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COMMUNITY Fun with Kens and Barbies brings happiness to Hilderbrand Serving your community for 15 years Some of the dolls used in the displays were donated. www.southernoutdoorcd.com PHOTO BY JOE EARLE A sandy flowerbed in front of a house on Hilderbrand Drive is the venue for seasonal displays, starting with a Barbie beach, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and winter scenes. Before Construction After Construction planting a flowerbed. With the addition of some sand, their version of Barbie Beach was born. They started collecting dolls at thrift shops. Family and friends donated some. Lyn said sometimes pa tients at the doctor’s office where he worked have donated. At first, they put out a beach scene. As the holidays approached, they changed the display to holiday themes, including a scene for Thanksgiving. They thought the neighbors might object, but so far, they said, they’ve had no complaints. Neighbors walk their children over to admire the bevy of Barbies. Between dis plays, “people stop and say, ‘Where are the Barbies? ” Lyn said. One recent morning, as Lyn and his housemate were out cleaning the dolls after a strong rainstorm had washed sand and leaves onto their clothes. Neighbor Jim Strong spotted them as he was driv ing past, stopped and wished them well. “I think it’s fun,” he said. Specializing in Construction, Renovation, Repair & Maintenance • Patios/Pool Decks • Pools & Spas • Outdoor Kitchens • Arbors Brick & Stone • Chimneys/Fireplace • Decorative Concrete/Pavers Decks • Driveways • Efflorescence Cleaning • Grading & Drainage • Historical Restorations • Masonry Maintenance Contracts • Retaining Walls • Stone Patio Restoration & Sealing • Stone/Tile Deck Waterproofing & Leak Repair CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 Lyn moved onto Hildebrand. In Turin, Ga., a small town near the town where Lyn’s cousins lived, someone set up a “Barbie Beach,” a place where dolls frol icked in the sand. “I remember going to the original when I was a kid.” he said. “I was like, ‘That is so hilarious.’” When pulling up ivy in their yard, Lyn and his housemate un covered a small, walled area apparently intended to be used for Construction, llc 10 | DEC. 13— DEC. 26, 2013 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net
