As we catch up with Camellia, we find her scanning the horizon.

Camellia spans the shore after seeing a glint of white in the ocean. Follow her adventures at www.mydolladventure.com

Camellia spots an object floating on the waves. Follow her adventures at www.mydolladventure.com

Camellia reaches for the object floating on the waves. Follow her adventures at www.mydolladventure.com

Camellia rescues a dog from the ocean. Follow her adventures at www.mydolladventure.com

Camellia nurses the half-drowned dog back to health. Follow her adventures at www.mydolladventure.com

I had lots of grand, and even mundane plans for this episode, but they were not to be.

One involved the source of the dog – I’d imagined at first that Camellia would spot a passenger boat sinking and the dog would come in on part of the wreckage. But I couldn’t snag a great shot, and it seemed like quite a lot of loss of life just to get her a dog.

My other idea is that the dog is Camellia’s dog, which seems in character (Camellia draws things to her), and I may still show a backstory explaining how that might happen. But, for now, it’s just *a* dog – the dog Camellia wants with her.

This is the one of the many dogs I auditioned for Daisy’s dog (a role which eventually went to the white plastic dog, Annie). I mentioned that one of the reasons why I’d ruled him out for Daisy is that he’s breakable (the awake version of the dog arrived with a broken ear. But I figured Camellia was in the sand, so not much could happen to her. Turns out I shot this particular episode over a lovely sheet of stained glass (thanks, Diana!). And then, Camellia lifts us the dog to rescue it, and gravity happens. So, the sleeping dog is now without one front paw.

An oddity in Camellia world – apparently, the sky is creased :). I have these great photo backdrops, but they’re printed on some kind of vinyl, so I can’t just steam them straight.

I very much like the Madonna-and-child vibe in the last photo, with all of the animals looking on.

I’ll show you around the new (temporary) set on Wednesday. On Friday, I’ll do a quick comparison in posebility between my ball joint dolls and my articulated fashion dolls.