OTTAWA - The Beijing Olympics are still two months away, but the rivalry between the Canadian and American women’s hockey teams is already running high.
Hodgson, who died in 1980, spent decades at his hobby. Three other dollhouses made by him are already on display at Miniature World: the Tara dollhouse, St. Mary’s Church and the English Tudor Manor. “His work was a source of pride for the family,” said Roseanne Harvey, his grandniece. “He and my great-aunt, Kay, would go bonkers over the details.” The two of them would build what they could and mail-order the rest. Handmade items would include cross-stitched carpets on the floors and all the architectural details of a two-storey home. Attention to detail is evident in this Lilliputian world of tiny household furnishings, such as a hairbrush and a bottle of perfume revealed inside the drawer of a dresser in the bedroom.