Hitty Madge in Texas

Hitty Madge travelled to Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas with Henry the other week to attend the Sasha Festival.  She was delighted to meet two other Hitty girls!

They spend some time chatting on the first evening and pose together for a photograph.

It was so nice to meet some other Hitty lovers and all three Hittys were their person's first carved Hitty.

Hitty Madge explores the local area with Henry (most photos on his blog)

Hitty Madge also enjoys the Botanic Gardens with Henry and Wren, her two travelling friends.

For anyone who is interested in seeing more photos - they can be found here.

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!

Happy 4th July 2015

Wishing all our friends a lovely day

from the Rose Cottage Hittys

Hitty Madge takes Hitty Natalie Rose to the Garden of the Rose.

It was the perfect afternoon for an outing, so Hitty Madge decided to take Hitty Natalie Rose the Garden of the Rose in St Albans.  She was pretty sure that the afternoon would be very enjoyable and that Hitty Natalie Rose would love it there.

She was not wrong either!  Hitty Natalie Rose adored the rose gardens and insisted they had their photo taken together at ever opportunity.

They sat a while and contemplated the sights and smells that surrounded them.

Hitty Natalie Rose, was astounded by all the different varieties.

She told Hitty Madge how happy she was to be able to see such wonderful flowers and visit such a place.

Hitty Madge told Hitty Natalie Rose that was why she loved roses so much and also why she felt really lucky to live so close to such a wonderful place.

So many roses, such gorgeous scent.

It made them feel quite giddy with delight.

They sit together for a while

Have their individual portraits taken.

Two very happy Hitty Girls.

A final pose at the entrance & exit before they left.  

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?

Noel gets a new outfit.

Noel also has an outfit now...again courtesy of a Lottie doll!  

He fancies himself as a bit of an astronomer and so this outfit and its accessories were really rather perfect for him.

Noel asks Miles if he would like to do some star gazing tonight. 

A Day Out

A lovely day out was had yesterday at a Sasha gathering and Hitty Madge went along for the ride and spent some time investigating the garden.

She finds a friendly little bear up a tree and stops for a while to chat to him.

The garden was an absolutely delight and array of colours.

The colours of the flowers complimented those of her dress.