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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Lottie's Home

Last fall when I went to Mississippi to visit my family my sock monkey, Lottie, came along for the trip. My friends adore her and she's gone home with friends to visit with them for a while.

The most recent visit was with my friend, Ashley, in North Carolina and I am happy to report that Lottie had all sorts of adventures including horseback riding and a parabolic flight.

Years ago it was common for fashionable young ladies to spend a year abroad with a beloved auntie and that's pretty much what Lottie's been up to. Finally it was time for Lottie to come home to me and Ashley asked how to get her here. I replied that she should tuck Lottie in a box and send her that way and while it was a perfectly logical answer, Ashley felt bad about putting Lottie in a box and trusting her to the US and German postal services. I'm more than half convinced that if she wasn't up to her neck in work Ashley would have bought a ticket to Germany and delivered her to my doorstep in person.

As it was, Ashley was truly the doting auntie and when Lottie arrived yesterday I found that Lottie had been supplied by Ash with her own custom made clothes.

Lottie arrived dressed in a smart-looking travel outfit:

Note the sweet little sock monkeys on her blouse and how the monkey in the center is lined up exactly on both sides of the blouse:

And her little twill trousers even have their own snap closure and teeny tiny zipper:

For more country-style outings Lottie has a pair of figure-flattering overalls and cotton blouse:

Note the decorative stitching on the straps - the same stitching can be found as well on the cuffs.

Lottie shows her American patriotism and sense of whimsical style with this fun summer dress:

And she's the picture of elegance in this ivory gown:

It's been over a year since Lottie's been home and I've missed her terribly. And now we may have to make a trip together to the Christmas market.

Labels: Lottie

Friday, January 25, 2008

Friday Shuffle - Lottie Gets Around Edition

As you may remember when I told y'all about my trip to America last October I left my sock monkey, Lottie, with my friend, Ash. Lottie has been off visiting without be before - a couple years ago she spent the summer with my friend, Lisa where she did things like go shopping:

and go on picnics:

It only took one evening of hanging out with Lottie:

for Ash to know she wanted to take Lottie back with her to Carolina for a visit. Ash lives on a horse ranch and travels a lot so Lottie was anxious to expand her horizons and go home with Ash. Little did Lottie know how far her horizons would be expanded.

Helmsley, Ash's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and Lottie became fast friends immediately. Lottie has such a knack for making friends very quickly and those who meet her say they feel as if they've know her all their lives.

Lottie's a city girl when she's here in Germany but there in Carolina with Ash she's learning the ways of country living. Lottie was anxious to learn to ride a horse and learning to sit a western saddle was easy for her.

When it was time to ride for real, Lottie was, of course, a natural.

Lottie's got her own horse now.

But the biggest adventure of Lottie's visit with Ash, would take them down to Florida. As his gift to her for Christmas, Ash's husband gave to her an opportunity to ride G-Force One ® - the airplane that recreates weightless flight. Here's Ash on her flight (she's on the far left):

And you have to know that Lottie wasn't going to miss out on this experience:

Note that Lottie's got a little flight suit, just like the rest of 'em! Lottie reported that it was an experience like no other and she'll remember forever the feeling of being weightless and then coming back down to the gravity of Earth. She was free for just a minute but it was a minute like no other.

I can't imagine what other adventures Lottie's going to have but I have a feeling it'll be hard topping weightless flight.

Let's shuffle: