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Our Lady of the Light-Up Halo

Carol Logan Newbill — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 23:16:09 +0000

The photo isn’t much to write home about; it was really too dark and the autofocus thingie didn’t want to work hard enough to figure out where the house was. So it’s pretty fuzzy.

But she lights up!

Merry Christmas, or midwinter holiday of your choice, from the Elephant’s Child and the Lady in the Window.

We haven’t had a mannequin sighting…

Carol Logan Newbill — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:44:51 +0000

… in quite some time!

I checked on the Lady in the Window several times between September and mid-December, but she wasn’t wearing anything particularly noteworthy. Even at Halloween, when I expected that she would dress up, she was wearing just an ordinary gray-green sort of dress. Had she lost interest in entertaining us, I wondered?

Just when I was about to give up hope, our lady made a comeback.

My son says that her halo, which doesn’t show in this midday picture, lights up at night. I’ll have to pay her another visit at dusk and report on what I see.

Lovely as Ever

Carol Logan Newbill — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:45:27 +0000

She posed for this portrait on the Friday before the storm. I checked on her yesterday: She and her guardian apparently came through without damage to house or property, but she hasn’t decided to change clothes yet, so I’m posting this picture.

A bit of stability in an otherwise chaotic world.

Friday with the Mannequin

Carol Logan Newbill — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:26:25 +0000

Cute and ready to take on the weekend!

The Mannequin Goes Shopping

Carol Logan Newbill — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:02:59 +0000

It’s getting more and more difficult to get a good shot of Our Lady in the Window because of all the late summer vegetation in front of the house.

In case you can’t see it well, she is carrying a large shopping bag in her right hand. Hitting all those “back to school” sales, no doubt.

PinUp Girl

Carol Logan Newbill — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:37:22 +0000

Happy Fourth from the Lady in the Window. :)

By popular demand —

Carol Logan Newbill — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:44:53 +0000

The return of the mannequin.

June 3, 2005: This was not one of her best looks, in my opinion. Maybe it’s just the color of the dress that I’m not crazy about.

But then, on June 10, 2005, she appeared in this:

And she’s been a bride ever since.

Now that the quilt show is over, I promise to keep you much better informed about her comings and goings. Plus, of course, any little doings of mine that might be of mild interest.

She looks so pretty in her…

Carol Logan Newbill — Fri, 27 May 2005 19:45:22 +0000

Congratulations to the Class of 2005!

The One That Got Away (Adventures of the Mannequin)

Carol Logan Newbill — Mon, 09 May 2005 18:22:35 +0000

Debra asked me yesterday about the current doings of our lovely Lady in the Window.

After she returned from her mysterious little vacation, she appeared in this beautiful dress to entertain her fans.

She wore this for about a week and a half. Then, getting tired of the same look, she slipped into what I thought was an extremely dowdy flowered frock and frumpy hat for a few days.

It wasn’t her most attractive outfit, so I decided not to embarrass her by showing her off as Harried Housewife.

Then this past Saturday, my son came in and said, “Mom, you have to go see the mannequin!”

She was pregnant.

She was standing sideways in her window in a lovely orangey-red maternity dress, her round tummy proudly in evidence.

I had the whole story all written out (Now we know what the mannequin did on her vacation!) and ready to post. I went back this morning with the camera to take her picture.

She changed clothes yesterday, and she isn’t pregnant any longer.

Ah, well, she’s still beautiful and she is still the undisputed Queen of her window. And in a way, it’s a relief.

I’d have been very unsettled if, next week, a baby mannequin were to appear in the window.

Two weeks with the Mannequin

Carol Logan Newbill — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:30:22 +0000

When last we left our lovely protagonist, she was wearing her after-Easter finery, including the white fur stole that made us wonder: “What really happened to the Easter bunny?”
But just a few days later, an even darker mystery appeared:

(I knew it. The Bunny was out for revenge!)
The Lady was missing for days. We did everything we could.

Then, last Monday, she reappeared as mysteriously as she had vanished: rested, as beautiful as ever, and ready to party.

And here she is this morning.Still silent about her little vacation, but always ready to entertain us from her window.