American Girl dolls in the Smoky Mountains

13 Wednesday Nov 2013

Posted by Julia Monroe in American Girl Dolls, dolls, nature, Uncategorized

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I took these photos in 2006 with my old Olympus digital camera.
American Girl dolls, Kit and Violet, enjoy autumn in the Smoky Mountains.

The dolls enjoy Smoky Mountain autumn splendor.

The dolls ride their bikes down the long hill

American Girl dolls in the Smoky Mountains

And then they have to push the bikes back up hill again.

Sharing an apple in the old apple tree

I forgot to take a pair of shoes for one of the dolls. So I cut up a cereal box, using the blue pieces with no text, a little duct tape and a handful of hair bands to make a pair of shoes for the doll.

Doll shoes I made using pieces from a cereal box front, duct tape and a handful of stretchy hair bands.

Homemade American Girl doll shoes

American Girl dolls raking leaves in the Smoky Mountains.

Work is always more fun with friends.

American Girl dolls in the Smoky Mountains, 2006

Autumn Soup

26 Saturday Nov 2011

Posted by Julia Monroe in food, Thanksgiving

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With the weather turning cold, soup is especially welcome. My son Isaiah made a delicious soup to start off our Thanksgiving feast. Today I enjoyed his leftover Pumpkin Squash Soup.
To garnish, I cut bits of mini red, yellow and orange peppers to look like leaves.

Red, Orange and Yellow Bell Pepper Leaves

To make the tree, three small scoops of Creme Fraiche were picked up with the tip of the knife and placed on the surface of the soup. Then I drew a toothpick through the cream to form the tree roots and branches. The grass is a scattering of chives. The pepper leaves didn’t float as well as I hoped but they still looked lovely lying on the soup with a dusting of paprika.