WoW observations of life in a house full of players

When I was a little girl Dresser Dolls were the big thing and I had at least 6 or 7 by the time I was 7 years old.  The Auto parts/garage that my dad worked for gave us one every year at the company Christmas Party and my God mother in Connecticut would send them to me.  They were kept on the top of a tall highboy in the corner of my room and I knew they were just for pretty and not for play but my heart yearned to play princesses with them.  They all had long silky dresses and beautifully coffed hair.  Unlike later fashion Dolls the clothes did not come off the dresser Doll.  She also did not wear high heels.  One of my favorites was the Cinderella, that was my name for her, she had a silky baby blue skirt and a white satin like blouse.  She had blonde hair that fell in waves to her shoulders.   Another of my dolls wore at same outfit but in a beautiful emerald green  and she had flaming red hair.  I also had a Mexican doll , ...

Well, Hi again,  I'm writing for Namowrimo and decided to use my blog to sort of try out ideas for my memory writers group. I decided to use these pictures of Fall colors in Redmond and surrounding areas as a back drop for my memories of fall colors. My first and best memory is of Fall in Farmington, CT.  My family moved from Austin, TX in the summer of 1957.  We moved into a garage apartment behind the large family home of the John Henry Frey, my mother's childhood home.  The house in front was still rented til next summer to a family with 3 teens and their mom.  The house is on a short dead end that has lots of big trees, maple and oaks. This was the first time in my short life that I actually saw fall colors.  The seasons change in Texas but as far as I remember the trees just turned brown and fell off.  In early September, the leaves of some trees were starting to change.  In the fields behind our house th...