Tiny Tuesday!

I believe this bull and matador were with the table decorations at our high school band banquet. We were the Marching Matadors.

The matador seems quite dramatic, as I suppose he should be.

I thought of them recently when I shopped for Barbies at an estate sale in our neighborhood. I regret that I never knew one of our neighbors is a Barbie collector. We should have connected! I saw the two pictured below on the first day and didn’t get them. When they were still there on Day Two, I knew they’d waited for me.

A Twenty Year Anniversary Spanish Barbie from Dolls of the World (1999). I am all about her matador look. One of my characters in the Saga in Progress is from Spain. She’s not as nice as Barbie. She may have felled a few human “bulls” in her day. Or had them felled. No blood on that matador’s couture.

This was the one I really regretted not getting the first day. I was so glad she was still there when I returned. The Chilean Dolls of the World Barbie is from 1997.

As the Marching Matadors Color Guard Captain, I’d have loved to have worn their looks. Here are some of my sword-wielding fashions, and I wish I had that hat still.

Salute!