Title: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: Kris G. on 12-Mar-14, 02:31:05 PM
http://www.aviary.org/PF-NestCam1 (http://www.aviary.org/PF-NestCam1)
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Post by: Donna on 14-Mar-14, 11:13:38 AM
A Dorothy tweet!Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: patsy6 on 14-Mar-14, 12:05:59 PM
I see where Beauty gets her beauty.
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Post by: Kris G. on 14-Mar-14, 12:06:17 PM
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Post by: Donna on 14-Mar-14, 12:32:39 PM
She sure does!!
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Post by: MAK on 14-Mar-14, 04:37:09 PM
:heart: :heart:
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Post by: Kris G. on 20-Mar-14, 09:52:02 PM
First egg for Dorothy and E2! :2thumbsup:
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Post by: NCAFalcons on 20-Mar-14, 10:17:24 PM
:clap: :clap: :clap:
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: Donna on 21-Mar-14, 06:42:40 AM
By Kate St John :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: Donna on 24-Mar-14, 06:29:58 AM
Kate's blogIt’s very cold this morning: 14 degrees at the airport, 21 degrees in my city backyard. Assuming the Cathedral of Learning is just as warm as my backyard (1.5 miles away), the temperature at the nest has been below freezing since 8:00pm last night.
For whatever reason, Dorothy stopped sheltering her egg around 9:30pm.
Peregrine falcons don’t begin incubation until they’ve laid their next to last egg in the clutch. However, they do shelter the eggs to keep them from freezing. In her younger years Dorothy would have been on top of the egg in weather like this, not merely standing over it, and it would look like she’s incubating. But she’s not.
The egg is certainly frozen and will never hatch.
This spring Dorothy is 15 years old, retirement age for wild peregrines. She has a reason for not protecting this egg. I don’t know what it is. :(
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: patsy6 on 24-Mar-14, 08:01:32 AM
Oh Dorothy, sweetheart. :( :heart:
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Post by: carly on 24-Mar-14, 08:03:13 AM
She had a hard time laying the egg, we watched her laboring and it was honestly the toughest time I've seen a female trying to lay an egg have on cam. The only exception to that was at Cobb last year where the female died as she was egg-bound.
Yesterday and Saturday we watched all day as she tried again to lay another egg and no go. She was exhausted last night.
Yesterday and Saturday we watched all day as she tried again to lay another egg and no go. She was exhausted last night.
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: Kris G. on 24-Mar-14, 09:28:37 AM
She had a hard time laying the egg, we watched her laboring and it was honestly the toughest time I've seen a female trying to lay an egg have on cam. The only exception to that was at Cobb last year where the female died as she was egg-bound.
Yesterday and Saturday we watched all day as she tried again to lay another egg and no go. She was exhausted last night.
Yesterday and Saturday we watched all day as she tried again to lay another egg and no go. She was exhausted last night.
I was watching plus reading posts about her difficulty in egg-laying. Sweet Dorothy. :heart:
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: MAK on 24-Mar-14, 11:11:08 AM
Dorothy must know it's time to retire and take it easy. She has contributed her fair share to the population of Peregrines out there. Thank you for Beauty dear Dorothy! :heart: :heart:
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Post by: Donna on 24-Mar-14, 11:33:10 AM
CORRECTION to my blog this morning about the frozen egg. Yes it was frozen but it might be viable. It wasn't incubated yet so who knows. Might hatch. Kate
:o
:o
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: Donna on 26-Mar-14, 08:45:53 AM
Dorothy laid her first egg on March 20. It appears to be her last, yet she has not begun incubation.
In her prime Dorothy laid an egg every 2.5 days until she completed a clutch of four or five. She always hatched all or all-but-one.
Last year her age began to show. Her time between eggs was prolonged, three eggs did not hatch, and one of the hatchlings was too handicapped to live.
Back in 2010 I wrote about what happens when female peregrines age (click here). Dorothy is now 15, two years older than the average adult life expectancy of 13. So we’re learning something.
Yesterday Mary DeVaughn coined the term “hen-o-pause” on the Pittsburgh Falconuts Facebook page. I don’t know if birds experience anything like menopause but it explains Dorothy’s solo egg and her lack of desire to incubate.
She’s certainly the right age for “hen-o-pause.” By Kate
Poor Dorothy!
In her prime Dorothy laid an egg every 2.5 days until she completed a clutch of four or five. She always hatched all or all-but-one.
Last year her age began to show. Her time between eggs was prolonged, three eggs did not hatch, and one of the hatchlings was too handicapped to live.
Back in 2010 I wrote about what happens when female peregrines age (click here). Dorothy is now 15, two years older than the average adult life expectancy of 13. So we’re learning something.
Yesterday Mary DeVaughn coined the term “hen-o-pause” on the Pittsburgh Falconuts Facebook page. I don’t know if birds experience anything like menopause but it explains Dorothy’s solo egg and her lack of desire to incubate.
She’s certainly the right age for “hen-o-pause.” By Kate
Poor Dorothy!Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: MAK on 26-Mar-14, 02:27:04 PM
Well, like I said before dear Dorothy has made her contribution to the population of Peregrine Falcons (Beauty being one of them :heart:) and if she wants to quit now it's fine by me. Relax and enjoy retirement Dorothy, you've been an awesome falcon and mother! :heart:
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: carly on 26-Mar-14, 02:31:10 PM
Well, like I said before dear Dorothy has made her contribution to the population of Peregrine Falcons (Beauty being one of them :heart:) and if she wants to quit now it's fine by me. Relax and enjoy retirement Dorothy, you've been an awesome falcon and mother! :heart:
Well said MAK :2thumbsup: :notworthy:
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: Donna on 30-Mar-14, 09:32:42 AM
What a rough year for Dorothy. It looks like she's trouble producing yet another egg this morning, possibly artound 7AM (see comments from March 24 post for info on the other). She spent last night roosting on a rail above the nest box that would put her right above the new spot this morning that looks a lot like an egg yolk.
It's just not her year.
Latest tweet! :crying:
It's just not her year.
Latest tweet! :crying:
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Post by: Kris G. on 30-Mar-14, 09:37:09 AM
What a rough year for Dorothy. It looks like she's trouble producing yet another egg this morning, possibly artound 7AM (see comments from March 24 post for info on the other). She spent last night roosting on a rail above the nest box that would put her right above the new spot this morning that looks a lot like an egg yolk.
It's just not her year.
Latest tweet! :crying:
It's just not her year.
Latest tweet! :crying:
:(
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Post by: Donna on 30-Mar-14, 09:48:35 AM
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/djweeds/3-30Dorothyyolk_zpsedb11318.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/djweeds/media/3-30Dorothyyolk_zpsedb11318.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: carly on 30-Mar-14, 09:52:08 AM
:tired: :(
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Post by: Donna on 30-Mar-14, 01:37:58 PM
Is she pushing again? I hope she's OK!!
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Post by: carly on 30-Mar-14, 01:40:50 PM
She probably doesn't understand what is happening to her and why she can't lay her eggs. She's been doing it for over a decade, must be quite confusing for her.
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: MAK on 30-Mar-14, 02:28:25 PM
She probably doesn't understand what is happening to her and why she can't lay her eggs. She's been doing it for over a decade, must be quite confusing for her.
It's not easy getting old for any of us-human or falcon. ;)
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Post by: Kris G. on 30-Mar-14, 02:28:58 PM
She probably doesn't understand what is happening to her and why she can't lay her eggs. She's been doing it for over a decade, must be quite confusing for her.
I feel so bad for her and E2. It's been a rough couple yrs. for them.
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Post by: Donna on 30-Mar-14, 03:20:31 PM
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/djweeds/3-30Pink_zpsd71f7d5d.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/djweeds/media/3-30Pink_zpsd71f7d5d.jpg.html) Dorothy's egg and yolk! :(
After I blew this up, I saw this:
"This is a closeup of the remains of the recently expelled bound egg. She absolutely needed to pass this egg, but there remains a possibility of an infection from it or a problem with the next egg in line, if there is one. She continues to look stressed, with her feathers "poofed" out more than they should be for the ambient temperature. But, again, it is very good that she was able to expel the bound egg."
After I blew this up, I saw this:
"This is a closeup of the remains of the recently expelled bound egg. She absolutely needed to pass this egg, but there remains a possibility of an infection from it or a problem with the next egg in line, if there is one. She continues to look stressed, with her feathers "poofed" out more than they should be for the ambient temperature. But, again, it is very good that she was able to expel the bound egg."
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: DebInTexas on 30-Mar-14, 05:08:22 PM
I've been watching Dorothy for a bit this afternoon, and she does seem a little off the norm. Bless her heart, she's a beautiful Peregrine. She is just standing over the egg and snoozing. :(
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Post by: Donna on 30-Mar-14, 07:09:09 PM
Good Ol' Dorothy--if at first (or second, as the case may be) you don't succeed, try, try again! Here's hoping that she will succeed, and have a MUCH easier time with the next egg--she certainly deserves that!
From fb :heart:
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Post by: MAK on 30-Mar-14, 09:01:26 PM
Good Ol' Dorothy--if at first (or second, as the case may be) you don't succeed, try, try again! Here's hoping that she will succeed, and have a MUCH easier time with the next egg--she certainly deserves that!
From fb :heart:
:heart:
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Post by: Donna on 31-Mar-14, 08:47:18 AM
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/03/31/she-was-egg-bound/ (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/03/31/she-was-egg-bound/)
Dorothy was egg-bound. Read it here by Kate
Dorothy was egg-bound. Read it here by Kate
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Post by: carly on 31-Mar-14, 08:48:53 AM
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/03/31/she-was-egg-bound/ (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/03/31/she-was-egg-bound/)
Dorothy was egg-bound. Read it here by Kate
Dorothy was egg-bound. Read it here by Kate
Last year the female at Cobb died on cam due to being egg bound, it was tragic.
Good she was able to expel it.
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Post by: ~Sage~ on 31-Mar-14, 05:21:55 PM
Dorothy expelled the egg. Will she recover now? Does this mean her egg-laying days are over? What about the eggs in the scrape now?
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Post by: Kris G. on 31-Mar-14, 05:33:39 PM
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/03/31/she-was-egg-bound/ (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/03/31/she-was-egg-bound/)
Dorothy was egg-bound. Read it here by Kate
Dorothy was egg-bound. Read it here by Kate
Last year the female at Cobb died on cam due to being egg bound, it was tragic.
Good she was able to expel it.
I watched that story unfold last year and it was very sad to watch.
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Post by: Donna on 31-Mar-14, 05:37:29 PM
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/03/31/she-was-egg-bound/ (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/03/31/she-was-egg-bound/)
Dorothy was egg-bound. Read it here by Kate
Dorothy was egg-bound. Read it here by Kate
Last year the female at Cobb died on cam due to being egg bound, it was tragic.
Good she was able to expel it.
I watched that story unfold last year and it was very sad to watch.
Me too!! Awful to watch! I didn't, just checked updates! :(
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Post by: carly on 31-Mar-14, 05:40:40 PM
Dorothy expelled the egg. Will she recover now? Does this mean her egg-laying days are over? What about the eggs in the scrape now?
Well Kate tweeted earlier that she and E2 were seen mating this afternoon ..so she's obviously recovered! I don't know what the future will bring...my first experience personally with hen-o-pause in action. In other elder falcons I've seen on cams, they just stopped laying eggs entirely..no issues like this.
I should also point out that KathyQ is 15 this year and she just laid 4 eggs, so is SW in Cleveland. And we have Erin and WW here who are both 16 this year - so we'll see if they lay eggs successfully. Learning experience for all of us.
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Post by: Bird Crazy on 05-Apr-14, 09:04:33 AM
Dorothy expelled the egg. Will she recover now? Does this mean her egg-laying days are over? What about the eggs in the scrape now?
Well Kate tweeted earlier that she and E2 were seen mating this afternoon ..so she's obviously recovered! I don't know what the future will bring...my first experience personally with hen-o-pause in action. In other elder falcons I've seen on cams, they just stopped laying eggs entirely..no issues like this.
I should also point out that KathyQ is 15 this year and she just laid 4 eggs, so is SW in Cleveland. And we have Erin and WW here who are both 16 this year - so we'll see if they lay eggs successfully. Learning experience for all of us.
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Post by: Donna on 04-May-14, 07:58:25 AM
Dorothy dozing with a full crop!Feel so bad for her, she did her time and now needs to retire! Still..... :( Beauty looks so much like her!
pic from fb
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Post by: MAK on 04-May-14, 11:49:40 AM
Dorothy dozing with a full crop!Feel so bad for her, she did her time and now needs to retire! Still..... :( Beauty looks so much like her!
pic from fb
:heart:
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Post by: Donna on 08-Jul-14, 03:13:23 PM
Cool picture of Dorothy from this past weekend.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Coming in for a landing! @PittPeregrines (https://twitter.com/PittPeregrines) dropped by to say hey as we took #SchenleyPlaza (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SchenleyPlaza?src=hash) aerial shots this weekend. pic.twitter.com/JoaDQrlNzK (http://t.co/JoaDQrlNzK)</p>— Pittsburgh Parks (@pittsburghparks) June 30, 2014 (https://twitter.com/pittsburghparks/statuses/483614214909870080)
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Coming in for a landing! @PittPeregrines (https://twitter.com/PittPeregrines) dropped by to say hey as we took #SchenleyPlaza (https://twitter.com/hashtag/SchenleyPlaza?src=hash) aerial shots this weekend. pic.twitter.com/JoaDQrlNzK (http://t.co/JoaDQrlNzK)</p>— Pittsburgh Parks (@pittsburghparks) June 30, 2014 (https://twitter.com/pittsburghparks/statuses/483614214909870080)
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OOPS!!
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Post by: patsy6 on 08-Jul-14, 03:14:42 PM
Cool pic of Dorothy from this past weekend:
https://twitter.com/pittsburghparks/status/483614214909870080/photo/1
https://twitter.com/pittsburghparks/status/483614214909870080/photo/1
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: patsy6 on 08-Jul-14, 03:18:55 PM
Somehow I don't think Dorothy was "dropp[ing] by to say hey." More like she was dropping by to say "HEY! GET OUT MY TERRITORY!"
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: Donna on 12-Aug-14, 09:30:55 AM
Dorothy has been challenged already! She won this first round but will she win the next? :(
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/08/12/dorothy-is-challenged/ (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/08/12/dorothy-is-challenged/) by Kate St. John
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/08/12/dorothy-is-challenged/ (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/08/12/dorothy-is-challenged/) by Kate St. John
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Post by: Kris G. on 12-Aug-14, 09:42:19 AM
Dorothy has been challenged already! She won this first round but will she win the next? :(
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/08/12/dorothy-is-challenged/ (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/08/12/dorothy-is-challenged/) by Kate St. John
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/08/12/dorothy-is-challenged/ (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/08/12/dorothy-is-challenged/) by Kate St. John
Was just going to post this. Poor Dorothy..challenges ahead. :(
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Post by: carly on 12-Aug-14, 09:59:21 AM
Hold on Dorothy, Nettie and Tesh possibly on the way to help you! Glad she is okay for now.
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Post by: MAK on 12-Aug-14, 01:29:37 PM
Hopefully Dorothy will fade out in peace. Thanks to her we have Beauty. :heart:
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Post by: Donna on 30-Oct-14, 04:01:08 PM
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/djweeds/10-30Dorothy_zps277c24b0.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/djweeds/media/10-30Dorothy_zps277c24b0.jpg.html)
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/djweeds/10-30Dorothyprey_zps7b3f6294.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/djweeds/media/10-30Dorothyprey_zps7b3f6294.jpg.html)
Someone thought this was a falcon in distress because she was there so long on an air conditioner unit but actually this is Dorothy in a food coma! All is well and she ate well too! She looks great, this is where Beauty gets her good looks from! :heart:
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/djweeds/10-30Dorothyprey_zps7b3f6294.jpg) (http://s140.photobucket.com/user/djweeds/media/10-30Dorothyprey_zps7b3f6294.jpg.html)
Someone thought this was a falcon in distress because she was there so long on an air conditioner unit but actually this is Dorothy in a food coma! All is well and she ate well too! She looks great, this is where Beauty gets her good looks from! :heart:
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Post by: patsy6 on 30-Oct-14, 04:18:49 PM
Dorothy! So good to see you, my dear! :thumbsup:
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Post by: carly on 30-Oct-14, 04:38:20 PM
She doesn't look like she's ready to give up the ghost anytime soon..you go girl!! :wub:
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Post by: Kris G. on 30-Oct-14, 05:06:05 PM
Looking good, Beauty's momma! :fallgirl:
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Post by: MAK on 30-Oct-14, 07:25:57 PM
She's Beautyful too! :heart:
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Post by: PatriciaRose on 30-Oct-14, 09:52:50 PM
Awesome pic! :2thumbsup:
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Post by: jeanne on 31-Oct-14, 12:21:53 AM
Beautiful!!!! :wub: :wub: :wub:
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Post by: Carol P. on 31-Oct-14, 07:36:59 AM
Happy to see Dorothy doing well. :happy:
Title: Re: Cathedral of Learning Falcon webcam (Pittsburgh) 2014
Post by: Donna on 17-Nov-14, 01:42:27 PM
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/11/17/dorothys-oldest-granddaughter/comment-page-1/#comment-105788 (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/11/17/dorothys-oldest-granddaughter/comment-page-1/#comment-105788) Dorothy's oldest granddaughter, Pittstop! I believe would be Beauty's niece. What a story, poor girl! by Kate St. John
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Post by: Kris G. on 17-Nov-14, 06:04:53 PM
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/11/17/dorothys-oldest-granddaughter/comment-page-1/#comment-105788 (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/11/17/dorothys-oldest-granddaughter/comment-page-1/#comment-105788) Dorothy's oldest granddaughter, Pittstop! I believe would be Beauty's niece. What a story, poor girl! by Kate St. John
Saw this on FB..pretty girl! Her dad, Louie, is Beauty's brother..same parents, different years ..she is Beauty's niece.
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Post by: MAK on 17-Nov-14, 06:13:08 PM
http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/11/17/dorothys-oldest-granddaughter/comment-page-1/#comment-105788 (http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2014/11/17/dorothys-oldest-granddaughter/comment-page-1/#comment-105788) Dorothy's oldest granddaughter, Pittstop! I believe would be Beauty's niece. What a story, poor girl! by Kate St. John
Wow she looks like Beauty! :heart: