another doll and the dry weather......

My nephew said, you should make a Mrs. Red Dirt, with brown hair. I was thinking he wanted it for his Grandma. 

No.

He just thought I should make one.

So, I get to keep her. That is okay. I really love her. She has underwear.

Watching this youtube video gave me the idea to use a t-shirt and make a shirt and shorts. I didn't cut off the hem of the blue t-shirt, that became the hem of the shorts.

I didn't have any elastic, so I used ribbon for tightening the waist.

The shirt is pretty basic too. I kinda, sorta measured to make it the right size. It is rectangles sewn together. I rolled her sleeves for a more finished look. I could have used the hem of the blue t-shirt too, but I didn't think of that until the shorts.

Here is the link to the doll's body

I love her striped legs. 

It has been SO DRY here that our local creek has dried up. 

We took a walk down it with our friend the "junk king"

We ended up at a place full of old old cars.

We were looking for old signs that might have been tossed in here and any other treasure we might come across. Never did find any signs, but it was pretty cool looking around.

We went down to Farmer T's corn field that surround us. We are very lucky in our area. While most rain went around us or never hit the ground all summer, there was enough that the crops have not dried out. This corn smaller than normal. So there will be something to harvest around here.

One more picture. Because the rivers are getting so low, the fish are pooling in the deeper areas. This huge catfish was caught. He says he had three meals from it.