One of the characters in Dream Lover is an interior designer. I chose that profession for Alexandra Farrell’s character because I was a designer for awhile and even though my writing is my first priority my love of decorating is always with me. My favorite style decor is French country and even when I do my miniature 1:12 rooms many of them utilize this style of decor.
Since moving to Demarest New Jersey, I discovered the joy of having songbirds and white tailed deer roam and fly through our garden. I used my inexpensive Canon camera and started photographing them. The waterfowl pictured here are from a lake in a nearby nature preserve. I have exhibited some photos and sold a few through a gallery.
No pesticides or chemicals are used here. The deer and birds are fed once or twice daily and freshwater is always available. The trees, bushes, and soft grass make the animals, especially the deer, feel very safe and secure.
So far three doe have had given birth to fawns on our property, and we watched the spotted babies grow into doe and bucks. To view a tiny fawn nursing from the doe is an amazing sight. I highly recommend it!
We had a red-bellied woodpecker visit us since we moved to New Jersey. He used to make a drilling noise above our heads on the roof in the wee hours of the morning. Needing sleep and not knowing what to do, I contacted a naturalist. It seems that Woody (my name for the red-bellied male woodpecker) was looking for a mate. That was why he drilled each morning. It took two years, but Woody found a beautiful female red-bellied woodpecker, and they had a family. Woody and his mate eat food in the grass and Woody flies up to his favorite tree to search for insects and other tasty morsels. Life is never dull with Woody around.
Growing up in NYC my idea of wildlife was pigeons pooping on my car and feeding nuts to an occasion squirrel.
It is hard life for wildlife who come to visit. I have seen deer with bites on their sides and and broken antlers. I watched the silver squirrel pictured here show up with one ear bitten and bloody. He is a feisty little guy and completely recovered from his ordeal. Life is hard for birds and deer with hunters, coyotes, and hawks, ready to kill for sport or food. My husband and I are gratified that we can help these beautiful animals and birds to survive.
Here is a sampling of a few of my artist dolls. I don’t have many, but I cherish each and every one.
All these dolls are OOAK and sculpted from polymer clay. The artist is my friend Ode Segui. The needlepoint chair is an antique childs chair and the wicker table is a reproduction. The ceramic pug is from Italy. They are in the hallway of our house near the doll-miniature room.
Here are two OOAK polymer clay art doll babies by Lorna Miller Sands. Lorna makes her babies life-sized and they feel like a real baby when you hold them. They are displayed in a full-sized wicker bassinet and wear real boutique infant clothing.
Louise Glass Blog About One of my 1:12 scale room boxes entitled “The Odd Couple” starring Danny Devito and Dwayne Johnson.
I have been a dollhouse miniature collector and enthusiast since I was 21 years old and post the rooms on Facebook. I have been featured in American Miniaturist and Miniature Collector Magazines.
My dearest friends are artisans who make the miniatures. All of them have been excited about reading Dream Lover in its completion since I began posting excerpts on my Facebook Louise Glass Author Page. If any of you are dollhouse miniature collectors I would love to converse with you.
Tony Alan Jones made the roombox. My pal Sharon Cariola made the dolls. Barbara Sabia made all the stained glass. My friend June Clinksales made the wing chair and hassock and the coffee table. Fatima J Dona made the jumping goldfish. Neil Carter made the bronze statues. David Castillo made the blue sofa. Masaya Okada made the painting over the fireplace. Michael Reynolds made the Jewish Dogs painting. Linda Fisher made the German Shepherds. Michal Gvir made the tiny dachshund on the sofa and the realistic cat on the staircase. Carlotta Rossi made the wine. Susan Van Tubbergen made most of the pottery.
The Dream Lover Series 