Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. March 2025.
I stopped outside a charity shop
I saw my own childhood dream
The perfect dolls house, fifteen pounds
No dolls inside, an empty scene
What is it that attracts us all
To a cute miniature dolls' house?
The teeny people, chairs and stairs
The happy hedgehog, dog, cat, mouse?
An empty house - a big mistake
I scan online to make it right
Prices more than my Fisher Price
The cost of sets gives me a fright
All kinds of figures catch my eye
This search could waste my entire day
I must resort to DIY
Another way to waste my day
I search my big house - what to take?
Dried rosemary will make a tree.
A santa from a Christmas cake.
A key ring car- take off the key
I decorate walls as I please
Create this little house with love!
What is it that entrances us?
To see dolls still, or make them move?
Best make them match, all twelfth size
Not mix up dolls of different sizes
But it matters not to toddlers' eyes
Life's full of invention and surprises
Gran makes a doll from an old cork
A garden urn from a wooden egg cup
Dolls listen to us as we talk
Their life stories? I'll make them up!
I'm sure my grand-daughter will love it
Cares not what's costly, what is free
I may pretend that it's for her
Yet, in a way, it's just for me.
-ends
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