Losing my mind

I remember last year…It was a hot summer day and  a friend drove with me along the highway. We played this song and both sang along.

It´s from the musical “Follies”.

Since then, the tunes never really left my head and I finally decided, to make a play about it.

Curtains up!

“The sun comes up- I think about you”

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“The coffee cup- I think about you”

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“I want you so, it´s like I´m losing my mind!”

L I want you so, it´s like I´m losing my mind

“The morning ends-I think about you”

L The Morning Ends

“I talk to friends and think about you”

L I talk to friends

“And do they know, it´s like I´m losing my mind?”

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“All afternoon doing every little chore…”

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L every little chore 2

L Every little chore 3

“The thought of you stays bright…”

L the thought of you stays bright

“Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor… Not going left- not going right”

L sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor

“I dim the lights and think about you”

L I dim the lights

“Spend sleepless nights to think about you”

L Spend sleepless nights

“You said you loved me…Or were you just being kind?

L you said you love me or were you just being kind

“Or am I losing… ”

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“Losing my mind…”

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“Losing my mind….”

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“Losing my mind…….”

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It was a long time, since I last did something  “Art Decó”. I really missed it.

I love to work with my Jazz Age dolls-And so the Devereaux sisters, Velma and my OOAK “Phryne” had their (small) share in the play.

But for the leading lady, I chose Sybarite Magic.

She ist not only one of my favorite dolls, but also has this distant, forlorn look in her eyes,that the song requires.

She´s a bit too much of a bombshell, I know….But I decided to ignore that fact.

The musical “Follies” ist located in the 1920s, so I tried to make my play look as authentic as possible.

Some of the props are vintage, but none from the 20s…A bit Art Nouveau, some from the 1930s and a few from the 50s.

Almost all of the costumes are also made from vintage fabric, trims and lace, most of them genuine Art Decó, but again: No 1920s. But at least early 30s to 50s and some of the lace is around 1900.

Most of the clothes are made from two genuine Jazz Age sewing patterns, taken from original remaining cloth from that era. That simple patterns can endlessly be repeated in variatons of colors,  details and fabrics and each result looks totally different.

Some Art Decó designs were so popular, they didn´t change for decades and survived until the end of the 50s….And still exist in different forms until today.

So I could use my Art Decó stuff without any problem, even if it´s a bit after the Roaring Twenties.

Ok…I confess, the diner is more inspired by the Rock´n Roll era, but acutally, diners never really changed in common.

Some of the interieur and the bar is in a very similar style until today.

It´s not perfect, I confess, but I had only a few hours to set up the play, shoot and put in on my blog. (And the light was far from being perfect again!) So I hope, I´m forgiven.

And YES, there are a few folds in the backdrops….I simply couldn´t remove them, no matter how long they were under the iron!

 

Song by Stephen Sondheim from the musical “Follies”

Bathroom Pool Party

Not the best of years for a vacation at the seaside or in a club resort…We humans need to stay at home…And the dolls with us.

But dolls are creative! They know, how to enjoy themselves, so they build up their own perfect little world. A pool is included, of course!

And they invite us to their party….Curtains up!

On a sunny summer day, family and friends meet for a pool party. They grill steaks and sausages, talk about all and nothing, turn the radio on and one of the girls swims in the pool…

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“You have flippers? Great! Can I have them? Want to turn a few rounds in the pool…But before I go…Can´t you tell me, why everything for us girls always has to be PINK?”

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Finally, food is ready…

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“Hey, BanQuette!  You can´t have all the burgers for yourself! You have to share with us!”

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“Want some sausages, uncle Onslow?”
“No, thank you, my boy…I´m vegetarian, you know…BTW…Where´s the salad and vegetables?”
“Oh…I..Well… I´m afraid, we forgot them…But we have lots of Water, Lemonade and Coke! and you could get some ketchup, mustard and rolls…”

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Meanwhile, at the grill. ..There´s always a chance for a little flirt…

“I made that steak with special effort for you!”

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Nice for the girl….But grandma has her own view on things:

“Oh great! Can´t one eat her steak in peace? Always those young ones with their restless hormones…That redhead guy did a good job with the BBQ, but does that have to mean, he should flirt with my granddaughter? Hmmm…One of the others  brought him…Seems to be a friend….But didn´t she say, he´s on small girls? I really want to see, what happens when my granddaugher gets up and he finds out, how TALL she is…Kind of giraffe, like her dad…”

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“And here we go….”

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“Oops!”

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“Just like I said….I hate it to be right again! Poor girl! He might be able to handle a steak…But otherwise, he´s an idiot!”

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Not every spark turns into a flame…But that won´t spoil the party!

Our dolls go on having fun, until the sun goes down…

Find your own little paradise inside your home, wherever it is.

Stay safe!

 

A few days ago, I saw a picture on internet, where someone had build up a party set with Barbies in a bathroom, using the lavatory as a pool. I liked the idea so much, I thought about having my own little set. And finally, I was able to do it.

It was a rainy day, so there isn´t a ray of sunlight to see at this party, but I don´t care. Nore do my dolls.

I throwed together some props from different Barbie play sets, vintage and more contemporary. Added on some of the artifical plants, I collect for years and filled “the pool” with water….Ready for the party!

And I didn´t cover the faucet on purpose. I want people to know, that´s a real bathroom and what can be done with it.

While providing the set, I found out, I didn´t have any kind of swimsuit for the girls! As if swimsuits were rare for Barbie dolls!

I really need to sew some for the next time!

Had a few swimming trunks for the guys, so that wasn´t any problem. And “uncle Onslow” could go in his cool linen pants and shirt. He hadn´t intend to go swimming anyway!

I had actually planned,  to let the girl in the pool have a few rounds in the flippers….But those are from earlier Barbie generations and the feet of the new dolls are much smaller. So the flippers didn´t fit. And they were much too small for one of the guys…Sad thing…BanQuette would have enjoyed herself,  playing Esther Williams in pink flippers…

But apart from that: Pink days are (almost) over! So please Mattel, go on producing non-pink Barbie props!  Way to go!

Another thing, I thought about, was, that none of the playsets included any healthy food .

No matter if it´s daily dishes, picnic, mini market, diner or whatever….There´s always, sausages, steaks, pizza, hot dogs or burgers. Fastfood, nothing else. Not a single piece of salat there to find… Poor dolls!

And poor vegetarian Onslow….He might stay hungry this way!

 

 

 

It´s not that easy bein´green…

FOR ALL THE “GREEN” AND “BLUE” PEOPLE IN THE WORLD! (And as a homage to our favorite frog!)

Curtains up!

It´s always awkward, if you have to talk with the boss about your salary…

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And even more, if you´re refused like this:

“Giving you a raise? What do you think! Your job performance wasn´t nearly good enough for anything like that! To be honest, you´re not qualified for 25 bucks and if you don´t work hard on this qualification, I don´t think, we can prolongate your contract!”

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“And now, you should go back to work. I´m a very busy man!”

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And so she goes…

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“Have you seen that! He did it again! Why is he treating her like this? And why was he lying? She´s one of our best employees!”

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“Haven´t you heard? He´s a “green-hater”! Since he took over, he´s trying to get rid of her, just because of her green skin!”

“But that´s not fair!”

“Nothing in life is fair! And if we don´t go back to work now, he´ll think about our contracts too!

But even the worst working day comes finally to an end and you can go home…But that doesn´t mean, you can escape! It´s everywhere…

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“Oh! Look at HER!”

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“Say, have you seen that strange woman? She was TOTALLY GREEN!”

“Yes, of course…She´s a witch!”

“Witches are green? I thought the Martians were!”

“No. They´re blue. Witches are green!”

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“I don´t want to be an ugly green witch! Not for a million!”

To overhear such a conversation, gives you another good reason to hide somewere…But where can a witch go to? Yes, of course: THE PARK!

So she sits there, in this quiet and calming place, where everything is green like her and no one´s around…

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“It´s not that easy bein´green…”

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“Having to spend each day the colors of the leaves…”

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“When I think it could be nicer, bein´red or yellow or gold…Or something much more colorful like that!”

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“It´s not easy bein´green…It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things.

And people tend to pass you over, cause you´re not standig out, like flashy sparkles in the water – Or stars in the sky!”

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“But green is the color of spring! And green can be cool and friendly like!”

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“And green can be big like a montain! Or important like a river-  or tall like a tree!”

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“When green is all there is to be…It could make you wonder why…”

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“But why wonder? Why wonder?”

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“I´m green and it´ll do fine…It´s beautiful. And I think it´s what I want to be!”

…But that´s not the end of the story! Sometimes, life holds a surprise for you…

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Suddenly, there is someone, who feels the same!

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“It´s not that easy bein´blue, having to spend each day the color of the sky….”

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So finally, our little green witch has found a  friend!

I had the idea for this “play” more than two years ago. But never had the time to bring it on my stage. And now, it seems to be more up-to-date then ever!

Edward had a hard time, playing the “villain”. He told me, being a vamire-impersonator was difficult enough and he expects me, to give him more positive parts in my next plays…We´ll see!

Another problem were the witch´s stained legs. I tried to cover the staining with pantys, but it´s still visible a bit.

It was also not easy, to work with the narrow back drops….I wanted to have two tables with dolls in front of the flower shop, but there wasn´t enough space.

And yes, it´s a bit strange to see dolls sitting on a café table, eating cake with a flower shop as a background…But the shop always reminds me a bit on a traditional café in Paris and as long, as I don´t have a real matching back drop…

Lyrics of “Bein green” written by Joe Raposo.

Love in the times of COVID

This time, it´s all about love in different ways, music, caring for others and how a life can suddenly be changed…Curtains up!

Covid Love

Hi…This is a story about finding love in the middle of COVID…Actually, it´s MY story…

A few years ago, my grandma died and I inherited her little Italian restaurant. I grew up as a child there and always loved that place.

I´d worked as a sound engineer before, but I was never really happy with that, so I didn´t think twice and became a restaurant owner!

My employes and I were like family and we had lots of regular customers…then COVID came and my little place was closed.

I had to dismiss my employes. But my family owns the house, where the restaurant is located. So there is hope for me, to re-open as soon as possible and get my staff back  But I needed money right now. The only chance was, to go back to my former profession.  Luckily, a friend gave me an part-time job at his sound studio.

He´d usually worked with professional musicians, but COVID destroyed that business too. So he had the idea, to make recordings for anyone, who wants. The idea wasn´t new. In the 1950´s, there were lots of small recording studios like that.

I couldn´t earn much this way, but I was glad for every penny, I could grab.

First I hated my new job. Most of the people, who came in, had no talent but were convinced, that they could be superstars one day.  Others were just totally weird.

I remember one good example for the “weird ones”: One day, this strange woman came in…She wore an ugly, cheep evening gown and a fake fur.

Hear her singing, was torture. Of all songs, she had chosen “My heart will go on” from “Titanic”…It was like listening to a wolf howling under the moon!

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And afterwards, she dramatically collapsed on the couch in our lounge corner…I didn´t know, what to do…Call a doctor? But thank goodness, she recovered fast and left.

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A few weeks later, a mother came with her young daughter. She was convinced, that her girl had an amazing talent and she would do everything, to push her career. She was the very demanding type!

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I looked at the girl, and found, she wasn´t that enthusiastic. Actually, she seemed to feel very awkward.

But her mother almost pushed her on the little performing stage….

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The girl had a good voice, but not good enough, to become a professional singer. And she knew it. She felt more and more embarrassed, while her mother watched her.

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Aterwards, before she went back to the lounge, she told me, that she hates the clothes, her mom made her wear. She felt like a cheap Barbie doll in that mini skirt and that she doesn´t want to be a singer, but go to the university and become an engineer.

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All I could do, was to wish her “good luck”!

Weeks went by and I still felt unhappy, working at the sound studio. I hated to see all those people with their hopes and dreams, knowing, they would never come true! But then, one day, I started to change my mind.

It was the day, when this fire fighter came in…She came straight from her shift and didn´t even have time to change. So she was still in her uniform, when she performed a few gospel songs.

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She told me, the songs were meant for a colleague and friend of hers, that got severely injured during a mission and fell into a coma . They used to go to a church choir together and she performed his favorites songs, so his family could play them at the hospital.

She looked so sad, when she left, it made me uneasy. And I began to understand, that my work wasn´t that senseless after all…At least sometimes.

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But not every recording was so sad…One day, I had twin sisters, both very “sporty”. They had lost a bet among friends and so they were forced to sing….

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They gave a very funny performance! It was easy for my, to applaud. I had to repeat the recording twice, because the girls laughed much more, then they sang.

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Soon after, a guy came in. Besides his daytime job, he did drag in a little club before COVID came.

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I expected him to sing something saucy, but he chose a tender love song.

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He told me afterwards, the song was for his husband who catched COVID and was still in hospital. The husband almost lost his life, but was recovering. But still no visits allowed, so recording a song  and hand it over to the nurses, was a way, to show his love from a distance.

And I remember that old man so well…He came, to record a song for his wife, for their 60th wedding anniversary.

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I wanted to give him a chair, to make performing on the stage a bit more comfortable, but he just smiled and refused.

He had a rough voice, but full of emotions.

He said, he doesn´t know, how much time he still had and he wanted his wife to have something to remember, when he´s gone.

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And then…one day, I just came back from lunch,  there was this girl, waiting in the lounge….

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She looked so shy and fragile. And when I started talking to her, she jumped up and appologized for being here!  She was so nervous, I thought, she would run off. So I tried to calm her down.

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I convinced her to try. And when she finally entered the stage and took off her mask, I thought, how beautiful she was.

Than she started singing. First craven, then more self-confident. Her voice was soft and low, but also strong. I felt, like I never heard something like that before.

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It was like falling to my knees.

And then, I had a strange vision…I saw that girl performing on a big stage in front of thousands of people.

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And suddenly, I was her only audience and she was singing just for me!

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I woke up from my dream, when she went silent. I had totally forgotten, to push the right buttons to record her performance. So I stuttered something about “technical problems” and begged her, to start singing again.

She might have took me for a fool, but she said nothing and repeated her song. And while I was busy, to do it right this time, I hoped, that the song wasn´t meant for her lover.

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I was strangely relieved, when she told me, it was for her mom´s birthday….

It took all my courage, to not just let her go, but ask her, from my usual “6 feet away”, if I could see her again…Maybe for a walk along the river or in the park, with a distance of course…Or just a chat on zoom…My heart sounded like a drum, while I spoke.

And then she reached out her hand in my direction and simply said “Yes!”

I still dream about going back to my grandma´s restaurant and start all over again. I want to show this girl my world and maybe, one day we will both be there, smilling and happy, when this is all over. But if I hadn´t start this job at the studio, I never would have met her….

Ok…It´s a very long story this time, but I had so many ideas for it.

The last scene with the “lovers to be”, keeping their social distance, was inspired by the famous novel “wifes and daughters” by Elizabeth Gaskell.

the book ends with the two lovers meeting, before the young man leaves for a long journey. He proposes to the heroine, and is accepted,  but isn´t allowed to come close to her, because one of his family members suffers from an infectious illness…..

It was fun to play with the sound studio and the stage. Both are from some years ago. I bought them second hand and now they´re belonging to my overflowing prop-chamber. They were actually meant for children to play, but very useful for me too….Isn´t there a child in everyone of us?

Club-Life…Then and now!

Going to a club was once so easy…You could meet with friends or go with your lover, see lots of different people there, hear the latest music and have some fun!

There was love and drama, quarreling, drinking and dancing, latest fashions and a bit of vanity (or a lot!)…The whole human spectrum. Loud and colorful.

Then the lights went out and the music became silent.

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Now, Clubs are still closed at the moment. And when they re-open, it might be like this for a while:

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“Dancing? With masks on? Do you want me to suffocate?”

But club life will come back…We only have to be patient!

STAY SAFE!

Had only a few hours to provide the stage, but couldn´t wait any longer to work with the sound lounge.  I got it second hand a while ago, but never had time to play with it.

First thing I recognized was: It was meant for 12″ dolls…But actually, it´s a bit to low for them. The dolls can´t dance underneath the curtain-area.

Maybe the “stage” was never meant for dancing…Just to put the seat and table on and let the dolls sit there, while they listen to the music…

Second thing was: The WWE´s pumps fit my “BanQuette”! So the guy could finally have his dress and high heels !

Third thing: I don´t have any props for cocktails! So my dolls had to stay “sober”.

What do you collect?

COVID changed many things in our lifes. Some of us work from home, others have to stay in Quarantine…Time to take more care for our precious collections.

No, don´t tell me, you don´t collect…Most of us do. From common to weird things.

Some collect Asian art….

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Some love everything green and blooming!

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Others….Well….

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And there are those, who admire the treasures of the earth….

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…Oh…There might be a misunderstanding! Animals are NO collectible items! NEVER! Not even in times of COVID 19!

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Other people just collect antique books and vintage musical instruments…At least those collections stay rather small…

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And some are totally mad about the items, they´re interested in…

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So…What do you collect????

Nightmare at the Museum

In January 2020, in a world before COVID, I visited one of the fantastic museums, we have in our capital city. Usually, I enjoy that a lot. But this time, it was weird!

The museum was empty, only a few visitors, but lots and lots of black-dressed guards hanging around, bored and looking for some distraction. So they started to follow the visitors, as soon as they entered a room, tried to make conversation and observed every move, a visitor made. Some came very close, almost touched,  when a person stopped, to look at the content of a display case.

Others exchanged secret messages with signs and gestures, when someone passed them by…It started to get a bit creepy,  I felt more and more stalked with every hall I passed, until I finally left and ran off to another museum.

But it gave me the idea for this little play….Curtains up!

NIGHTMARE AT THE MUSEUM

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You love to visit a Museum on Sundays? You enjoy artefacts and ancient art? That´s nice. But be aware, there might be hostile eyes, staring at you!

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You feel a bit awkward? So you leave the room, pass the hall to get to another section…But there are steps behind you…And you still feel the hostile eyes in your back!

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You search for shelter at the Egyptians department….Only to find some more trouble waiting there for you!

Now you have to deal with four of them. They watch your every move, don´t let you go out of their sight for just a moment!

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You pass another hallway, entering the stairs to the lower level, but the eyes still follow you. More of them have crept from the dark corners of the corridors, to join the haunting crowd.

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You walk faster, try to escape, your heart sounds like a drum…But there´s no chance! They´re like shadows, waiting until you pass and then start to follow, driven by a silent command.

You can hear their footsteps close behind you, but you´re too afraid to turn and face the chasers, because you know: There will be some more of them!

And if you stop, their steps will stop as well…

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Panic is flooding your system. You start to run. Another hall, some more shadows lurking and joyning the black crowd behind you!

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Suddenly the sound of the footsteps stop. Did they let you escape? You don´t care for the reasons! All you want right now, is to leave the museum. You chase down the stairs, desparately try to find the exit, but every door you pass, is locked.

The only possible entrance leads you to a the museums cellar and you soon realize, that you´ve been herded there.

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They wait for you down there, try to catch you…But you luckily escape and run to another room, still looking for a way out!

But do you think, they let you get away that easy?

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Another room, deeper in the old building´s dungeons. They´re waiting for you in the dark!  You climb up a platform, but this time, you can´t escape.

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They drag you down like an animal….You lose balance… the feeling of suffocation grows stronger….And then….

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“Excuse me, madame…”

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“NO! LET ME GO! TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME!”

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“…Sorry…I didn´t mean to frighten you…We´re closing in 10 minutes and you have to leave the museum now!”

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So it was just a nightmare…One should never fall asleep in a room full of  cold-eyed statues and mumies! You leave and a few minutes later, you´re out in the open with the towns buildings, crowded places, birds singing and the wind whispering in the park trees… It was just a bad dream…Everything´s alright….

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But is it? Is it really…….?

 

Working with narrow backdrops and 13 dolls at the same time, was a nightmare of its own.

I had to use a few stands, because some of the dolls always tipped the other ones over in a domino-effect. If you look close, you can see parts of the stands in some scenes…

Another problem wasn´t that easy to solve…A backdrop, hanging from a stand is a great pleasure to every cat in the room….And if there is more than one…Some scratches and little holes in the fabric from cat´s teeth are the result. Also stranges “bows” and uneven spots in the background of the scenes, where cat´s paws tried to explore the secrets behind the curtain, while you try to shoot…

Some dolls did a great job. I never knew, how CREEPY Brother Dreary can be, if you place him in the background and my Cullen twins and Bella were absolutely perfect!

Biggest surprise was Lee. Without a wig and in a black hood, he really looks weird!

 

 

 

Another Garden Murder!

THIS IS A SATIRE!

This time, I was hired as a “contract killer”….Yes, other people have “bad neighbors” too!

Curtains up!

You work hard all day and when you finally get home, you don´t collapse on the couch, but take care for your loved ones and work in the garden, to make your dream of a private little paradise come true.

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But we have another saying here: “The devil always has his slippery tail in between!” And so he sends the “neighbors from hell”!

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They lurk behind the shrubs with eyes full of hate and envy!

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Then they come to complain about all and everything…

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And if they don´t come in person, they wait until you´re outside, then open all doors and windows and turn on the radio, to drive you crazy…With hit songs and yodeling…

You take it as long as you can, but in the end, you have to run to your house and hide. But there´s no escape from the endless yodeling!  Another Garden Murder 7

So your desperation grows…And you´re looking for some help!

In a situation like this, it´s always good to have a friend who has…well…”some experience” in things like that…

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A person, who exactly knows, what to do…

“First, you need to buy a lot of foil!” And then…

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“…there are some jobs, better done by men!”

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“…And others done by women!”

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“Isn´t that venomous spider lovely? I just milked it!”

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“All you have to do now, is let the neighbor come close enough, to let him have our little surprise….Make sure, he won´t scream!”

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“Well done! It´s always good, if one does the job thoroughly!”

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“Meanwhile, your spouse will put on her best little black dress and “socialize” a bit…She´ll give the neighbor´s wife a nice “conciliation gift” and encourage her, to consume it now, before her husband comes in….That woman will be greedy enough, to take her advice. Then we just have to wait for a little while…

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“Success! Now all we have to do, is a good, efficient wrapping! If you don´t want a flower-stone bed in your own garden, just take the cart and wheel them into the woods! But be careful: Don´t let the surviving neighbors see you! It might give them ideas! Now you have to dig as deep as possible…And don´t forget to burry the radio as well!”

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” Finish your work with some lovely stones, you might find in the woods!”

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The yodeling became silent. Peace is back. Hopefully this time forever…Well… there is some foil left, just in case….

Supermarkets Then and Now…

Once apon a time, long ago in another world, we could go grocery shopping at the supermarket without thinking.

The biggest problems we had, was to avoid long lines at the cashpoint, not to argue with the idiot in front of us (and sometimes behind us)  and to chose the things we wanted from an overwhelming offer.

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“Say, CAN´T you pack your stuff a bit faster?”

“I can´t do magic!”

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“Hey, listen girls! Can´t you stop snapping at each other and go on? I haven´t got all day!”

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“DARN! I can´t find my favorite yoghurt! Do they ALWAYS have to change things?”

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“That girl behind the cash-desk lookes sweet…Maybe I ask her for a date!”

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“My legs are killing me…I hope, that schmoes at the desk are finished soon…I need to go home and lay on my couch!”

 

Well…those were glory days!

But, for the moment, they´re gone.

Curtains up for today´s shopping:

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Some turned into a bunch of hamsters…And toilet paper is still more precious than gold…

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“Sorry, but will there ever be toilet paper again? The shelfs are empty for the last 8 weeks!”

“How do I know? Am I a psychic?”

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“I die, if I run out of coffee! And I don´t care a damn, if I´m the last one to get some in here!”

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“SOAP??? What the heck should I do with soap? I need SANITIZER! Darn! Where is it?”

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“Jippiiieeee! Grabbed the last pack of paper towels!”

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“Grandma! What are YOU doing here? Why aren´t you at home? Can´t you let ME do the shopping for you?”

“But I ran out of water!”

“And you don´t have a faucet? Or a phone to call me?”

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“I want the last pack of paper tissues! Let go!”

“NO! I want it! Give it to me!”

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“Well…I didn´t get those tissues, but THE LAST PACK OF SPAGHETTI!”

Once, there were times, when we didn´t have to fight over tissues or spaghetti!

But as long, as COVID rules, nothing is like it was before.

But one day, it will be over and maybe, some things will slowly go back to normal again….

STAY SAFE!

 

The Little Garden Murder

THIS IS A SATIRE!

We all know people, we really would love to kill…

In my country, we have a saying:

“The best can´t live in peace, if the bad neighbor don´t agrees!”

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So never feel too safe…Not even in your private backyard on a sunny summer day!

Because if your neighbor is a special one, the kind of stubborn and invasive feller, who always knows best and never gives in, no matter how wrong he is…Then you might be in trouble.

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He comes uninvited, creeping through the shrubs, walking into your garden, like it´s his own property. And why? Well… only to kill your nerves and complain endlessly about everything you do!

You´re not neat enough, your garden isn´t tidy the way he wants it to be, your house should be more proper and you should be a much, much better housekeeper…

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Whatever you tell him, he won´t listen, none of your points are important to him. He just goes on grabbing.

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He won´t even keep his distance or respects your privacy!

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He makes you feel threatened and awkward!

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Until you finally run to your house for shelter!

And even then, you can hear him deplore in your back!

But do you always have to run? Always being the one, who gives in? Isn´t there another way to get rid of the problem?

Oh, YES! There IS!

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Garden tools can be very versatile!

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But what to do afterwards? You need to tidy up…just the way, he always told you to do!

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You might need the saw…

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But acctually it´s much better to just wrap…

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…and dig!

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And then make a nice stone bed and plant some lovely flowers!

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Peace is back…But not for long. The next bad neighbor lurkes around the corner…So keep your tools ready! You might need them again!