The Rose Cottage Hittys Return!

 All has been silent with the Rose Cottage Hittys for over a year now, but hopefully no longer...

Their home is smaller, but they are making do until they can get something more suitable...

Hitty Patience and Hitty Ethel have already set up their areas - a library/writing area for Hitty Patience and sewing room for Hitty Ethel.  The 'Hicks' Hittys, Hitty Rimu, Hitty Phoebe and Hitty Moana are trying to work out just where to put things in a smaller area.

They seem to have done pretty well overall, although Hitty Phoebe seems to have disappeared while they were working.  Hitty Natalie Rose joins them and admires their work and has a sit down and chat with Hitty Rimu.  Hitty Annabelle is reading to one of the twins.  They are pretty sure Hitty Madge is going to be delighted with her art studio and hopes she will start painting again.

Work has also been going on in the Boarding House...keep an eye out for updates.

Let there be light!

Looks like Hitty Moana might have really saved the day this time.

She has some more lights, and this time they are smaller and more delicate.

Hitty Mary Jean claps her hands in joy, declaring the lights just perfect.

The girls put the lights on the tree with Hitty Patience making sure the top one is in the right place.

The tree really does look delightful now.

A job well done.

Next job the decorating!

Christmas Lights!

Hitty Mary Jean thought she would get the lights ready while they were waiting for the other girls to bring the tree back.

There seems to be something wrong with them.

Oh no!  Disaster.  Hitty Patience is shocked that somehow the lights have lost their 'plug' and no longer work.  What are we going to do?

Never fear though, Hitty Moana comes to the rescue. 

With my trusty shopping basket I can go down to the shops and be back with some lights ready in time for the arrival of the tree.

What a relief!

Reinstating the Yellow Hat Society.

The Yellow Hat Society needs reinstating so I (Hitty Patience) has decided that we need to get the ball rolling by hosting a Yellow Hat Society meeting at Rose Cottage.

I start by letting all the girls know that we will be holding a meeting tomorrow (Sunday 5th June) to plan what we need to do to get it up and running again.

There will be lots to do, so I need everyone to attend.

There are quite a few new girls here at Rose Cottage since our last meeting which was my goodness two years ago!  (Posts can be read here and here)  So much has happened since then. 

Hitty Joyful has offered the use of the tearoom if required.  She is happy to provide refreshments. 

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The first official United States meeting of the Yellow Hat Society took place at Camp Wanna Do in Richmond, VA on February 13, 2010 and was presided on by Ambassador from Denmark by way of her US birth, Hitty Nanny Hope, who went on to live elsewhere (current whereabouts unknown).  The link to the  online meeting report can be found  here.

Our First Visitor to Rose Cottage Boarding House has Arrived!

The excitement here in Rose Cottage reached a high this morning as the first, yes you heard right, the first of not one, not two, but possibly THREE visitors to Rose Cottage Boarding House arrived.  This was most unexpected.... seems the thought of  visiting us here in England and then travelling with Hitty Madge  to New Zealand is a very popular destination indeed.

So anyway....who was the first to arrive we wondered?

Hitty Mary Jean gets the scissors to help open the travelling box.

Oh wow look!  Our visitor is from the United States of America!  How very exciting!

Lots of white polystyrene peanuts to protect and soften the journey.

Hitty Rimu, Hitty Madge, Hitty Mary Jean and myself, Hitty Patience start trying to clear the way.

First we discover all these amazing little baskets - this was certainly unexpected and very exciting.

We put them aside for now so we can see who is in her special travel pouch.

We are delighted to see she knows how to travel in style.

Untying and lifting the lid and there is Hitty Helen.

We welcome her to England.  She is a little bewildered after her long journey.

To give her a chance to recover before meeting the rest of the Hittys we take her to the Rose Cottage Tea Room where Hitty Joyful has been making her some sandwiches and cakes and of course the ever needed cup of tea.

Enjoying some sustenance, Hitty Helen appreciates a bit of a quiet chat.  She is very pleased to have arrived safely after her long journey.

Busy, busy, busy!

We are all so busy here at Rose Cottage at the moment, preparing for possible arrivals.  Lots of correspondence going back and forth between prospective guests....

Becassine and Hitty Granny Estelle have been busy taking an inventory of stock in the kitchen.

They are taking note of any supplies they may need to get in.

Lots of hard work is needed to get the place into ship shape.

It's arrived!

After a rather long journey...did the postman stop and read it on the way? Our book from the Hitty Robertson family finally arrived - it took almost two months to get here!  Most unusual.  

We are pleased it arrived safely.

Now to show the girls - or perhaps it will be a surprise for Christmas.

Thank you for our lovely book Hitty Robertson & family.

Two more arrivals at Rose Cottage!

It seems our person is a soft touch when it comes to us Hitty girls....when she saw that two of our relatives were being placed for adoption here in England, she couldn't resist working out how to bring them home to Rose Cottage.  Fortunately a couple of other small people (aka dolls, but not us Hittys) were willing to move on to new places and once they had found homes, we were able to offer a place to the two Hitty girls.

Hitty Rimu and Hitty Moana welcome their 'carved' sister, Hitty Phoebe.

They have a big family reunion hug.

Meanwhile Hitty Madge, Hitty Natalie Rose and Hitty Joyful welcome the other Hitty girl who is yet to tell us her name.   We realised she only had her undergarments - which will never do - she didn't even have bloomers!  We suggested we take her upstairs to see Hitty Ethel.

Hitty Ethel was able to give her a dress to wear and said she will get right on to the bloomer/pantaloon making!

The girls go outside to pose for their arrival portraits.

Hitty Phoebe

Hitty soon to be named. (Possibly Tania, in honour of a friend coming to visit today)

Not the best portrait - we might have to get our photographer to take another!

Who's that knocking at the door?

A knocking was heard on the door...

Hitty Granny Estelle goes to answer it.

To her surprise there is a beautifully dressed Hitty waiting to be asked in.

Why this is a surprise!

Hitty Granny Estelle welcomes the newcomer in with Becassine hovering nearby.

They show her up to the bedroom so she can drop her luggage off.

The Hitty girl places her bag down on the luggage stool and looks at her bed in surprise...

What?  No bedding?  This will not do.  Perhaps they just haven't had time to make up the beds yet.   She thinks...

She wanders down to the greet some of the others.

Hitty Moana and Hitty Rimu are the first to say hello.  Hitty Rimu rushes over and gives her a big hug - she knows what it is like to have travelled in a box as she is the most newest member of the family until now.

I come over and say hello as well and introduce myself, telling her I was the first and that my name is Hitty Patience.

A little later she has her portrait taken by one of the roses in the garden.

As soon as she sees the roses in the garden of Rose Cottage and she tells us her name is

Miss Hitty Natalie Rose.

A perfect name for such a happy Hitty don't you think?

Hitty Mischievous says goodbye and is on her flight home!

 The time has come for the adventures of Miss Hitty Perdita Mischievous to come to an end (or at least her adventures in England....)  She has packed her bags  box and is about to undertake her journey home - to her original destination, before she decided to take a 'small' detour!

Hitty Joyful presents her with a special voucher.

This voucher entitles her to a free cream tea at the Rose Cottage Tearooms for her lifetime.

Hitty Leonarda presents her with her very own broomstick.

Hitty Madge gives her a pumpkin

My Pumpkin can keep her company on her way home.

Hugs are given all round.

They have all really enjoyed Hitty Mischievous company and she will be missed.

A few little souvenirs were gathered along the way....  a little bat brooch for the hat

I (Hitty Patience) pin a little hat brooch on Hitty Mischievous cape.

A few of the 'spoils'.

Hitty Madge has been working hard on a book for Hitty Perdita Mischievous to take home with her.

She tucks it under her arm....

...pleased that she will have some reading material for her journey home.