The time to join the Moon is coming later this month when he is nearby but she still has much to do before leaving her home!
Meanwhile everyone is excited here and are making parting gifts from the land around her. Nerida has finished her floral crown, Macalla is hard at work making something yet again, and Birwain as always will provide some bulrushes to adjoin the flowers. There is no stopping this girl! With Olono getting ready for the next near moon, Macalla is busy gathering Olono’s favorite forest items to make a parting gift. She feels so sad Olono is moving to the moon and wonders if she will ever see her again.
And she is finished! A wonderful chair for Olono made from her favorite native vine plus a little cushion with more local flowers.
Well this has pissed little Macalla off! The Girl with no name sat on Olono’s new chair without asking, and looking rather pleased with herself.
Finally, after waiting two long months
It was whispered the Moon was coming nearest the Earth where Olono would wait so he could sweep her up to join him as her daughter. Olono’s mother Nerida had barely seen the Moon since this was decided, being a waterlily, her eyes closed long before the Moon shone over recent months.
Olono, her family and friends had busied themselves in the meantime collecting her favorite things to pack, and preparing some beautiful gifts from the land .. no-one knew how long it would be before she came close enough home again. The Moon travelled afar looking for his lost wife and child hence Olono was joining him as company. Her beauty was radiant like the Moon and her feminine shapes had developed like the hills from which she was born, but her heart was still that of a quiet young woman.
Macalla as we know, wove a beautiful chair for Olono from the native sarsaparilla vine that grew on the hills complete with a pillow from desert flannel flowers. Nerida had made a crown of ore and waterlilies to help Olono shine with the stars and her true love Birwain had collected a beautiful bundle of ore bulrushes, as you can never have flowers without bulrushes. Olono herself had selected the colors to join her; a deep green-blue from her mother’s home, the waterhole, and red ochre from the earth which made her a hill (hence her name).
Nerida hoped her eyes would stay open long enough to see her daughter be swept up by the Moon. She wanted Birwain to watch everything went ok but he only ever had eyes for his true love Nerida.
Such a beautiful and sad tale of what unfolded between these two young loves when they didn’t listen to the Elders warnings to stay away from the waterhole. A long time ago as teenagers they used to sneak away to meet by the waterhole not realising Warwhee the water monster also watched and grew to desire the human Nerida, so much he eventually stole her away. This devasted the young Birwain who sat by the waterhole everyday mourning the loss of his true love, but a story for another day as we await the Moon.
So a story yet unfinished …
Always the artist, Dina.
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About Olono
- Resin 40cm doll by artist Marmite Sue
- Wig, faceup and body paint by Dina
- Chair, crown and accessories by Dina
About Macalla
- Resin 20cm doll with wig by artist Lidia Snul
- Faceup and clothes by Dina
About Girl with No Name
- Resin 40cm doll by artist Marmite Sue
- Wig, faceup and body paint by Marmite Sue
- Clothes by Dina
About Nerida and Birwain
- Original Australian dreamtime story by aboriginal elders
- Variation and story of Olono by Dina
For sale – my chairs and doll art
- I love creating stories for bjd from around the world. So I paint and dress them and then build their furniture and accessories.
- You can usually buy these on my Etsy site here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thatcreativefeeling