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In Like a Lion

Graham Spowart on Miami Beach, Gold Coast, Australia February 2023 Christmas has come and gone, a New Year too and on January 26th, a...

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Elizabeth Reigns

Like other momentous events that mark a moment in time, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, while not unexpected, certainly captured the...

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The Eyes Have it!

Elizabeth I, Armada dress As I mentioned in my last letter, I have been working diligently on the Armada dress for Queen Elizabeth I. ...

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A Wintery July

When we moved to the Gold Coast five years ago, one of the main reasons was the weather. We arrived at the beginning of winter and...

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Busy, Busy....

The weather outside is dreadful. Most unlike autumn on the Gold Coast, in fact more like winter in Scotland other than the fact that...

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Full Steam Ahead!

So, after thinking about it, I finally took the plunge and made the first medieval fabric doll for my site, Margaret of Denmark - the...

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Back in the saddle!

Marie Antoinette under way Well, Christmas and New Year are past and Australia Day (my celebration) and Burns Night (my Scottish...

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The Sands of 2021 are running out - Good!

22 November, 2021 I'm looking at my calendar. I see that we have 32 days to go until Christmas and then 2022 will be fast upon us. What...

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The Rule of Three

It has taken a wee bit longer to write this month's BLOG and I apologise for that ... but there's a reason. They say that unfortunate...

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Changing Seasons

We have left summer behind in Australia and are tearing into Autumn just as the opposite is happening in the Northern hemisphere. On the...

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The comings & goings, plans and events in a doll studio

February, 2021 One of the reasons I enjoy creating my dolls is because they resonate with history and there is so much to learn from...