Ross enjoying a day on the beach before heading for home.

Jackie and her friend Jeni take Ross with them to spend the day on the beach to have some fun and 'top-up' their tans.



Here is a gorgeous photo of Jackie and Ross both looking very fit, well toned and tanned (gosh Jackie, wish that I looked like that!) and feeling that wonderful sand beneath my feet and between my toes.



Ross enjoying standing near the sea's edge and looking at the little rippling waves of the Mediterranian Sea ...and into which he unfortunately took a little tumble into at one point.
As Jackie explains, 'Well Ross and I had a lovely day on the beach and Jeni kindly took a photo of yours truly with your little boy!
It was so funny taking photo's amongst the holiday maker's and poor little Ross fell into the sea whilst posing for some snaps by the shore....all is ok though and I just had to rinse out his tee-shirt(sorry!).....he may come home though with some sand in his shoes!'

Jackie, no need to apologise as we here don't worry about a little sand in the shoes especially when it looks as though he has had a marvellous day. Daren't show this blog post to the other Sashas though or else they'll all be wanting to come to you for new hair.




Here Jackie is making him sit still for a little while whilst he dries off.



Back at Jackie's Ross is seen here coming down the stairs after having had his T shirt rinsed and ironed (well he doesn't want to upset Judith of Dollydoodles does he?)



Ross climbs onto a nearby chair to admire the Yukka plant which Jackie's daughter, Natalie's boyfriend, Hans found just dumped as a wooden stump as they were out walking together about half a mile away and Hans carried it all the way back here for her and where over the years it had blossomed forth (as the love between them did) into this delightful plant... though which unfortunately had to be left behind when they recently moved to Costa Rica.



Ross enjoying a little sit down on the balcony after a busy tiring day.



Like all good things everything has an end and so Ross inspects the larger box that he is now to travel home in tomorrow.



If you want to know why the larger box was necessary read the next installment tomorrow.
Many thanks to Jackie for sharing these marvellous photos and to Sarah for adding them again to my blog.

Actual re-root and then off to the hairdressers.

Hair has arrived and the re-root in progress. Looking good.



Ross is really thrilled with his new long locks, now in need of being professionally cut and styled.



Hair freshly washed ready for the trip to the hairdresser.



Here he is sitting at the hairdresser's dressing table, hair clipped up in layers and ready to go.



The hairdresser, Alex, originally from 'Toni and Guy' making good headway into Ross' beach boy style.



Front view as he leaves for home.



Side view.



...And the back view before he heads back to Jackie's to be given the re-wetted hair and overnight sock treatment.



Jackie sent me this in an email, 'Both my girlfriends thought Ross looked like a Californian beach boy although Jeni thought he also looked a bit like Franz, my partner shown below.'

...And so do we here, rather 'cool' and very 'with-it.' Perfect for his outfit. Must go and get his surf board out ready for his return.



Many thanks Franz for allowing Ross to copy your great hair style.
Thanks too to Sarah Williams for again listing these superb photos of Jackie's in this large format.

Don't miss tomorrow's next installment as Ross enjoys a day on a Mediterranian beach with Jackie before preparing to fly home.

Ross is travelling to Spain in search of some new hair.

We have decided that it is time for Ross to have some new hair so after some extensive searching and asking around Jackie Rhydstrom has very kindly offered to give him the blonde locks that he so desires after being a brunette for the first six/seven years of his life and a wigged red head (thanks to Ted's kindness) for the last several months.



After being suitably dressed in Dollydoodle's beach wear for his visit he is settling down into one of sashadolluk's sturdy, but cosy travelling boxes ready for his journey to sunny Spain. Are you lying comfortably then I'll tape up the box and head to the Post Office?



After leaving Alsager on the Monday he quickly arrived at Jackie's on the Spanish Mediterranian on the Thursday and is soon climbing out of his box non the worse for wear.



Hello Mummy! Look at where I am? Did you see the swimming pool in the photo above? I feel as though I'm on a mini holiday.



After a little nourishment and a rest Jackie prepared his head ready to start his re-root the moment his new two tone wavy blonde locks arrive in the post. (He has assured me that it didn't really hurt too much.)



He has decided that he would like to have hair like Jon Bon Jovi's when he was young... BUT we shall see!!!!



Watch this space for updates.
More thanks to Sarah Williams for again listing mine and more importantly Jackie's photos in this large format.

Another blonde 1967 Frido NP.

This is a Frido 1967 Brown Cord dress girl who came in her complete original outfit and large white box.



Here she is dressed in an eseacaper duck egg blue with a dainty navy blue design outfit, which handily arrived on the same day as the doll (so didn't have the mess and upheaval that I seem to make when rumaging through my three large Sasha Doll clothing boxes trying to find something to suit her) and now teamed with navy JJ sandals and manufactured pale blue socks.



I was attracted to her as she has an unusual 'wide-open somewhat startled' look.



Her hair is unfortunately in need of a good wash as it is rather grey and dusty from storage but as I have never washed a Sasha's hair before it will have to wait until Sarah Price comes over to visit and do it for me.



This is the very first outfit (via eBay) that I have bought from Nikita (although I now have a second dress set given to me by Sarah P. for my birthday present) and was delighted with her presentation and packaging. The padded 'jiffy' bag was attractively coloured in an orange and pink all-over pattern making extremely recognisable from a distance and the actual outfit inside was hung on a little Sasha sized white coat hanger with that matching blue hair ribbon tied in a bow on the handle and all swathed in several sheets of snow white tissue paper. A real pleasure to receive and open. Thank you very much Nikita.



The next three photos show her varying different facial looks that I so love about these earlier hand-painted eyed dolls.
Looking forward and upwards.



Expectant?



A little bit sad?



Usual apologies for all the flyaway hairs straying across her face.

Starting to introduce my Sasha Brood, one by one.

I was so impressed with Sarah William's photo's of my friend, Steve's Sasha Doll collection that I'm dying now to introduce you to mine.

I'm starting off with a recently new addition, a 1967 Frido NP Blue Cord girl (which I don't think that you have as yet seen.)
I think that she has a really young and innocent look to her.



She came in her full original outfit but has since been changed into this delightful four piece outfit made in a soft wool Viyella material designed and sewn by Betsy-May.



I have teamed it with some of JJ's Mary-Jane studio style shoes and manufactured cream socks.



At the moment I am completely reliant on Sarah William's very kind offer to list these photos in this wonderfully large size so that YOU don't have to keep on clicking twice to enlarge and then clicking back again to see the next photo. Hopefully in the meantime I will beable to learn these skills for myself!



Here she is holding a little Merrythought Teddy Bear given to me some years ago now by Shelly for Christmas and who is a favourite with all my Sasha Dolls.

Usual apologies for the flyaway hairs scattered across the face. Will I ever learn to check this before snapping the photos???
No good noticing them afterwards.