2020 in Review: October - December

 The last installment of the 2020 review.

October is my very favorite month - I love the weather, the fall colors, and the anticipation of the upcoming holiday season. This year, it was also the month when I marked 50 years in the model horse hobby. I spent the entire month celebrating through the blog - 45 blog posts were written, the most I have ever written for one month!

It was so much fun for me to trace my time in the hobby back to its very beginnings. I wrote about my carpet herd stable, Pawnee Stables, and shared a bunch of drawings I'd done about it.

I wrote about my early hobby friends, all of whom are lifelong friends - Sue Seese (I found a letter from her in my mailbox today!),

Beth Dickinson, and Kathy Bateman.

I did giveaways and laughed (and cried) as I went through boxes containing my childhood past. October was a very good month.

November, 2020

Anne Field made me a second doll, a portrait doll of me at 17, named Little Lynn. 

And, she was kind enough to loan me some tack and dolls so that I could create some performance set ups.

When I finished the two day photo shoot with those, I decided to have a little fun with Anne's own portrait doll of her daughter, Electra.

Little Lynn invited Elecktra to stay for a couple of days

and see what Indiana has to offer. We went out to the barn and fed Abby her favorite treats of peppermints and candy corn,

and then attended the circus with Circus Girl and her flamingos. I had a blast playing with the dolls and then writing "Dear Anne" letters about Elecktra's adventures.

December, 2020

"Grammy, can I have this when you are dead?" I still laugh at Pony Pal Mila's comment as she examined a new piece in my collection.

My heart soared when I received her Christmas list - five Breyers were on it! 

I had fun writing a parody of The Twelve Days of Christmas using my models in an intentionally cheesy, unrealistic, and gaudy (that backdrop!) photo shoot called The Twelve Days of Horsey Christmas. (This picture was inspired by several readers who had noticed that one of my Lady Phases did not have a blanket while all her sisters did. I received several private messages about her!)

The year culminated in a wonderful, loud, chaotic family Christmas at our home.

We were grateful for family members who were able to self isolate and then test negative and come join us for an Isenbarger family Christmas (although we missed those who could not be with us.)

2020, I am not sorry to see you go. Here's hoping that 2021 is a much better year!