Happy Fourth of July- and celebrating our 250th celebration of America's historic milestone- 1776 to 2026! I remember as a child in 1976 being taken to Williamsburg, Virginia at the age of 11 years old to visit the 'Freedom Train" that traveled the United States with all sorts of memoriabilia - the dress Judy Garland wore in Wizard of Oz, and one of the pairs of the Ruby Red Slippers, Will Chamberlain's sneakers, and other items too, that had to do with sports and movies, but also historic items as well. It overwhelmed as a kid. My husband and I went all out to decorate this year on the house, with red, white and blue bunting and little flags next to the greyhound statues The house really looked nice this year.
This blog shows the progress of my 1:6 scale dollhouse, Maison de la Royale and the various projects I work on with my dolls and dollhouse collection.
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Happy Fourth of July!
Friday, July 4, 2025
Happy Fourth of July!
Happy Fourth of July! One of my favorite holidays- mostly because I love the patriotic color combinations of red, white and blue! Also the summer foods associated with the holiday are so much fun to create and cook- hamburgers, hot dogs, fried green tomatoes, potato salad, macaroni salad, deviled eggs, cole slaw, pickles, relishes, fruit salads, watermelon, lemonade, sweet tea, and cake, ice cream, and so on.
Here are some photos from the archives. Have a safe and Happy Fourth of July!
from the archives.
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Happy Fourth of July!
Happy Fourth of July! (belated post!)
I was busy on the holiday and managed to take some new photos of the Gene and Tonner girls that day in their holiday attire out front near our flag. This year we managed to plant our potage garden around the flag pole. This contains our bell and cayenne peppers, our Mr. Lincoln and White Floribunda roses, and our two different varieties of Marigolds, as well as our bachelor buttons/ cornflowers. A potage garden is a garden that contains both vegetables and flowers, in a decorative and useful / pleasing manner. My husband and I have been consulting French and English gardening books and the Flag pole garden was a small way to work on one of these small beds.But back to Fourth of July! More dolls enjoying the holidays!






























































