| ISADORA by Max
Bailey (already adopted) |
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This is
Isadora, a Siamese cat.
Isadora is as slender and as elegant and as regal as the long-stemmed
roses she
loves.
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| Isadora once heard that
if you
talk to your plants, they will flourish and grow to be hardy and
strong, and so
she talked to her roses, in her strange Siamese voice, for hours on
end. She
thought the roses seemed to lean toward her when she spoke. |
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| “Perhaps if I sing to
them, they
will become even more beautiful,” she thought. |
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Out in her backyard rose
garden,
Isadora sang, loudly and frequently. Neighbors as far as a block away
heard
her, for her voice was impossible to ignore, and came to see what all
the
commotion was about. They peeked over the garden fence to see the
lovely
Isadora gliding through the garden, singing her heart out. |
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| Not one of
them had the heart to
tell Isadora that her voice might be less than inspiring for the roses,
as they
could plainly see how sincere and well-meaning she was. They feared the
roses
might wilt. But as they watched, the roses bent toward her, their buds
opened,
and fragrance filled the air. |
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| “Now that is truly
amazing,” they
whispered, in awe. |
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| Within a short time,
Isadora was
invited to all the neighborhood gardens, where she shared her gift. The
neighbors sometimes hid when she sang, so she wouldn’t see them
covering their
ears. They loved her dearly, and it is said that they had the most
exquisite
flowers ever to be seen anywhere! |
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| Isadora’s
old-fashioned dress is a
beautiful shade of periwinkle blue that sets off her sapphire-blue
eyes. It has
a dramatic dark blue yoke with a wide ruffle that falls just below her
shoulders,
and matching dark blue lower sleeves. Both yoke and sleeves are trimmed
with a
band of gold. Ruffled gold petticoats can be seen below her dress, from
which
her long tapering Siamese tail emerges. |
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| I hand
sculpted Isadora and her
rose from paperclay, and she is a one-of-a-kind work of art. No molds
are ever
used in my work. She is completely hand painted using acrylic paints,
then
signed and dated and sealed with matte varnish for protection and
preservation.
Her whiskers are made from stiffened cotton thread. |
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Isadora rests firmly upon
a turned
wooden base that is stained and sealed in golden oak. She is 9 ½ inches
tall and she is meant for display only.
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| Many
hours go into the making of each of my dolls.
I strongly believe in fine craftsmanship and artistry, and
I pay great
attention to small details. Each
doll is
a unique work of art, and I am able to produce them in only a very
limited
number. I do my
best to create
little dolls with big personalities because that is what I love to do. |
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| All the dolls shown on this page have been adopted. Please click here to read Ginnie's (shown on the right) story. |
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