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Making Plans. . .

7/26/2022

As Arnie was thinking of the things she could do to the Wysp if it was tricking her again, others in the Realms were also making plans...

"Awena, now that my son is heading back to the mansion, what is it that you are not telling me?" asked the Dowager. "After I read the story of the Nyte Shades, you changed slightly. Others would not have noticed, but I have known you long enough to tell when there is something wrong. What is it old friend?"

At first Awena could not look directly at Griselda but after a moment she lifted her head up and spoke.

"There is a prophecy about the Nyte Shades and I believe you are part of it. It was written long ago and is not very clear, but from what the Sleeping Sisters have determined about it's contents there are a Dragon, a Nyte Shade, and a Fae who will hold the key to the little Wish Dragon's fate."

After a short pause, Awena continued in a low voice, "I believe that Fae could may be you as you were the one who was able to open the enchanted book when no others could."

"I feel that you are wrong, but tell me more about this prophecy," answered the Dowager. "There are so many other Fae involved in this mess with the Dragon tablet that you must be wrong." So, as Awena and Griselda discuss the prophecy, others were also busy...

"Sir, what are we doing here in this dark part of troll town?" asked Fiddlefaddle quietly as he leaned into the Baron so no one might overhear him.

"Come on Fiddlefaddle!" chided the Baron. "We have to go in to talk to Hewy. I heard he was still playing rock and roll with a band here at the Goat Troll Tavern." He might be able to tell us more about the Borrower. Also we need to hurry so we can get back to the Mansion before mom realizes that I did not go directly back after leaving her with Awena."

"Sir, are you sure this is the best option? I have checked with some of our old friends and only one of them said that the Troll King was looking for the Borrower," asked Fiddlefaddle, the Baron's faithful BAT man.

"I still think that checking with Drat (the Troll King's top minion) might be more beneficial," he continued.

"Come on you scaredy-cat! If we talk to any the Troll King's minions or the Gooblin King's, then they will know what we are doing. Now, just follow my lead," said the Baron as he walked into the Troll bar right past the sign that read "Aged Goat's Milk Today's Special - 100 Proof" as they looked for Hewy...

"Has anyone seen Hungry lately?" asked Dewin to the others who had volunteered to be one of the Wish Dragon's teachers. "He did not shown up for his Belching Lessons this morning and you all know that he needs to learn the delicateness of control."

"Do you blame him? You should be teaching him something useful, like how to fly. So what if Hungry makes huge fires because he can't control his belching? I don't know why anyone would want to control belching." The CAT thought as he rubbed his tummy thinking of a tasty meal or two.

So where was Hungry? At the moment, he was hiding behind a tree and waiting for Nemmer and Scarlet to walk past his hiding spot. He had seen the two of them walking down the trail and he was not in the mood to have to answer any more questions. Questions, questions, questions were all that he had heard in the past several days. Every one of his teachers always asking him questions and expecting him to have the right answers (at least according to them). It was a bright sunny day and he wanted play for a while. The problem was, who to play with that would not tell him that he needed to go back to school... "I bet Meen could teach me Leap Frogg'n instead. Now that is my type of lesson!" Hungry finally decided.

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Arnie On The Trail...

7/19/2022

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As Arnie walked down the trail in the direction of the Goodies' cottage from the instructions she got from Squirrely, she was running the names of the three sisters through her head. It wasn't like she had ever met them before and the tales she had heard of them that she knew it would be good to get their names right. "Lets see. One is Goodie Good," she mumbled to herself. "Another is Goodie4U, but I just can't remember the third one."

"It's Goodie2Shues young Borrower," a voice said from behind her ear.

Arnie jumped, startled that anyone could be this close to her. Normally Borrowers are hard to sneak up on, but this time she was caught fully unaware. Turning around quickly she looked everywhere but did not see anyone. "Who said that?" she asked. "I did" was the response again from behind her. Turning around slowly this time, the owner of the voice did not hide. It was the blue Wysp!

"You! I should stick you in a jar and drop you off of a cliff!" growled Arnie. "You tricked me and I owe you one." The Wysp only stared at the Borrower, not saying a word until Arnie spoke again. "What do you want and why are you following me? Go away!"

"If I go away, how will you get in to see the Goodies? They won't see you without an appointment which can only be made through me," said the Wysp.

"Why is that? I thought the Goodies will speak to anyone?" answered Arnie even though she knew the Wysp had to be up to some kind of mischief again. "And why am I even wasting my time talking to you? You just want to trick me again."

Normally the Wysp would be thinking of another way to trick the Borrower, but this time she was way madder at how she had been magically frozen and forced to answer that stupid troll's (Dulbbe) questions in the tunnel. "I am trying to make it up to you," she sweetly told Arnie with a smile.

"Then tell me why the Goodies won't see me without making an appointment with you?" asked Arnie.

"They are very busy and by the way, it is because you are also going the wrong way. That would really mess up my schedule book by the time you figured that out," replied the Wysp. "They live on the other side of the forest." Realizing that the Wysp might be right (grudgedly she had to admit that she didn't know exactly where the Goodies lived). Leave it it to Squirrely to not know his right from his left or up from down when he sketched her this map. After all, he was a little nutty and only good for knowing where he hid his winter stashes of tasty nuts. Arnie decided that if she must, then she might as well take another chance with the Wysp.

She couldn't waste any more time in trying to get answers about this tablet. "Okay. I will follow you this time, but if you trick me again, I already have a bottle in one of my pockets that you could fit into and I know of a very high cliff to drop you off of!" Which was a tempting thought Arnie smiled to herself thinking of the little Wysp.

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The Mice & Birds Are...

7/12/2022

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While Ffion is running around naked in her room, trying to get the birds and the mice to help her dress, (for every princess should have mice and bird friends to sew their clothes and clean their houses). Alas, she has only me.

Sew (oops...) So, its time for me to warm up the sewing machine, dig out some silk material, and put on my tailor outfit.

Now I am afraid I don't let mice into the house and the birds are my hubby's domain, but I do enjoy playing with colors.

Especially my favorites of blue and purple here in Ffion's fabric. A little bit of spray and a whole lot of color... meanwhile...

Dulbbe had been making his way down the tunnel where he discovered a key.

At first he almost missed it, but then he saw a tag attached to it because Borrowers are very possessive and hate to lose anything - especially keys. So they always have a 'return to owner' tag on all their keys.

Dulbbe now knew who had been in the tunnel, but now just needed to find out where this Borrower could be. Hopefully the return address on the back of the tag would help... meanwhile...

Arnie, having made her way out of the tunnel through the hole she had found when she first discovered the Dragon tablet, threw her hands up in the air and was slowly figuring out that she might just be in over her head. Mumbling to herself, "If I knew what was good for me, I would just go and get rid of this tablet." The problem was that Borrowers really have a hard time letting something go without at least trading up, and that this was the first thing she ever had that wasn't owned by someone else (well at least through the Borrower's Chain that is).

Her friend Squirrel, hearing her mumbles, sat on a tree branch and looked down on Arnie as she climbed from the hole. "Funny you should mention one of the Goodies' sisters. Why not drop by and visit with them. You know the Goodies are always good for something. After all, they are the biggest gossips in the Realm... even more than the Twitter birds. They supposedly know something about everything."

At this point Arnie was willing to try anything! Soon she was heading off to see what goodies she could discover with the Goodie Sisters.

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Wax on... Wax off...

7/5/2022

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What does china painting eyebrows have in common with the movie 'Karate Kid'?

Every time I have to wipe off an eye brow when I am not happy with it, the saying goes 'wax off, wax on' in my head. Paint on... paint off (*lol*). Now in the long run (in the movie), the waxing was to teach the hero some karate moves.

I know with painting eyebrows it teaches me patience - as the eye brows really set the emotional look of a face. But even getting Ffion's eyebrows right wasn't enough for this character.

I love the smokey eyed look and wanted just that for Ffion. That is a challenge within itself as I have to blend several paint colors but also fire the paint in the kiln several times between colors. Otherwise the colors can all turn to into a muddy-same tone look.

Ffion decided she didn't like the "street walker" look the first time around in the painting process. This resulted in another pour, cleaning, sanding and then several china firings for her to be happy with her second look.

Ffion did at least like the synthetic mohair Monique wig I picked out for her and the shade of her eye color. They added to her sassy attitude and she isn't even dressed yet!

So yes, now on to my next couple of challenges for her. Her crown, completing an outfit she will have to approve of, and I am even thinking some wings for her.

Keep posted to see how this caterpillar comes out of her cocoon soon.

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