Melbournelaisen kuvittaja-lelunrakentaja Claire Robertsonin aina kauniilla sivuilla kehitellään vaihtoehtoista
adventtiajan puuhakalenteria lasten ja aikuisten yhteiseen joulunodotukseen. Aika moni idea paljastaa, että eteläisellä pallonpuoliskolla ollaan. Ja olisiko mentaliteettikin vähän erilainen - nyt varpaankynsiin iloinen lakka koko perheelle!
Kuvassa leluntekijäteemaan liittyen Liisa-tädin tontut, jotka protestoivat äänekkäästi sitä, että heidät heräteltiin valokuvaan jo adventtiajan ensi päivinä.
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Illustrator-toymaker Claire Robertson from Melbourne has
a beautiful blog that I have been meaning to add a link to. These days, she is collecting ideas for an advent calendar to amuse a three-year-old and some older persons. The list of activities illustrates the fact that we are indeed in the Southern Hemisphere. And maybe the mentality is a bit different as well, but the indoor picnic should be a hit even in Finland.
Speaking of toymakers, pictured are two of Aunt Liisa's elves. They moved with me to Australia and, for much of the year, live in a box in the airing cupboard. Now they are mortified at having been woken up to pose in a photo already, with more than a month to go before Christmas.
Melbournelaisen kuvittaja-lelunrakentaja Claire Robertsonin aina kauniilla sivuilla kehitellään vaihtoehtoista adventtiajan puuhakalenteria lasten ja aikuisten yhteiseen joulunodotukseen. Aika moni idea paljastaa, että eteläisellä pallonpuoliskolla ollaan. Ja olisiko mentaliteettikin vähän erilainen - nyt varpaankynsiin iloinen lakka koko perheelle!
Kuvassa leluntekijäteemaan liittyen Liisa-tädin tontut, jotka protestoivat äänekkäästi sitä, että heidät heräteltiin valokuvaan jo adventtiajan ensi päivinä.
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Illustrator-toymaker Claire Robertson from Melbourne has a beautiful blog that I have been meaning to add a link to. These days, she is collecting ideas for an advent calendar to amuse a three-year-old and some older persons. The list of activities illustrates the fact that we are indeed in the Southern Hemisphere. And maybe the mentality is a bit different as well, but the indoor picnic should be a hit even in Finland.
Speaking of toymakers, pictured are two of Aunt Liisa's elves. They moved with me to Australia and, for much of the year, live in a box in the airing cupboard. Now they are mortified at having been woken up to pose in a photo already, with more than a month to go before Christmas.
Comments - Kommentit
DATE: 11:45 PM
Am I imagining things or is the 28th of November actually LESS than a month before Christmas? Unless you're Orthodox, of course - my sister's best friend is, and takes great delight in buying her Easter Chocolate cheap and her Christmas presents on sale. And why not, if you could?Nice elves, Aunt Liisa. (Now I "Know" TWO Liisa-with-two-i-s!) Amelie wins the Gnome prize, though.When I was little, I used to dream about snowy European christmases. Sam Grenville was the envy of our school when she spent the festive season at the end of year 8 in Paris. (But then, Sam wore a cashmere scarf in winter. It follows.)But these days I have to say that I wouldn't swap Australian christmases for anything - Christmas bush all pink and white and pretty, lilac Jacarandas leading up to Advent, the golden-green glow of the light through the leaves, and the empty heat of the dawn sky on Christmas Day (6am church, the only time to go if you don't want to stick to the pew!) Cassata, cold custard, and the thundering waves pushing you into starry-studded sleep...Sorry, didn't mean to start rhapsodising! Mosquitoes and bushfires excepted, obviously.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 23, 2006 06:17 PM
DATE: 8:29 AM
Lovely rhapsodising, Anon. 6:00am church? I was brought up on the fine tradition of Midnight Mass - the very best time to sing Christmas hymns (no American style Christmas songs, pls!).Anni. Cute elves, but why do you torture them in the drying cabinet all year? They look more sociable than that - at least the fellow at the back does. I'm a bit wary of the little guy in front. Denis
Posted by: Denis Wilson | February 23, 2006 06:17 PM
DATE: 9:59 AM
Denis, he is still half asleep and extremely sort-sighted. But you are right, he is the grumpy one.But I am not torturing them by keeping them in a box - if they could choose, they'd spend Christmas that way, too.Dear A(non), the legend has it that it has once snowed in Robertson on Christmas Day. No jacarandas up here. Hardly any mosquitoes or bushfires.
Posted by: ah | February 23, 2006 06:17 PM
DATE: 10:00 AM
And yes, it is less than a month, incredibly.
Posted by: ah | February 23, 2006 06:17 PM
DATE: 6:40 AM
Our elf will come out of his drawer on Thursday as an advent treat, rather than waiting for nearer Christmas when he will stand by the Christmas tree and be admired once more.
Posted by: Marford | February 23, 2006 06:17 PM