughter's house now.

After that great, great grandmother who was a Fuller came her daughter Parmelia, the older woman in the first row of this family picture.

She was named Parmelia called Millie and mother to my Grandmother Muriel

Who was mother to my Father 

then me

and I had 2 little girls who had the following children

So I explained all this to this little girl (my little assistant) and she thought  and said, "Hmm you and Grampy are my Mom's parents right"? Then she said, "Wait a minute, Nana you came on the Mayflower???"

This little girl has English, French, German, Croatian, French Canadian and Belgium, Irish and Choctaw ancestors too.

         And who am I giving thanks for? These little miniatures too.

Just for the record  these children also have English, French, Croatian, Irish, Spanish, and Italian in them. Were just an American Family.

                       The John Alden house today a Museum in Duxbury Plymouth, Massachusetts.

 

And don't think for a minute, if my Tynietoy furniture wasn't back in Pennsylvania I wouldn't be trying THIS scene.

Plymouth today as an historical site.

Is it timely to say, we were Immigrants all (excepting the Choctaw)

Happy Thanksgiving and I am grateful for our blogging community too! That means you, Cheers, CM

The Miniaturist

I am reading  "The Miniaturist" by Jessie Burton. The story takes place in the 1600's in Amsterdam. Our heroine, Nella, recieves a "Baby House". Adventures, griefs, and severe church rulings against dolls, mimicing Popery beset her. I recommend it to anyone especially if you have a penchant for things small.

The RijksMusum, Amsterdam

                   Contains the Baby House of Petronella Oortman this book is developed from.

                                                   Here are three rooms from her baby House

                     You can see more by googling: Images Petronella Oortman's dollhouse.

  I love Historical Fiction. The story this house created is marvelous. And let me add how glad I am to be a woman in this century... we have so much more power, Even if they try to remove our choice in anything, once you have been freed, you never go back.

This is a painting of Sara Rothe and Family who has several baby houses in Dutch Musuems
one Museum in Holland that holds one called "Sara Rothe's Display" is at the Frans Hals Musem in Haalem, the Netherlands.

http://www.franshalsmuseum.nl/nl/

 and there are 17 pins on Pinterest for Dutch Baby Houses.  and

Cynthia Howe has kits you can see here:  http://cynthiahoweminiatures.com/shop/ to build.



What is your favorite part of miniature houses, control, interior design or voodoo? CHEERS, CM