Favorite Thing No. 3a (for Alice)

One of my favorite things is my statue of Alice In Wonderland

which I bought one day at a thrift shop.

She's over two-feet tall, is made of resin, 

and my intention was to place her somewhere in the garden.

But as soon as I brought her indoors, I knew she belonged in the house!

I gave her a small crown of flowers when she first arrived,

but over time I've added more and more dried flowers from the garden—

roses, lily of the valley, babys breath, bits of hydrangea—

until it's become quite a splendid diadem!

 On Valentine's Day she was given a strand of pale pink heart-shaped beads

to drape over one shoulder.  (She is still wearing them.)

If you look behind her, she is holding a KEY in one of her hands,

tucked amidst the folds of her pinafore.

Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table,

all made of solid glass;

there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key,

and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall;

but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small,

but at any rate it would not open any of them.

However, on the second time round,

she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before,

and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high:

she tried the little golden key in the lock

 and to her great delight it fitted! 

Follow Alice as she makes her way to Claudia's party