Head and shoulders, knees and toes.......

You've seen them.

They're everywhere.

Baby doll heads.

So tell me, have you jumped on the headhunting bandwagon yet?

I'm afraid I, myself, have succumbed to their creepy charm.

Mine sits on top of the medicine cabinet next to a vintage tin.

My collection of one.  Just one.

Well, if you've thumbed through the newest issue of Flea Market Style,

I'm sure you've seen this head turning collection on page 125.

He found his first doll head in the woods.

And will not remove a doll head from its body.

It must be found already detached.

Yeah, right.

Now I don't spend a whole lot of time hiking in the woods (deer ticks and creepy,

crawly things everywhere) but I can say without a doubt that I've never seen

a stray doll head amongst the leaves and fallen trees!

And when I'm vacuuming under the couch cushions, I've often

found Peanut M & M's, but decapitated heads, not so much.

When digging new holes for the sorry trees I've planted, I've

found a few stray glass marbles, but I've yet to hit a

porcelain doll head with my shovel. 

And during the biannual cleaning of my refrigerator,

I'm sure to find a wilted head of lettuce, but a Cabbage Patch

doll head?  Not likely.

So, I can't help but wonder,

 "Where are all these doll heads coming from?"

My Betsy Wetsy's curly top head is still attached to her 50 year old body,

so I know they don't get old and fall off. 

Which brings me to this frightening conclusion.

It's the mommies!!!

Shame on them.

They're tippy toeing into sissy's room late at night and plucking the heads 

right off the beloved baby dolls!  What is wrong with them? 

Will we be seeing these.....

(Picasa photo editing.)

...popping up on all the etsy sites? 

 Really now.

A lousy quarter under the pillow in exchange for Baby Boo Boo's head?! 

Then there's the question of,

"Where are all the bodies going?"

To the local landfill?  Tossed in the Virginia woods? 

Avant-garde jewelry?

 Cut apart for cabinet hardware?

Or maybe......



Off to the North Pole to be repurposed at Santa's workshop!

My mischievous little elves put their heads together and came up with a
brilliant idea.  They will be filling the doll bodies with dirt to create a new style of
Chia Pets!!! 
Be sure to add one to your Christmas wish list!

Another mystery solved.

Thanks for heading my way,

From the headquarters of Detective Ranger 911

*The vintage truck cab and trailer were found in 2 different antique shops

in Wisconsin.  I bought the trailer first and couldn't believe my luck when I

found the mismatched cab to pull it!  They were $10 each.

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