Siggy Test and Estate Sale Finds

Hello! Well, it appears that my HTML code worked out good. :)
So! Mama went to an estate sale a while back, and she asked ME to post them! Yay!

This pin is really pretty.

It's a little golden rose. Mama says it's only costume jewelry, but if I wore it, I'd feel like a queen! I believe it was $5?!

d'Awwww, Mama got a basket for us! She has this weird thing for baskets. And it was free! We love to use it as a catch-all. 

This is Mama's. It's her catch all. :) It's a lovely {heavy!} glass bowl, only a dollar and fifty cents.

Sweater! 

Gray. :) It matches our weather right now.

Mama says she might use this 1 dollar shirt for clothes for us! How nice of her.

*gasp* I adore this necklace. Too bad it's too big for doll necks. ;O

Mama loves it too. :) But it's Nanay's necklace.

Pretty!!! Yet again, costume jewelry. :)

Below is my siggy. I think it worked!! Ha ha, enjoy your day!

Sunshiny♡Ivy

No Greater Pleasure

There is simply no greater pleasure than to be outdoors.

Most of us sit on the computer for hours a day, and don't even know how much beauty lies in the outside space.

In the mornings at 5:30 am, there are birds singing for joy at another sunrise. The sun is peeking over the distant horizon, and the air is cool, clean, and pure.

If we wait another hour or two, golden light pours into the quiet streets of our neighborhood. Now the birds are dancing! The bees are beginning to wake themselves, and the lizards come out to sun themselves on the fence.

There is so much magnificence in just the morning alone! Yet most of the time, everyone {including myself, unfortunately} is in bed with the windows shut to the glorious sounds, and the blinds closed to shun the light.

Do you welcome the amazing glory of the morning? I think it is invigorating. God truly amazes me.

At mid-day, the sun shines warmly on all who walk on the earth. The animals are out playing in the grass, and every single flower has opened its delicate petals to the sky.

Everyone is wide awake, ready for whatever may lie ahead.

To me, evenings are the loveliest.

 I walk out onto the lawn after dinner, and turn on the hose. With a smile, I water the lawn, just listening to the birds say goodnight. The night birds sing of the vivid red sunset, and dance to their Creator's glory.

Try going out in the evening. Listen to the songs. Watch a brilliant sunset fade into the distance.

Live in the moment.

P.S. All pictures you see are taken from Weheartit. 

P.P.S. Like my siggy?

I'm SO Sorry!

I'm so sorry for not posting! I've been such a lazy bum. But you know how summers are. Watched Captain America, went swimming, went shopping, you know the deal.
To (try to) make up, I got some pics of a special person!
This morning, we received photos from Arizona Kali. Of herself, of course. I can't wait to meet her! Here are all the pictures we got.


This one was taken in a picture studio for her school portrait. Pretty, isn't she?

This one was taken by her factory friend while they were playing dress-up. This was before Arizona was adopted by Mr. Buchanan's brother and wife. You know the story right? Mr. Buchanan's brother and wife realized that Arizona wasn't right for them, and decided to give her away to his brother.

The three pictures below were taken in a portrait studio.

This last one was captured as Arizona was hiking through the mountains.

I hope that this helps to make up for the lack of pictures and interesting posts? :)

See ya!

~Sunshiny Ivy~

PSST! This is Spicemuffin. I just wanted to note that I do not own any of these pictures, and that they all come from this page at AGPlaythings. Thanks!

Unexpected Pets

I would never have guessed I would have the two new pets I have now. And don't worry, I might still be getting my kitten, it's just not gonna be too soon. Now I'm going to tell the story of the pets I just got last night. :)

I was walking alone in the local park trail when something moving on the ground caught my eye. I leaned closer, staring at the bark on the ground.

Two lizards! Wow! They were SO cute. I nearly fell over on top of them! Afraid I would scare them, I stood frozen to the ground. They did not run away, but came closer to me! I crouched down, and held my hand to the ground. To my great surprise, they hopped right on!
I immediately took them home to show Mama.
She concluded that these lizards were escaped pets, since they were so friendly.
I smiled and stroked their tiny heads.
"Can I keep them?" I begged. "I'll take care of them with my own money, I'll be responsible, I'll---" Mama put her finger over my mouth. "I know you're responsible enough for a pet. I just don't know if you need another pet. After all, you do have Winter." I paused, and thought of my Schnauzer. "Winter never hurt anything, he will never hurt these two!" I argued. "Please?" I pleaded.
Mama smiled. She said yes!
Oh, I was so excited!
Immediately, I sat on the couch to think of lizzie names. I held up one of them.

It was a male, I could tell by his brilliant coloring. "Your name is Storm!" I decided firmly. Then I looked at the other lizard.

"You two must be brother and sister!" I thought. I decided to think of them as brother and sister even if they weren't. They did look alike. I looked at the little female. "I am going to call you Zephyr," I decided. I grinned. I was quite happy with my names.

I held up Storm and Zephyr, and shouted (a little too loudly), "Welcome to the Ling home!"
I love my new pets!

~~

Car Drive

Sorry I haven't been posting! I've been worried about Threads Boutique. But the construction director promised that it would be put up again sometime.
So!
Today, we went on a car drive. A small road trip to visit a small place.
We got up early, ate breakfast, and rushed out the door!

Here I am in the car. I love to just sit next to the window and watch the scenery. It was a beautiful day to drive! There wasn't a single solitary cloud in the sky, and I could see for miles.

After a while, I tired of the window, and sat in front of the windshield. That was a nice view! I'm glad Mama let me sit in the front seat. I had AC control, ultimate view, and a huge captain chair to call my own.

All the cars seemed to be going one way. Look at that blue sky! See what I mean? I settled down once we got near our destination. I could tell because of their signature pine trees.
The weather was nice. It wasn't too hot, or too cold.
Here I am!

Blue and green! I love this picture. I love being outside! While Mama went off, I explored. I found a nice shady spot under a clump of short trees. Towards noon, it started to get hot. The longer I stayed in my shade spot, the more I didn't want to leave!

I stepped out a little bit, and jumped right back. It was hot! I certainly didn't want to get any sunburn. I hadn't put any sunscreen on when I left. So I stayed with my little tree in my little spot and waited for Mama.

I played around a bit. I pretended I was a pioneer. Then I pretended I had Winter with me, and that we were playing together! By and by, Mama found me, and took me back to the car. "Wait here, Ivy. I'm almost done!" She told me.

I fastened my seat belt and waited. After ten minutes, Mama didn't come, so I slipped out of my belt, and slid over to the driver's seat. It was great fun!

He he he! I'm a bit too short to drive. Actually, the steering wheel is much bigger and heavier than I am. I played around with the wheel before getting bored. Then, I spied the controls. Buttons and buttons!

I love buttons and spinners and controls. The temp control was fun. It clicks every time you move it. I spun it till it squeaked and clicked at the same time! The next one was fun too.

I found out that there are hundreds of different ways to position this vent! One thing I have to have in the car is air. I can't live without a fresh supply of air! I sighed. Mama still wasn't back. When was she going to be done?!

After pushing all the other buttons I could get my vinyl hands on, I collapsed on my back on my seat. I was tired. Hungry. Bored. Sigh. Mama!!
Then, she finally came back, a smile on her flushed face. "Okee, Ivy! Let's go." She clicked her seat belt. Yay!
A nice little trips. I love being out and about, don't you?
Thanks for reading this (long) post!

I am Short

And before I begin, what's with my pageviews? They've been going down, and I haven't been getting any new followers. What's with that? -sigh- Again, if you have any friends, please let them know about "Simply Ivy"!

And on with my short little entry.

It was Thursday afternoon, after I finished sweeping, and I was having a bit of fun with the passersby. I stood next to our heirloom tomato on our front porch, and yelled, "Tomato plant for picture background! Free posing, free pictures!" That's the gist of it.
One young adult stopped by, and took a picture of me in front of the plant. :)
Here's my picture of me...

Woah, what's with that? How does a tomato plant dwarf a mini person like me? I look so short. Actually, I am short. I guess mini people are supposed to be short, or else they wouldn't be called "mini"!
Then, I tried to take dominion over our Rose of Sharon. Of course the bees were very mad and chased me away!

I decided to take dominion over the pillar instead. I ruled over the pillar queenly and wisely for about five minutes before going inside. The shortest reign, ended by a very power-hungry bumblebee! Just kidding, he wasn't power-hungry. Mr. Bumblebee just liked the flowers on my tunic. XD

And that's it for today. Oh, and guess what? I made up to Mama for being sneaky ('member when Jubi and I watched Cars 2? By ourselves?), and she's going to take all the Rose Hollow Dolls/Mini People to watch Cars 2 in the theater! SO exciting! I can't wait to see if the other girls will like it. I hope so.

NOW I'm finally done rambling about...various things. :)
Until next time...

~Sunshiny Ivy

P.S. I've GOT to get myself a signature!

At J.J.'s House

Mama brought all of us (except Peace and Naomi) to her best friend J.J.'s house! It was SO fun to catch up!
Here's a picture of me!

Of course, Mama forgot all about me, and I was stuck. XD

The majority of Mama and J.J.'s time was spent in the pool. Even though it's only 3 feet deep, I do believe they had fun.

That's my friend Sunny! She's very nice to me. We had so much fun chatting. J.J.'s mom was probably wondering about the two noisy laughing dolls in the bedroom. XD 

Group shot! Too bad Sunny didn't make it into the photo. Here are the names from left to right...

Maddy, Fidelia, Marie, Christina, Joy, Ivy (Me!), Jubilee, Elizabeth

I had too much fun. I already want to be back there! -sigh- I'll have to wait another 2 weeks!

Sometimes the life of a doll can be boring. :(

Well, I've got to run!

See you later...

~Sunshiny Ivy

A rainy day

-sigh- Rainy days are so dreary. Well, Tuesday was a rainy day where we lived.

I was so sad and disappointed. I was going to go out on a 'safari', and it rains! So frustrated. I leaned heavily against the screen with a sigh. The rain fell softly on our patio, and trickled off the overflowing gutters on our roof. Maybe the sound was relaxing to some, but it made me want to cry.

Then Jubilee came and put her arms around me. For a couple short seconds, I ignored her presence, until she whispered, "Ivy."

I turned my head. "Ivy, you like to find beauty in small things. Won't you try to find joy in those same small things too?" She squeezed my hand, and I smiled, ever so slightly. "How is there joy in rain?" I asked, quickly wiping my smile off my face. Jubi grinned. "Look at the polka dot pattern it gives! It's very beautiful. Ivy, you fashionista, I know you love polka dots." I smiled, and unconsciously stroked my polka dot shirt.

I looked at the little dots on the cement. "And, right now, the plants are singing for joy because of the rain. Can't you hear them, Ivy?" I looked at the red lilies swaying in the breeze, and the lantanas vibrating. "Why, they are singing!" I said. Jubi smiled. "Just because we can't have fun outside doesn't mean we can't have fun inside!"

For the rest of the afternoon, we played with my activity book and stuffed dog. It was fun, I agree. And don't YOU agree that Jubi is the kindest and most thoughtful friend there ever was? Friends through thick and thin! :)

~SuNsHiNy IvY