"Melissa is a carefully crafted marionette and has been working in theater all her life. She has traveled globally and is a prized position of the Czech Republic. She has been in love with her puppeteer, Andrew, from the beginning of her career. Melissa allows him to move her tired limbs, torso, legs and head, manipulating strings which are attached to small hooks embedded at certain points. She believes in doing her best performance show after show. After so many years, all

"Lemon’s family are caretakers for a lemon tree orchard. They worked hard day- in and day- out picking, washing and crating the lemons for shipping all over the country. As a child, Lemon’s favorite playground was the orchard with its floral aroma and white and yellow blossoms. Its plump fruit appeared like tree ornaments dancing in the summer breeze. As time went on, Lemon grew to love her life among the orchard. She became an expert baker. Her deserts were exquisite and bec

"Fiona grew up in the botanical gardens in South Florida near the everglades. Her home sits on stilts two hundred feet above shallow wetland. It is situated within a wildlife sanctuary with hundreds of flamingos nesting on mudflats in huge colonies. As a child, Fiona would play games like hide and seek and tag with the flamingos, pet them and name them just as if they were her own playmates. As years went by, Fiona never lost her love for the beautiful pink birds. Her parents

Rosie bought a house next to her younger sister, Rita Rump, after saving half her paycheck for 40 years. She loved every aspect of her new house, especially the terracotta floors she inherited. Rosie soon found out how much of a burden her beautiful floors would become. She insisted on having a place for everything, Rosie would clean and dust and make sure everything was in order. After living in the house for a few months she decided to tackle the floors. Each tile had a nat

"Tilli was looking forward to a special event at her elementary school; a father and daughter night featuring a state-of-the-art marionette show. It was a chance to spend some quality time with her dad. Tilli loved marionettes and puppets and would draw them in her special notebook in her spare time. The evening came. Tilli and her dad were able to get front row seats. The show was fantastic with many performances from all kinds of marionettes with wonderful music and incredi

THE DANCE CLASS Gertrude was looking at the ads on Craigslist when she came across a dance class near her home. She always fancied...

WHITNEY Whitney loves her life and enjoys her job. She has worked as an accessory designer in the fashion district in Manhattan for 40...

POPPY Poppy loves color, as you can probably tell from her wild hair of pink and red! She also loves colorful clothes. Poppy scourers the...

OLIVE Olive lives for her garden which contains exotic flowers. Her most treasured variety is one she has created by using three other...