Reunited

Back in January 2009

I disinterred my Patch doll for this blog.

She had been separated from her sister Sindy

for forty years,

(I know not why or how)

and languished in a drawer

unsuitably dressed in her Sou'wester outfit.

She looked a little forlorn

and I felt badly about this,

but pushed the neglect to the back of my mind.

Then today,

a miracle occurred.

Through the unlikely auspices

of the local allotments Open Day

previously chronicled here

a reunion was made possible.

From out of a box of old books under a table,

priced 25p

(the ignominy)

Sindy emerged,

clinging to her dignity in the remnants

of her favourite Lunch Date outfit.

To be sure she had mislaid her tartan scarf,

black kitten heeled shoes, 

black handbag with chain,

and disastrously,

her diary,

but

she had been recognised for what she was - 

an original 1963 Sindy doll,

Made in England.

Now all she needed was a shampoo and set

and to be reunited

a little shyly at first,

with her naughty little sister

Patch.

Now I really must find them some new clothes.

Sindy certainly had a Skating Girl outfit

when I last saw her,

and it's high time Patch went back to school.

Empty nest.

What empty nest?