This is my last post about our weekend away in Olinda (which seems so very long ago now - sigh!) but I just had to share with you this amazing dollhouse which we saw in the village of Sassafras. It belonged to the much married (for her times) Dame Zara Bate nee Dickens but whose second husband Harold Holt was seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia. Harold Holt was the Prime Minister who tragically drowned on the Mornington Peninsular, his body was never found, allowing all sorts of outrageous conspiracy theories to form. For example, he was really a spy and he had been collected by a submarine and taken off to live a life of luxury in some other country.
Anyway, Dame Zara obviously had a privileged childhood as you can see from this magnificent dollhouse. Enjoy!
10 comments:
Hi Kaye,
This doll house is incredible. Every room is
jammed with miniature versions of everyday
things (for the era it was made in anyways)
and there's so much to see. It's amazing
that everything is still in it's place after all
these years.
Our local theatre company (Georgetown
Little Theatre) put on a production of The
Lion in Winter back in the winter time too.
Our godson was in it and played Richard.
It's a great play for someone like me who
loves history and the many colourful
and larger then life men and women who
lived, loved and ... on occasion ... fought
and slayed their way through the centuries.
Remember Arsenic and Old Lace the movie
which stared Gary Grant. Sigh!! Hilarious
movie ... handsome man. Perfect.
I love your Santa Sack Kaye. It turned out
great. The fabric that you used is really
beautiful and I love that verse that you
stitched. Jeanette is going to be thrilled
with it.
Your orange fur boy is such a handsome
fellow. He looks like he's a good size too.
He's so much like my Rupert.
I am marking that recipe for orange short
bread for future use. My mouth is watering
just looking at the picture. Yum!!
Ouch!! Your poor arm. That's a nasty
burn. Hope it's healing now and doesn't
leave a scare. Your DS2 owes you a
bouquet of flowers I think. Although he
was a sweetie for making you the tea in
the first place.
Cheers!
Wow Kaye what an amazing doll house ...I've not seen one like that before!
I've just realised this is Kaye....that I used to work with? Is it? I didn't realise you were a blogger? You write on my blogs as Kaye, without the link to your wonderful blog! There is certainly lots to read about and look at on your blog Kaye! YAY!
I could just imagine how much my girls would love this. Maybe next school holidays.
wow Kaye thats unbelievable.xx
Wowwwww it is truly so lovely xxx
Ho my ! this is what I dreamt of when I was young !!
wonderful doll house !
any tiny cross stitch in a tiny frame on the small walls ?? =D
big hugs
xxx
Wow. That is amazing.
Fabulous dollhouse. Such detail and wonderful miniatures. I think I enjoy them more now than when I was a young girl because I can appreciate the work that goes into them.
That would be wonderful to own don't you think?
Gill in Canada
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