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Balcony view of a Beautiful Fall Day somewhere near Philadelphia, trees shades of rust and brown, blue sky with paintbrush clouds.

Doll enjoying the balcony on a Beautiful Fall Day.

🎵🎶"I guess I have to face the fact as real
I think I feel my back up against the wall
I'm gonna spend another Fall In Philadelphia"🎶🎵
-Daryl Hall & John Oates

Agree, I went to many Dodger games during the Helen Dell years, still can hear that organ play!

3/ I currently live near the Lubin Betzwood Films location, where they made "eastern westerns." Most buildings were destroyed but at least one remains and has been repurposed. The rest of the site now has apartments.

2/ Stetson Hats, Atwater Kent, Lubin Manufacturing are a few of my favorites. Lubin's abandoned buildings at 20th and Indiana are now mostly gone, but Google maps still has older views before they were demolished.

1/ Now I'm the one late in replying, sorry! I was a baby when he worked at Budd, so have no real memories of his experience there. But in more recent years, my train passed right next to it and I was always curious, as I am about many old Philly locations. Most are now gone or, if lucky, repurposed.

My father worked there for a time before he ended up at the Fairless Works. Enjoy your posts!

And this is why I switched to Linux Mint last week. Not a programmer, not a techie, but I managed to get it installed and it's just perfect! No bloatware or annoying reminders anymore. And agree on that clock thingy, what the heck?
#Linux

Same here, in fact I may have actually seen him folding paper, origami maybe? 😁

Great writing and great acting, I just loved those kids!! And I'll watch Zahn McClarnon in anything.

Such a feel-good song!!! Reservation Dogs named an entire episode after it. 🐶

Love this song, his dad sings a great high tenor harmony!!! And glad the little one is okay, another life lesson learned.

Sea glass earrings redone with antique brass and rhinestone cup chain.

Hobbies are healthy for mind and body. I had some old sea glass earrings with tarnished silverish findings and redid them using antique brass findings and rhinestone cup chain. First time I did this and now I know I can fix or change up other old pieces.
#jewelry
#crafts
#hobbies

Protesting dolls with a quote from Andor "Rebellions are built on Hope."

Better late than ...
#dolls
#dollstakeastand
#andor

YouTube video by KtownSoulboy Melody Dog - Don't Worry Baby

Sad news about Brian Wilson. He was a pop genius, no doubt. Even though his music was sophisticated and right it could be played by amateurs too. The accessibility of it made it even better. So proud to have played on this version of Don't Worry Baby by Melody Dog. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N50e...

Porcelain figurines, including deer and a small child, displayed on blue polkadot cloth.

Here are some friends for your deer 😁

Dolls, pencils ... just a few of the gazillion things that are imported because they just aren't made in the US, for the most part. I've been writing about doll parts, for example.

Two dolls talking amid a background of spurs.

The dolls are talking about some recent news, ummmm ...

"... they don’t need to have 30 dolls, they can have three ..."
#Blythe
#dolls
#tariffs

Carney is articulate, capable, and cool as a cucumber, so glad he won! Also (sorry for the non sequitur) I really enjoyed your "merry month of May" Truegrass, and especially loved "The Maple's Lament."

Doll sitting in a tree with pink blossoms.

Doll posing in front of a tree with pink blossoms.

"We'll always have April," Ruby thinks wistfully, as she enjoys a beautiful Spring day in the tree with the pretty pink blossoms.
#dolls
#trees

Two dolls, one wearing a white dress and the other wearing a pink dress.

Two dolls, one wearing a white dress and the other wearing a pink dress. 🌸
#dolls

Blythe dolls posing with some doll parts sourced from China.

Blythe dolls posing with some doll parts sourced from China. It's unlikely that they would ever be manufactured in the US. /4
#Blythe
#tariffs

Blythe dolls looking at a box of doll parts sourced from China.

Since doll collecting by adults is rather niche, there probably isn't enough demand in the US for manufacturing to gear up. A US-based manufacturer would need to consider tariffs, in addition to labor costs, if wanting to sell outside of the US. /3
#Blythe
#tariffs

Some Blythe doll history.

Whether any of that manufacturing comes back to the US is a question. Even the original 1972 Kenner Blythe doll was mfd in Hong Kong for Kenner Products, a toy company located in Cincinnati, Ohio, US. /2
#Blythe
#tariffs

Blythe dolls pondering tariffs.

"Tariffs, you say?" The dolls are talking about the effects of tariffs on the doll parts supply chain. Most, if not all, of their parts, including eye mechanisms, scalps, wigs, screws, etc., come from China. /1
#Blythe
#tariffs

Beautiful picture, lovely Kenner Blythe!!! Green 💚 with envy!

Blythe doll posing with a bottle of Guerlain Insolence Eau de Toilette.

Will tariffs make me "miss my fancy French cologne" (Joni Mitchell)?
#Blythe
#fragrance
#tariffs

When I lived in LA in the 1970s, someone set up a bartering system, mostly for small businesses. It's still considered taxable income, so it gets complicated, unless it's done person to person (small scale).

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows ~ Leonard Cohen

#bethechange ☮

Hope you are enjoying your visit to my hometown on this rather gray and blustery day!

🎵 She was a day tripper 🎵

Love your doll and the adorable dresses you make!!! 💖