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Meet Dobbin and Dobbin!

Walking around my neighbourhood the other day, I found these two rocking horses on the nature strip as it is Hard Rubbish Collection time. These two, having served their purpose for who knows how long, were abandoned on the side of the road. I saw a photo opportunity!

So Dobbin and Dobbin came home to our place. They sat outside on our patio for a few weeks. Then, late yesterday afternoon – the light was beautiful!

I quickly organised my oldest and youngest children to carry them over the road to ‘our’ park and started to take photos.

While snapping away, a little boy, aged about 4, came over and just hopped on Wooden Dobbin. How cute is that? See the photo down below.

Then, of course, Ess and Bronte got in the act. Big kids on little rocking horses. Sad in a way as it shows just how grown they are now. So, here are my photographic offerings. Hope you enjoy!

When I called to Bronte to bring Dobbin over she asked why are you calling them Dobbin? I told her that Dobbin is a common name for horses but then I wondered “why” and “is it really?”. So I looked it up….

Anyway, so here are Dobbin and Dobbin. Lovely finds I think and I am sure they bought a lot of pleasure in their time.

This is Wooden Dobbin and little boy.

This is my youngest, Bronte. I love this photo! Pity she is wearing her school uniform though. Look how big she is on Dobbin and doesn’t it look like they have been life-long friends? When in reality they have known each other just a few days.

Finally, here is my 15 year old Ess on Wooden Dobbin and Bronte on Fabric Dobbin. Cute shots huh?