tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28255570156235913062024-03-05T06:41:00.821+00:00Cestina's dolls housesThe journey to a dolls house museum of my very ownCestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-60640271302688176202023-12-13T18:50:00.000+00:002023-12-13T18:50:27.962+00:00Dashing Through The Snow<p>I always love planning and constructing the Christmas window display in Small Worlds. This year, however, I was in England and am even now on my way back to Bavorov, staying with friends in Bonn before I continue the careful drive down through much of Germany. I am due to arrive home on Saturday and I left the window display in the more than capable hands of Butterfly (who was in fact mainly responsible for the autumnal gnome scene that has just been removed). </p><p>So over to her....</p><p style="text-align: center;">**************</p><p>Hello all, Alison a.k.a. butterfly a.k.a. <a href="https://alisonbomber.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Words and Pictures</a> here! I'll confess I was quite sad to take down the autumnal gnome display, and had only a fairly vague idea of how to arrange the winter scene I had in mind. With my love of history, I was full of plans for wayside taverns and stagecoaches, and had to restrain myself from adding a highwayman or two. There ended up being other problems for the coachman to deal with...</p><p>It all emerged from this fairly unpromising pile of stuff gathered from the Small Worlds hoard, with the odd additional snowy purchase. I couldn't have created the scene without those snow blankets, so that was a great last-minute addition made to the pile by Cestina before she set off for a few weeks in the UK (leaving me on window duty).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5UaTeX3UsPtrteTshummLvz0LAUC3TeKNM-bw8HptXUQtWleST8F26xiSkvDPoslMjGZ2iF1lwcAI_EhunemEWA2QVKIG2leRIjuMeZa1xkjTkjnZyuifTtYQ-kcclnmzMtqJSPM6KgzuFZ8DMVLfxxD_WbqTLjeXGOUQETRPg8slhyfNufbmyLSo5No/s4032/D1E60570-5A0C-4E4B-931E-3B390E41EFCE_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5UaTeX3UsPtrteTshummLvz0LAUC3TeKNM-bw8HptXUQtWleST8F26xiSkvDPoslMjGZ2iF1lwcAI_EhunemEWA2QVKIG2leRIjuMeZa1xkjTkjnZyuifTtYQ-kcclnmzMtqJSPM6KgzuFZ8DMVLfxxD_WbqTLjeXGOUQETRPg8slhyfNufbmyLSo5No/w300-h400/D1E60570-5A0C-4E4B-931E-3B390E41EFCE_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>We'd made a couple of decisions ahead of time. The once-upon-a-time bear cavern house (you'll have to go a long way back to find that version) was to become the coaching inn in the foreground, stage left (that's the left if you're standing on stage - ie in the window - looking out at the audience). <i>[Digression by Cestina: You wouldn't just have to look a long way back - there are sadly no photos of its incarnation as a cavern full of bears. Way back in 2012 I majorly lucked out on Ebay with what became known as <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-essex-dolls-house-haul-part-one.html" target="_blank">the Essex Haul</a>. Long-time followers may remember it. <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-essex-dolls-house-haul-part-two.html" target="_blank">This house was part of i</a>t. Some years later <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/06/down-on-farm.html" target="_blank">it appeared in the window as a farmhouse</a>]</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp54PQbzjPZDKEHpCBNHRFnISAVX5s7XkJNZf6-q4KwlyGBiLj8UOfT34a4wLhut09JYG0quioWM9eTlpzN_slaXxuxQ_SQinZ1tbLoxgMF8rY_52Jfk4HNoWww2P9xEplTnXdVdleZSG3gcydlwRV8wFDsmy9LIvnbEjC5L621HB-CLjZnExN-1qvfk4z/s4032/7454F7C6-889B-4D0A-99AA-FA8196A49313_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp54PQbzjPZDKEHpCBNHRFnISAVX5s7XkJNZf6-q4KwlyGBiLj8UOfT34a4wLhut09JYG0quioWM9eTlpzN_slaXxuxQ_SQinZ1tbLoxgMF8rY_52Jfk4HNoWww2P9xEplTnXdVdleZSG3gcydlwRV8wFDsmy9LIvnbEjC5L621HB-CLjZnExN-1qvfk4z/w400-h300/7454F7C6-889B-4D0A-99AA-FA8196A49313_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The original plan had been to create a dimensional scene with the smaller scale coaching inn (constructed by Colin Rose, from a beautiful kit) that is also in Small Worlds standing on some hills "in the distance", with the stage coach(es) travelling between the two. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XQs1SBB3mIpqu_tVd0kv_dKxZHsTtkZLDY1XKUDQf4doIpYELreEEBS9dtnoVsuGBtbjeuQUR6CxdWqBbZnqQuy9gN77mybulRc50sd0cHPoE9m-N_hO-iN9_Uw6UVjbIIx3CbxCkz_Gux8XBtpyYnksdZ1O1wJcKaqHbBHBSgZyhoBSI_oir5ojE6l2/s4032/4D7C631F-443B-490B-8FED-06E8845CF554_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XQs1SBB3mIpqu_tVd0kv_dKxZHsTtkZLDY1XKUDQf4doIpYELreEEBS9dtnoVsuGBtbjeuQUR6CxdWqBbZnqQuy9gN77mybulRc50sd0cHPoE9m-N_hO-iN9_Uw6UVjbIIx3CbxCkz_Gux8XBtpyYnksdZ1O1wJcKaqHbBHBSgZyhoBSI_oir5ojE6l2/w300-h400/4D7C631F-443B-490B-8FED-06E8845CF554_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>As it turned out, the space in the window wasn't large enough to make that perspective illusion work so I had to reconfigure things as I went along. (Also, I'd say that one is really a coaching inn within a town, not very suitable for standing alone in the middle of the countryside, particularly not at the top of a mountain.) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXFXL98n8yXrYuj5FcxLriQNEaRjL9u8wnxVqDlJ9I3bZGaWm-kIvzZV4kKl70r7EGx2akazMa357C2SpARde0-elMaDBC8w7Fg8DhunHGkkV1BrxTx50BLK3sFuekk1lE-EkvjtICOpowq_OEHFw_NeHQnjLLzMHmHidos8GsecPdgHg3G8XMALKd_n5/s3024/F5C0440D-FE24-485B-89C4-7314CCD84173_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXFXL98n8yXrYuj5FcxLriQNEaRjL9u8wnxVqDlJ9I3bZGaWm-kIvzZV4kKl70r7EGx2akazMa357C2SpARde0-elMaDBC8w7Fg8DhunHGkkV1BrxTx50BLK3sFuekk1lE-EkvjtICOpowq_OEHFw_NeHQnjLLzMHmHidos8GsecPdgHg3G8XMALKd_n5/w400-h400/F5C0440D-FE24-485B-89C4-7314CCD84173_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I was delighted to happen on these metal signs still wrapped in their paper bag in my backpack. They were bought in the enchanting <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct5uHhWoIWa/" target="_blank">Museum of Shops</a> in Český Krumlov. If you can't access that link to my Instagram photos of the museum, then <a href="http://www.muzeumobchoduck.cz/fotogalerie.html" target="_blank">here's their own website</a> as an alternative. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgPNxrKhuVZo_b8T3-M8O_5yvkXX3N5kxUvCZyu1h2K6RgbGV3eqz6MHKxy_ofKqHJTsQCoR9BZQS_wbqNHNI0U6fNIOZqQOuasfgKkoU_ODD7gkLVrClyZcPLuNvqHUzy8Ktoa-EFxsVelg-21I1q6ak8K7WpXm6oh4LSgpmGKOvRcUmCkhAx1VrnAsE/s4032/0931C699-C6ED-453D-9F2A-8F6F438DF8EF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgPNxrKhuVZo_b8T3-M8O_5yvkXX3N5kxUvCZyu1h2K6RgbGV3eqz6MHKxy_ofKqHJTsQCoR9BZQS_wbqNHNI0U6fNIOZqQOuasfgKkoU_ODD7gkLVrClyZcPLuNvqHUzy8Ktoa-EFxsVelg-21I1q6ak8K7WpXm6oh4LSgpmGKOvRcUmCkhAx1VrnAsE/w400-h300/0931C699-C6ED-453D-9F2A-8F6F438DF8EF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I put up the two Czech beer posters on the walls of the house, and job done - it's now a pub! It's lucky the walls of the house are so textured - it gave the blu-tac something to cling to. So far, they haven't fallen off (fingers crossed).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14CjZh1L75Eyowmbg9nEz_QuWTTOcYxt8Gva5azoFhDAaDEcOkplGxKwrtIm2ggOJBaYCSgcu-tdFHQy9qyDt1dV5QdmU8zzpJKprA6JiqkHz4hYdYwuKkSyVa5Zfu1g9PofCaIKYrRGcM2USDQDynQhKKHzfnJ1lfvaYZyii-KJOPeckpK4_00UxGZmM/s4032/0E4570D9-CFBD-4BCB-A628-56EB6B5765F0.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14CjZh1L75Eyowmbg9nEz_QuWTTOcYxt8Gva5azoFhDAaDEcOkplGxKwrtIm2ggOJBaYCSgcu-tdFHQy9qyDt1dV5QdmU8zzpJKprA6JiqkHz4hYdYwuKkSyVa5Zfu1g9PofCaIKYrRGcM2USDQDynQhKKHzfnJ1lfvaYZyii-KJOPeckpK4_00UxGZmM/w300-h400/0E4570D9-CFBD-4BCB-A628-56EB6B5765F0.heic" width="300" /></a></div><p>I started pulling one of the snow blankets apart to create drifts and banks of snow around the building (this is going to be fun to clear up)...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSqjPrKZXoUVvDSg6K4dr332oa83-h8tDWVEJooNAM_nwslemmV6Xcp6cZly3G96i7DF3gok-tkOT34Xc5ZrAV48KZdGF55PgEV50UY1D4YJBcCHknD0ohNd64i9mvjrjxWUlGmxR4B4lTDvgBW4yV_hTDKabn19UAfjwTM8zqezCmyB8BQL1KHOV3jYw/s4032/025CCBA0-671A-4D0F-9734-7D7166D9717C.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSqjPrKZXoUVvDSg6K4dr332oa83-h8tDWVEJooNAM_nwslemmV6Xcp6cZly3G96i7DF3gok-tkOT34Xc5ZrAV48KZdGF55PgEV50UY1D4YJBcCHknD0ohNd64i9mvjrjxWUlGmxR4B4lTDvgBW4yV_hTDKabn19UAfjwTM8zqezCmyB8BQL1KHOV3jYw/w400-h300/025CCBA0-671A-4D0F-9734-7D7166D9717C.heic" width="400" /></a></div><p>... and most of the rest of the blankets form the snowy landscape across the remainder of the window. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnlrjQXXcXe3-vjbsRTiBCg4DD1jn_GOQvQenF99VNuqQdx7ZZGKebdAb2XA9rp-3GztY7YrRlXyDnfkQQutcPr2OTFijD-zhiYdNscW3ETtAbCtTdL2isOdFoEb-Eo4YgekF2pnxLNPKySJN7pgdpsnFRXBkMHDGzIUK97qtt8bI9mTvB8OfCaAAniTi/s4032/A67ECA5C-116C-4639-8317-54D7AD1192E1_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnlrjQXXcXe3-vjbsRTiBCg4DD1jn_GOQvQenF99VNuqQdx7ZZGKebdAb2XA9rp-3GztY7YrRlXyDnfkQQutcPr2OTFijD-zhiYdNscW3ETtAbCtTdL2isOdFoEb-Eo4YgekF2pnxLNPKySJN7pgdpsnFRXBkMHDGzIUK97qtt8bI9mTvB8OfCaAAniTi/w300-h400/A67ECA5C-116C-4639-8317-54D7AD1192E1_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>I used some cardboard packaging to build up hills and foothills over on stage right, with net curtain over that to smooth things out, and then the snow blanket over the top of it all.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpKKuJbm-_vODt21I0hlAGCGfs_NY3jZ-XXBoHdmrXLRvPqSID2w6_J7gnVPGPfdqKjKzWsMgQfka6l-_azeN_HjAZEWbceF0iFcblNZtObo1h2Ef0LYvmxbipHyF0oVeEyi8alZb7-0g2cckSImYpBLnkuZWSlVPW3vPpL-4HrcVjEm4wbu1HVNmVK8x/s4032/AEF21FE6-2722-4549-8DF4-2805E9C399E8.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpKKuJbm-_vODt21I0hlAGCGfs_NY3jZ-XXBoHdmrXLRvPqSID2w6_J7gnVPGPfdqKjKzWsMgQfka6l-_azeN_HjAZEWbceF0iFcblNZtObo1h2Ef0LYvmxbipHyF0oVeEyi8alZb7-0g2cckSImYpBLnkuZWSlVPW3vPpL-4HrcVjEm4wbu1HVNmVK8x/w300-h400/AEF21FE6-2722-4549-8DF4-2805E9C399E8.heic" width="300" /></a></div></div><p>This was how I had planned to create "the distance" for the small scale coaching inn to go, but they would have had to be very tall hills to make the perspective work - leaving the inn in danger of crashing down and breaking the window!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KzBhNRWwYNa4TEsGFTBxxnk_cKWi3DzrcfTUvcKmVDxgpFl7oe-kXl2udTizP00885gzptyzJE2lLbf2XyVnIjNFqKeGVbeIeQZfs8CFK-KxwMkvVE5RQx1QDWvUczxK0HNOUHraF-XuKn6G_PSDP6b7d1n05LSBrzmfR4p-px_U9z3EimP-gvag3R9O/s4032/23320359-DF48-4728-BDA1-E2772087946F.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KzBhNRWwYNa4TEsGFTBxxnk_cKWi3DzrcfTUvcKmVDxgpFl7oe-kXl2udTizP00885gzptyzJE2lLbf2XyVnIjNFqKeGVbeIeQZfs8CFK-KxwMkvVE5RQx1QDWvUczxK0HNOUHraF-XuKn6G_PSDP6b7d1n05LSBrzmfR4p-px_U9z3EimP-gvag3R9O/w300-h400/23320359-DF48-4728-BDA1-E2772087946F.heic" width="300" /></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Instead, we've just got some nice snowy hills with pine trees. And once the landscaping was in place, I could start to people it...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W_GM95uGt49fKmF_ROeEaQvRbsMmSfTzyFVEnrOD5e9lHqZFHO2wfyl-sMrGzejrdqBjOM1FyuN5-T9THeOFXnUR5EuFRqVL7E1a1D8eHrIi4Mr67JiOb96ZeGn2OKmutYkYGoYKgMMR8j8cByKUHLhMBziMwX79a5I3ugtS3hxdm7bg0DjQO8RbOWqi/s3639/687E4B13-66A8-4CE6-A46F-75D4B1492C17_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3639" data-original-width="2719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9W_GM95uGt49fKmF_ROeEaQvRbsMmSfTzyFVEnrOD5e9lHqZFHO2wfyl-sMrGzejrdqBjOM1FyuN5-T9THeOFXnUR5EuFRqVL7E1a1D8eHrIi4Mr67JiOb96ZeGn2OKmutYkYGoYKgMMR8j8cByKUHLhMBziMwX79a5I3ugtS3hxdm7bg0DjQO8RbOWqi/w299-h400/687E4B13-66A8-4CE6-A46F-75D4B1492C17_1_201_a.jpeg" width="299" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Quite how this very evidently English wayside inn managed to get a supply of beer (pivo) from Protivín is a little unclear. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFmha9zb6-9wbh2AvBryjVNgii_dO667ab1ktYcIUxEA4NLM_WCUmG_h0qc0pEpeyanRNDW3thyphenhyphen7h4yBU6n0Pci32KuAlzkaQE_fAOUvdAb3arCXcuzJnYulU6i8rxeSSmqNpwrKF1Efw4nymQzR8hR5ES6ScmuX_viEGfgpEeBHYr0sNaOqwGhMheRh_/s3873/8FD9D478-ED98-4FA6-A2F5-353D9098B366_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2909" data-original-width="3873" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFmha9zb6-9wbh2AvBryjVNgii_dO667ab1ktYcIUxEA4NLM_WCUmG_h0qc0pEpeyanRNDW3thyphenhyphen7h4yBU6n0Pci32KuAlzkaQE_fAOUvdAb3arCXcuzJnYulU6i8rxeSSmqNpwrKF1Efw4nymQzR8hR5ES6ScmuX_viEGfgpEeBHYr0sNaOqwGhMheRh_/w640-h480/8FD9D478-ED98-4FA6-A2F5-353D9098B366_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">That pony has trekked a lo-ong way with the delivery. They could really have brought more than one barrel while they were at it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxERr3TqKyvkmECDGnkKzkpLl6O-qwvUD-NCF2LHnfdLcUehXr9kqzaizVjldG-EyJuYkBHCR7vFZM4gC5FEccuCMtg1S2mp9jowgqpL7kebJPErqGabJjd6FqVxAdD8nQNx9FMCnu1wets8vZxpQ5sscuX55_j0x8i9sDG2dhKDtR8AVDPgkKa2B6nbu/s4032/A5953492-7288-4960-B385-FD15309B2A68_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxERr3TqKyvkmECDGnkKzkpLl6O-qwvUD-NCF2LHnfdLcUehXr9kqzaizVjldG-EyJuYkBHCR7vFZM4gC5FEccuCMtg1S2mp9jowgqpL7kebJPErqGabJjd6FqVxAdD8nQNx9FMCnu1wets8vZxpQ5sscuX55_j0x8i9sDG2dhKDtR8AVDPgkKa2B6nbu/w400-h300/A5953492-7288-4960-B385-FD15309B2A68_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">But it's nice to have a connection to the local industry on display in the window... it's a mixture of Czech and English, much like we are.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwdEFykUkcpTBayXH1QfDNlp63d3YatSYOP7xw92kxRtnBs7dHJa4DWNNdPKdrOBzX8vIayF4WMCPwCtO01d9t4fDX5BiPb4jfxsJZZizbPys64FOs0zQjcpmMrSEmt5xNkG-b5q2qewSuTtYLKvBEXpxT-OV_ymaIp-ZDAe8BP3edi3MgMr3gfUIxcXX/s2247/75E7A175-5EFF-4253-BE36-4CC65734EBE9_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="2247" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwdEFykUkcpTBayXH1QfDNlp63d3YatSYOP7xw92kxRtnBs7dHJa4DWNNdPKdrOBzX8vIayF4WMCPwCtO01d9t4fDX5BiPb4jfxsJZZizbPys64FOs0zQjcpmMrSEmt5xNkG-b5q2qewSuTtYLKvBEXpxT-OV_ymaIp-ZDAe8BP3edi3MgMr3gfUIxcXX/w400-h300/75E7A175-5EFF-4253-BE36-4CC65734EBE9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>There's another nod to local traditions in the wayside shrine, very much a feature of the landscape here (not so much in the UK). The delightful little Madonna figure is one that Cestina has had since she was a teenager.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EQa7ZF5l70VyeoKtOafNN9zgIHpCZDmvzdN8qP4uCTwLOH3-y7rIk6QQRzqEg3sXVNdq6sQxpgjVnkITZd29edV-WO9GQvjKmfQR_x05BGUfMZyjl2fiXGOV-rJLRRtsvm5JNk1G2Ya76C5iGEJvDdO7aVS0IFdVswncDgJDbTkgUDXW9dUBQBoLGfSN/s3787/15DBB1C9-38BD-439B-BA08-A27FDD564396_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3787" data-original-width="2753" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EQa7ZF5l70VyeoKtOafNN9zgIHpCZDmvzdN8qP4uCTwLOH3-y7rIk6QQRzqEg3sXVNdq6sQxpgjVnkITZd29edV-WO9GQvjKmfQR_x05BGUfMZyjl2fiXGOV-rJLRRtsvm5JNk1G2Ya76C5iGEJvDdO7aVS0IFdVswncDgJDbTkgUDXW9dUBQBoLGfSN/w291-h400/15DBB1C9-38BD-439B-BA08-A27FDD564396_1_201_a.jpeg" width="291" /></a></div><p>Her stony niche is a pink plastic dollshouse bath given the texture paste treatment. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJF8hFBfSgaIvmHabpTDeJ8e9boGlDrQuJkej5J0DBJj0XBr82iEA7y9D4Ov1vn_L5vsOSMv_pe48_P0KiqTmpEKaVV1wTXYNj-QW54pHnzYKvxIXkEjJ6n4k_scARFo0nl-WMXaSpRdBT-5Lk_-9yv1O465fbA19L-G4_g1FV_wa3e0MyscHuAAY-wrD/s4032/E8FA5DC7-299A-4500-BF2E-DE77A18DF6BF.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJF8hFBfSgaIvmHabpTDeJ8e9boGlDrQuJkej5J0DBJj0XBr82iEA7y9D4Ov1vn_L5vsOSMv_pe48_P0KiqTmpEKaVV1wTXYNj-QW54pHnzYKvxIXkEjJ6n4k_scARFo0nl-WMXaSpRdBT-5Lk_-9yv1O465fbA19L-G4_g1FV_wa3e0MyscHuAAY-wrD/w300-h400/E8FA5DC7-299A-4500-BF2E-DE77A18DF6BF.heic" width="300" /></a></div><p>The farmyard animals nestled around her are a nod to a Nativity scene, without going all out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnK3HHgt2QWOkwdraP2xHG-LOx7LR4eGIyDJoKtj7-ffwvXj68KHfY4UzoYUoqNVgGhUc_dtpJ3Gqx_55vvgofoKCiYjwGj9y5t-ciK68sYYxhsDuaKwkcJZi2izCrKjMz9QUaViLpJwJugcaOYcrI0Y8LTQk_sNEif5G3oLKzbAnIgNFvRNah9t5C0yBj/s3859/329A040F-B37E-493D-B46F-F26069F0F0AE_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3859" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnK3HHgt2QWOkwdraP2xHG-LOx7LR4eGIyDJoKtj7-ffwvXj68KHfY4UzoYUoqNVgGhUc_dtpJ3Gqx_55vvgofoKCiYjwGj9y5t-ciK68sYYxhsDuaKwkcJZi2izCrKjMz9QUaViLpJwJugcaOYcrI0Y8LTQk_sNEif5G3oLKzbAnIgNFvRNah9t5C0yBj/w400-h300/329A040F-B37E-493D-B46F-F26069F0F0AE_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>But let's get to that all-important stagecoach. It's a really beautiful wooden coach and horses - I've no idea where it came from or when... <i>[Digression by Cestina: It came from a giant car boot sale in Prague some years ago. A very fruitful visit, resulting in not just the stagecoach, but also a full-size Bollerwagen (see below), a display stand, a giant baby changing trolley (ideal for paint storage)and various other miniature goodies. What I mainly remember is temperatures in the thirties, our friend Ondrej trying to balance all the goodies on the Bollerwagen, and a desperate desire for liquid refreshment. Some beer from Protivin would have done nicely!)]</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDMWZyp5o61X-sPisb2aTJKX41BrLEzu551Fsk0mGK2sJI9Za5CYrofX108AIS6T_sx8LMWpgNwNFtsYNt-SPDcdrMkJ7wkpeph4gCxWMd97RAVK6yyuzvYBoBeEH-XlxEA0Z0-GjZ7cTBGIB-XwvLg4Tbcts1UNIa68SqJ7FV8cMD-2kCmgYprDD_1ts/s4032/72952E29-238F-4DCD-8F63-6A5A33EF8184_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDMWZyp5o61X-sPisb2aTJKX41BrLEzu551Fsk0mGK2sJI9Za5CYrofX108AIS6T_sx8LMWpgNwNFtsYNt-SPDcdrMkJ7wkpeph4gCxWMd97RAVK6yyuzvYBoBeEH-XlxEA0Z0-GjZ7cTBGIB-XwvLg4Tbcts1UNIa68SqJ7FV8cMD-2kCmgYprDD_1ts/w640-h360/72952E29-238F-4DCD-8F63-6A5A33EF8184_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The poor coachman needed some extra protection against the elements...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMaEI59S8EFLKLmG3AqYHvQbWqBNxKst11Wa3C0fB3cmON_rIVPfnW0AIDjU5Jd1cnArJZGT1jr69NJ-2RzhhPkCfUSeq4CXXI1ZgNYQVItci8LvzQZu3BgLzfw_EZ0vzHU_t3dUoBDJL6WUdVO4NicedqQoOFsenZueNzQz6AhQnRlP2J0_X4omBliciD/s4032/612F7DCB-4986-4CE2-9CB5-FEAA7B7061D3_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMaEI59S8EFLKLmG3AqYHvQbWqBNxKst11Wa3C0fB3cmON_rIVPfnW0AIDjU5Jd1cnArJZGT1jr69NJ-2RzhhPkCfUSeq4CXXI1ZgNYQVItci8LvzQZu3BgLzfw_EZ0vzHU_t3dUoBDJL6WUdVO4NicedqQoOFsenZueNzQz6AhQnRlP2J0_X4omBliciD/w300-h400/612F7DCB-4986-4CE2-9CB5-FEAA7B7061D3_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p>... so I wrapped him up in a cosy muffler...</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYFUpIkA7ORK8tGl4GzrD7IOkzlo0ZV1PJd4c5IXhbo7SQuAvoEO7eMbeRJAqx-iKeD6L5LNb7FpGwnGYyI-w0kVLx5wxWQ5LkdAF5NU4PYBjnDEBe5KYjl35UxHQVhu82peV7ChIgGSj1Boe-KA6zGOBdGvT5m4paa3dEy5vaG0KXMd8WRVTFXN1In_j/s4032/09D0520E-6C8A-446E-9CEF-F15352D142CB_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYFUpIkA7ORK8tGl4GzrD7IOkzlo0ZV1PJd4c5IXhbo7SQuAvoEO7eMbeRJAqx-iKeD6L5LNb7FpGwnGYyI-w0kVLx5wxWQ5LkdAF5NU4PYBjnDEBe5KYjl35UxHQVhu82peV7ChIgGSj1Boe-KA6zGOBdGvT5m4paa3dEy5vaG0KXMd8WRVTFXN1In_j/w300-h400/09D0520E-6C8A-446E-9CEF-F15352D142CB_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>... and gave him some wire reins to control his team with. There were once very beautiful reins I'm sure, but they've perished. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVH8ucwyxaaY8jNx-O3fj9ERG5E7rGkY5vmhURS1Z3WuAUUJ-HCmfU646_7_EHGlWen3o54phm65GIAG9hh2XVxNERGQxi7CqNUT2nKz83FBiGrMS-SEVL7bSxAbW7MHbPM6ESAuDf4srsOHyrIueP1Tx7rvqxu_z9Lslo9IcJRTrt4pVAP0ObQcGPLK9/s3014/2B7DB28F-B37D-48DC-8ED6-64DC376C58C3_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3014" data-original-width="2260" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVH8ucwyxaaY8jNx-O3fj9ERG5E7rGkY5vmhURS1Z3WuAUUJ-HCmfU646_7_EHGlWen3o54phm65GIAG9hh2XVxNERGQxi7CqNUT2nKz83FBiGrMS-SEVL7bSxAbW7MHbPM6ESAuDf4srsOHyrIueP1Tx7rvqxu_z9Lslo9IcJRTrt4pVAP0ObQcGPLK9/w300-h400/2B7DB28F-B37D-48DC-8ED6-64DC376C58C3_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>There are just a few bits of leather harnessing still in place. Imagination has to supply the rest (I didn't have time), but I think the horses are doing a cracking job of ploughing through all that snow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UJDsP0NrUZa5-_gRVYQI69RwD6l3lXSlNv8twwtuk7oyh5kD7XEFyScqG5bTsDjIoCbpbtWiHDmEUYuyGbOxa8IQW8l1-UX22cNJxdeLSqRSfAbdwNPdIRtyuaN-D10zOL76rjorgka-Ify1-7DUol5_zmbXEJsQBPXGZlhqmvRRxTN2T-cRxzVfYYMZ/s4032/448FDF59-6438-4B58-85E0-C12833793467_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UJDsP0NrUZa5-_gRVYQI69RwD6l3lXSlNv8twwtuk7oyh5kD7XEFyScqG5bTsDjIoCbpbtWiHDmEUYuyGbOxa8IQW8l1-UX22cNJxdeLSqRSfAbdwNPdIRtyuaN-D10zOL76rjorgka-Ify1-7DUol5_zmbXEJsQBPXGZlhqmvRRxTN2T-cRxzVfYYMZ/w400-h300/448FDF59-6438-4B58-85E0-C12833793467_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The road clearing is evidently not quite as efficient as here in the Czech Republic. We had nearly a metre of snow fall over the couple of days I was putting the window display together ready for the Advent Market on 2nd December. You can see the first of it outside the window.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAsZwR6KVF45bqdDFXMd2BvGZ0OOE2vI29_nioKhVxHx7YWa1kmKXR8Nsgxb6lJIwe4tiD0Z2YZ1qylwD6SsinkSR5GGI0ER1tBrZcsY7QShyphenhyphenlwI_BJLSdxz3rBy72S0YXhIJIVDrBwKDTkRYN_qr6ux02YZC0JWyoE2Tf8riRDpdx7PRYBSfDSs1nAa9/s4032/149C0452-DD2F-4C68-9D3A-7855FD2BE312.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAsZwR6KVF45bqdDFXMd2BvGZ0OOE2vI29_nioKhVxHx7YWa1kmKXR8Nsgxb6lJIwe4tiD0Z2YZ1qylwD6SsinkSR5GGI0ER1tBrZcsY7QShyphenhyphenlwI_BJLSdxz3rBy72S0YXhIJIVDrBwKDTkRYN_qr6ux02YZC0JWyoE2Tf8riRDpdx7PRYBSfDSs1nAa9/w300-h400/149C0452-DD2F-4C68-9D3A-7855FD2BE312.heic" width="300" /></a></div><p>However, the roads here in the village - even tiny lanes going up through the woods - were ploughed and gritted and navigable within hours. Look! (Click on the photos for a larger view.) And one additional photo of the fairytale cottage in the woods... just because!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3JBLtYv25lvBBBfuOEChewMgmmMl8Z8DeYMqqinVxsZOnOPQK-MKhCVbEnHE3LnWCFvbAm6qNi83uZCg6yESJhtlnpM2vR9Ru2MlYvBvMLRzncKosbr0nTJ7HOERgsTpcbInloB7pWdu2LVuJG77gOxNVXCrH7h8SJ99r743916UtQwiM0y9L7ufkYG0/s2995/40BEBDD6-AE7C-4D5A-A557-6A557C97C625_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2995" data-original-width="2995" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz3JBLtYv25lvBBBfuOEChewMgmmMl8Z8DeYMqqinVxsZOnOPQK-MKhCVbEnHE3LnWCFvbAm6qNi83uZCg6yESJhtlnpM2vR9Ru2MlYvBvMLRzncKosbr0nTJ7HOERgsTpcbInloB7pWdu2LVuJG77gOxNVXCrH7h8SJ99r743916UtQwiM0y9L7ufkYG0/w200-h200/40BEBDD6-AE7C-4D5A-A557-6A557C97C625_1_201_a.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwymINeRcL7WztQnEnz_sbYrBZyC2ofmuxaxEfLz5FFBuwWQ0pg_oLYEZ0dyErgmYxd8Gi6p_TirwN3kp8wD7Jy0hVb99gpTw56w37iEFfirj2j6jwU4vjtyAzefVGfWBRqSbmQX-6X6lhbaOJ5U5vZkoKUlfHlSFMYwzbxuzOvV64bLogoweIE3sPQhlx/s3024/16103347-3C05-479A-B393-73A027BEF2C0_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These little dolls have put in appearances in numerous festive window scenes, not to mention being on year-round carol-singing duty outside the front door of the large Edwardian Walmer dollshouse. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPib5c_sNWk0d_uQFtO76nGnhGzhoKLlq-5Nt8Dm2clRz6KiQMgQS04oo23CCwYQU6_XtQTmyM-ZI1mRywlYCH1rfMYOstLB0fPc_PpWqZP3tWrUk4Wx6smP748LEG35mUro0bN3P3wDwSWmGixSOfmj4x22NdtgwPmDEiuxnOi39EAQiY6osfmDNvL13y/s3180/0D2BCEAF-8183-4249-AE9E-154CD55AA3F2_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2557" data-original-width="3180" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPib5c_sNWk0d_uQFtO76nGnhGzhoKLlq-5Nt8Dm2clRz6KiQMgQS04oo23CCwYQU6_XtQTmyM-ZI1mRywlYCH1rfMYOstLB0fPc_PpWqZP3tWrUk4Wx6smP748LEG35mUro0bN3P3wDwSWmGixSOfmj4x22NdtgwPmDEiuxnOi39EAQiY6osfmDNvL13y/w400-h321/0D2BCEAF-8183-4249-AE9E-154CD55AA3F2_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p>They're on their way to a family gathering, bringing presents and good cheer along with them...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOZAj8A3ifPg1Eb89AUZwn5ISRSaka76rN0UwHhArOe86JudvOb-HwzYNlNdivMcNZ2iC4R7VzKufEpgjDbRz92qfkLO0PGcxEDSiKxyv4pas_6ITABsAm1BKZIH8Dm0TZR31tcyKvQCIBrFuggmgabF4bljvScQA_Q08WNKOooGyMk6NxiPa8ZvKa0pz/s2594/206B98D9-FA20-46D8-A17E-D9783985DF5D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>In the foreground, some more children are making their way on foot, with sledges piled high with more presents.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zIjrnSzoMvA55SEQR6L0dpqUDECbJ_HRfvYZkzjCt0hyphenhyphenASEb0G5b3qlvIDn26gazTwUL1QtWnuYx8kA6FdwYNSqCqzy8YnyNuxHJ_19A_VdzblTv005lQDzK3yRdwV-r_5qezRF4ApInvMHY_Gyu_pW3Mx4YAphEthvNKR7H20Cy86QfmFTmKvCvHxp5/s3561/A0B2442C-10A2-4F04-8624-212B273D4F16_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2003" data-original-width="3561" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zIjrnSzoMvA55SEQR6L0dpqUDECbJ_HRfvYZkzjCt0hyphenhyphenASEb0G5b3qlvIDn26gazTwUL1QtWnuYx8kA6FdwYNSqCqzy8YnyNuxHJ_19A_VdzblTv005lQDzK3yRdwV-r_5qezRF4ApInvMHY_Gyu_pW3Mx4YAphEthvNKR7H20Cy86QfmFTmKvCvHxp5/w400-h225/A0B2442C-10A2-4F04-8624-212B273D4F16_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I think maybe the older brother here would like his younger sibling to share the load, but he's got other ideas...</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFt2DhbbiTmnzMAsGDyK5QXCDZJRmLU2q_JVTLwsTfb2OK6HGC62ERerdCpIBOZeyvgzspN4WFAojttqsBsChHe_s12EVSDlFZSYR8bYEZoy1NBeEF98_DphxoOqbC_xV-uwBHOU7Uk5-dgooELES28Oxk95W-hOvHkxrthRs9WKTfQWb_IP993H5phTiX/w300-h400/2D4A8D64-6702-42FB-8E38-BEF5D93484C1_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>In fact, there's one keeping quite a close eye on anybody looking in the window (which nobody has been able to do except at a distance until the heaps of snow thawed yesterday!).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulwBTlQEB6p9s_T2qyrcZf-QzDIjYCOJG8NbSqZEOk6qCJSCs0N17EIkRljv1NwFM00qw5jouLlpQ4SEEA7tcFvWbr1MFhXBcKFOc-ZDD2m_Ebo8VlwyWvMHaI0jwEpSxfCHYCYYgm2PE2vzX2dT9Xna1f7iQHs14GYuO5ba0EMqTb6v7Ock1fasku8sT/s3229/FC8DF2BA-87E5-476D-8026-3DABCE9F860E_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3229" data-original-width="2422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulwBTlQEB6p9s_T2qyrcZf-QzDIjYCOJG8NbSqZEOk6qCJSCs0N17EIkRljv1NwFM00qw5jouLlpQ4SEEA7tcFvWbr1MFhXBcKFOc-ZDD2m_Ebo8VlwyWvMHaI0jwEpSxfCHYCYYgm2PE2vzX2dT9Xna1f7iQHs14GYuO5ba0EMqTb6v7Ock1fasku8sT/w300-h400/FC8DF2BA-87E5-476D-8026-3DABCE9F860E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></p><p>And over at the other side, nestled out of the wind, one of the inhabitants of the tavern's own stables (any coaching inn worth its salt must have horses available for travellers wanting to change their teams) is looking out at the new arrival from the Czech Republic.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4jO8RazsfAiGITU4qTl_4PVCU_H8JsjIXuVWG5ArVh0noNbfjX58Qrr9qShmlsetVvq_MBwznkyY-6h2OCuc5GCRKJd3ou6T2IFkxiAITjLc60N1oqsqX7eHDAjhNudi3vxZDu0lBXe3NUKfCvtvfH6end80KQcWNtOg8-TK_-ftiWZeCj1yP7zrd7WW/s3768/788B5ACC-6875-4B75-820E-7BE4D2BF23E1_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2826" data-original-width="3768" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4jO8RazsfAiGITU4qTl_4PVCU_H8JsjIXuVWG5ArVh0noNbfjX58Qrr9qShmlsetVvq_MBwznkyY-6h2OCuc5GCRKJd3ou6T2IFkxiAITjLc60N1oqsqX7eHDAjhNudi3vxZDu0lBXe3NUKfCvtvfH6end80KQcWNtOg8-TK_-ftiWZeCj1yP7zrd7WW/w400-h300/788B5ACC-6875-4B75-820E-7BE4D2BF23E1_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I think he probably feels sorry for that poor pony having pulled the trap all that way. I'm sure he'll share his oats with him tonight out in the stables.<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVG5T5-jiUHTVzY8SNoRAVWznkyeqYTHPlhIgc_y7hbnOf5tPeNtHoyH3-bfRYqtQ4tWYqlOeZVNoiKhquHVLiudELgeqW9To8cJOkcYZrWMpTdT3np_Rgzez-MAUT6eg8RIOF9biWAvFxhgLTCHMGW39m1auL9LjX-KWXkONZkg_pvkVdAi1x9s0kg87_/s3407/F2AD5D51-9FA0-4A4A-8C07-0211EB60959D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3407" data-original-width="2555" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVG5T5-jiUHTVzY8SNoRAVWznkyeqYTHPlhIgc_y7hbnOf5tPeNtHoyH3-bfRYqtQ4tWYqlOeZVNoiKhquHVLiudELgeqW9To8cJOkcYZrWMpTdT3np_Rgzez-MAUT6eg8RIOF9biWAvFxhgLTCHMGW39m1auL9LjX-KWXkONZkg_pvkVdAi1x9s0kg87_/w300-h400/F2AD5D51-9FA0-4A4A-8C07-0211EB60959D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></p><p>Still, at least now the customers in the pub will be able to enjoy some of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0yJGdueCo" target="_blank">best beer in the world</a>...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyRBvtkEf5gDgzc3jRwV3xxvSYXlYHCb9SMIm_X7Xe0URdPPXbQfps6dao6nEjtu_QMni5OB5ofScaiXab7P20nHYhxynKTOlIPXezW2cHiCpwXjsiWV6uM78iCRgGHTlEMlEJC0I_KrXnGhKDdaKRZPfqYaXopWF3_0-shtW3WLmcNODWQ_BkgXKS5zJ/s4032/0B4D5457-EA67-4062-8F83-9432F78F8902_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyRBvtkEf5gDgzc3jRwV3xxvSYXlYHCb9SMIm_X7Xe0URdPPXbQfps6dao6nEjtu_QMni5OB5ofScaiXab7P20nHYhxynKTOlIPXezW2cHiCpwXjsiWV6uM78iCRgGHTlEMlEJC0I_KrXnGhKDdaKRZPfqYaXopWF3_0-shtW3WLmcNODWQ_BkgXKS5zJ/w640-h480/0B4D5457-EA67-4062-8F83-9432F78F8902_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></p><p>... though I hope they won't be serving it to the children who've just turned up at the door of the tavern. Maybe just some small beer for them, or a little fruit punch (though not the one with the gin and brandy in).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2I_E8UkWS_M2xFXwAdi3GofFzmGDoSWnpMyrbns4zoOlfzASbPDtALrHbS-6vdHl57mANPNY4zcLLd77aYFGRpCHHYwLyAU-S8CANXYw0_SSG7onR8279DGWc8RJ_AqpCQzh8yPP5lNrqpJrOTRiMUTw92Juct3oSlToA0qhduDtH6OZi8pdiu3s3RQ3/s4032/025AD45C-9523-45BE-9CBB-72D9000A85E9_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE2I_E8UkWS_M2xFXwAdi3GofFzmGDoSWnpMyrbns4zoOlfzASbPDtALrHbS-6vdHl57mANPNY4zcLLd77aYFGRpCHHYwLyAU-S8CANXYw0_SSG7onR8279DGWc8RJ_AqpCQzh8yPP5lNrqpJrOTRiMUTw92Juct3oSlToA0qhduDtH6OZi8pdiu3s3RQ3/w640-h480/025AD45C-9523-45BE-9CBB-72D9000A85E9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>As always, it's tricky to get photos of the finished window because of all the reflections. Some of these were taken from "backstage" to capture details before heading out front to try to get the view from there.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EBbC9Tv1j0m7Mg7GbKlGUZOQMHKUuJzbqG72XAvVi2TvEAuHTtEuAGgcIs45dcTEw1BAT_opDJ93T3YmlN4N6-mgfMta0CVZMkwYHw3evOx31xZE4ebn6u9KuQdqQyDzQxFgAEvVz7_I3AlWhsIEOyy4tpVzW5UI6tU3ZHH9gKJ1B3UBq8FeoV-DSq6w/s3393/7A135D68-BDF3-40EF-A47F-9EBE2B48C42F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3393" data-original-width="2609" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EBbC9Tv1j0m7Mg7GbKlGUZOQMHKUuJzbqG72XAvVi2TvEAuHTtEuAGgcIs45dcTEw1BAT_opDJ93T3YmlN4N6-mgfMta0CVZMkwYHw3evOx31xZE4ebn6u9KuQdqQyDzQxFgAEvVz7_I3AlWhsIEOyy4tpVzW5UI6tU3ZHH9gKJ1B3UBq8FeoV-DSq6w/w492-h640/7A135D68-BDF3-40EF-A47F-9EBE2B48C42F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Or getting artsy with the snowy landscape...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi242YEFW0Kb1d35b884w6T-QMMAUSvQ8U_lJXjZDwFakwdmLQQ43XOdPhJr-D4XaBwFGUc0l74kkr026NzOWIAd-3k7oy0v-pISYTcKPsqd4E1E_6y8ZXblU1kiagzo82aYEEAZ4GC3_aFpUKgJk5f4EcFVkbZ-oXxOKUaqzXc2N6Ap4kz2NH9xeiwEN0/s2473/A8350316-CDD4-4526-A813-92632606A0FD_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2473" data-original-width="2473" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi242YEFW0Kb1d35b884w6T-QMMAUSvQ8U_lJXjZDwFakwdmLQQ43XOdPhJr-D4XaBwFGUc0l74kkr026NzOWIAd-3k7oy0v-pISYTcKPsqd4E1E_6y8ZXblU1kiagzo82aYEEAZ4GC3_aFpUKgJk5f4EcFVkbZ-oXxOKUaqzXc2N6Ap4kz2NH9xeiwEN0/w640-h640/A8350316-CDD4-4526-A813-92632606A0FD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>A shot of the whole window doesn't really capture the effect of looking at it in person. (Quite apart from anything else, the central window frame means you can't see the large pine trees in the middle at all.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqu27lxHXIbGqJfklSfg8PdmXjUjRmfmpWUsgvfjjmhSm5BSuXG9hV6sYQ50nLUbBQd1J3UPDGMF819_kxsSem3h1qZCYC-XfYQWaFxhUQR2cv-cCxe_7PuvwtvOTPpmDeoLhkK27WM3AjsV9Oe6vXRayT79XSc3QWdLTD20GdBwdxBco58CGJuVKhijyc/s4026/393F6C81-6260-4EE5-91B3-32AC5E63C060_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="4026" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqu27lxHXIbGqJfklSfg8PdmXjUjRmfmpWUsgvfjjmhSm5BSuXG9hV6sYQ50nLUbBQd1J3UPDGMF819_kxsSem3h1qZCYC-XfYQWaFxhUQR2cv-cCxe_7PuvwtvOTPpmDeoLhkK27WM3AjsV9Oe6vXRayT79XSc3QWdLTD20GdBwdxBco58CGJuVKhijyc/w640-h208/393F6C81-6260-4EE5-91B3-32AC5E63C060_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>There's a lot more life and delight to be had in standing in front of the actual window, peering between the bars, spotting all the different details that I've been showing you in close-up, but at least with these couple of photos you get an idea of the full layout.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijId8f1rPfO_94PyxK6CZH5w2YQsFmeH3rIeqR2Zk0GgHOkGkT_B7rzjkbgOFXdCWUSWC6MKNCI1nmKAt2nkkkXqxMli4WUYf_chdYDFt0fAZwBgdbLIUhyphenhyphenQj8N_vRFre203Wp9-Og3UtXRioE4ibIsGy2GC_cR_X1q6ditypiL__bEuhinxhFJHKBFIUT/s4032/1E25BB23-9076-472C-881D-1FDDC3B4A585_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1555" data-original-width="4032" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijId8f1rPfO_94PyxK6CZH5w2YQsFmeH3rIeqR2Zk0GgHOkGkT_B7rzjkbgOFXdCWUSWC6MKNCI1nmKAt2nkkkXqxMli4WUYf_chdYDFt0fAZwBgdbLIUhyphenhyphenQj8N_vRFre203Wp9-Og3UtXRioE4ibIsGy2GC_cR_X1q6ditypiL__bEuhinxhFJHKBFIUT/w640-h246/1E25BB23-9076-472C-881D-1FDDC3B4A585_1_201_a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>And, just sometimes, the reflections themselves give me great pleasure... See if you can see what's going on here, as the creamy yellow of the wayside inn melds with the creamy yellow of the Czech village buildings in the reflection. And the pony and trap of yore melts into the parked cars of present day travel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFWxDNXpVhkc2MdQ4Z-iqcSaI4NPNVrhqwnHmps8goPAvVVx5tKCirBhhzXUfTaYSuU5AzlHlxEoMX7L6L8HSYcvJDRXWf-rPYp8cosAFARnT_70tuHhpjUAn2pyLhzSbMYa-tKeNaD8NMw3_-j4lLygD8f7YYzDlh-gIzzKyziFsZVYXqUB-fsy6yfUf/s4032/97835F1E-AAE8-4DF7-9AEC-59E10C2EBDB3.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFWxDNXpVhkc2MdQ4Z-iqcSaI4NPNVrhqwnHmps8goPAvVVx5tKCirBhhzXUfTaYSuU5AzlHlxEoMX7L6L8HSYcvJDRXWf-rPYp8cosAFARnT_70tuHhpjUAn2pyLhzSbMYa-tKeNaD8NMw3_-j4lLygD8f7YYzDlh-gIzzKyziFsZVYXqUB-fsy6yfUf/w640-h480/97835F1E-AAE8-4DF7-9AEC-59E10C2EBDB3.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So that's about your lot for the wintry wayside inn window display. I hope any journeys you are taking over the festive period will be easier and safer than the one this stagecoach is embarked on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Or even better, just stay safe and warm at home with candlelight, music and a good book rather than "dashing through the snow". (Speaking of which, I'm guessing some of you will have had a little earworm ever since reading the post title, so <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLf0-lro8X8" target="_blank">just to bed it in nice and firmly</a>...). I'll hand you back to Cestina for a final farewell.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*****************</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Huge thanks to Butterfly who has been left tackling all the pre-Christmas tasks which do not normally include shovelling away a metre of snow in order to reach the gate or the bird feeders. I think she has done a splendid job and I look forward to seeing it "in real life" at the weekend - if no more snow falls in the meantime!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Happy Christmas to all of you and see you in 2024!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Words and Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672524847577136244noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-63472884089012799982023-10-01T19:13:00.003+01:002023-10-02T11:01:23.535+01:00September Song.....<p>Well the title was actually appropriate when the new window display went in last week. We have now tipped further into autumn which apparently officially started on September 23rd and I write this on October 1st.</p><p>We are enjoying a babi leto (Old Wives' Summer) here in the Czech Republic and the leaves are not yet showing much sign of flame. Other than in Small Worlds.....</p><p>I much enjoyed the <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2023/07/when-my-granddaughter-came-to-stay.html" target="_blank">delightful summer window</a> installed by my granddaughter Annie, with the very necessary help of tall Salve, during their visit here in July, but I was beginning to feel increasingly uncomfortable with having a display that was about to become completely unseasonal. Autumn comes fast here and along with it come wonderful leaf colours and many mushrooms. And we have supplies of those aplenty in the workrooms here, <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-augean-stables-not-really.html" target="_blank">nicknamed The Stables</a> since a hobby in Czech is a "pony". (My "pony" is definitely a horse by now....)</p><p>Butterfly was willing so we headed over to the museum to see what could be done with said supplies, many of which long time followers of the blog will have seen before. But that was back in the mists of time - <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/if-you-go-down-in-woods-today.html">in 2013</a> and then <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness.html" target="_blank">again in 2015</a>. Yes, this year saw the tenth anniversary of the opening of Small Worlds! Needless to say, even more supplies have been accumulated since then. </p><p>We have had a very busy and successful season this year but by Friday 22nd it was quiet in Small Worlds so I headed into The Stables to find all I could that was even vaguely autumnal. In the meantime Butterfly dug around in the chest of artificial flowers at home and came up with a giant potato sack full of possibilities.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OV7RobeeoytcyFnFz9IJFCzKlkbI181Sba2XR7sRY2SXIPNAsA5_7T9d8UHVqhP05DoPiJjIu3pzQRqm4tTzd9GV2l7b5uq8Ll0JqwnUORKPXf9sRpRmBSmv916jmL2gRO3plQ1gmr7eTcBOQ74ZwHcozMTvAR-YaTf7S0YI0RMdjVi39gza6wauS1w/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-09-23%20at%2020.18.59.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OV7RobeeoytcyFnFz9IJFCzKlkbI181Sba2XR7sRY2SXIPNAsA5_7T9d8UHVqhP05DoPiJjIu3pzQRqm4tTzd9GV2l7b5uq8Ll0JqwnUORKPXf9sRpRmBSmv916jmL2gRO3plQ1gmr7eTcBOQ74ZwHcozMTvAR-YaTf7S0YI0RMdjVi39gza6wauS1w/w400-h300/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-09-23%20at%2020.18.59.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0vLK4jJsEBn1xEIc3sBR52AsLK-zkbNEZkhp9ymthY7NVa6zjkDXhEFfX1KtzMSb_tfekLw9jIiQCBN2vMQT4kFMaY-bW2vceu1EabMz-vDKCipsEcA8yEqRGlsLeYvyCIGzAyhPE2MmdkjggWHV-DFYJb03M-sHRhgAC45umuWkXjHkB9nlZKBIePo/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0vLK4jJsEBn1xEIc3sBR52AsLK-zkbNEZkhp9ymthY7NVa6zjkDXhEFfX1KtzMSb_tfekLw9jIiQCBN2vMQT4kFMaY-bW2vceu1EabMz-vDKCipsEcA8yEqRGlsLeYvyCIGzAyhPE2MmdkjggWHV-DFYJb03M-sHRhgAC45umuWkXjHkB9nlZKBIePo/s320/IMG-20230923-WA0003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And this time Butterfly did nearly all of the playing, with me occasionally acting the part of a surgical assistant, handing her the necessary items as she built the scene.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyfuELGlGX0f6dXm52A82qAC-8ZWSOMKuLHnXbOQAd-7Q0PEaGEIKaHIXRqOWFEn76xIjb2ShKZTqrCUSlw-i3CNNDol-6WWLOp8dDbUztwhLR2p7qFq2tEJK5qsxNXerWlUrraPT_qrfAj1l5rUVY2TkpFVRAI9cE8potHs50HCrH0Z8uMLiZdgWTvM/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Oh, and added another picnic to the maxi beach display. (Yes, we also have a mini and a midi beach.....)</p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2o6wFg9ltnK795L4D3xN44Ia_ckiyP4ioiV4ztNeBOnZKd8N8HIYqt-zALS7wWrsNCtYrl_mmpX89kMUgpGfEWo6ylzCeqb5EV5CXWrKKJGEak_CsL1hQ1NoLKDdHv3KXMHvYi8FvsUueuiGSXhFHiUgiz4YhumteI49mX24Kx0tCiuvXbVvFIPN2bg/s3264/IMG_20230923_152436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2o6wFg9ltnK795L4D3xN44Ia_ckiyP4ioiV4ztNeBOnZKd8N8HIYqt-zALS7wWrsNCtYrl_mmpX89kMUgpGfEWo6ylzCeqb5EV5CXWrKKJGEak_CsL1hQ1NoLKDdHv3KXMHvYi8FvsUueuiGSXhFHiUgiz4YhumteI49mX24Kx0tCiuvXbVvFIPN2bg/s320/IMG_20230923_152436.jpg" width="320" /><br /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-Rk9jVocP3a3UPC-Xm9gDVviTrd5iiH4m144mlyOowyV0avUfKyL0oDvEBQaoT8kc4oQERnO4jz6F3i6Gy5l_NwfxwNNFdVLyTB7neHroo9LxsjNFIS9TPLEvJibcC5PZAx-qUWRTloNqtX9mn3nASi5IS_rgQ-OoGuPLpU0mutd_fBuxuqCaadGAEE/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0077.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-Rk9jVocP3a3UPC-Xm9gDVviTrd5iiH4m144mlyOowyV0avUfKyL0oDvEBQaoT8kc4oQERnO4jz6F3i6Gy5l_NwfxwNNFdVLyTB7neHroo9LxsjNFIS9TPLEvJibcC5PZAx-qUWRTloNqtX9mn3nASi5IS_rgQ-OoGuPLpU0mutd_fBuxuqCaadGAEE/s320/IMG-20230923-WA0077.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51zFB6tbfzv5yXVjNHIaoQz5kJvoBRgntVnaA1i2qWY1TY_g2DmN4-rv5itur55akisapthfp9uKPq2Kr9jW1dF3XE6rAkUZODfbRN8D_zLYcZVnCbrayLwmLHPKH9fuy9gyFkYdwxxLyhyphenhyphenDvqkUWP1dYc5cZ1rFLa5H84wA2bZmU2KmtUjoTpaiCkv0/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0078.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51zFB6tbfzv5yXVjNHIaoQz5kJvoBRgntVnaA1i2qWY1TY_g2DmN4-rv5itur55akisapthfp9uKPq2Kr9jW1dF3XE6rAkUZODfbRN8D_zLYcZVnCbrayLwmLHPKH9fuy9gyFkYdwxxLyhyphenhyphenDvqkUWP1dYc5cZ1rFLa5H84wA2bZmU2KmtUjoTpaiCkv0/s320/IMG-20230923-WA0078.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmhsEbmRW5s_BwAu3QjGJvMFDAL_WZqRHV4TE1iDkWyH7d8BmEbsbfc4mRC92c7hF6SCdMuWUaftr-EVahkLJgqzlJ6jPJsGcQrpFaK-HGajbddV-1eXgOWHlcJqihv883Es-pec59cg0t_Fr6R8Et14ZzUIMJ-x7WlOeZ06eNTvI8Odgkd0IfGinGHk/s3264/IMG_20230923_152436~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmhsEbmRW5s_BwAu3QjGJvMFDAL_WZqRHV4TE1iDkWyH7d8BmEbsbfc4mRC92c7hF6SCdMuWUaftr-EVahkLJgqzlJ6jPJsGcQrpFaK-HGajbddV-1eXgOWHlcJqihv883Es-pec59cg0t_Fr6R8Et14ZzUIMJ-x7WlOeZ06eNTvI8Odgkd0IfGinGHk/s320/IMG_20230923_152436~2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>This is really a blogpost where the pictures more or less speak for themselves. Those who are particularly interested can head back through ancient history by following the links above and finding the previous incarnations of many of the items, but really everything looks pretty comfortable in its new venue. Not all the gnomes made the cut this time, but those that did have a story to tell....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DdDEvKgNBDFZ13dDb2p_CHBxHp72s_9SzjdHuOSc97vhupg5v3M5UmA6eSI7nkddSO1WIOQjIuiwkrlXYLhhAHEadOIvjf5xxaoMthpEAp3P9Qh8oYn188KUiZ5mXhsXoH1SF74k14P8b3CBY23ihUmwA5HBfQI1m81CM5ixUgQv3P_7ArDy90IyrZ4/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1599" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DdDEvKgNBDFZ13dDb2p_CHBxHp72s_9SzjdHuOSc97vhupg5v3M5UmA6eSI7nkddSO1WIOQjIuiwkrlXYLhhAHEadOIvjf5xxaoMthpEAp3P9Qh8oYn188KUiZ5mXhsXoH1SF74k14P8b3CBY23ihUmwA5HBfQI1m81CM5ixUgQv3P_7ArDy90IyrZ4/w400-h400/IMG-20230923-WA0035.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DaDBQnGC948hOYcUHpD22w9Rqu1dMVYq17PVrASRtkMyST1XYW-8Ak9DpFRqpmYXmekRYtn6oWvm-UhuPof8_2Noh5I_1AzR08otpq2trlfZoUttkvVGFSpJKgsyz7FCSBBjDAAeCRJnZIhFbRdzt-7rtmiZ-PRj7I7uLqdJgLRcK9cLLafksq5wPkU/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DaDBQnGC948hOYcUHpD22w9Rqu1dMVYq17PVrASRtkMyST1XYW-8Ak9DpFRqpmYXmekRYtn6oWvm-UhuPof8_2Noh5I_1AzR08otpq2trlfZoUttkvVGFSpJKgsyz7FCSBBjDAAeCRJnZIhFbRdzt-7rtmiZ-PRj7I7uLqdJgLRcK9cLLafksq5wPkU/w400-h400/IMG-20230923-WA0029.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ2g9y2g-7G1T3BcBgix0X-EfVqvuj87QXSa9i_eRdrIIFtOc2wh5GpV-Hxnv8riEjTKlpQdaUHolwsQxH5f-qOrsK6sHdxI-GVN4igfif4v3MpgJfOuDiUZJJQLZSgX-sBRdkMEGA1io3Ag3wOPm5XjsK4Wbxx2oXe4v-lTOhNgWEumvGQcv8UxED78/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-10-02%20at%2011.52.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ2g9y2g-7G1T3BcBgix0X-EfVqvuj87QXSa9i_eRdrIIFtOc2wh5GpV-Hxnv8riEjTKlpQdaUHolwsQxH5f-qOrsK6sHdxI-GVN4igfif4v3MpgJfOuDiUZJJQLZSgX-sBRdkMEGA1io3Ag3wOPm5XjsK4Wbxx2oXe4v-lTOhNgWEumvGQcv8UxED78/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-10-02%20at%2011.52.04.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">You will notice the preponderance of the (not entirely) deadly Amanita Muscaria, the Fly Agaric - the favoured fungus of children's drawings and fairy tales. It actually will probably not kill you if you are foolish enough to devour it, but the Lapps living in reindeer country are rumoured to chew it in order to enjoy hallucinations of flying (no balloons perhaps?). </span><a href="https://naturamushrooms.com/blogs/news/amanita-muscaria-the-fascinating-history-of-the-fairy-tale-fungus" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Here's the tale.....</a><span style="text-align: left;"> (well I was always told Lapps, not Siberian Shamans).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7fyQltPM3aQW8IlcN62rpMxwZM__H5JXeRFOVtHU7vXaWO1TFoSc5NGlDNHzGWaJhdETDRM2EhdHEzce2uZ6pEyLKaaXVpKIvx1F2iRH_AUk9zRA7nDATiaul0SmHfIWXUHxBF0pELhL11RQL7YvujBsNndPednSLdF9mbNh5r90zE_5Z6vluXdaHv8/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0061.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7fyQltPM3aQW8IlcN62rpMxwZM__H5JXeRFOVtHU7vXaWO1TFoSc5NGlDNHzGWaJhdETDRM2EhdHEzce2uZ6pEyLKaaXVpKIvx1F2iRH_AUk9zRA7nDATiaul0SmHfIWXUHxBF0pELhL11RQL7YvujBsNndPednSLdF9mbNh5r90zE_5Z6vluXdaHv8/s320/IMG-20230923-WA0061.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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As I keep saying to museum visitors as they admire repurposed items such as a tooth serving as a miniature computer mouse, we never throw anything away. One example is the material acting as the necessary backdrop to the scene, needed because one cannot view from outside without one. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNc7LoOD0xAmpdrAQg2xGKrMOn4V78VB5MXX_aKCU09XGHr61xby3ujMWvtJzKOwQ9HLnFvy-D9EgWnSVszUMwD8IXcZJNPQ-_bV4Hqxvf4GrSqPLCeMwzgw7-mmxG5raDkm-G9xQjCt9RJAgllRf7LDCM_DYd4klQEzIxSCbgtZwpDlbaCw-aHQQAu5I/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="1600" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNc7LoOD0xAmpdrAQg2xGKrMOn4V78VB5MXX_aKCU09XGHr61xby3ujMWvtJzKOwQ9HLnFvy-D9EgWnSVszUMwD8IXcZJNPQ-_bV4Hqxvf4GrSqPLCeMwzgw7-mmxG5raDkm-G9xQjCt9RJAgllRf7LDCM_DYd4klQEzIxSCbgtZwpDlbaCw-aHQQAu5I/w400-h110/IMG-20230923-WA0043.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPUgsS_STQnXODzlzdFGqhxpIeLgIkyQQHzrsnSzNz-FiysgJkdf6CGmLwSX4GypeL87cxbzksVVRRqxbhQ0TyR3b6yDK_7NPegfPU3DuenFDY1kry5PVnzFpeAZpxtGfPbGV9KKPNtR1ijM6xLVIveq_XhQ3S2BI_r0bwEbI8qtuRGGGsIrY6PkgvMM/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPUgsS_STQnXODzlzdFGqhxpIeLgIkyQQHzrsnSzNz-FiysgJkdf6CGmLwSX4GypeL87cxbzksVVRRqxbhQ0TyR3b6yDK_7NPegfPU3DuenFDY1kry5PVnzFpeAZpxtGfPbGV9KKPNtR1ijM6xLVIveq_XhQ3S2BI_r0bwEbI8qtuRGGGsIrY6PkgvMM/w320-h240/IMG-20230923-WA0016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The very cheap material first featured as <a href="https://alisonbomber.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-handmade-wedding.html" target="_blank">table runners at my son's wedding</a> way back in 2012. That was also created by Butterfly.....</p><p>I leave you with a few more photos (particularly of pet hedgehogs) and hope you have enjoyed this expedition into my favourite season as much as I have. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNw8pyhQpxSg3VACtHjSpyC_m_JdXoLcbW_IwejaHO7jiwFU-1xF-acBjSu6l1orNQcTkmeWYAPskFFMyJ8PF7YV5AbYRCn7Ra8XN1PmrQvN6-gatfTRSP9rWliPmXt9nfnqum4LQqtbb6LPqdJwwQBtHUFGpYSFdGzl_q49qE_4jl8H9nVveIfyGpUE/s1600/IMG-20230923-WA0073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNw8pyhQpxSg3VACtHjSpyC_m_JdXoLcbW_IwejaHO7jiwFU-1xF-acBjSu6l1orNQcTkmeWYAPskFFMyJ8PF7YV5AbYRCn7Ra8XN1PmrQvN6-gatfTRSP9rWliPmXt9nfnqum4LQqtbb6LPqdJwwQBtHUFGpYSFdGzl_q49qE_4jl8H9nVveIfyGpUE/s320/IMG-20230923-WA0073.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAV3rKNGEFhoSAxW_a6qceObdoBfvweGR7rdFIo-9joU0HApONZFPUPPOl-JR8XUj5qtP9nygGY6_J-J5x3RzkH0Fnf6fxjaMh6aF53KTwnf_QlFb8xUhwZEj9VMAD6qspPUfze40te_HzsWmACuAQdL4A1Pl6H8g4dgpM6ZrcvC-vxlvpMdHRSGXEjo/s320/IMG-20230923-WA0068.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And now I really leave you with, given the post title, the inevitable song to play you out. (I have already used <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwKljumr32A" target="_blank">"If you go down in the woods today"</a> in another blogpost, though I can't find where. Can't resist it though, straight from my childhood). </p><p>September Song was my mother's favourite song, and it became one of mine. Until I sought it out again just now I had no idea it was written by Kurt Weill. Or that it has been covered by so many people, among them Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Perry Como, Liberace, Ute Lemper and Anjelica Huston. She is the granddaughter of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mAT-4FdP4" target="_blank">only person I can truly associate with the song, Walter Huston</a>, for whom it was actually written in the 1930s. It always makes me cry but I don't love it the less for that...... </p><p>My thanks to Butterfly for lending me her window-dressing/story-telling skills. I wish you precious, golden autumn days and hope to see you again before Christmas. </p>Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-79596282978613988102023-07-29T17:10:00.002+01:002023-08-02T16:38:12.308+01:00When my granddaughter came to stay..... <p> ....ten days ago I was contemplating the next window
display and I suddenly realised that Annie was the perfect person to instal
it.</p>
<p class="western">After all, she grew up with tiny objects of all kinds - Playmobil houses and people, Sylvanian families, and of course my own dolls houses and string puppets. In fact she spent a long time when she was around four years old trying to explain to us which "town" she wanted. I offered her various sizes of tiny wooden houses and they were all rejected. It wasn't until I remembered that on a visit to Germany she had played with two or three Playmobil houses belonging to the by-then adult </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAiqZOd3uiS-wz4bxvMETFyJZ1zO4-4AzTJg0JoVbl-ZXzbST4R8ns-ZpfIzLhc55Gzx1HXWic277MvIrZdQm_QDpU60Iv2iSBMonqZcVN5EM0RROIq5b68V8jk-Dkz9e07m3_P303QQjpQTGHy4-_aaKQYn-A9dFGxn1EfkKsVTHAer_d4rQrh-HOGA/s320/town%20room1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAiqZOd3uiS-wz4bxvMETFyJZ1zO4-4AzTJg0JoVbl-ZXzbST4R8ns-ZpfIzLhc55Gzx1HXWic277MvIrZdQm_QDpU60Iv2iSBMonqZcVN5EM0RROIq5b68V8jk-Dkz9e07m3_P303QQjpQTGHy4-_aaKQYn-A9dFGxn1EfkKsVTHAer_d4rQrh-HOGA/s1600/town%20room1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />children of a friend, that we realised that was precisely what she had in mind. Some years later we had a whole town's worth in the spare room and it wasn't just children who enjoyed playing with it!<p></p><p class="western">I had already decided that the window theme would be something truly summery
and at first thought inspiration might come from the TV programme
Midsomer <span style="font-family: inherit;">Murders (</span><span>Vraždy v Midsomeru) </span>which is very popular here. I suspect that many
visitors to Britain from Europe will avoid UK village summer fetes like
the plague, fearing that they will fall over a dead body at the back
of the flower show marquee or the tea tent.</p><p class="western">However I realised I didn't really have enough
stalls to make it an easy installation. I do
however have a great deal of children's playground equipment and the
makings of a small camp site. And I also have many <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2022/02/sylvanian-spring-part-one-lets-go-out.html#comment-form" target="_blank">Sylvanian families whom you have met before</a>...</p>
<p class="western">So if my granddaughter were willing to set
the whole thing up, life would be very easy for me. Just as well, because the visitor numbers to Small Worlds are rising exponentially
at the moment and I never seem to stop talking. It can be quite
tiring to repeat the same thing many times a day, sometimes in different languages, and to remember which couple you have said what to....</p>
<p class="western">And of course it wouldn't be Annie's first rodeo (when did
this phrase turn up in British English by the way?). I have <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-slightly-larger-world.html" target="_blank">blogged before</a> about <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-sylvan-interlude.html" target="_blank">scenes she has created</a>. This
time I am also handing over a bit of the blog to her as well...</p>
<p class="western">Here you go Annie....
</p>
<p class="western"><br /><i>
Thank you, GG.</i></p>
<p class="western"><i>It has been a while since my artistry and creative
flair have blessed a blog. Today is the day that my talent with tiny
toys resurfaces, and it does so in my (if I do say so myself) wittily
curated, character-rich and detailed Sylvanian Family display for
Small Worlds! <br />
<br />
At first glance the scene is sweet, playful
and colourful. </i></p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGu_dTcFIc9oXnJ3KGA-2_04VOlxxoR6Wasz1kWEiYDNkELrOWGT9d6fUsW4u4IHRSpaAFhKtDXqUrsM9V77Uk-ynTRPxGyCA3qSeu2I_5oMlgTBIP2Wl1f3XUmFV2KU5JJdrVMzKhfm0-m1CzUo2RK0ygzdquL2ehfiixV4jwdeRXEUOOaxgmsKq1r0/s4032/ally%20photo%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWGu_dTcFIc9oXnJ3KGA-2_04VOlxxoR6Wasz1kWEiYDNkELrOWGT9d6fUsW4u4IHRSpaAFhKtDXqUrsM9V77Uk-ynTRPxGyCA3qSeu2I_5oMlgTBIP2Wl1f3XUmFV2KU5JJdrVMzKhfm0-m1CzUo2RK0ygzdquL2ehfiixV4jwdeRXEUOOaxgmsKq1r0/s320/ally%20photo%206.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="western"><i>It features many a Sylvanian Family animal, lots of
props and furniture, a campsite nicked from elsewhere in the museum
to grace the animals’ holidays</i><i>, a painstaking picnic setup, and
lots of greenery that truly brings the scene to life (I would even go
so far as to say that the trees and moss are my favourite part of the
display bar one – we’ll come back to that one
later!)</i></p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>
On closer inspection, however, past the lovely greenery,
the happy families and the playground, are many stories. In fact, the
final reveal of this park’s intricacies likely isn’t too far
from the Midsomer Murder TV show previously mentioned…<br />
<br />
The
first example of small storylines taking place within the display, is
amongst the tents in the campsite. A meercat sister (who started here as a wife, but as you can see from the small photo, that storyline did not honour Butterfly’s
previous LGBTQ+ meercat marriage lore in an earlier blogpost),</i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS_Ep0M3GtUuQnMzOy1r6Na-_4JHaersO_I72wTbmJDM3zH89PWGsw8eJtOAnBizeZwL4MmPcWRkxBN3Mi72y3aEI8OwLOE3x9esrzPIKnN-i4nRObbELUDArD74T5YJvhjmBgf5nQ8vStgb2jQJsc0dWlrD6-N0Fso3fIv6-VwKNEh3gSkgL3M-yZDQ/s3213/proud%20parents.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2410" data-original-width="3213" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivS_Ep0M3GtUuQnMzOy1r6Na-_4JHaersO_I72wTbmJDM3zH89PWGsw8eJtOAnBizeZwL4MmPcWRkxBN3Mi72y3aEI8OwLOE3x9esrzPIKnN-i4nRObbELUDArD74T5YJvhjmBgf5nQ8vStgb2jQJsc0dWlrD6-N0Fso3fIv6-VwKNEh3gSkgL3M-yZDQ/w200-h150/proud%20parents.jpeg" width="200" /></a><i><br />is scolding her brother for
not understanding how to r</i><i>ead
a map, therefore leaving the responsibility with her entirely. To
me, her expression perfectly conveys a: “Really?”</i><p></p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvSNiOtsmvl0YDdUSd-Qn1HhLLLMi21n4I3ae0a4KoU1matec9ipIpyLaWBrnK8xkrikN2ZkoCHI_GANNoJuSRVMfFTnO-PW603-7cdSUwAilYDYez_OBjiyD-TDUyUuuaaRH7b1Gc1rMvEZIRYZ4EL8rLyLfNqRdQ6E-2vfVuUXifuviu3ZPVYdhRNU/s2000/sylvanian%2032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvSNiOtsmvl0YDdUSd-Qn1HhLLLMi21n4I3ae0a4KoU1matec9ipIpyLaWBrnK8xkrikN2ZkoCHI_GANNoJuSRVMfFTnO-PW603-7cdSUwAilYDYez_OBjiyD-TDUyUuuaaRH7b1Gc1rMvEZIRYZ4EL8rLyLfNqRdQ6E-2vfVuUXifuviu3ZPVYdhRNU/s320/sylvanian%2032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><br />
Next,
we see a squirrel family having a picnic (this is the one I previously referred
to as painstaking because I had to place the food bit by bit with
tweezers due to how tiny and fiddly it all is.) Both squirrel parents
are exasperated, tired and frustrated because their son just Won’t.
Get. Off. The. </i><span class="sd-abs-pos" style="left: 1.48cm; position: absolute; top: 5.54cm; width: 248px;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="sd-abs-pos" style="left: 0cm; position: absolute; top: 5.36cm; width: 453px;"><i><br /></i></span><i>Swing. Boat.</i><p></p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQApajkHgoUPq2134z4jOT13NS8NFAJ-xwkn3kNmpjXggYorka4I7qB2jwb0O79s7aRh9Od_QW8ABvv_ay323kwj9PDERwLixFbA0ZZzz7kVoq6eOepbwZ7lx2GkiJ2KUZm95cfjou39TSCf2dyrmFD7G0D1VhpOyMom92li1BFMBsCG-Pq-dSFRv29kE/s2000/squirrel%20piplacka.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQApajkHgoUPq2134z4jOT13NS8NFAJ-xwkn3kNmpjXggYorka4I7qB2jwb0O79s7aRh9Od_QW8ABvv_ay323kwj9PDERwLixFbA0ZZzz7kVoq6eOepbwZ7lx2GkiJ2KUZm95cfjou39TSCf2dyrmFD7G0D1VhpOyMom92li1BFMBsCG-Pq-dSFRv29kE/s320/squirrel%20piplacka.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-nK94NPwf6QgjTv2yie9aC1eRJAhTV4zMhGl21tMdEX3hHTsGOY0AGYeNH76KiJZTTFdJ_wZepvrneYWw67U5kTvR6qDByxVkmu45On5JkcNQVg0f4jXdZuFWqEakN1OHZhXgIZDjVVkeoI6HaTpm2cxiqDeAAMifYfO91p5tX9efs-RLQPy9NXFLa0/s1600/sylvanian%2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-nK94NPwf6QgjTv2yie9aC1eRJAhTV4zMhGl21tMdEX3hHTsGOY0AGYeNH76KiJZTTFdJ_wZepvrneYWw67U5kTvR6qDByxVkmu45On5JkcNQVg0f4jXdZuFWqEakN1OHZhXgIZDjVVkeoI6HaTpm2cxiqDeAAMifYfO91p5tX9efs-RLQPy9NXFLa0/s320/sylvanian%2024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="western"><span class="sd-abs-pos" style="left: 0cm; position: absolute; top: 0.58cm; width: 248px;"><i><br /></i></span><i>“Get
off and come and eat or you will not eat at all!” The children
are out of control at this park. </i>(Note from GG: These are clearly not Czech children!)<br />
<br /><i>
However, I would just
like to draw your attention to one part of the picnic I am quite proud
of: Bagel Boy.</i><br />
</p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6ozjayG0pmbMghhKf51_h6yLGWYqsAmWwX6eMJ4C3I0vUCpFYjUuNE5BLeaYVuV27Iosc86b8h9m06yGAvLxh_FkEUCM4DtuJVYR-ARj9iO-oMCyKOMQxpgcP2i-Gn8LXQ2Y7ZD84mkdYBZ-p4O4_Ce6Fwz0cnaeGYc6CAW_I0FkI-UgVOIwnJSzRos/s1320/sylvanian%2031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6ozjayG0pmbMghhKf51_h6yLGWYqsAmWwX6eMJ4C3I0vUCpFYjUuNE5BLeaYVuV27Iosc86b8h9m06yGAvLxh_FkEUCM4DtuJVYR-ARj9iO-oMCyKOMQxpgcP2i-Gn8LXQ2Y7ZD84mkdYBZ-p4O4_Ce6Fwz0cnaeGYc6CAW_I0FkI-UgVOIwnJSzRos/s320/sylvanian%2031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="western"><i>He doesn’t care that his brother isn’t
present. He’s got his bagel. That is all that matters.</i></p><p class="western"><i>Reminiscent
of the squirrels' problem, is an issue ramping up for the bunny
couple close by the picnic…</i></p>
<p class="western"><i>T</i><i>he
bunnies did what bunnies do best, and now cannot go out in public
without a toddler mutiny!</i></p><p class="western"><i>One is asleep in the pram........</i></p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz7BnzMnzJLuM5FClXLeK9C9Y6av2TPCLePKbTyv_4SAfBwK29aUlbojU2jipLXu_8ec_0ELUqD9lwpna7RF6Aqa49b4Wr45RlQGE9Mcn186oSknjVW2RTc_G4MgSdLx9eqdbdQwGXfYSA3J0e9WiX-XpQ2Tf9bcTBiI_wqTLDD0DuF9YlN077e3fCjU/s1600/bunny%20pram%20best.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz7BnzMnzJLuM5FClXLeK9C9Y6av2TPCLePKbTyv_4SAfBwK29aUlbojU2jipLXu_8ec_0ELUqD9lwpna7RF6Aqa49b4Wr45RlQGE9Mcn186oSknjVW2RTc_G4MgSdLx9eqdbdQwGXfYSA3J0e9WiX-XpQ2Tf9bcTBiI_wqTLDD0DuF9YlN077e3fCjU/s320/bunny%20pram%20best.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="western"><i>.......two refuse to
leave the seesaw behind.......</i></p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNRGjb-lF9Zr4qXjmxy35jZ_w_IvSHvP_kBjl94kI-gkDFKvlEDq2oXfUwiek8mdGS7U-aQgeheJOiaUGzbZfJnfvA7E3qrkC7ulTq6K2eooD5UzZHl6Ab6HX6Xkshq2nn02_W_JHfIhAc33jMGHili8xaamQvq5HRkHCxf9ogLXFPTHKqkER-VIiNsg/s2000/bunny%20seesawbetter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNRGjb-lF9Zr4qXjmxy35jZ_w_IvSHvP_kBjl94kI-gkDFKvlEDq2oXfUwiek8mdGS7U-aQgeheJOiaUGzbZfJnfvA7E3qrkC7ulTq6K2eooD5UzZHl6Ab6HX6Xkshq2nn02_W_JHfIhAc33jMGHili8xaamQvq5HRkHCxf9ogLXFPTHKqkER-VIiNsg/s320/bunny%20seesawbetter.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p class="western"><i>......while three have run off all at once. </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_2sLsON731FI5jvtxzps8vTdeunHJ7OafXLddZe_80B6SPxXZIe6A1y5BLALg1HwHiPc2Q12rAe389U7vyZGc10EodY5yfU5NJOnCa_yCVf3cJNKmKdNfmVd2hGIKizx0s8-Yq-6DhrFwlxWH4F4dWMSW0qklvbnB1aQ5NU8EzJ7YEcYIs5W1o1Qeb0/s2000/bunny%20escape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_2sLsON731FI5jvtxzps8vTdeunHJ7OafXLddZe_80B6SPxXZIe6A1y5BLALg1HwHiPc2Q12rAe389U7vyZGc10EodY5yfU5NJOnCa_yCVf3cJNKmKdNfmVd2hGIKizx0s8-Yq-6DhrFwlxWH4F4dWMSW0qklvbnB1aQ5NU8EzJ7YEcYIs5W1o1Qeb0/s320/bunny%20escape.jpg" width="240" /></a></i></div><p></p><p class="western"><i>What
is a bunny to do? The two parents are arguing, trying to figure out
what to do next, while two of their bunnies are heading for the lemonade
stand, and I don’t think it’s going to end well…<br />
</i></p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGq1RN-FZe9ZfG1YfBMN9OLElHKSVHZU4VYunuUzsg4wh7mz3WG6lOGO52sHy2B1albXQHIMNCvWmiNKYqRT-Oc6bB2pTXNpHEAI2CC73Njf---DZaQ9gNYxT_ajrzgmkkL-XKU0hFcHCZaN0qNBUQAYaOAbCQgUaUD_QLswu9T0l1Yubh7w_BZ5hraS4/s2000/bunnies%20lemonade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGq1RN-FZe9ZfG1YfBMN9OLElHKSVHZU4VYunuUzsg4wh7mz3WG6lOGO52sHy2B1albXQHIMNCvWmiNKYqRT-Oc6bB2pTXNpHEAI2CC73Njf---DZaQ9gNYxT_ajrzgmkkL-XKU0hFcHCZaN0qNBUQAYaOAbCQgUaUD_QLswu9T0l1Yubh7w_BZ5hraS4/s320/bunnies%20lemonade.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="western"><i>But
really, what can you expect with seven toddlers?</i></p>
<p class="western"><i>Finally,
most scandalous (and frankly evil) of all, is the featuring of the
cannibalistic pig hotdog stand.</i></p><p class="western"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6AmlZ1vdBwybj11JZdVw6nvsND2bb1kMqPctWHeIZws3aRanx8EtpfadXTjIodKQZmoQjU4nzhDQos5W3tHdPSOnwPkfCZApTNfcRvBmzjEkxqWWubyiPY-xWJSwMmYI-SG_ElRJRfhBtXNCYgLx-IqXXSOwgT207waGhH4VuS_RuGSBpasj5kaDOOs/s2000/hotdog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6AmlZ1vdBwybj11JZdVw6nvsND2bb1kMqPctWHeIZws3aRanx8EtpfadXTjIodKQZmoQjU4nzhDQos5W3tHdPSOnwPkfCZApTNfcRvBmzjEkxqWWubyiPY-xWJSwMmYI-SG_ElRJRfhBtXNCYgLx-IqXXSOwgT207waGhH4VuS_RuGSBpasj5kaDOOs/s320/hotdog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i>I’m not sure if this is a
father selling his child or a case of kidnapping, but regardless it
is deeply disturbing and I love it. It began as a joke and an attempt
to shock GG, but she (and Butterfly) liked it so much on the mock-up table that it
made its way to the final window display. Mind, the other animals
don’t seem too fazed, considering the hot-dog vendor has animals
queueing up for his food!</i><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM-PktRpnksFhCDJh9ZJpKS-o-onQzvXDER8H6pmF3K-Uw47UNxE_YH1RflrJ6N6A5vk0EqKRTy87VUXyVchJ48JRKTA3PmIWCaMSe6f2L7MbMfkVp-EhIF7zvozNvdABjnsZWBzpEgOaK61fw_lOcd9ETLhx6wXp3a0EefSt0PK6PyeSHVCox-OR4-Q/s1600/hotdog3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM-PktRpnksFhCDJh9ZJpKS-o-onQzvXDER8H6pmF3K-Uw47UNxE_YH1RflrJ6N6A5vk0EqKRTy87VUXyVchJ48JRKTA3PmIWCaMSe6f2L7MbMfkVp-EhIF7zvozNvdABjnsZWBzpEgOaK61fw_lOcd9ETLhx6wXp3a0EefSt0PK6PyeSHVCox-OR4-Q/s320/hotdog3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><i>Thank you GG for
suggesting I create this display! I really enjoyed it, and I can’t
wait for next year’s window! xxxx</i></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Excellent work Annie, both on the stage and in the script. Definitely wittily curated! Shame you live so far away. Thank you and come back soon.</p><p class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">The campsite was nicked from here: <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnstfl8f1z2zZCK4szGtSlWl8Qxkxxii8qxIuYHM81xyPuNiTplyU53D9Yeoz60dSk5e2eIRdq-_5HfKnSomPovBDFyHmALLD48tlS2dCyX1MaYY0nGtC0TI1_4ZpCepMYdHj-76gAhsQGHJ3sLS2tD64ZCGf9CeQs7BkRw_ejF24ScbDf8JmDsZiaY-4/s2048/IMG_4043.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnstfl8f1z2zZCK4szGtSlWl8Qxkxxii8qxIuYHM81xyPuNiTplyU53D9Yeoz60dSk5e2eIRdq-_5HfKnSomPovBDFyHmALLD48tlS2dCyX1MaYY0nGtC0TI1_4ZpCepMYdHj-76gAhsQGHJ3sLS2tD64ZCGf9CeQs7BkRw_ejF24ScbDf8JmDsZiaY-4/s320/IMG_4043.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and was hastily replaced with this which actually features my son Adam (Annie's father) as a little boy armed with his birdwatching binoculars....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGjLPpxE-ZjS-VGZrFoE3jf36KwzUxDqWD6-6wQR6pHWBTv6IPRTYt1d9StvB-b-q5O36ObUMLGEUtmZvT86VzfpfS7ur5Yh4ELIzQsHNpp5NBs72zVLIapjyd3qq4R95h-JCMI_-CbUYmpmEut2eCd94cyZMAD4PqbR9cQRHSjUuYHyvEXdtt3OrNsY/s2048/IMG_4050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNC3Oo4qiLEFS_RrB_8gbFEtwe4vGiYRGjcSQZ45vOL1GmKhfluwyFRW9sPyOX9jRk1oq1g1l5qDeoeC1dwC8oz2frXWSskjXvqzKiOqDj7LLEH7bxneZw4rsKNX3JJzw5AwLyrXtDrlI4aLboQhgxEJbqKDvOQIK2D7f_HQ_e1pLDwmFSdO7PxqrDfVo/s320/balloon2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Or of course launch the children....</p><p class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">A huge thank you to Molly and family for the balloons - here is the third one currently in temporary quarters - all the balloons are scheduled to fly across the museum at some point in the not too distant future, so watch this space!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8anNZlNcdE67242altkl1tbJkPuWuMEg9AdX_zfFblrOE7NSeMXxrlIV0hAsBKgP7pxWZb8wZe9Cf8FyUXZwpOrUPyvY6ylwUKMGaaYzU1kuoEWPyO5tsyr4QTck_PDxUvjgMEWpHzOr2EoJkGUraIpP1jKfayqAS0SAd-sOPVR0hW9-HEgoRoeDxig/s4032/ally%20photo1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8anNZlNcdE67242altkl1tbJkPuWuMEg9AdX_zfFblrOE7NSeMXxrlIV0hAsBKgP7pxWZb8wZe9Cf8FyUXZwpOrUPyvY6ylwUKMGaaYzU1kuoEWPyO5tsyr4QTck_PDxUvjgMEWpHzOr2EoJkGUraIpP1jKfayqAS0SAd-sOPVR0hW9-HEgoRoeDxig/s320/ally%20photo1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">In the meantime Butterfly and I are now contemplating Agatha Christie as a possible source of further material....should it be Poirot or Miss Marple?</p><p class="western" style="line-height: 115%;">Have an excellent summer and if you get a chance to visit Small Worlds we should love to see you.</p><p class="western" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-23887024388746825292023-04-04T22:42:00.002+01:002023-04-04T22:44:40.199+01:00Transport(s) of Delight...<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />I think translating some of this post will be a challenge to the excellent Deepl Translate program which now allows me to put a Czech copy of each post up, without having to find someone kind enough to translate it for no money. What is it going to do with the title for example? It will certainly lose the pun in translation. People of my generation in the UK will know what </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7yHrpPRYgYM" width="320" youtube-src-id="7yHrpPRYgYM"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Flanders and Swann did with it! I can remember seeing them at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Drop_of_a_Hat" target="_blank">Fortune Theatre in 1957</a>; I remember, too, laughing so much that I fell off my seat.</span><p></p><p>This post is focusing on the new window display in Small Worlds. Christmas was whipped out by our friend Jana and we have replaced it by a little nod to Easter (more inside the museum itself) and my version of transports of delight, paving the way for them with a road map created years ago by my daughter in law Laura and son Adam for our <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/for-my-two-grandchildren.html" target="_blank">Playmobil town</a>. Works for the Sylvanian Families as well....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgeqvhAu6Qw3wsWVkZelGtQ-G3CNR2W6HjL-ZiezdWiiqoFjUcV7ntepTSUX44x3Kai3oFgNfznjRzJiN6OvSeFyHreYpmsfdu1R5V8R7s3_aSbQJWp5p3vhG5CHNjt5iAoOfuBXGJuQ2Y-67Oguq6wxg3eF83jHiboBc4iBFfGzOHKVHTtNTAiFE/s2048/IMG_3882%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgeqvhAu6Qw3wsWVkZelGtQ-G3CNR2W6HjL-ZiezdWiiqoFjUcV7ntepTSUX44x3Kai3oFgNfznjRzJiN6OvSeFyHreYpmsfdu1R5V8R7s3_aSbQJWp5p3vhG5CHNjt5iAoOfuBXGJuQ2Y-67Oguq6wxg3eF83jHiboBc4iBFfGzOHKVHTtNTAiFE/s320/IMG_3882%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhFLHO7VDfJf4PEgLTi_5UGxjAekTgpgthjEV71QK1jejwDH8uFUq-H1Lihn7uK8U3q3DTxlOZshL0y3tdP0q1Z_2VHbdXM0YQyuUWSYfyVgM30jcF6bpSuyKWodToxOi7t2q5ufvsQrNU4Hn8hD1LqjO-1AsXqX2z3hePaqOoUY3vWsPzBOX5OfP/s2048/IMG_3884%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhFLHO7VDfJf4PEgLTi_5UGxjAekTgpgthjEV71QK1jejwDH8uFUq-H1Lihn7uK8U3q3DTxlOZshL0y3tdP0q1Z_2VHbdXM0YQyuUWSYfyVgM30jcF6bpSuyKWodToxOi7t2q5ufvsQrNU4Hn8hD1LqjO-1AsXqX2z3hePaqOoUY3vWsPzBOX5OfP/s320/IMG_3884%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5onaf1nm6EYmiz3nIxSKXL-uy5ijWP_mdOlkF1hJCIOvKiN3wPxXP1a4CKCYavvyl8sYEVcY8eQySJDjfLax7jhBdRCLoHfToMjz3MPx4kzPczx4ALdzjzHwHsGNjpSV9MEYLmbx7VhInG0SzgivRTjSXiuUwZytli0xz71ORYTMMmsaebS9ADz3Z/s2048/IMG_3885%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5onaf1nm6EYmiz3nIxSKXL-uy5ijWP_mdOlkF1hJCIOvKiN3wPxXP1a4CKCYavvyl8sYEVcY8eQySJDjfLax7jhBdRCLoHfToMjz3MPx4kzPczx4ALdzjzHwHsGNjpSV9MEYLmbx7VhInG0SzgivRTjSXiuUwZytli0xz71ORYTMMmsaebS9ADz3Z/s320/IMG_3885%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q4FpcdOCoNxBCj2sh8v6sI0jHY-YsAeEv720zYfLxH8HsBrYYrFFORD-6RD6_Q-aSPfzOtl1Sxw8mZIiUM5qaxCTKve0t0PEwW32f0nFu3YEqsl9IyUUZxA15GwTJJil35LkhO8ign6H3NC59Dkbfu9xoyvgO9y25S0tjd0QQxJlN_en6yl_xCMz/s2048/IMG_3954%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Q4FpcdOCoNxBCj2sh8v6sI0jHY-YsAeEv720zYfLxH8HsBrYYrFFORD-6RD6_Q-aSPfzOtl1Sxw8mZIiUM5qaxCTKve0t0PEwW32f0nFu3YEqsl9IyUUZxA15GwTJJil35LkhO8ign6H3NC59Dkbfu9xoyvgO9y25S0tjd0QQxJlN_en6yl_xCMz/s320/IMG_3954%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>It was a relatively easy change. Butterfly is in England at the moment and so the truly creative displays have to wait for her return. Not that I have thought of the next one yet anyway. By the way - the red car outside is my fullsize transport of delight.</p><p>For many years, alongside other forms of miniatures, model cars have snuck into my collection. As I said in my <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2022/12/wooden-hearts.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, an interest in them goes back a very long way. To the age of four in fact when I clearly remember driving with my father from toy shop to toy shop trying to find some Dinky Toy cars. These had just come back into production again after the war. We had little luck finding any at the beginning and I remember too that we made up a song "Never, never Dinky Toys..." as we left yet another toy shop empty handed. In the end, thanks to my father's persistence, I had many, including their boxes which even then I preserved. All gone now sadly.</p><p>Amongst other makes, I have collected a number of <a href="http://www.bburago.com/" target="_blank">Burago 1/18 scale models</a>, mainly from German Ebay, which are scattered around the houses in the museum. I know that the scale is too small for the twelfth scale houses but it's fine for the Triangs and actually I just like seeing them in use. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdY-28gc8JAM6HA5Z-X0jeJdr0hXV5MKNYQgFnVwwk3dnMia0nxucKFCetbYdJ9YPEg5Bh8BqxAK9ctFXEviT-U75hVDWff6EF8dMv0uuxUCLaIp_wz69cpMlKObgafiTAr0Qoa0D0dBSTgnE9ESf-rRI4ojbPGxJSoQbBf4-eEgueWBA_u49jflj/s2048/IMG_4003.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdY-28gc8JAM6HA5Z-X0jeJdr0hXV5MKNYQgFnVwwk3dnMia0nxucKFCetbYdJ9YPEg5Bh8BqxAK9ctFXEviT-U75hVDWff6EF8dMv0uuxUCLaIp_wz69cpMlKObgafiTAr0Qoa0D0dBSTgnE9ESf-rRI4ojbPGxJSoQbBf4-eEgueWBA_u49jflj/w320-h240/IMG_4003.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too small for the opera singer's house!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The models are beautifully made and amongst them is the world famous Blue Bugatti raced in the 1920s and 30s by the first female winner of a Grand Prix race, the Czechoslovakian </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli%C5%A1ka_Junkov%C3%A1" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Eliška Junková</a><span style="text-align: left;">. </span><span style="text-align: left;">She lived till the age of 94, and made motor racing history. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpw8dJNFKEZh76pljIHQA8wHpCMEaLZNYXPO8zw5ClqcOd4DHUVd_7djjUp4V6u-CuJuLeqmP_i1574ryjOwLB1x8E6hajj3qj_74IReDKi5KM1cp-gKKku79zBZxJLtqHM4ErSm0Ve8e3U5Ke0Bm2yjJtlUfGUclDf76276yUbJ3EdZRdT-1nfG-D/s2048/IMG_4035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIshosNxrOKwCHQHnB7k9vsQ_PdEvgmt3kn0S0YGDCflTxn4ZkEjsr2mn6iqSOQl2EkfgZZCcvT6ujTuiSWJbJKLH236dqfrwMoGd7joiB9614jigUurJJqQvoH4m5c_I30D2T-iB1mb8-mkc-whwK0WbFC_Ffavpa1dBUAo4IUhijiT9LzIc2eRz/s320/IMG_4032.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Post race and ready for the pits....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">And as a tribute to another Czech woman driver, my mother, there is also a parade of Jaguars, one of the loves of her life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfhgMkhSRAhVpozzC4dW3KRedSkio53rNOg8XgFLFB4G3wV17nv5NC7kCObxSBD5cpTris9Hj2cquQxmS7_3Q4e8HrclvyHqVAaZkyWRXLtX2162lZfDpi5gLE5W_baD9oIT1cg8wAX7i5sm_uuwcNGjy7OVaW726rPuCaZbYYR8RXHZU4JiEJGgV/s2048/IMG_4013.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfhgMkhSRAhVpozzC4dW3KRedSkio53rNOg8XgFLFB4G3wV17nv5NC7kCObxSBD5cpTris9Hj2cquQxmS7_3Q4e8HrclvyHqVAaZkyWRXLtX2162lZfDpi5gLE5W_baD9oIT1cg8wAX7i5sm_uuwcNGjy7OVaW726rPuCaZbYYR8RXHZU4JiEJGgV/s320/IMG_4013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">She drove one like this for several years....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvvurOJ_gtRyawUycesKTvEBdD1JEGRglOxbVHHSrHLIJjVlWkmKiO1WJacJRqu6lPmIaTOv1ABiMwDOyFwaW4Mr597ZncwuHyalDte5Ngm2H4jKGM1wzxpXBdtnR17RmjfnGPw-IsS7RUAML_k4G5cldyzuPncSvZc05OkP1xV3UN6SYdFuaeyVH/s2048/IMG_4021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKvvurOJ_gtRyawUycesKTvEBdD1JEGRglOxbVHHSrHLIJjVlWkmKiO1WJacJRqu6lPmIaTOv1ABiMwDOyFwaW4Mr597ZncwuHyalDte5Ngm2H4jKGM1wzxpXBdtnR17RmjfnGPw-IsS7RUAML_k4G5cldyzuPncSvZc05OkP1xV3UN6SYdFuaeyVH/s320/IMG_4021.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">...but my guess is she would have preferred to have emulated Junková (they were much of an age) and to have driven this one....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXad_RN_-_LKE6cm44D02i1q7nD8ieL_wuADUfv59TuCCrefBmrIoBv4gWOW0GjuBeF2skltSFQ9B70_Q6Ohn6Ji0tLFcVd7eOUiFO124KzkbH51WECz7Bk9X51gWBVca7L8qimnzgmpOvfLetJ1cT0ZuGc1LydG2DlhMtRuDVXfykM01EGdND-nM3/s2048/IMG_4016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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On this occasion it has worked fine. On one side there are a variety of smaller models on the ubiquitous stands I am so relieved I bought several of when they appeared in our local cheapie shop; they are worth their weight in gold. (As usual, apologies for the quality of any photos taken through the glass.) </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1k_di8ivi33kZTJUzXoVS2JFaNiYhkxHVo8ZahlMzP1KbS6_gVuZ_mCGV_EeoZbs3YlANGRch9Jom7BfGDvZzvA0teiWFYbpNcNp_9RUcG870Dn2BD0cVo5dTfTHqv903We3vXAECm4WMx77ilXRPfrzwVimqhycc9jmu-w3bDY_36GpkbxraklBs/s2048/IMG_3987.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1k_di8ivi33kZTJUzXoVS2JFaNiYhkxHVo8ZahlMzP1KbS6_gVuZ_mCGV_EeoZbs3YlANGRch9Jom7BfGDvZzvA0teiWFYbpNcNp_9RUcG870Dn2BD0cVo5dTfTHqv903We3vXAECm4WMx77ilXRPfrzwVimqhycc9jmu-w3bDY_36GpkbxraklBs/s320/IMG_3987.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>As you can see, many of the models emerged from the motor trade in its widest form - special offers from Shell, Mobil and Michelin, amongst others.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1J9kBNyXir1coQ_yAiFAuqe9dxTk7BuKjfi45MG5aUnHxLaFl1jnMPvYSrdaH_pUFqHRNVbCTTzDeLjIJ3VU9-__yZL97pi-adXIrsU9Z_8o_f3Pqg8iV6yVr3fhComCpTVk_0mkn66Vw4KWPvHKRT_iaeSShJGz5_kgDRccMaUfPO4VN_xM_p8l/s2048/IMG_3874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1J9kBNyXir1coQ_yAiFAuqe9dxTk7BuKjfi45MG5aUnHxLaFl1jnMPvYSrdaH_pUFqHRNVbCTTzDeLjIJ3VU9-__yZL97pi-adXIrsU9Z_8o_f3Pqg8iV6yVr3fhComCpTVk_0mkn66Vw4KWPvHKRT_iaeSShJGz5_kgDRccMaUfPO4VN_xM_p8l/s320/IMG_3874.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypnPIP4oJGkRmwXy2ynCgHSMWg_hFuZKb-k_NZqAUj6BQN28CGnKb_L-iVz8TL3wRQJ-JqnGSEPUpLCC91OQsOxS-pQmBXA13axhKHTe5_L8soXuRGxBD3_yE925v1uVe6kzGVUKS8y-wzk-oU1jOpfX183gNUiCK9VfFEwB8A80gYwgpuhVDYqQM/s2048/IMG_3877%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypnPIP4oJGkRmwXy2ynCgHSMWg_hFuZKb-k_NZqAUj6BQN28CGnKb_L-iVz8TL3wRQJ-JqnGSEPUpLCC91OQsOxS-pQmBXA13axhKHTe5_L8soXuRGxBD3_yE925v1uVe6kzGVUKS8y-wzk-oU1jOpfX183gNUiCK9VfFEwB8A80gYwgpuhVDYqQM/s320/IMG_3877%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXmXW-dq8_ljay78bHR8auQq96EkwX4-VF4ba7vYxVZ_ReCmuvzE3qfQkMhSLUK0CqSt3e1Y6ldi2arXYx4ZamoeKnYP7cB-izhWWNgBwGLnfdnhQkaLt4JSig9zK0NoF25cuVADzaXgL86AIcRY1zXLPON8elDkVJ_AtvIOBWrsvQk0gTf-Munk7/s2048/IMG_3878%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXmXW-dq8_ljay78bHR8auQq96EkwX4-VF4ba7vYxVZ_ReCmuvzE3qfQkMhSLUK0CqSt3e1Y6ldi2arXYx4ZamoeKnYP7cB-izhWWNgBwGLnfdnhQkaLt4JSig9zK0NoF25cuVADzaXgL86AIcRY1zXLPON8elDkVJ_AtvIOBWrsvQk0gTf-Munk7/s320/IMG_3878%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHdjYydoAhi5NBNRrqqxtgYqePAb00couHUlGW02xm2FLYQhAdEtN7ciWKTs81d-DidcsmGRtr2dIBxn5jn3R4CuaBgyDfemVc2ji9ECLp0YOitIKG9y0Dc2CgeYxwUrzymVSBl5ZQQoNrrx-QV9LQMbWQa_JRlsq4DM4rUgQneMI6PP3liJ5lhwK/s2048/IMG_3879%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHdjYydoAhi5NBNRrqqxtgYqePAb00couHUlGW02xm2FLYQhAdEtN7ciWKTs81d-DidcsmGRtr2dIBxn5jn3R4CuaBgyDfemVc2ji9ECLp0YOitIKG9y0Dc2CgeYxwUrzymVSBl5ZQQoNrrx-QV9LQMbWQa_JRlsq4DM4rUgQneMI6PP3liJ5lhwK/s320/IMG_3879%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Taking pride of place is a cardboard model of a bridge, dating from the late 1950s and made by a company called <a href="https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Category:Victory_Industries_Ltd" target="_blank">Victory Industries</a>, based in Guildford. As you can see from the box, the price was 6/6 Sadly the road itself appears to be absent, but no one needs to know that!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPoZh7O88kvJwbSXtvFs6jmyOSuSLGq8b-HXEB64nJQCa5TdJ4CxWtJpa6yMcVOyDhPlBz_Z0SvPzrNwf0rPouIAAxWxnLFtG8nQnn_xg_Gbj6LLsfq8OWmEH7ELRKTt7bPPVuDlKb-6G5PE06YqwbA1PJbN6e_Yvom2Pp7gRutGRmVZaHKh5Ay4_/s2048/IMG_3993.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPoZh7O88kvJwbSXtvFs6jmyOSuSLGq8b-HXEB64nJQCa5TdJ4CxWtJpa6yMcVOyDhPlBz_Z0SvPzrNwf0rPouIAAxWxnLFtG8nQnn_xg_Gbj6LLsfq8OWmEH7ELRKTt7bPPVuDlKb-6G5PE06YqwbA1PJbN6e_Yvom2Pp7gRutGRmVZaHKh5Ay4_/s320/IMG_3993.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmDumc1fPvzXCm_LgPXQy30Z4iaaPeKq7NrpqCKmuAws6K3kOGjQANN3ClESt52ZKJu8uG2SBIwl1JGL9H11zHKBCThq2qqUqEqyl71Cani8ah1G5E2xraVQkz6Lh7ujV4wdFH3po1jPQr-W363Msy2-023f0C2OV16RhHslxsvi_F5O-4dQzEWCD/s2048/IMG_3941.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmDumc1fPvzXCm_LgPXQy30Z4iaaPeKq7NrpqCKmuAws6K3kOGjQANN3ClESt52ZKJu8uG2SBIwl1JGL9H11zHKBCThq2qqUqEqyl71Cani8ah1G5E2xraVQkz6Lh7ujV4wdFH3po1jPQr-W363Msy2-023f0C2OV16RhHslxsvi_F5O-4dQzEWCD/s320/IMG_3941.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnNWApm9_jEvCuJzYRTsAmJ02S-B1TZ1aV04xC2AaMez8jaWVHRqQWowRc54F1BPuFKmW9iFB_cdx5QRGdDNARn24v_ROquhhyIZ3ytMY42VLbvVM9fTBoHAkWpcVEvfE8RE8fbqmKuMvw-YHLMby-f-XQAYWwsclSwSFziXMhcV2INLeUh9XoazR/s2048/IMG_3899%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnNWApm9_jEvCuJzYRTsAmJ02S-B1TZ1aV04xC2AaMez8jaWVHRqQWowRc54F1BPuFKmW9iFB_cdx5QRGdDNARn24v_ROquhhyIZ3ytMY42VLbvVM9fTBoHAkWpcVEvfE8RE8fbqmKuMvw-YHLMby-f-XQAYWwsclSwSFziXMhcV2INLeUh9XoazR/s320/IMG_3899%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXsm2jz3wN10W4LcmeQzaOAjrzhiV9hK4h5zoRtTD0fz8s4Jn0TmjBoC1LJXIxyyo1L5YtMrB6ouDu_uIYEePXj8cKQ3QrULeciW_FXL8ggXgPyP3xIOwIhJaT16vG9mancOcXiQTPzdnwRoTsukP19TmfUhXmDHzHUhhy1g6G7kcaylT87-8Q7zO/s2048/IMG_3897%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXsm2jz3wN10W4LcmeQzaOAjrzhiV9hK4h5zoRtTD0fz8s4Jn0TmjBoC1LJXIxyyo1L5YtMrB6ouDu_uIYEePXj8cKQ3QrULeciW_FXL8ggXgPyP3xIOwIhJaT16vG9mancOcXiQTPzdnwRoTsukP19TmfUhXmDHzHUhhy1g6G7kcaylT87-8Q7zO/s320/IMG_3897%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Standing in front of of the bridge you will have noticed another item from the 1950s. Another car boot sale purchase, long ago, which has been biding its time to make an appearance.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RilJDMYBE4RoaCdksU5B-WoKq5fJOztFK9iu1u9lLcgg1QJ8g3dniUij7GAM771g3J-PxPxAN98d6N-WNk8oviOuRpsn-4jVHzJnCFbqv6R-PkcskOQkm-9ltN8h7CofP-5JvTZzd99H1ppLdfYSAP_FE-hyLIdmlFC-QaFJwcmyp6ctje-Kt16E/s2048/IMG_3890.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RilJDMYBE4RoaCdksU5B-WoKq5fJOztFK9iu1u9lLcgg1QJ8g3dniUij7GAM771g3J-PxPxAN98d6N-WNk8oviOuRpsn-4jVHzJnCFbqv6R-PkcskOQkm-9ltN8h7CofP-5JvTZzd99H1ppLdfYSAP_FE-hyLIdmlFC-QaFJwcmyp6ctje-Kt16E/s320/IMG_3890.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg_sz_vzJ2Y_Ksodx_14dWyf3WjqpoPYvIejjWx7FsC-BkpeUMa9o_ROL8GWZv4lENnyoEqEmljaxEQdLTsgF2dj26aNqvdSkV2juuzYcIRcsbdxhTwhgJxwB-8VdIe2EssnaMgfEpvtWMtQVmNDy2i1f51xNrRmwFxdFkxn_EtphDUgk3OVACbQj/s2048/IMG_3891%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg_sz_vzJ2Y_Ksodx_14dWyf3WjqpoPYvIejjWx7FsC-BkpeUMa9o_ROL8GWZv4lENnyoEqEmljaxEQdLTsgF2dj26aNqvdSkV2juuzYcIRcsbdxhTwhgJxwB-8VdIe2EssnaMgfEpvtWMtQVmNDy2i1f51xNrRmwFxdFkxn_EtphDUgk3OVACbQj/s320/IMG_3891%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirArYiB84Kq8fCTQFL9-liTdsvDbyk-jj0aO8cygedxDipWIo19p9EsIQRZOtQSR8_qT20Bus6NHRtm2P1YUxASWLyVivpqEro_IogDNL3B1hAYVKAATMx9XUn0gFzBwvimH7ewq7sNrBuK9LV8iOpAEqNExedU98fSGkzURaPocqkdrYZOz1LznUe/s2048/IMG_3895%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirArYiB84Kq8fCTQFL9-liTdsvDbyk-jj0aO8cygedxDipWIo19p9EsIQRZOtQSR8_qT20Bus6NHRtm2P1YUxASWLyVivpqEro_IogDNL3B1hAYVKAATMx9XUn0gFzBwvimH7ewq7sNrBuK9LV8iOpAEqNExedU98fSGkzURaPocqkdrYZOz1LznUe/s320/IMG_3895%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>I am thrilled to not just own six Triang houses but also this delightful breakdown truck with working crane and trailer still attached. At last it is getting a chance to show off! It was 29/6 back in the day but nowadays these come up quite frequently at auctions of collectable toys and the makers would be astounded at what they fetch. Especially if they are complete with trailer and box, as mine is.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BBTBmEXyl6jmr_FxPYV-3Z-xGPdGyJbaGpgke1VpGziF-pj3Tdw5TN4F4jcteeIm8MJy6Hebp5EF7yuNNkLlLBfrvYWCletjv2oG_LaIeNUfO7uDUsP9vSdjJgjbdHob5edA6b6sVzC5algIcBsSwo-87keM6p2ttQEMPLom2BsdC5bsOVrSdFmz/s2048/IMG_3986.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BBTBmEXyl6jmr_FxPYV-3Z-xGPdGyJbaGpgke1VpGziF-pj3Tdw5TN4F4jcteeIm8MJy6Hebp5EF7yuNNkLlLBfrvYWCletjv2oG_LaIeNUfO7uDUsP9vSdjJgjbdHob5edA6b6sVzC5algIcBsSwo-87keM6p2ttQEMPLom2BsdC5bsOVrSdFmz/s320/IMG_3986.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>One vintage toy that did not make the cut into the window (space!) was yet another car boot sale purchase, possibly here in the Czech Republic or Germany. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hX4c14cSeljOHm6CD1WrhPjYAQ3_ln0aZiQsqUZDVcQOxtzL0ESXslllCBhRSI5gPD5It60T8vGMpc8ipUxxkqonRQInOsbI1y3UcqLEsiIMwbiX9nWa8dNh7mtdSUiyFo42uP4PYJs5Ib_UZJXBahmkj3chOHdAp3yefGpTzypBSrnKjtKluQ4h/s2048/IMG_3887.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hX4c14cSeljOHm6CD1WrhPjYAQ3_ln0aZiQsqUZDVcQOxtzL0ESXslllCBhRSI5gPD5It60T8vGMpc8ipUxxkqonRQInOsbI1y3UcqLEsiIMwbiX9nWa8dNh7mtdSUiyFo42uP4PYJs5Ib_UZJXBahmkj3chOHdAp3yefGpTzypBSrnKjtKluQ4h/s320/IMG_3887.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It's an Esso service station, with limited roof top parking and once again, complete with box. Made in the 1970s by a German company, AK Stelco, known mostly for its <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/zappadong/26404039196" target="_blank">rather strange (to my eyes) model cars</a>. Stelco also made a whole range of service stations and multi-storey carparks, including this rather impressive one! Somewhat better than mine in fact....</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHO2FuwDHWSuQvxGdsAE60XiWS-8PJJ-t8Yjj189Zw6pu-tg7tt7iMgRMKjYHGbQVwvsyPpoqMdG91ScP3GP0JDGiA5mvFqUEHcRx8qc3HQU0V45tHScg9iPAjt_VjUahsOsFzBtScMLQ01xQWeLdarcjOAxgaeUOFOPmRkQ2EP63vpc7Jb_7u1UIh/s960/esso%20service%20station.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHO2FuwDHWSuQvxGdsAE60XiWS-8PJJ-t8Yjj189Zw6pu-tg7tt7iMgRMKjYHGbQVwvsyPpoqMdG91ScP3GP0JDGiA5mvFqUEHcRx8qc3HQU0V45tHScg9iPAjt_VjUahsOsFzBtScMLQ01xQWeLdarcjOAxgaeUOFOPmRkQ2EP63vpc7Jb_7u1UIh/s320/esso%20service%20station.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The other half of the window is occupied by kits of various kinds. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJ64InFX0KGPLb_WbImHroVlzWIi5lL98-bRkPkdmrbMpoZIv2zEw6lTMQDZbg38R1C37qSXYRz8a24J0ZzqHKWrCG4Cu9PdTjQDpFQnAi7JRKsuLb_nCPXE5iIPhkWJk0UU3okB9_iTsf1Sj3xjXzvkEt41rAqujhE4JlQcKEa777Pv9GVCJYsEM/s2048/IMG_3933.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJ64InFX0KGPLb_WbImHroVlzWIi5lL98-bRkPkdmrbMpoZIv2zEw6lTMQDZbg38R1C37qSXYRz8a24J0ZzqHKWrCG4Cu9PdTjQDpFQnAi7JRKsuLb_nCPXE5iIPhkWJk0UU3okB9_iTsf1Sj3xjXzvkEt41rAqujhE4JlQcKEa777Pv9GVCJYsEM/s320/IMG_3933.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>In fact I am pleased to say that we were able to demonstrate that it is not just plastic that can be used for kit creations since we have on display models from wood, plastic....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOaATtus-sTb7ia6JoYgHcdrByFsmIJbhMvFsTuzBwPCgb8zg8kuow_f-PA-ObUmSUBgFxUxLtQrKsp9MmwnSMo9I3DouR1hiAbFNKt7qR6g3yF-KU19OQEsKWHZDVnWMTrxFYWiSbHh0PyaVwVOiUoLdSS8ESF7EZ7lyKZL_lnZoOgbtDZfqLx0s/s2048/IMG_3931.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQOaATtus-sTb7ia6JoYgHcdrByFsmIJbhMvFsTuzBwPCgb8zg8kuow_f-PA-ObUmSUBgFxUxLtQrKsp9MmwnSMo9I3DouR1hiAbFNKt7qR6g3yF-KU19OQEsKWHZDVnWMTrxFYWiSbHh0PyaVwVOiUoLdSS8ESF7EZ7lyKZL_lnZoOgbtDZfqLx0s/s320/IMG_3931.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>metal....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyrm126wEGxfcBIPuVZL8M4BqFvgfxcFB5lBvZf5KY8p92HWoN9zPEJCqN2CtTnenz7Alv6JFhNjzQ7RyiK9L5E0nanl5IGqoOCx-4pdYY84yqRQEATkBNnduFADC-ayhVreK7Fr3CgBrcdE19Bq5_gR_6uYKeMb5ppD9j3A2SnLYjWIy-1h-Lzgp/s2048/IMG_3929.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyrm126wEGxfcBIPuVZL8M4BqFvgfxcFB5lBvZf5KY8p92HWoN9zPEJCqN2CtTnenz7Alv6JFhNjzQ7RyiK9L5E0nanl5IGqoOCx-4pdYY84yqRQEATkBNnduFADC-ayhVreK7Fr3CgBrcdE19Bq5_gR_6uYKeMb5ppD9j3A2SnLYjWIy-1h-Lzgp/s320/IMG_3929.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;">This magnificent car was built by, yes if you follow my blog you will have guessed it, Colin Rose of <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/its-that-time-again.html" target="_blank">osprey</a> </span><span style="text-align: left;">and </span><a href="https://www.muzeumvodnany.cz/muzeum-galerie/akce/43071-czech-passion-of-an-english-artist" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">paper castle fame</a>.<span style="text-align: left;"> And we must not forget the brilliant 3 dolls houses he made for Small Worlds. </span></div><p>At the back of the display sits the inspiration for the Flanders and Swann song that introduced this post. The Transport of Delight itself, the world-famous bright red <a href="https://www.super-hobby.cz/products/London-Bus-Platinum-Edition.html" target="_blank">London Omnibus in a scale of 1/24 by Revell</a> . (Scroll down through the link to see how many pieces of plastic one is faced with!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAsLZYHFlFLGVwz4riZ7Hls7Q7X7aDkCX8jO-Qp0tKNEl_PV2HF6toa32pZ5Pq2zAkxtUydwgyltGzbG4k7tPvPAmiDDqdS2u94vGwj-djax9HvyQaITl6EZlyeKvYzhD2nk829IzGRRn5QKdjDrLSlA1daSqo_pr8CRowNmv8h9a4eXYbw0e2goL/s2048/IMG_3939.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAsLZYHFlFLGVwz4riZ7Hls7Q7X7aDkCX8jO-Qp0tKNEl_PV2HF6toa32pZ5Pq2zAkxtUydwgyltGzbG4k7tPvPAmiDDqdS2u94vGwj-djax9HvyQaITl6EZlyeKvYzhD2nk829IzGRRn5QKdjDrLSlA1daSqo_pr8CRowNmv8h9a4eXYbw0e2goL/s320/IMG_3939.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>It is still neatly packed in its box, waiting for that "one day" to happen that is so much part of my hobby. "One day I shall build that house, install a model railway, put together that kit...." I do realise that at 81 there is only a limited supply of "one days" ahead. Heigh ho.</p><p>In fact I have three large boxes of beautiful vintage cars in the same series as the one standing in front of the Walmer Victorian dolls house. They are all waiting for that one day to come along. This one, complete with lordly lady (can one say that??) and chauffeur is the only one that has been made so far. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnO7wlpo_aDxwjUg21DMoKADIiQw62NDMqhdECXjD5A92YTiZiOAwOHT-4xi6A8VnlXsM02jkpJ2kb_VWVOyIlENdcFYX__ylj8Vg7o0ikbwo8tXYdWQ-JcbW0HYObtju5spJTTXgOHOiJfdHtYTXDwalwPPGzXe8b5VKraWamEhCTzMpjMlSyt3r/s2048/IMG_4007%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnO7wlpo_aDxwjUg21DMoKADIiQw62NDMqhdECXjD5A92YTiZiOAwOHT-4xi6A8VnlXsM02jkpJ2kb_VWVOyIlENdcFYX__ylj8Vg7o0ikbwo8tXYdWQ-JcbW0HYObtju5spJTTXgOHOiJfdHtYTXDwalwPPGzXe8b5VKraWamEhCTzMpjMlSyt3r/s320/IMG_4007%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Butterfly and I did it some years ago and spent hours on the engine, where every wire has to be attached to its terminal. Imagine our horror and disbelief to read the final instruction in that section: <i>"Now glue the bonnet down over the engine"</i>. We didn't do it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPf6PSRq1g91zrGG6eGTNOcUDaMt8Fnckv5j7iKa6VSTXgj5PiMOUKn311Chi32ThFt83mw5RUX37q7Y5jc19TGg0fbdHuDaQKXtYHf5CH7EtQVdj-q8GMH_5IdfdCZvm35k5X63yniSFyN0OSiqGeN9cKuZCHd7go5C8GpedOSW1qIwrbKPUM50g/s2048/IMG_4009%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPf6PSRq1g91zrGG6eGTNOcUDaMt8Fnckv5j7iKa6VSTXgj5PiMOUKn311Chi32ThFt83mw5RUX37q7Y5jc19TGg0fbdHuDaQKXtYHf5CH7EtQVdj-q8GMH_5IdfdCZvm35k5X63yniSFyN0OSiqGeN9cKuZCHd7go5C8GpedOSW1qIwrbKPUM50g/s320/IMG_4009%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Two weeks ago we had the Spring Fair in the village and Small Worlds always opens, even out of season, on such occasions. Since the focus of the fair was Easter I put a small display into the museum itself, plus an Easter tree, slightly incongruously, in the window.</p><p>So, as Easter rapidly approaches I leave you with a series of Easter Greetings in the form of photos and all best wishes for a festive break, or as we might say here in the Czech Republic:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">"Přeji vám sezonu plnou pohody, radosti a krásného počasí. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Veselé Velikonoce!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">"I wish you a season full of well-being, joy and beautiful weather. </span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: medium;">Happy Easter!"</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD90CD1pOnjWOHZZbskHFdIjOTdWqP1k9I-iJNPpjTmaAGvrGk1_tiAOSf-4X8-kUkqqK3IrrI1YtohEJzQglVnUx5Zd1BarW8FwTIf2rpY9yZNZ2kVQ1mqSgeRmI_V3MZjU4NiRoHpROZbJQ9ESgdDv5e1In9uK2ttUzedCuTU_q1J_yF-zGQWn7-/s2048/IMG_3965.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Rather like this one... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohDw3Efnt5kRd1nKCUjUfQBY6t7tkkn_Lp6q_dmzaaw39fN_5Mtdq8i-pA5y_Fx4P2DltSYIfiih2ENgSqPs9z0tpPEPwNy2ibZxLuLdT_hrbvaHBGBbMiioVwSx1nc9XbGyLY6vTbVMW7xxcT7LAXBSUZO-WbvcwctFRctuQRhOrNnA8iGWgqqCM/s1200/early%20tv.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhohDw3Efnt5kRd1nKCUjUfQBY6t7tkkn_Lp6q_dmzaaw39fN_5Mtdq8i-pA5y_Fx4P2DltSYIfiih2ENgSqPs9z0tpPEPwNy2ibZxLuLdT_hrbvaHBGBbMiioVwSx1nc9XbGyLY6vTbVMW7xxcT7LAXBSUZO-WbvcwctFRctuQRhOrNnA8iGWgqqCM/s320/early%20tv.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>There wasn't much to watch in those days - viewing times were strictly limited, and even included an hour, just after the daily children's hour (yes, just one), when nothing was shown at all so that the little ones could be put to bed without any fuss. </p><p>But from 1946 onwards (did I say our little girl was born in 1942?) something magic happened at 5pm every day. Onto the black and white screen trotted one of the first stars to be made by television - and he was a puppet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TLnjztfe3iA" width="320" youtube-src-id="TLnjztfe3iA"></iframe></div><p></p><p>And from then on our little girl was hooked on dolls dancing on strings.</p><p>(No wonder her parents thought she would love the Disney film Pinocchio. They were misguided however and she had to be carried out of the cinema kicking and screaming during this fearsome scene.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uh1sCdcSDi0" width="320" youtube-src-id="uh1sCdcSDi0"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p>It didn't put her off puppets though, and her - or should I come clean? - <i>my </i>collection started on my 13th birthday with the gift of a Pelham Puppet theatre and a number of puppets, including Sandy McBoozle, the drunken Scotsman sitting front and centre, and a matching old lady. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNnzG2-C05aePOChvXI4iLOncbUXrZz9bXnr1WjoU9ov9H8IMBXmYFs5Q0o4wWu6DfoUfRbgIJ9gwOseShGkCyoR-mB83jG513yWIhhM2K1qmpPO2KoPM7OTcfMtgb3hRqsyBCBfi7IpsChrTu0NWRXMuzy3JImUuCryuICkNMYEPXidXmK8zWNgZ/s1298/MacB-party-piccy2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1298" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNnzG2-C05aePOChvXI4iLOncbUXrZz9bXnr1WjoU9ov9H8IMBXmYFs5Q0o4wWu6DfoUfRbgIJ9gwOseShGkCyoR-mB83jG513yWIhhM2K1qmpPO2KoPM7OTcfMtgb3hRqsyBCBfi7IpsChrTu0NWRXMuzy3JImUuCryuICkNMYEPXidXmK8zWNgZ/w400-h224/MacB-party-piccy2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>I can remember performing a scene with this couple at boarding school in 1955, based on the ballad "Get up and Bar the Door". </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IlbH9Zqobv8" width="320" youtube-src-id="IlbH9Zqobv8"></iframe></div><p></p><p>Heaven knows where we came across it. If it helps, here is the <a href="https://allpoetry.com/Get-Up-and-Bar-the-Door" target="_blank">written version</a>!</p><p>I had a fairly large collection of <a href="http://www.pelhampuppets.uk.com/" target="_blank">Pelham Puppets</a> but sadly only two or three remain in my possession. Not that I like them very much, but they are now quite valuable. Unfortunately, they have gone the same way as all of my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinky_Toys#:~:text=Dinky%20Toys%20was%20the%20brand,in%20Binns%20Road%20in%20Liverpool." target="_blank">Dinky toys</a>, collected for me by my father from 1946 when production restarted post-war, till his death in 1952. The perils of having a much younger sibling!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpkMPsr94TCUCbvolOSIFwbkIamW8rxj4BYIHSrEYaXUMeYMoHTZtANj3wFVGifDmMuXQpJVEL7L_n_quf2e6st2qm-Iin0nSwAFkNOHuUXH-BcNc2dTJ2PKIzTAmdQOneq5T97PgQ9gCzeFv6dIj-UIK8IR3muVG4ll_Jmzh4jQ3ikZfZ1hH3PdO/s500/dinky%20catalogue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpkMPsr94TCUCbvolOSIFwbkIamW8rxj4BYIHSrEYaXUMeYMoHTZtANj3wFVGifDmMuXQpJVEL7L_n_quf2e6st2qm-Iin0nSwAFkNOHuUXH-BcNc2dTJ2PKIzTAmdQOneq5T97PgQ9gCzeFv6dIj-UIK8IR3muVG4ll_Jmzh4jQ3ikZfZ1hH3PdO/s320/dinky%20catalogue.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><p>But another collection of puppets started during my weekly visits to Prague about twenty years ago. I went there once a week from my village in South Bohemia to teach the <a href="https://alexandertechnique.co.uk/" target="_blank">Alexander Technique</a> to a handful of pupils - AT was more or less new to the Czech Republic then. Each time I was there I visited the little market near Wencelas Square, and I fell in love with the beautiful (and very reasonably priced) puppets on one particular stall. I chatted to the friendly owner who told me that she and her sister made them, using moulds and then sewing many of the dresses themselves. Despite the plethora of shops selling puppets in Prague, these particularly spoke to me and I started to collect them. </p><p>There are indeed many, many shops and stalls selling puppets across the whole of the Czech Republic, since the tradition of marionettes here goes back a very long way indeed. There are museums devoted to the history of touring puppet companies and to the makers of marionettes. <a href="https://www.nm.cz/en/historical-museum/czech-puppets-and-circus-exhibition" target="_blank">The National Collection</a> is actually based in our closest small town, Prachatice, and there are still travelling companies performing in towns and villages, especially at this time of year.</p><p>So what better theme for the Christmas window display then to show off some of my puppets? And to showcase them what could be more fitting than the extraordinary theatre that my daughter-in-law Laura, and son Adam created for my granddaughter's first birthday 18 years ago? There was of course also a performance - Butterfly still has the script she wrote for the play she and Adam performed. </p><p>The theatre has been in storage for much of this time but came over, together with the somewhat indignant puppets.... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4BIOMDR-AhAQ-LqFBMf6ivLcgcRe1o6xucacudiEe0kiTYjGebLKdsjtvpSkBplSHgbRivuERO8VXydiBKJ_zkfBuRhRdkOTK0YUDTbEMZH1dRrR1Iv9j2iQaxB2x3Nk4J3KSoUgpbafX_m2EdtX7Oe-ffT-Paex6z-Jtu03GdmBRHQLgkMx_XzI/s3024/window5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4BIOMDR-AhAQ-LqFBMf6ivLcgcRe1o6xucacudiEe0kiTYjGebLKdsjtvpSkBplSHgbRivuERO8VXydiBKJ_zkfBuRhRdkOTK0YUDTbEMZH1dRrR1Iv9j2iQaxB2x3Nk4J3KSoUgpbafX_m2EdtX7Oe-ffT-Paex6z-Jtu03GdmBRHQLgkMx_XzI/s320/window5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>....when I finally moved to the Czech Republic last December. Unfortunately the whole theatre does not fit in the window, and sadly I have no photos of its original incarnation. It was based on a folding bookshelf and designed so that two puppeteers could stand inside without being seen - highly ingenious. </p><p>The opulent curtains and scenery were painted by Laura, whose miniature work already features in Small Worlds, and it is the upper part of the theatre that we have been able to use in the window.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Odp2Aao1_yILA_oHb7F2Dr_E5IE3MWOphtjYVXEv6BAJl-pRlyxQikBpNSYTcrMHZLiVnSTD34bHKaDv-yADne9vJDNO4opUaWOzrRVIBSUTqBVPE57cnASy29azJjVqHNs2t_BTBaSgjLvhj2gYFWyuPgr0q6lY3ljNAUTZoy1RiObqtRreoBN9/s3936/window7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2952" data-original-width="3936" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Odp2Aao1_yILA_oHb7F2Dr_E5IE3MWOphtjYVXEv6BAJl-pRlyxQikBpNSYTcrMHZLiVnSTD34bHKaDv-yADne9vJDNO4opUaWOzrRVIBSUTqBVPE57cnASy29azJjVqHNs2t_BTBaSgjLvhj2gYFWyuPgr0q6lY3ljNAUTZoy1RiObqtRreoBN9/s320/window7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Despite the main material being just cardboard it has all survived quite well and maybe one day we will be able to stage a full performance using the whole theatre.<p></p><p>However, for the moment we have a simple staging to offer you - not helped by the museum windows no longer being divided into two thirds/one third, but straight down the middle, which impacts on any central display but this time there was really no other way of setting it up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmU2VjZx1Aw-BHS4l7ytKkVbjgleN8dN43xhDa_TpDnRnkP8fr65V6Rzl8HKjPyxxcqofwTVtt-4TPLRpyTo4HRlE9vkAJiYSvoQRFx5abiF60dV2DOSp_oTkNzQXKgawOVXutybQZVFcs0AV9Uu5HkUVTNVHESOcIMx21_3-z-o3RCzW_zWHgfUJ/s3423/window20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2562" data-original-width="3423" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmU2VjZx1Aw-BHS4l7ytKkVbjgleN8dN43xhDa_TpDnRnkP8fr65V6Rzl8HKjPyxxcqofwTVtt-4TPLRpyTo4HRlE9vkAJiYSvoQRFx5abiF60dV2DOSp_oTkNzQXKgawOVXutybQZVFcs0AV9Uu5HkUVTNVHESOcIMx21_3-z-o3RCzW_zWHgfUJ/s320/window20.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The construction was decidedly tricky - Butterfly positioned everything on the floor of Small Worlds and rigged the puppets... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZQmNZ29b4iJcarXjkisHX7kCeAqbjaU9KLwrGp1aYr3Qy6FzDyp3dEjzeSbzmzUVY5iqUMTeOZiZB34oKdF5jeOPP2Mn-KlY6h47MhHmem4MKulZVhj555JJJNI1baIbMsnw3rk7pS5OjY_llOMI6kfThqQgq0dPFHEP9cGQ7pZac0iVHzWOPDB8/s4032/window10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZQmNZ29b4iJcarXjkisHX7kCeAqbjaU9KLwrGp1aYr3Qy6FzDyp3dEjzeSbzmzUVY5iqUMTeOZiZB34oKdF5jeOPP2Mn-KlY6h47MhHmem4MKulZVhj555JJJNI1baIbMsnw3rk7pS5OjY_llOMI6kfThqQgq0dPFHEP9cGQ7pZac0iVHzWOPDB8/s320/window10.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>....only to find that when putting it into the window, space constraints were interfering with the original plan. She had to rethink and spent hours rejigging several times before all was well.</p><p>But finally the curtain went up and on stage we have the <a href="https://pohadkove.krkonose.eu/krakonos-vladce-hor" target="_blank">iconic czech character Krakonoš....</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIAIPYb6iZYK7JQwkaGykws89_nvBr8g45CuYEIbxWXGCITgm7kn-Nwcc54hxuu28NL_EuAL5ZovCGRzP9edyi8HWaT6m9J5cmnf5uV7lGI0rL6pbHGNV6a2ysOeZZNCAwsJA71T0qc_7BvFduOmMt6yOe6zHb35IZ4akcgypQR7AmSrJKOCKJmh1/s4032/window15.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIAIPYb6iZYK7JQwkaGykws89_nvBr8g45CuYEIbxWXGCITgm7kn-Nwcc54hxuu28NL_EuAL5ZovCGRzP9edyi8HWaT6m9J5cmnf5uV7lGI0rL6pbHGNV6a2ysOeZZNCAwsJA71T0qc_7BvFduOmMt6yOe6zHb35IZ4akcgypQR7AmSrJKOCKJmh1/s320/window15.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepxvbGy9QhWOpviI0-Vglk2X3kRUYbFULpIwf5uVkuaAV2HItDCNqxmk6rvEuW4YluMsKZ41iQ-g6lBtLU_SM1p-byYsR919FJP1hwrMqcfRzsg_5QIIgeCljY4BIMw6FwxyM8lFnZFHKuOYYwUj2AB7ih0tIiGcKipGDXpfjXtktLWDXIC-5k2kg/s4032/window31.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepxvbGy9QhWOpviI0-Vglk2X3kRUYbFULpIwf5uVkuaAV2HItDCNqxmk6rvEuW4YluMsKZ41iQ-g6lBtLU_SM1p-byYsR919FJP1hwrMqcfRzsg_5QIIgeCljY4BIMw6FwxyM8lFnZFHKuOYYwUj2AB7ih0tIiGcKipGDXpfjXtktLWDXIC-5k2kg/w240-h320/window31.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Can anyone solve the sausage mystery?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">....the spirit or ruler of the mountains, being tempted by the ever-to-be-feared old woman bearing a shiny red apple, that we find in many a fairy tale. </span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKBK-X2_09YbvS60yVK2YpHfF4fnLi1ZVhRJwdHzepcSG2a1YnOTecMLEJGDlo29fGYROa3Knbr1pMgpngua9XygbyM-rDv8jx8FET_cWTiO_mvoGyv3tXXcbH3Jf1hn98QW9b5Hn4sbNATxn5W4w5DreX8IoZeu5lyLZgX4t-Nmh3ms9O5pbTkIT/s4032/window16.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKBK-X2_09YbvS60yVK2YpHfF4fnLi1ZVhRJwdHzepcSG2a1YnOTecMLEJGDlo29fGYROa3Knbr1pMgpngua9XygbyM-rDv8jx8FET_cWTiO_mvoGyv3tXXcbH3Jf1hn98QW9b5Hn4sbNATxn5W4w5DreX8IoZeu5lyLZgX4t-Nmh3ms9O5pbTkIT/s320/window16.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTsndf7PLVc7d3lOdlmoOjHxv61cFZL99qwvzO1Oyq53hTmzkhqIqIwKNnaBiPttqIpw4sFuQxKzSoAsN-avO2OzZ-QnM64Ojcmz1LKnsQQU3XcsKIl93l3dzJ6kb1KwuUt_X8r-gxOzCgdD27fom57tL3a7CJuHKAYtz7feKCpNOodXGVzdWIuLy/s320/nutcracker5.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p>She - and you - can even enjoy it with music and movement, courtesy of Butterfly to whom many thanks for all the help - well, all the work actually!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hrACeIDQWMA" width="320" youtube-src-id="hrACeIDQWMA"></iframe></div><p>For those who are wondering, the title of this post comes from a favourite film clip....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hlbu6SsjlSE" width="320" youtube-src-id="Hlbu6SsjlSE"></iframe></div><br />.....which reminds us that though puppets may have wooden hearts, they can still speak to us across the years! <p></p><p>With all good wishes for a peaceful festive season. See you next year!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-84056091968541852392022-08-09T17:25:00.005+01:002022-09-21T18:21:45.477+01:00It's a puzzlement!<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />As promised last week (if you missed <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2022/08/roses-corner.html" target="_blank">Rose's Corner </a>then do take a look) I have something rather different this time. What do you do when you find you have collected an assortment of objects with the intention of creating a window display, but you need to use all of them to fill the space and they appear unrelated?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes - you look for connections! I am sure some of you will be watchers of the TV programme "Only Connect". Wiki describes it thus:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"Only Connect is a British television quiz show presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell. In the series, teams compete in a tournament of finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. The title is taken from a passage in E. M. Forster's 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted".</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once I had thought of this convoluted way of displaying things Butterfly then said "Why not make it a quiz?". She and I let our minds wander wild and free, and we have come up with many connections between the objects in the window. Some are easy to find, some not so much, there are even multiple links across objects, but there are no right or wrong answers. </span></p><p>Visitors who have seen the actual window do have it easier, I suspect, than you who are working from photos. Especially since these were taken with the challenge of glass and sunlight interfering with the quality - our apologies for that. </p><p>To our delight, people have found things we didn't. I suspect there is much more to be found. Do bear in mind that you can increase the size of the photos by clicking on them.</p><p>Answers on a postcard please....ah no, I don't mean that. Feel free to list things in the comments below or send me an email - the address is to be found under the museum information tag.</p><p>Later in the year I will post what we have come up with, probably in the form of a mind map - another way of delivering your ideas of course.</p><p>We hope you enjoy the challenge - we loved creating it. </p><p>In the meantime I leave you with a very appropriate song (only connect!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ybc4N0zOpDY" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ybc4N0zOpDY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we go, in no particular order</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ROQ9lFOV2T33fFwUP7eSC5BcEmAPMwzst1-vHEYs1AiW6dk4TD0GcTCJb_An-ra2LP_xDzT5DpnlEGKY524rrs9f0u45-ONWtkmJhzcLEFUYqcL0DC1bekA7X0ODTu3g89KTVi2jjspk5E4pak2XqD8bEngOW0hOMwesNPUvjKnRXNyC8Sd76pSQ/s2939/DEE18131-20E7-441E-AE6C-1444A34C4FA6_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It comes with our love and thanks for her many years of service - I am one of a minority who remembers her accession to the throne in February 1952 and the wonders of her coronation in June 1953....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VH3zKd2oLsIN8bae-V9giLff54-ZPxwDNOIDy5vuJYzTiOP8YlaySonbFqCcVA-0NbYpW98QoyMJ4_xzuxRxT0ShqRCIKgFOZ3wS-uqau3VTealvXe2sFxJftdYhH0mXJyF1jj0wVYfa6wgVqbTdZvZgN9ZLUnrQixqFAWtg99fJPhY29B7Rqvpi/s3607/225B9049-18F4-4DF5-AE38-353A08A4EF9C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2705" data-original-width="3607" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VH3zKd2oLsIN8bae-V9giLff54-ZPxwDNOIDy5vuJYzTiOP8YlaySonbFqCcVA-0NbYpW98QoyMJ4_xzuxRxT0ShqRCIKgFOZ3wS-uqau3VTealvXe2sFxJftdYhH0mXJyF1jj0wVYfa6wgVqbTdZvZgN9ZLUnrQixqFAWtg99fJPhY29B7Rqvpi/w400-h300/225B9049-18F4-4DF5-AE38-353A08A4EF9C.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"To weep is to make less the depth of grief." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">William Shakespeare</span></i></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-42066812343694368772022-08-02T14:59:00.005+01:002022-08-02T19:14:32.038+01:00Rose's Corner<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today's post, going live on 2nd August, will be brief. It is in the nature of birthday wishes for what would have been a 105th birthday....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Those of you who have followed my blog for some time will know that every year between 2016 and 2020 I made a birthday present for my friend and neighbour in England, Rose Howard. I began with her 99th birthday, thinking that I had better not wait till she was 100 in case she didn't get there. Little did I think I would end up making 5 gifts - by the end it was a struggle to think of something new!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I met Rose too late in her life for her to have had a chance of visiting Small Worlds but she was always fascinated by it. In fact for my 77th birthday she and her brilliant carer Jo gave me 77 tiny packages, most of which contained items which have found their home in the <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/10/heigh-ho-part-two.html" target="_blank">Beamish Miner's Cottage</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Rose never liked to think of no longer being around but it was clear that she wanted very much to be part of Small Worlds so now all those birthday presents have come together in Rose's Corner - and I get a chance to remember Rose with every visitor to the Museum and to share something of her spirit with them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So without further ado, here is Rose's Corner.....Happy 105th Birthday Rose!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAANs5UXiwxv35jKJxMiSSSsI-8W6tCC0C2LW0cgJopqsrQBtbqMWU8X4NQasdmL3I24H1WHH1X8F9W7lFaDy19EyCTWigKlPNWwTzDHE9XJOFc6UlwAwfkFQ3Z9Y2vDD8jjcBMI233Fpb-_nRfg6F2FWM56MPAyb-jVRP-JuAYCOqb9OLMxpJ5c4Q/s2856/E6ABCFC2-EA32-4B2E-ABB5-D700740CF556_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0V6e8e9D0eTZv_39x65hRwxLMCqucqJOHHsxj-5YwCzlUjuCf_Cy4uL5KblqOtHGOjQgJIeYl2XCxXHJTRlDwaJBwNdrx4g8oOoybIkeFv__bhb1yq89bE97Kwacoewkso3DJOltp8jMrP1gE6s9MlHUscSuXrCDDAJsld901VnYjIM84Gs32pvE/s2576/FEE341EF-DA09-4416-BD9C-C48C7B163C6C_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0V6e8e9D0eTZv_39x65hRwxLMCqucqJOHHsxj-5YwCzlUjuCf_Cy4uL5KblqOtHGOjQgJIeYl2XCxXHJTRlDwaJBwNdrx4g8oOoybIkeFv__bhb1yq89bE97Kwacoewkso3DJOltp8jMrP1gE6s9MlHUscSuXrCDDAJsld901VnYjIM84Gs32pvE/s320/FEE341EF-DA09-4416-BD9C-C48C7B163C6C_1_201_a.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The tiny house was a Christmas present from Alison, also known as Butterfly. A hop out of kin here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmybVDU78L_kqKhiXB4wWHe7tHFnmIZvrbgBLiPwRx9lNxmUgyWiL29g-7fXkMz1SfQHHy7lhLRXhmg2KQdr9UdczMH7zFpQFlbOa0AF7Bbi9oT_xHGtc8F9zSgpWlPZhv8cQhoAT8HcmUP3vRhidxbNJB-MFkvBChQI_DghWo90FbaYY0nPV4Xag/s3605/5427F22E-4191-46C7-AB4D-1632EC348DA5_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2704" data-original-width="3605" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmybVDU78L_kqKhiXB4wWHe7tHFnmIZvrbgBLiPwRx9lNxmUgyWiL29g-7fXkMz1SfQHHy7lhLRXhmg2KQdr9UdczMH7zFpQFlbOa0AF7Bbi9oT_xHGtc8F9zSgpWlPZhv8cQhoAT8HcmUP3vRhidxbNJB-MFkvBChQI_DghWo90FbaYY0nPV4Xag/w200-h150/5427F22E-4191-46C7-AB4D-1632EC348DA5_1_201_a.jpeg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-vxGAMx4ot0KqwZWI6ncr3fhowwcGrcDqpIWsGhb4RDbw_JKQNa0A8g4m-G7Pw4UR0-qexen9qncpJW9-S7zK6A0BmZP8miES1cErAcNiTKz3A074UmKJF0HTotkHsJCGhjSuCNXHMDzwLPCG0L4eIkFzPlUpspwoFaw3Rc3ihf4Ac8RwPZ-Hvax/s3634/FCB81741-E06B-4AF1-9E77-3CA6075C499F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2725" data-original-width="3634" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-vxGAMx4ot0KqwZWI6ncr3fhowwcGrcDqpIWsGhb4RDbw_JKQNa0A8g4m-G7Pw4UR0-qexen9qncpJW9-S7zK6A0BmZP8miES1cErAcNiTKz3A074UmKJF0HTotkHsJCGhjSuCNXHMDzwLPCG0L4eIkFzPlUpspwoFaw3Rc3ihf4Ac8RwPZ-Hvax/w200-h150/FCB81741-E06B-4AF1-9E77-3CA6075C499F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Introducing Rose in Czech and English</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JF5smygMfBMqCJebDi7deOwpq-QE2DUJDDL1K9i2-qQJqHt1f7W8tirzc0Y87pKyLrcILFXWF-5bcXHpu6Wv-Ldfm4nNVP7nJ3TYd7M6_OIjcvsjR3m_5ozoWClW5RoIFP36oC-0BRzlUVqO5JGXWFVlR3SpXuKHiaLZ2Q9NR5hGjhit_639j6xW/s3835/C39514F6-0709-48B6-85F3-72C2AE21DBC5_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2876" data-original-width="3835" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JF5smygMfBMqCJebDi7deOwpq-QE2DUJDDL1K9i2-qQJqHt1f7W8tirzc0Y87pKyLrcILFXWF-5bcXHpu6Wv-Ldfm4nNVP7nJ3TYd7M6_OIjcvsjR3m_5ozoWClW5RoIFP36oC-0BRzlUVqO5JGXWFVlR3SpXuKHiaLZ2Q9NR5hGjhit_639j6xW/s320/C39514F6-0709-48B6-85F3-72C2AE21DBC5_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Columbia Road, including the primary school Rose attended. The picture was a gift from my friend Lynda Cowan. We discovered her grandparents lived in the adjacent road to Rose when she was a child. Small World indeed.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqZtZIH6_Ly2UhIK1-dFSGJlFKWfWdJ-SkaW9wUx59ijY6bkAzOLB2_PqgC5hxau59AXdD1upoFVDqoFDYrNYb6M2pmypzxSG4xOG4Cr-ukmsEk5xzw8L1xqugXHN7-TuWQfccxEMCo5utWAmcBEt7AmYuNPeV0vUWjE7vVibr6EMGD43gLWLsC9F/s3000/94801F60-0581-47B9-875C-554845665059_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="3000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqZtZIH6_Ly2UhIK1-dFSGJlFKWfWdJ-SkaW9wUx59ijY6bkAzOLB2_PqgC5hxau59AXdD1upoFVDqoFDYrNYb6M2pmypzxSG4xOG4Cr-ukmsEk5xzw8L1xqugXHN7-TuWQfccxEMCo5utWAmcBEt7AmYuNPeV0vUWjE7vVibr6EMGD43gLWLsC9F/s320/94801F60-0581-47B9-875C-554845665059_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The rose painting is by Dora Marshall, who long lived and painted in the Waltham Cross area of Herts where Rose lived.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oSdHDSzKs7ZBheT8NLr9GOYDpmMqVT392gGiFIJ_SwJgQZ1j8kqPxv0WB_5-rxRZ35uyrI5svxlAye1mmn-eiyF_kIMZYOZXT9inhemv4FbO-QGjNTJ5yf001j6DbxzR7KHBb73mnyW4nK5-EgCFH98ozPKKCEcegSJIfzsGgcQbNfYIMqZQLQnj/s2722/D484636F-14AC-4E7C-ABD5-EDB1078D543D_1_201_a%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2722" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oSdHDSzKs7ZBheT8NLr9GOYDpmMqVT392gGiFIJ_SwJgQZ1j8kqPxv0WB_5-rxRZ35uyrI5svxlAye1mmn-eiyF_kIMZYOZXT9inhemv4FbO-QGjNTJ5yf001j6DbxzR7KHBb73mnyW4nK5-EgCFH98ozPKKCEcegSJIfzsGgcQbNfYIMqZQLQnj/s320/D484636F-14AC-4E7C-ABD5-EDB1078D543D_1_201_a%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PS If you are unfamiliar with the gifts you see above you can find all the necessary links to see them in detail in last year's post, <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-last-rose-of-summer.html" target="_blank">The Last Rose of Summer</a>, together with more about Rose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember that clicking on the photos makes them bigger for better viewing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Within a very few days another blog post should be appearing here, one that should stretch your minds and your imagination - it certainly has ours! So do watch this space.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-31355017259310305102022-04-11T17:24:00.003+01:002022-04-11T22:13:03.445+01:00Sylvanian Spring Part Two - "Come inside!"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As we enter Easter Week 2022 I return, as promised, with Sylvanian Spring Part Two - we have been outdoors in the Sylvanian village so now it is time to take a peek inside the houses and other buildings to see what is going on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have in the meantime travelled a long way in the real world and am spending a few weeks in England prior to making my way back to Bavorov in early May to finalise getting Small Worlds ready for the summer season. We hope, if nothing gets in the way - but who can predict that nowadays? - to open on Saturday 18th June, with normal weekly opening hours following on from then.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This will be a word-light, photo-heavy post, showcasing Butterfly's work setting the scene, telling the stories, and taking the photos whilst I sat and admired her endeavours.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">She painstakingly explained to me that in order to reverse the scene accurately, the buildings had to appear from left to right, rather than from right to left as in <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2022/02/sylvanian-spring-part-one-lets-go-out.html" target="_blank">Part One.</a> (Or vice versa - I am the first to admit that the reversing of shapes and patterns is a total mystery to me, even when carefully demonstrated!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysAXRRj68SbT0wcsuRGMSCr5B0SHayA-gJjLLlXF-RefYqr3j6ft2ztXr3CIevljLiTC1q2K3qOIqgQKrmG2CugCXuBqmKSbqO5FFWtkDLw7Y62DqlGri2DDxmPKej6C_JepRw4rRekMrTw3RY2P9dj70EOjS5Z2_9l1YHEE4YAAQG8NSyB0JfyHh/s3594/reverse.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2094" data-original-width="3594" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysAXRRj68SbT0wcsuRGMSCr5B0SHayA-gJjLLlXF-RefYqr3j6ft2ztXr3CIevljLiTC1q2K3qOIqgQKrmG2CugCXuBqmKSbqO5FFWtkDLw7Y62DqlGri2DDxmPKej6C_JepRw4rRekMrTw3RY2P9dj70EOjS5Z2_9l1YHEE4YAAQG8NSyB0JfyHh/s320/reverse.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUbOVrD8_UtNY6WacDXBcRMT_6eikuPLty4d7lt44cC-p8Ynvq-XL0WXdoxvBCtZPu799pU1q6BfPHFkwUSo_Efy51cu6WJWWRTk6hnLgFIDkbiPpg91V2SKNhmfIgJ4LH-sHwSM5SuneevaD6kyIW8tcSrde9fgDhrS5q8WK1KzlZX6x-sFnEIKX/s2774/part2%20whole%20street.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1560" data-original-width="2774" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUbOVrD8_UtNY6WacDXBcRMT_6eikuPLty4d7lt44cC-p8Ynvq-XL0WXdoxvBCtZPu799pU1q6BfPHFkwUSo_Efy51cu6WJWWRTk6hnLgFIDkbiPpg91V2SKNhmfIgJ4LH-sHwSM5SuneevaD6kyIW8tcSrde9fgDhrS5q8WK1KzlZX6x-sFnEIKX/s320/part2%20whole%20street.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So starting on the far right when looking into the window we have the water mill, which houses the baker's shop, known for its delicious Danish pastries. (Although we call them Danish pastries, the Scandinavians call them Wienerbrød/Wienerbröd = Viennese bread).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span color="var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color,var(--yt-spec-text-primary))" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX--TL9P6m10azJNviODb32snM_pCnxaEnRs2i440PwbqDlojhaQ6LNJDWbgD39PfXM5H7eA803R7M6DylsrCZkf9tVc8bwDx8BSaLcPVRTpn8-zK4LNKIomlmF8X-EhbuX1kf6y85oMEA1gjXGl6L2PDAZt39NyIzGjcVGoidLpOJ7fjO1p3H1QLB/s3264/danish%20pastries.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX--TL9P6m10azJNviODb32snM_pCnxaEnRs2i440PwbqDlojhaQ6LNJDWbgD39PfXM5H7eA803R7M6DylsrCZkf9tVc8bwDx8BSaLcPVRTpn8-zK4LNKIomlmF8X-EhbuX1kf6y85oMEA1gjXGl6L2PDAZt39NyIzGjcVGoidLpOJ7fjO1p3H1QLB/s320/danish%20pastries.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Hedgehogs are choosing their morning treats and little Master Hedgehog, in despair at not being able to see properly, has climbed up for a better view.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiii-IwUcGqCFPu7tQ_OGTomwn-wkXwky6vbFsbi2o_i8H7xTMHE8pHuvQNuqZWmws1Q0TW8Jpl-4F3miAf1E5ElnMnOCs2Y0u9opSSHPs5TgzR8CKKD3W5ksfuTZRocEyVDD8q1Q9zfw1gGTB6oYEYJWWItDOkX67Jct6kmSbAp2X4_9_t7aCPP3/s4032/Hedgehogs%20choice.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiii-IwUcGqCFPu7tQ_OGTomwn-wkXwky6vbFsbi2o_i8H7xTMHE8pHuvQNuqZWmws1Q0TW8Jpl-4F3miAf1E5ElnMnOCs2Y0u9opSSHPs5TgzR8CKKD3W5ksfuTZRocEyVDD8q1Q9zfw1gGTB6oYEYJWWItDOkX67Jct6kmSbAp2X4_9_t7aCPP3/s320/Hedgehogs%20choice.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Ah - now he's happy with his sandwich!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the summer, the owner prefers to mount a display outside, leaving a rather empty shop, but in the spring it is safer to keep the houses safely indoors, away from the April showers.....</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOFvG9ydI2ylGRaz6BIDp5cRVYkq3zLZ3izOC1_N8PyXtLDvHXIVx3-uxLlSqqSXrjCjw0n0bGzzAw4WpyIp4LwwLwsarYqrh7W88iftQjPqbcAXb2rm24z8JJaT9dQa6IgKwko1qCmJ4rdYp1qBEt0pwSxvu5LiIiIGnG_WgfXTeV3USFRHE5zhn/s3264/outside%20display.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOFvG9ydI2ylGRaz6BIDp5cRVYkq3zLZ3izOC1_N8PyXtLDvHXIVx3-uxLlSqqSXrjCjw0n0bGzzAw4WpyIp4LwwLwsarYqrh7W88iftQjPqbcAXb2rm24z8JJaT9dQa6IgKwko1qCmJ4rdYp1qBEt0pwSxvu5LiIiIGnG_WgfXTeV3USFRHE5zhn/w320-h240/outside%20display.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There's two of them - let's hope she is just in time!</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDeziyZJGODmJp65iglc-1XlsS5fQRGgaFKwayyKlMXFSMWh_VYcoMXKXrgSiWfgYycLvRulUzSP88ZbNj93rHcGaAsHsY-Mfk_rEkex0mvn3BTxFoWAjq8LsNf1YWX43KOZ7pfV1fuoF0xfZYfESxqsewRSLWYZ-lZMHa-y80uanK06YzFQ5Xd0e/s4032/twin%20trouble.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDeziyZJGODmJp65iglc-1XlsS5fQRGgaFKwayyKlMXFSMWh_VYcoMXKXrgSiWfgYycLvRulUzSP88ZbNj93rHcGaAsHsY-Mfk_rEkex0mvn3BTxFoWAjq8LsNf1YWX43KOZ7pfV1fuoF0xfZYfESxqsewRSLWYZ-lZMHa-y80uanK06YzFQ5Xd0e/s320/twin%20trouble.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So that brings me to the end of the update into springtime goings on in Sylvanialand and it just remains for me to thank Butterfly for all her hard work and to wish you all a very Happy Easter!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_-lQ5ngzJB716v1x35liJW7tEAJ_QnZ229V2pHX2fBOgREyYBBYqigWka9S6c-8gaJ1oYvJPZp87u22WH5JBrYbEYatvNmd-ZbCtvjErX0UvyW8u3xEe6vxKm-hZfl5Yoag-XraUKIv12tRXOQA_tx90cC6_r3XyjpxrTi_eqAA3qPYqNN63p6_V/s256/easter%2022.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="256" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_-lQ5ngzJB716v1x35liJW7tEAJ_QnZ229V2pHX2fBOgREyYBBYqigWka9S6c-8gaJ1oYvJPZp87u22WH5JBrYbEYatvNmd-ZbCtvjErX0UvyW8u3xEe6vxKm-hZfl5Yoag-XraUKIv12tRXOQA_tx90cC6_r3XyjpxrTi_eqAA3qPYqNN63p6_V/w400-h400/easter%2022.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> Well - just one more thing. I hate to end a festive occasion without some music but seriously - did this ever catch on?</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EmC1KyxhEJU" width="320" youtube-src-id="EmC1KyxhEJU"></iframe></span></div><span><br />PS I recently gave a talk about Small Worlds to a group called the Collectors' Studio. It was done on Zoom and can be found now on <a href="https://youtu.be/LXGSe8Y8mZI" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. There is a written list of associated links I am happy to send anyone interested.</span><p></p>Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-52781531543761606302022-02-24T13:06:00.004+00:002022-02-24T19:55:46.063+00:00Sylvanian Spring Part One - "Let's go out!"<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span>A week or so ago Butterfly and I headed to Small Worlds to remove the Christmas window and replace the display with something more suitable for the time of year. Because we are still busy unpacking in the "big world" we needed a fairly quick fix so decided to make use of something that travelled over with me from England during the move - the Sylvanian world.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">For once I am writing about something that is actually commercially available in toyshops and online in the Czech Republic so these delightful little animals are easily collectible over here. In fact I have had visitors in Small Worlds who have their own collection of Sylvanian families and houses, and there is an avid adult collectors' world out there to be found in many countries. In some of these the brand is known as Calico Critters. For more information you can take a look <a href="http://www.sylvaniancollector.net/index.php" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://sylvanianfamiliesuk.weebly.com/" target="_blank">here</a> or just google for Sylvanian collectors.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not that I have had my own collection very long. In fact I see that I was very dismissive of them back in 2012 when I wrote a <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/small-is-beautiful-but-is-it-right-scale.html" target="_blank">blogpost all about scale</a> because they certainly do not conform to any notion of that. Many of the animals have a hard time fitting into the furniture made for them, and as for the relative sizes of the animals themselves.....! You will find mice taking on bears and rabbits the size of elephants. Meercats and cows mix happily, as do penguins and wild boar.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8kyXc7FnEt7N5NPA33G7qCO9spQYkc24Zp3j8dvD2hmWmEYmjppoIS-xekp7VVgUuamWPoMz2KlgGkT8rCVQ94NdhDmSY1qs0WvwiEPQif4uA7zYCbYI8SAL8q-sAht678FP2liRB5Gsj4XcSIZvMEAF5IZHlw4vp4JMa1cilEvpez3oDAv5wnB__=s300" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8kyXc7FnEt7N5NPA33G7qCO9spQYkc24Zp3j8dvD2hmWmEYmjppoIS-xekp7VVgUuamWPoMz2KlgGkT8rCVQ94NdhDmSY1qs0WvwiEPQif4uA7zYCbYI8SAL8q-sAht678FP2liRB5Gsj4XcSIZvMEAF5IZHlw4vp4JMa1cilEvpez3oDAv5wnB__" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">But a couple of years after I wrote that post I read a detective story in which one of the children collected Sylvanians and the descriptions were so enticing <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/who-could-live-in-house-like-this.html" target="_blank">I took a further look at them</a>. As luck would have it, my granddaughter was trawling the internet with me and fell in love with the meercats at the same time as I did with the hedgehogs, And another collection was born of course!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another fairly comprehensive earlier blogpost about them is <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-sylvan-interlude.html" target="_blank">here</a>. But now we are in another country and a new setting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">As is usual with me, everything emerged from the packing boxes in a state of total chaos....</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSsgoStP8YmJcMIyUya8njIcFrJghJjCVN0qGuBbhkhyEiRekqhLlKLccZQdLr1sdYugGaQ14d55Wd-d3eQ4VdXtS1I_wVGIpOM8OoKPqdto_kisaLr6s8OfTv95rq-ncxxVjLfPc18rSuz_Zq54HKxzz7vKbNqM-qJlC0KMZ5o3CVuhulhsaGmB8x=s2448" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSsgoStP8YmJcMIyUya8njIcFrJghJjCVN0qGuBbhkhyEiRekqhLlKLccZQdLr1sdYugGaQ14d55Wd-d3eQ4VdXtS1I_wVGIpOM8OoKPqdto_kisaLr6s8OfTv95rq-ncxxVjLfPc18rSuz_Zq54HKxzz7vKbNqM-qJlC0KMZ5o3CVuhulhsaGmB8x=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4wYh91lpc2GN_KhMj79QnZnBWjSkf90Y0greFMWEv5pfYWXml-CLtBGvhJ7Fav1d9-6jAmPdwX9XiyQSKbJAK5eJrJzB7c7Zznc4seOYdHkCSPG4IGvhNBkNsfu4LJogMfogpnt8TO9Eb31eCdMg2iCAZoU8vn_YmRTWpTg7oj52h7yzNb-mCIx93=s2448" style="margin-left: 1em; 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At some point in the next few weeks Part Two will reveal life inside the buildings and we hope that you will enjoy both glimpses into this particular Small World.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">As usual I end with a stream of assorted photos. And two items of good news. If all goes well we hope to open Small Worlds as usual this summer, after the gap in 2021. Provisional opening date is June 18th. And my good friend Jana Vlckova has found a relatively easy way of translating the blogposts into Czech so Czech readers will once again be able to follow the miniature scene at <a href="https://ceskedomeckypropanenky.blogspot.com/2022/02/prejeme-vam-vesele-male-vanoce.html" target="_blank">Cestininy domečky pro panenky</a> because I hope to be able to continue it if she does not have time. 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font-size: medium;">....if you can find the time between two house moves, one deep into a Covid-ridden Europe. I am afraid that Christmas has been relegated to the back of my mind this year, as has progress in Small Worlds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have only just returned to the Czech Republic from the UK, where I have been since last July closing down our house there, and arranging for the bulk of my possessions to be moved across to the CR. A task made far, far more difficult thanks to the nonsensical intricacies of the new rules following Brexit. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have found a delightful bolthole in the countryside just outside Hertford, for my hopefully frequent visits back to the UK, and so the rest of my worldly goods have gone there. My thanks to my new landlords who have done so much to make me welcome, and to all those who have helped with the move - Jo, Lynda, Sheila, Julia, I am looking at you! And of course Adam and Alison. None of it could have been done without you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Not being able to safely open Small Worlds to the public this past year has meant I have spent little time there, hence the dearth of blogposts, for which I apologise. I hope for better things next year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">However, I did get back to Bavorov last week in time for us to put in a Christmas window at top speed (Butterfly did most of it - thank you Butterfly).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We gathered together some decorations..... </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWvt05kjDRKh1Z5QEPoLllwuOu9cWlaJmxHFIuCKIzKfGvWBqAjNH5qh2ztCjd2VKGFmzQMvhg91x-bFzMBsnFe1rUzzjm5Z3z2q0H8DbBou8I4EnsOZnAO_vB-hCoanJDBSWQWisqXNTLyHDI3OLAv_xQhmwV3s2PC9wHgT2ICt-QLXDllfA3ddWA=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWvt05kjDRKh1Z5QEPoLllwuOu9cWlaJmxHFIuCKIzKfGvWBqAjNH5qh2ztCjd2VKGFmzQMvhg91x-bFzMBsnFe1rUzzjm5Z3z2q0H8DbBou8I4EnsOZnAO_vB-hCoanJDBSWQWisqXNTLyHDI3OLAv_xQhmwV3s2PC9wHgT2ICt-QLXDllfA3ddWA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGGt66hgDhyr0YOH9REw7tjY3Pz-ekvC7osWoLP6s8_S6eyOj8T5lSNLBr9PxjhulyPSU9o74hUDb616VOuY6T61AYf85uWFiscEShfrysy-EIVkhWn5ERc8KSAVAnFLR1LezShcHlrq9ifTe5-d4smpuxo_0O5i0qO3g9zWFhJw-g-kjHw3EhPIV5=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGGt66hgDhyr0YOH9REw7tjY3Pz-ekvC7osWoLP6s8_S6eyOj8T5lSNLBr9PxjhulyPSU9o74hUDb616VOuY6T61AYf85uWFiscEShfrysy-EIVkhWn5ERc8KSAVAnFLR1LezShcHlrq9ifTe5-d4smpuxo_0O5i0qO3g9zWFhJw-g-kjHw3EhPIV5=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">and all our Christmas stuffed toys. Butterfly spent an evening wrapping parcels.... </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6nuHobpsn2TuF0BxsJbs_Tu5b1stvRmcP7Hp4ZObYfr8Pl3zQyt_UlvbgtpCvuc6rKrw7PffmCPbiJmZIKQsRIFMiDHpUk-q-Qcz0UZgPfhM7DzFxcWhwJOARVI6Sja7xe1nA1GzqG--HwX2v9tpD-FxwYJgA6wOX-77klQ5MT_ObD34d5LWYjifY=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6nuHobpsn2TuF0BxsJbs_Tu5b1stvRmcP7Hp4ZObYfr8Pl3zQyt_UlvbgtpCvuc6rKrw7PffmCPbiJmZIKQsRIFMiDHpUk-q-Qcz0UZgPfhM7DzFxcWhwJOARVI6Sja7xe1nA1GzqG--HwX2v9tpD-FxwYJgA6wOX-77klQ5MT_ObD34d5LWYjifY=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> ....and <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-last-rose-of-summer.html" target="_blank">Rose's</a> Christmas tree stood ready to be decorated. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCWNpMawiDlwrDcQ-MiGfuNChPhsIMI8QLD8xExx8lSef2lVh-fKfw3gm8rpoyTbgMzkqHXzxqxX0DRVMFJrSvG2tAF5AROXefzeV115CUkHP5TX70Mj_NF_tFH-eah4csemXiWGMyWYNqZPK8BictOYCtZLXh_32OEH8lytd__Zqn6xizRKTrPntd=s1964" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="1342" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCWNpMawiDlwrDcQ-MiGfuNChPhsIMI8QLD8xExx8lSef2lVh-fKfw3gm8rpoyTbgMzkqHXzxqxX0DRVMFJrSvG2tAF5AROXefzeV115CUkHP5TX70Mj_NF_tFH-eah4csemXiWGMyWYNqZPK8BictOYCtZLXh_32OEH8lytd__Zqn6xizRKTrPntd=s320" width="219" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0fEUf5UojlIFTP4Jt4qEdltRaYDP3qiJ6Ds21qxBKbArBKa2XbXy7dk9r74Yvm36LszUPpHFY73_kcIfwF6wu64T5dz2BOAob4Dc1sP_mD7PXIUnJRkG0hFbgXkIbMKAb-7QibzD12pNvGWOtktkyYXmeJRtkHtqIyMsSgzCfUaZaE49VHMYkm4jo=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0fEUf5UojlIFTP4Jt4qEdltRaYDP3qiJ6Ds21qxBKbArBKa2XbXy7dk9r74Yvm36LszUPpHFY73_kcIfwF6wu64T5dz2BOAob4Dc1sP_mD7PXIUnJRkG0hFbgXkIbMKAb-7QibzD12pNvGWOtktkyYXmeJRtkHtqIyMsSgzCfUaZaE49VHMYkm4jo=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfWLyegc1jeJ2DpamU0MFNa30yxwsJVfH8bBw5yVAz3OlumDQ1axqFVBNWOC8fJkHu6YRo06Sf807aaebgLp07oD5o9B67PIRBMgN6V-TxRvLtXhOJb4ycp8KZknNDSc9FH_w8HroN5HHwOvBYtSwpH-Y6Z9V_wjtMlkYhL9eX6qasQb91sBG9yNlr=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfWLyegc1jeJ2DpamU0MFNa30yxwsJVfH8bBw5yVAz3OlumDQ1axqFVBNWOC8fJkHu6YRo06Sf807aaebgLp07oD5o9B67PIRBMgN6V-TxRvLtXhOJb4ycp8KZknNDSc9FH_w8HroN5HHwOvBYtSwpH-Y6Z9V_wjtMlkYhL9eX6qasQb91sBG9yNlr=s320" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sadly, photos taken through the window of the finished display are never very successful, and we did not do the usual test run out of the window (apart from the few pictures showing what was going in) so what I leave you with will serve to give you an idea of the horde of cuddly toys celebrating Christmas. 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In the meantime the incomparable Judy is here to wish us all a merry little Christmas now. (She is singing in 1944 - it is poignant to realise how apt the words are to us today. )</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MKG5X0QMSWA" width="320" youtube-src-id="MKG5X0QMSWA"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-60811164071711100122021-08-02T17:34:00.008+01:002021-08-02T20:42:45.703+01:00The Last Rose of Summer.....<p> ...or should it be the last summer of Rose? Today would have been my friend and neighbour Rose's 104th birthday. Those of you who have followed my blog will know that on these occasions, from her 99th birthday onward, I made a special present for her and apart from last year, wrote a blog post about each of them. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3rFLUB9qrHcg42ximZrOJjOkKdLWz7_PZoet-tpDqNT6pWG_R9xIclM5WQgcXf-a6_eXg8GkRGf-_0dBAjcU9HErwrkjSF_kjJgqBKxGO-78FojOxdnFD6FBYet8QUqzagiRRbXeAj0/s400/rose+99+in+a+box+99.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="400" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3rFLUB9qrHcg42ximZrOJjOkKdLWz7_PZoet-tpDqNT6pWG_R9xIclM5WQgcXf-a6_eXg8GkRGf-_0dBAjcU9HErwrkjSF_kjJgqBKxGO-78FojOxdnFD6FBYet8QUqzagiRRbXeAj0/s320/rose+99+in+a+box+99.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>99th birthday - <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2016/08/we-could-do-with-thousands-more-like-you.html" target="_blank">We could do with thousands more like you!</a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VfAvzeiJMtAd-_KP9ebjVORQdNWFV09TodVmxW7gKRJYd19pt6Jt9PzQmoDHupJ_HzQw1k6vJ05Z7xCLuYBhVNteP7tHQHfByosHKlylmTdYupX1EZRiePjtbYRn-JtAmu4YI8VXFx4/s320/rose+arbour+100.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="274" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VfAvzeiJMtAd-_KP9ebjVORQdNWFV09TodVmxW7gKRJYd19pt6Jt9PzQmoDHupJ_HzQw1k6vJ05Z7xCLuYBhVNteP7tHQHfByosHKlylmTdYupX1EZRiePjtbYRn-JtAmu4YI8VXFx4/s0/rose+arbour+100.JPG" width="274" /></a></div><p>100th birthday - <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/08/but-theres-never-rose-like-you.html" target="_blank">But there's never a rose like you....</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBhwSCrpNdJ7MhCEKngDfSIDlH8lWt54mouQ6re78fsVdyaG5SSwvap1eT1n5h_w8aqDm_Cvc599ofrDABjbCWDtGg_N5D0eupO4CAR_oBMZmrfAPy8C_mKToYj35Q1ildps9JU3NhVE/s400/Rose%2527s+Room+101.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBhwSCrpNdJ7MhCEKngDfSIDlH8lWt54mouQ6re78fsVdyaG5SSwvap1eT1n5h_w8aqDm_Cvc599ofrDABjbCWDtGg_N5D0eupO4CAR_oBMZmrfAPy8C_mKToYj35Q1ildps9JU3NhVE/s320/Rose%2527s+Room+101.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div>101st birthday - <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/08/roses-room.html" target="_blank">Rosie's Room</a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vt-GOU5jVBuYeMYtxcGB6WygMos-0F9pjWijhP8N6yUILaiV0RVnQ67YvpJ9x7FVPj_LG8RwNmFGKq_h1pfpxy5l8D6MHO_SBAY5ia05Bl9ABhu9j27URsY6kSmS6aQLM0tCdf7LUn0/s400/Mabel%2527s+Tearoom+102.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="394" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vt-GOU5jVBuYeMYtxcGB6WygMos-0F9pjWijhP8N6yUILaiV0RVnQ67YvpJ9x7FVPj_LG8RwNmFGKq_h1pfpxy5l8D6MHO_SBAY5ia05Bl9ABhu9j27URsY6kSmS6aQLM0tCdf7LUn0/s320/Mabel%2527s+Tearoom+102.JPG" width="315" /></a></div>102nd birthday - <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/its-that-time-again.html" target="_blank">It's that time again....</a><p>Last year covid prevented us being together on her birthday and I was in fact taking advantage of the release of vulnerable people from isolating to be en route to the Czech Republic from whence I returned just five days ago, after more than a year away. But I left a small gift, and a request to Jo to present Rose with a bunch of giant sunflowers on the day, which of course she duly did.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI39ymhDHC0jWjSuOEKI360w0WlerQGThj8G_lP_vk05Mm6DSK_LzhT5xZx_5Q0PAizpzuQc_kWIge6LHArSdhFBRl3Qw7FmMoeeQnzYLcNy6JrJp70xyEYdmCtY2MBcKYYwMmV3VQqo/s2048/sunflower+card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI39ymhDHC0jWjSuOEKI360w0WlerQGThj8G_lP_vk05Mm6DSK_LzhT5xZx_5Q0PAizpzuQc_kWIge6LHArSdhFBRl3Qw7FmMoeeQnzYLcNy6JrJp70xyEYdmCtY2MBcKYYwMmV3VQqo/s320/sunflower+card.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8B9PhUJDPadmS5CaPjL2IvkGGK9MXkKNzunQ9G1BRJHOKdeFftht-JPIN4ewvlJpntXWWlkUh-CJCxrAY_bCdNfF9SH258E8yb85xYueMt8aJtwwRf46g80OawPHY_NJ0ae2agkUvmU/s2048/IMG_3442.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8B9PhUJDPadmS5CaPjL2IvkGGK9MXkKNzunQ9G1BRJHOKdeFftht-JPIN4ewvlJpntXWWlkUh-CJCxrAY_bCdNfF9SH258E8yb85xYueMt8aJtwwRf46g80OawPHY_NJ0ae2agkUvmU/s320/IMG_3442.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0Z1GSxiEE68XU9w80bkvrG-RLYML7ZloFr9pv-GeyYaRZ7vnU37s2M9b1enb7EhNOTNoGhMS6gaC4SQwwcrXdKYTFlXE6b1p3kC4tJKUungAKDBxeXyrscsVHbXBWGyou-lHtNWzjlM/s320/Rose+opening+sunflower+card.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0Z1GSxiEE68XU9w80bkvrG-RLYML7ZloFr9pv-GeyYaRZ7vnU37s2M9b1enb7EhNOTNoGhMS6gaC4SQwwcrXdKYTFlXE6b1p3kC4tJKUungAKDBxeXyrscsVHbXBWGyou-lHtNWzjlM/s0/Rose+opening+sunflower+card.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Sadly, Rose left us, very gently, mid-chatting, in January this year. I am, as I said, back in the UK at the moment, sorting through the contents of my cottage and wondering whether I want to stay here now there is no Rose-next-door. As it would have been her birthday today, she was in my thoughts and, believing in serendipity as I do, it was almost no surprise to come across a present that simply had to be for her, though it sadly never made it into her hands. I was putting off writing a blog post about the new window display that faithful friends and I put in to Small Worlds a month ago; what better time to do it than today and link it to a little, last tribute to Rose on her birthday?</div><p>Rose loved the time we spent together making things, in particular the dolls house and theatre we assembled. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Fp00dlKurmfPLNeXzVijEqDNop7WieA7cqn19MtR_M9J8aTTgzwBU0mlmd7GtO6h5vUnmfclow92JxTrjJ5yqLLLVUnzwfGP6MkXdTccEq60SF5p7tVJvONKKhBgcE3ALjj8bJVEA4o/s225/victorian+house.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="176" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Fp00dlKurmfPLNeXzVijEqDNop7WieA7cqn19MtR_M9J8aTTgzwBU0mlmd7GtO6h5vUnmfclow92JxTrjJ5yqLLLVUnzwfGP6MkXdTccEq60SF5p7tVJvONKKhBgcE3ALjj8bJVEA4o/s0/victorian+house.webp" width="176" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRTOM6C1VKfV2PhWAuQNiiW9-SyfO2gUhUXfcMICxfuw-HNMze2tElcTW67HcGsNKrYeidlLhDh8CI82ls13Ajw-tHjLrayemvhRfPCVnKzlCt1KktfrvRTGoCTw6rS9VmGQHXHtVViI/s440/making+furniture+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="330" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRTOM6C1VKfV2PhWAuQNiiW9-SyfO2gUhUXfcMICxfuw-HNMze2tElcTW67HcGsNKrYeidlLhDh8CI82ls13Ajw-tHjLrayemvhRfPCVnKzlCt1KktfrvRTGoCTw6rS9VmGQHXHtVViI/s320/making+furniture+2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWk_Lnx33frVZorjgx9c37biGC4-vXmQHMXQBj01KIZsVzND2ayJOK2gz_lSqPXo1oGYR4DOq7yMtM7H_mz45SQDlze8etPs4z5lHxdGsgcGSysaeaNFm9DcF41fZFwUDhAruibiJXPY/s586/making+furniture.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="586" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWk_Lnx33frVZorjgx9c37biGC4-vXmQHMXQBj01KIZsVzND2ayJOK2gz_lSqPXo1oGYR4DOq7yMtM7H_mz45SQDlze8etPs4z5lHxdGsgcGSysaeaNFm9DcF41fZFwUDhAruibiJXPY/s320/making+furniture.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ua8b10lTsY8Z5P3EW141yfYjj2g_KM6JZDhpMm-Siqk__4bI317sjWIZ506CI7la6v3G18nNX2TuuaPwMBAwQLP9lkTv0eDGZprLnDE7bFbA1WBzRCQOoCSIRIOcAtvoHVFKtoTU5dQ/s750/rose+house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ua8b10lTsY8Z5P3EW141yfYjj2g_KM6JZDhpMm-Siqk__4bI317sjWIZ506CI7la6v3G18nNX2TuuaPwMBAwQLP9lkTv0eDGZprLnDE7bFbA1WBzRCQOoCSIRIOcAtvoHVFKtoTU5dQ/s320/rose+house.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5pT_3WgJc8xI4wgiB0-E7kDUD-qOu2ii4he4f1LCIzN-S7xq5S6VN0RMR6t-SMg0_1dQiF7_2XHHHU-5vG2NctIKu8Caih5FtSaGawKh9Qc-depLsIHHQpVJNGqhED6YbFGXFBMivWs/s2048/IMG_3380.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5pT_3WgJc8xI4wgiB0-E7kDUD-qOu2ii4he4f1LCIzN-S7xq5S6VN0RMR6t-SMg0_1dQiF7_2XHHHU-5vG2NctIKu8Caih5FtSaGawKh9Qc-depLsIHHQpVJNGqhED6YbFGXFBMivWs/s320/IMG_3380.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTTvMberDVjCO_4Hja3vOsutKJQc_e6xUn9_SGEsurwC8qJ0BV9XtZa_PmqcJPl_pJIp3-P05uCiZYnsW4HRiL1qjQ2hGBGjNdg7TLTxNW0tThhpvdxsl6wIA5hyQY3wRXWnSa2D-LoQ/s320/rose+theatre+136.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTTvMberDVjCO_4Hja3vOsutKJQc_e6xUn9_SGEsurwC8qJ0BV9XtZa_PmqcJPl_pJIp3-P05uCiZYnsW4HRiL1qjQ2hGBGjNdg7TLTxNW0tThhpvdxsl6wIA5hyQY3wRXWnSa2D-LoQ/s0/rose+theatre+136.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>We used to play with them too and Rose loved speculating on the rent she could charge for the house. And reminiscing about plays she had seen during her life - always straight plays, not musicals please! So apologies for Deanna Durbin singing The Last Rose of Summer from the film musical Three</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uhq39_CpJ9Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="uhq39_CpJ9Y"></iframe></div>Smart Girls Grow Up. I thought it fitting to have a version by a contemporary of Rose's (goodness there are many, many recordings of this song) - maybe it's a film she actually saw back in 1939, despite it being a musical!<p></p><p>Rose's full name was Rosina Florence - usually called Rosie or Rose by friends and family - so when I was on the lookout for something similar to the house and theatre to assemble there was no way I could by-pass these in the charity shop.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLOh4ypIxpYhdF8V59u1mqnr3JKkwK0ykhRa4pHEESPaKC_WpPmbUWQWE_lmyTL5j4rhVP1sYxDqLKVIKm-IEHHyDSxTQjf2MX72vsNwZfQwcKh7G8DYnX9FPIHs1IwXTAARp7yfSOzE/s2048/IMG_3626.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLOh4ypIxpYhdF8V59u1mqnr3JKkwK0ykhRa4pHEESPaKC_WpPmbUWQWE_lmyTL5j4rhVP1sYxDqLKVIKm-IEHHyDSxTQjf2MX72vsNwZfQwcKh7G8DYnX9FPIHs1IwXTAARp7yfSOzE/s320/IMG_3626.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I am so sad that for one reason and another she never received them - she and I used to spend happy hours sneering at the Guardian fashion articles and trying to guess the ridiculous prices of equally ridiculous garments. She would have loved the fashion show!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBkJBfu9UA1KWs4vMDY0MKd5cNpU_cClpKPkZ45_U_0IJgu4oEa2O2qRX__cxqDHsoXOTHV5YkvhxClvgj6K1TDdDymWTGUkON7GgeCeMDFN70_rKYuMlR7j1uFGmdoSt6IvNi0ctzsM/s2048/IMG_3615.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBkJBfu9UA1KWs4vMDY0MKd5cNpU_cClpKPkZ45_U_0IJgu4oEa2O2qRX__cxqDHsoXOTHV5YkvhxClvgj6K1TDdDymWTGUkON7GgeCeMDFN70_rKYuMlR7j1uFGmdoSt6IvNi0ctzsM/s320/IMG_3615.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOhqbkVx_sUPhyphenhyphendSE_ahFCp-ez1ADhJTuXPCx2bSlo3jVP0Wh96WSpdrrEwUZIue0CYLU0cDmFTiP41oeaYk-pJxM3eElQsdG0lgt9tH1Y0EphPDNwab3V5CHgMcJeho6fPJevGBNvqc/s2048/IMG_3619.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLOhqbkVx_sUPhyphenhyphendSE_ahFCp-ez1ADhJTuXPCx2bSlo3jVP0Wh96WSpdrrEwUZIue0CYLU0cDmFTiP41oeaYk-pJxM3eElQsdG0lgt9tH1Y0EphPDNwab3V5CHgMcJeho6fPJevGBNvqc/s320/IMG_3619.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>And she was very proud of the way she learned to swim in later life. I can just see her sunbathing on those cruises she used to go on, clad in the most fashionable of bathing costumes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4UTk6W3mDQxOInvseRpYBOsubgaJGTKqpvfkKjJxd6Ps_fil1eHJIspKW5Hz_7lNjzUq_ARhSyKqFe0ruhVyZcrGNWhbUymFausKXxvCkyDF5Q8kSBXdZ_0TcSxqk5OisyC6nZ-g6_s/s2048/IMG_3617.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4UTk6W3mDQxOInvseRpYBOsubgaJGTKqpvfkKjJxd6Ps_fil1eHJIspKW5Hz_7lNjzUq_ARhSyKqFe0ruhVyZcrGNWhbUymFausKXxvCkyDF5Q8kSBXdZ_0TcSxqk5OisyC6nZ-g6_s/s320/IMG_3617.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7zBELBwsHw29AH_dP1MJn4d57N_Auy7aFr9Ksz0UOjXUNQQ4WOWYcA_dZCsWbQX9Cf_tuzK8yEUVbYDicbu793Zkaq66O8WfRB5eAZL6QDc4Ihry9kZidFcvZMhRIs8sCNdva3oAk4w/s2048/IMG_3624.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7zBELBwsHw29AH_dP1MJn4d57N_Auy7aFr9Ksz0UOjXUNQQ4WOWYcA_dZCsWbQX9Cf_tuzK8yEUVbYDicbu793Zkaq66O8WfRB5eAZL6QDc4Ihry9kZidFcvZMhRIs8sCNdva3oAk4w/s320/IMG_3624.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>As for Rosie Flo's cafe - it would have been hard to find a more hospitable person who simply loved cooking for her friends and entertaining them until the late hours. And then producing a full English breakfast, complete with home-made marmalade, for those with hangovers - herself included probably. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Lye0JvydVRuZR__Lf8ltFel62kpWozf7ckv-g57-Rpo8IuWitP2G10u1p_ZNdN7kF7c1JlVULz9GrHOFS9xiJusRj9EhluRHK270y30E94KTSIrlGgADJv98rkbKc87wsO3okRAjpjw/s2048/IMG_3622.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Lye0JvydVRuZR__Lf8ltFel62kpWozf7ckv-g57-Rpo8IuWitP2G10u1p_ZNdN7kF7c1JlVULz9GrHOFS9xiJusRj9EhluRHK270y30E94KTSIrlGgADJv98rkbKc87wsO3okRAjpjw/s320/IMG_3622.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>What is more, she ran the canteen for the Rosedale Nursery employees when the war had ended and her duties as a land army girl were over. It's only a short step to Rosie Flo's Cafe!</p><p>When I get back to my museum I plan a little space for Rose - I will construct these kits and they will make a fitting addition to the birthday presents in her very own memory corner in Small Worlds. She always said how much she wished she could have seen it.....</p><p>I hope you have enjoyed this final glimpse into Rose's long and satisfying life - you can find much more about her on the tribute website at <a href="http://rosehoward.muchloved.com">rosehoward.muchloved.com</a>.</p><p>And the new window display in Small Worlds? Well I have to confess we cheated a little. The museum has not been open this year because the space is small and covid restrictions have forbidden it for the most part. So faithful friends - thank you again Jana and Ondrej - and I simply removed one of the regular displays from the museum's shelves and put it in the window. I think we did fill the gap with something - they may remember - but since I am not planning to open this season we were not too worried.</p><p>It is a very fitting scene for summer though. A beach complete with beach huts, a shop selling shells, fishermen who have changed their trade to shell-gatherers, with the aid of their trusty donkey, sunbathers, sand castles, boats of all sizes - even a Bumpa-Julie show as Butterfly used to call it.</p><p>First you will see a gathering of the component parts and then the window itself - with the usual apologies for the quality of photos taken through glass. I wish someone would invent a way of preventing reflections!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTak-KGL3U_b-YUkCgK7i5Dfl7KX9lcVh-o1IjbTtNmnQFSsAawUWLVdoOzp53L-zHiiMImPDjapl525wNLeNtU3aDx4QX_ipuSojqHNLfzwRghXL9ZL8bsCLb540ZNJHva4_qFEY9vs/s2048/IMG_3594.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTak-KGL3U_b-YUkCgK7i5Dfl7KX9lcVh-o1IjbTtNmnQFSsAawUWLVdoOzp53L-zHiiMImPDjapl525wNLeNtU3aDx4QX_ipuSojqHNLfzwRghXL9ZL8bsCLb540ZNJHva4_qFEY9vs/s320/IMG_3594.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBfF-_MYW9QOekao4hv6fInfN-zjTNqbgm9UQD706HY4ENilsGixUqnuQeBRVBeKRICqyDpeSQDqEormsSoqBw929M2QFLL1cLjFZKin2wUPt9DGE3MZYTNRWAVuQdcsSy78trwWP9Fo/s2048/IMG_3595.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We have been very preoccupied with the full-size house in the Czech Republic, as those of you who follow Butterfly will know. I think we are almost there now which for me will hopefully mean being able to focus once again on the controllable world of miniatures!<p></p><p>In the meantime, thank you for visiting the blog once again.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-36857044400679171992021-04-02T15:00:00.002+01:002021-04-02T16:51:22.543+01:00From Vanoce to Velikonoce....<p> ...in other words, from Christmas to Easter. The time between the two seems to have swept past very quickly this time. If you had told me in March last year that I would be spending these two festivals in the Czech Republic rather than the UK I should probably not have believed you.</p><p>But there you go, the best laid plans etc etc. If I have learned anything in this year of Covid it is that making plans is a fairly futile activity. I should have headed back to the UK before Christmas. No. Then at the end of January. No. And now it seems as if my latest plan to try again before the end of April, after my second vaccination, may also come to nothing. But who knows? It is as it is and no amount of fretting will change it.</p><p>The last time I was in the CR for Easter was in 2017. In fact, that is the only other time I have been able to put an <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/04/vesele-velikonoce-happy-easter.html" target="_blank">Easter window into Small Worlds</a>. Since the number of Easter-related items I possess is small compared with Christmas ones, I was afraid that whatever I found for the window would make it very like the last time.</p><p>However, as you will see if you visit both windows, you have indeed met most of the things before, but I am pleased to say the constituent parts are enjoying themselves differently this year......</p><p>One of the strange effects of Covid for me is that despite in theory having a lot more time on my hands than usual, there is a huge reluctance to do anything constructive with it. So although I could have thoroughly tidied the museum workrooms and made much progress on the planned miniature second-hand bookshop, none of that has happened. And the Easter display, which could have been ready and waiting to go into the window, only came into being on Wednesday 31st March, with Butterfly's help, and you will not be able to read this blogpost till Good Friday at the earliest.</p><p>Nevertheless, it comes with my heartfelt good wishes for a happy and peaceful Easter, full of sunshine and chocolate eggs! Energy levels are low at the moment, despite the sunshine outside, so I am not fighting with New Horrible Blogger, but just leaving you a stream of pictures to enjoy.</p><p>So this is some of what I started with....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehpaa0cZn0LFvoMhho1gncmzoczOOQXkLKoTc3c8O1qaoDeZKz4ntvQRUEbJRzHT8ND5EXLBX1LwCo4wgW-O5chWsVZkZrEh3jF6npW2Zvvfc5m4aO3oVL037l76VUoNxUPlPmf78WiI/s2048/IMG_3572.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehpaa0cZn0LFvoMhho1gncmzoczOOQXkLKoTc3c8O1qaoDeZKz4ntvQRUEbJRzHT8ND5EXLBX1LwCo4wgW-O5chWsVZkZrEh3jF6npW2Zvvfc5m4aO3oVL037l76VUoNxUPlPmf78WiI/s320/IMG_3572.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJtVuPZ4s_ykCZ6JRv_GfIRBVbZcnZXadODL2Bf2XGt0eA2FWo6mSW8xsn8_JcMPo_emSvOJTqxKjhzUssTHQMCg_cnQ4QNauJl6UzoY-dEuji47NOmSuRlbgn5Ui-vOe2HI-Iz3QCC4/s2048/IMG_3574.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="2724" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVITp3ea4BbOyISdb44Rm-_bUXb28MZM1JZr3my14tvyWH2PB3SxARI7bQB5bOEdES-pDsOl6mAWgvvyyn-GgizAWtT7VgKd3MYOkwv0m4nAAkmGahaeRI4n83GYHCwxW5WxEXHuOjexE/w400-h170/test+layout.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Test layout before going into the window...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRlKxe22wXrpxhv95nP50rXnfP-as0-zNFNyyri8AmiGVsv2YxyIX5lpubB_9JtZJoKcesSBtpTbV1f3B7AZp6fEQnjdwa4qUR7fuEBfXblMyegcnaHBb_JnRhLwudZe2BCE48ptGarI/s2048/eggheads.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRlKxe22wXrpxhv95nP50rXnfP-as0-zNFNyyri8AmiGVsv2YxyIX5lpubB_9JtZJoKcesSBtpTbV1f3B7AZp6fEQnjdwa4qUR7fuEBfXblMyegcnaHBb_JnRhLwudZe2BCE48ptGarI/s320/eggheads.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eggheads <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfIb-K3MnE4" target="_blank">in and out the dusty bluebells..</a>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrsLT4m6uthFQHOfDT7N_GHrU3Wa1bm6eMN1_oPaSYGRC0Vo9NAQgSqVQkbKu9nax9YPVgklO3mN3ETEL5aS96ElGk4nSHsfrrmZP0N2HoBCt0jMu0XTUSVrhdtRbrW1eKePtlU-og_g/s2048/centre+window.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrsLT4m6uthFQHOfDT7N_GHrU3Wa1bm6eMN1_oPaSYGRC0Vo9NAQgSqVQkbKu9nax9YPVgklO3mN3ETEL5aS96ElGk4nSHsfrrmZP0N2HoBCt0jMu0XTUSVrhdtRbrW1eKePtlU-og_g/s320/centre+window.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhJYFGS2959SXuc7S9feLaCw082fsmWFgBmkXAUkZkptHxOOpMpqD42rLngorad9p8wZD-nNoLqlSHCLZ696eJZ84WZ9rkZOxgU1mFSpL3OtUaDSxyQiS9ygAGjBcXtk3iecr8V-Esls/s2048/centre+window2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhJYFGS2959SXuc7S9feLaCw082fsmWFgBmkXAUkZkptHxOOpMpqD42rLngorad9p8wZD-nNoLqlSHCLZ696eJZ84WZ9rkZOxgU1mFSpL3OtUaDSxyQiS9ygAGjBcXtk3iecr8V-Esls/s320/centre+window2.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqSQn0E-G4o" target="_blank">Chickery chick....</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqr1OyFkfi0puufa09f7gacGqCe4MlsZEwTiXUfq4iZJ-t0Unf-dm_HxpNn-nkO6bCLJckdUPWVEWTqPO915V2dl3VS9XAr4gOL5gD90TDc1sVpQ-QJZJX81Jv0Bb3e1DhnXVw956sztI/s320/ducks.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbz3K5hXou4" target="_blank">All along the backwater, through the rushes tall.....</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-6B4-AH9YIPDpfSoNlFd1fB0MOOJ27ZRiH81hQuQztFUqcjsA31GcWAP5JBiAk0lUMEYTzrjM8RyOi0ogfrbuQS6YgRaszXoK5rsvH9fj5RDym-r_Bcl6IxF0LTxGxc-BaJaZMB93oc/s2048/teaparty.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-6B4-AH9YIPDpfSoNlFd1fB0MOOJ27ZRiH81hQuQztFUqcjsA31GcWAP5JBiAk0lUMEYTzrjM8RyOi0ogfrbuQS6YgRaszXoK5rsvH9fj5RDym-r_Bcl6IxF0LTxGxc-BaJaZMB93oc/s320/teaparty.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdCnxbvakTtWDIiJJpjaFsLyJj4F4G3inxzbgH7t8cWBCXpXCa11yWewwfYGIiTbhGKJNWmpRsydqPzhtvpFd-065PiL0I5mLKAjJEi4PKNcV0TOV0bfHL_MkDwzpmPexDB_7F1dVIl4/s2048/birds.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdCnxbvakTtWDIiJJpjaFsLyJj4F4G3inxzbgH7t8cWBCXpXCa11yWewwfYGIiTbhGKJNWmpRsydqPzhtvpFd-065PiL0I5mLKAjJEi4PKNcV0TOV0bfHL_MkDwzpmPexDB_7F1dVIl4/s320/birds.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These birds really do make <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xst-N2ooKAw" target="_blank">this noise.....</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcpzOev6HP6k8rXtKqsorpip1kj-jcROeRP1DkIPsLXe5ZHm_XT4qmGu3FtLYNs9UniIrYAEhsXk0gUy9Y8K03qIHtVLEJPkNkneFvNwBKxvSGZMtCr0-fOfulMRWIEwONzYDnuBJ0nU/s2048/tea+for+one.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcpzOev6HP6k8rXtKqsorpip1kj-jcROeRP1DkIPsLXe5ZHm_XT4qmGu3FtLYNs9UniIrYAEhsXk0gUy9Y8K03qIHtVLEJPkNkneFvNwBKxvSGZMtCr0-fOfulMRWIEwONzYDnuBJ0nU/s320/tea+for+one.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vainly waiting to pour a cuppa for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbV4buehg5g" target="_blank">Mrs Tiggywinkle, who is otherwise occupied</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzj2VTW4k_EAFvvm-KAa99kdAiSkN3Y22OhHFUkZMFMrvSZceCsEW-w4wfqCqty8SNpjgPQEkFu6AXjz2U-_1d0MoR8ryhXBeh8JZxwPSCoscpx-phtrc6252X85vX6456ZZgn8RJMSs/s2048/chicks.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzj2VTW4k_EAFvvm-KAa99kdAiSkN3Y22OhHFUkZMFMrvSZceCsEW-w4wfqCqty8SNpjgPQEkFu6AXjz2U-_1d0MoR8ryhXBeh8JZxwPSCoscpx-phtrc6252X85vX6456ZZgn8RJMSs/s320/chicks.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukaJkFzold8" target="_blank">Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken.....</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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As those who have read my Christmas blogs before will know, I like to have some appropriately seasonal music along with the writing. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cV1o_JlgWY&list=PLiqOVudRXCnQ8yNEhlOaHwoAWZi_rU83k" target="_blank">Sadly this particular song is deeply uninspiring. </a></p><p>In fact lanterns do not seem to have inspired much in the way of song. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZpNMj8miyY" target="_blank">There's this</a> - which I have never thought of as a lantern song, but the pictures belie that - apologies for the earworm.....</p><p>(In the olden days, before Ghastly New Blogger, you would have had here a pretty picture leading you to the video - now it requires many hours of work to achieve this so the link-clicking is left to you. My apologies)</p><p>So why Laterne anyway? In this strangest of years, despite in theory having had much time on my hands both in the UK up to August and then over here in the Czech Republic where I am comfortably ensconced for now, I have been deeply uninspired to create anything for Small Worlds. The museum was open from mid-June, thanks to the efforts of friends over here who got things going and the museum staffed, so that I was able to take over when I arrived in August. In terms of visitors it has been a stunning year, probably because many people stayed in the country rather than holidaying abroad, but in terms of creation and blogposts, zilch from me.</p><p>But delightful as <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2020/06/brave-new-world.html" target="_blank">the summer window,</a> installed by Ondrej and Jana, was, my pride would not allow me to leave it in situ over Christmas. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYO2i2e0mbj1JPcW4BjbhQgU93-j00zfUMCdOxBvgD_dSjssG-ruVQUrIsliGiyaCzpK6ACLg5-AVYbE1YCQMXgWbPgToIwRj1wpDs-_uynj2TCNJAlA-gA2YnVk3srNY7ZqncAUGcUgc/s1599/summer+window+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="1599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYO2i2e0mbj1JPcW4BjbhQgU93-j00zfUMCdOxBvgD_dSjssG-ruVQUrIsliGiyaCzpK6ACLg5-AVYbE1YCQMXgWbPgToIwRj1wpDs-_uynj2TCNJAlA-gA2YnVk3srNY7ZqncAUGcUgc/s320/summer+window+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>However, there was a problem in the workrooms of no space to work in - when they removed last year's <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/curtain-up.html" target="_blank">Christmas window</a> I told them to just deposit stuff wherever there was a hole, and they did. Added to which health problems meant that when I had left in October 2019 I had barely managed to produce that window, let alone clear up after myself. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4MMJhGGuV7ZR1oJOU86c80qzgMIqKv87WdewVsWa2QpkFj_Ml0g33vTykQc5CNfMb3TEYRyXzT7jtpkMrorbkNwWhW_2NoLwWhUJ_eNxrIGJoDP11ZF0FBUtc08s8Kd_MuORsdhthuA/s294/last+christmas+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4MMJhGGuV7ZR1oJOU86c80qzgMIqKv87WdewVsWa2QpkFj_Ml0g33vTykQc5CNfMb3TEYRyXzT7jtpkMrorbkNwWhW_2NoLwWhUJ_eNxrIGJoDP11ZF0FBUtc08s8Kd_MuORsdhthuA/s0/last+christmas+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a></div><p>And my legs are even less cooperative now. So I desperately needed something this year that I could create with minimum movement, effort, and space.</p><p>And then a light dawned. We own many lanterns - we love candles in all shapes and sizes, and even more so when inside a pretty lantern. And what is the inside of a lantern but a tiny space into which one can insert a miniature scene? Sorted!</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymA7xI75tdUYn43Cta-aNzbpP9qlhpokAnt7BjmSdyX7M3JhSsRmKUn7ERcYCK8J9WVSTCOHiVwItV242fdAHckO5aOcJhOA1KMHP_CDMX8WYOQrPPhyy6yCOF36FyZmITWg3zwfIJ3k/s2048/IMG_3455.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymA7xI75tdUYn43Cta-aNzbpP9qlhpokAnt7BjmSdyX7M3JhSsRmKUn7ERcYCK8J9WVSTCOHiVwItV242fdAHckO5aOcJhOA1KMHP_CDMX8WYOQrPPhyy6yCOF36FyZmITWg3zwfIJ3k/s320/IMG_3455.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprKJcH3NsmQONsaa-phdP92F7iuLwm6ycp3-cG7y_kSlasfd-MjfMW-rE7FDHwaTEGXkVrrqnYy1jUyOP34goYmKav_CpOHVH1tSwzMGH3opiGUfjZYZwL12z54110WskRWkTLDw-U9o/s2048/IMG_3460.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprKJcH3NsmQONsaa-phdP92F7iuLwm6ycp3-cG7y_kSlasfd-MjfMW-rE7FDHwaTEGXkVrrqnYy1jUyOP34goYmKav_CpOHVH1tSwzMGH3opiGUfjZYZwL12z54110WskRWkTLDw-U9o/s320/IMG_3460.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC-iJmnvM6T6tw2_zlKa11yEQ3SkH8kvIYS6MsQ7faH0DZPmdX6UgCPg3N4jw4x5RnY2T7-URisJ5ACYpTA54V5xmukzssaU1xLlRRO6r7qtVwGuRsF_LiMy-jDGilZ3MEBpo4I-vB80/s2048/IMG_3458.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC-iJmnvM6T6tw2_zlKa11yEQ3SkH8kvIYS6MsQ7faH0DZPmdX6UgCPg3N4jw4x5RnY2T7-URisJ5ACYpTA54V5xmukzssaU1xLlRRO6r7qtVwGuRsF_LiMy-jDGilZ3MEBpo4I-vB80/s320/IMG_3458.JPG" /></a></div><p>Add to the lanterns two flea-market stands and a vast collection of Christmas objects, including the amazing children who have featured in every display over many years (<a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-winter-songfeast.html" target="_blank">click here for proof of their versatility</a>), it must be possible to produce a window display. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U7_dFk9P5qWaaQeGd6IIzmmZ1wy4B-qvKuhhWkiS7I1e9KSPq3tYTpMH1CtSRgwwgKQph7wL7xySp6QE8H5qroJpNI4fk28q7KSMXNzRgzgljTpSE_8u5EeAfeilBHycMCZldEQIZoE/s320/more+xmas+2018+046.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2U7_dFk9P5qWaaQeGd6IIzmmZ1wy4B-qvKuhhWkiS7I1e9KSPq3tYTpMH1CtSRgwwgKQph7wL7xySp6QE8H5qroJpNI4fk28q7KSMXNzRgzgljTpSE_8u5EeAfeilBHycMCZldEQIZoE/s0/more+xmas+2018+046.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwj6PCoxpV6n_49QyebywF_hzv8Olqv9qrOITbu9_aPKaV3BsuhWtX5spExSFcdMbObSv5_M5Ot6ZwQwAMr2liu1QTB-2RPFXvZNOMCrdvn9jCv_oVdJ9aoH8-gLuNFhJuKKEnwe9it8Q/s2048/IMG_3468.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwj6PCoxpV6n_49QyebywF_hzv8Olqv9qrOITbu9_aPKaV3BsuhWtX5spExSFcdMbObSv5_M5Ot6ZwQwAMr2liu1QTB-2RPFXvZNOMCrdvn9jCv_oVdJ9aoH8-gLuNFhJuKKEnwe9it8Q/s320/IMG_3468.JPG" /></a></div><p>And Butterfly, though here, is occupied with her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/w0rdsandp1ctures/" target="_blank">own projects</a> but she would surely put in the window with me, something my legs will not allow me to do alone at present.</p><p>And lo! So it came to pass. I have no intention of struggling with new, unfamiliar and uncooperative, Ghastly New Blogger (henceforth to be known as GNB) so most of the rest of this post will be photos without text - the processes are self-explanatory. 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<span style="font-size: large;">At the moment I am marooned in the United Kingdom where I find myself disbelieving everything that our political leaders are spouting, and looking with envy at the steady progress that the Czech Republic has made towards emerging safely from this terrifying pandemic. I have been particularly moved by the Czech video shared, what now seems like months ago, with the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadly, the much vaunted (by our Prime Minister) "great British common sense" has not opted to go down this route, until now, far too late of course, like everything that has been done here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Be that as it may, it seems unlikely that I will find myself in the comforting surroundings of my own small world in the near future. I hope to arrange for the museum to open, in the care of my young helper Pavla, in early July when the Czech summer holidays begin - watch this website for further information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, I was acutely aware that the Small Worlds' window still displayed <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/curtain-up.html" target="_blank">Christmas scenes</a> so I was delighted when friends from Prague asked if they could borrow my house for the weekend. "The Hedgehogs" as they are fondly known to us (a translation of their surname) are very familiar with Small Worlds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I had no hesitation in asking them to remove Christmas from the window and to replace it with something a bit more suitable. Since I had to guide them from afar in this enterprise, it needed to be a relatively simple change so all of my more elaborate plans are hanging fire for the moment. Who knows when they can be carried out?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a matter of finding some houses that would not disrupt any of the current display, nor require them to hunt in <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-augean-stables-not-really.html" target="_blank">The Stables, the workrooms</a> which I had abandoned in a state of chaos when I left in something of a hurry last October, following my mini-heart attack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't say that I am particularly smitten by this maker. One of the two "The Beeches" was part of the <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-essex-dolls-house-haul-part-one.html" target="_blank">Essex haul</a>. I already had one version of The Beeches stored in my garage which someone probably offered to me - I never look a gift house in the mouth (sorry, bad joke).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I played my normal ebay game with it when it is something too large to post: "If it is within close driving distance I will bid on it". This was in Ware, just up the A10 from us so I had no excuse, did I?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I call it the Ikea kitchen because it is housed in a container from Ikea which is intended for cactus cultivation. However these little glasshouses make perfect room boxes for collectors. Sadly Ikea not longer makes them (the new one is not nearly as useful to us, though if you search online you can see people have used them thus) but the old ones are around at car boot sales and well worth keeping an eye out for.</span></div>
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Even 102 is not too late to relive some of the fun of Christmas! My friend Rose remembers sticking paper chains with flour and water, and remembers too that they fell down as soon as the room got warm and the "glue" dried out! Less falling down for this modern version...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And we haven't just been making paper chains in this run up to Christmas. Whilst burrowing under Rose's stairs recently I found the Usborne theatre that I had given her a couple of years ago which for some reason or other we had never got around to putting together. I had completely forgotten its existence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With last week's blogpost entitled <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/thats-entertainment.html" target="_blank">"That's Entertainment"</a>, and with a follow-up post due this Saturday, there seemed no better time to construct it than now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After all, as we know from the very first adult film I was ever taken to see, aged 8 - Annie Get Your Gun -"There's no Business like Show Business!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(My first crush came then too - on Howard Keel singing "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQT35gNeBqs" target="_blank">My defences are down</a>").</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Usborne theatre was a delight to put together, as easy as the house..... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have discovered that old Advent calendars make useful theatre backdrops and they fit very well in the transformed <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/12/all-worlds-stage.html" target="_blank">charity shop puppet theatre</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But for some reason that I cannot now remember I went off the idea and settled on a German Christmas market instead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once again my trusty carolling dolls were called into action - I think they have appeared in every Christmas blog I have written since 2012, including their starring role in the <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-winter-songfeast.html" target="_blank">Winter Songfeast post of 2015</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">....and the big reveal happened, thanks to my friend Jana, (since I am now back in the UK) in Bavorov on the last day of November, just in time for the Advent Farmers' Market.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course no Christmas Market can be complete without accompanying music, preferably brass, so I hope you can take a break from your preparations to enjoy a new discovery for me, the Michel Rondeau Brass Quartet with a delightful selection of carols...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">And finally I leave you with all good wishes for a joyous Christmas and a peaceful New Year from Small Worlds</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat..." as the old rhyme has it. So in early October, before leaving the Czech Republic for winter in the UK, I started to think about a new display window which I could set up in October but which would also be festive enough for the Christmas season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My thoughts turned to that good old English tradition of <a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Pantomime/" target="_blank">pantomime</a>, and from there to theatre, and entertainment in general. Did I have enough material in my stash to create a world of entertainment without too much difficulty?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A search revealed that yes, indeed I did - I could cover drama, music, dance, puppetry, and that was before I even started hunting properly....</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgg4gzuV3Ep-pR5-oGKD1zbZXMYfO75d8CkaM9LhxmpFjQue60JNOJn8uMiWlixradp4ikSkWlwap82Ame9uQzjfTp9Iv-s4dOkjmBfGuxQsWWCWU20IAOCR6JWdNnOCAlLrds6zfllE/s1600/cupboard+083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxgg4gzuV3Ep-pR5-oGKD1zbZXMYfO75d8CkaM9LhxmpFjQue60JNOJn8uMiWlixradp4ikSkWlwap82Ame9uQzjfTp9Iv-s4dOkjmBfGuxQsWWCWU20IAOCR6JWdNnOCAlLrds6zfllE/s320/cupboard+083.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Some of Small Worlds was already set up for Christmas since, I am not quite sure why, I had never got around to removing the traditional Christmas scenes from the Walmer Victorian dollshouse. You can enjoy them <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/12/lets-have-music-for-christmas.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Only the carol singers had returned home during the summer, and my granddaughter kindly replaced them for me during her October visit.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And Santa is back on the roof of the Bear House which had been a feature of the Christmas window last year, and is now on permanent display in Small Worlds (without last year's seasonal decorations). You can see it in detail <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/12/i-cant-bear-christmas.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first thing I put together for the new window display was a puppet show.......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> ..... easily done as I was able to use a Czech cardboard theatre kit which, with the addition of a metal roof </span><span style="font-size: large;">(<a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/10/im-train.html" target="_blank">previously used as a railway station</a>)</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">to suspend the puppets from</span><span style="font-size: large;">, and a traditional set of Czech puppets, was quickly ready to put in the window. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The string puppets are all ready to perform and now it's time to show off some glove puppets. This little Punch and Judy booth was made around 30 years ago for a fairground display set up by the Herts Miniaturist group I used to belong to - Punch was made by a fairly young Butterfly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Cue digression: recently Butterfly and I went to see the film <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63NAagrKOcc" target="_blank">Judy and Punch</a>, a somewhat unusual take on the tale of Punch and Judy, a true <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_story" target="_blank">origin story</a> in fact. It has some moments of real horror but we nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed it. A fable for our times....keep an eye out for it. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After setting up what a baby Butterfly (is that a chrysalis or a caterpillar perhaps?) used to call the Bump-a-Julie show, I found a tiny puppet theatre in my collection, bought last year in a UK charity shop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pinocchio was headless so Butterfly had to create one for him. Though on further inspection it is probably a Harlequin or Punch rather than a lying Pinocchio. (British political in-joke).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tiniest puppet theatre I located was in a book called Little Boxes. It is in matchbox form and size.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From the same book, came the minutest dance scene imaginable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cutting out is not one of my skills and there was quite a lot of it involved in some of the models. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In another paper theatre there is a performance by almost the only complete dancers left from Butterfly's childhood set of Britains ballerinas. Very sadly the box they were carefully housed in got dropped and the plastic must be incredibly brittle as many limbs just shattered into pieces. I have them all and if there is a miniaturist out there who has any advice on the best glue to repair them I would love to hear about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some porcelain dancers also joined the troupe and were complemented by a somewhat exotic couple who remind me of characters in the slightly out of place </span><span style="font-size: large;">dance scenes found in one of my favourite programmes, the New Year's Day concert from Vienna. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I said, such work is not my forte and so I called upon my granddaughter for help in painting the scenery for The Empire Theatre. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A vintage Petite Princess room provided the perfect venue for the slightly quirky quartet of ceramic musicians that I could not resist acquiring from a charity shop in the UK last year. Just as I was preparing to display them I realised that the double bass player had mislaid his instrument. A miniature cello from the stash proved too large so a somewhat rough wooden guitar was hastily painted with stone paint to match the rest of the group so that he could join in the fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More music takes the stage as an homage to my son who is the drummer in <a href="https://www.allergymusic.co.uk/allergy-the-band" target="_blank">Allergy</a>, a popular band playing mainly in Hertfordshire and the south-east. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No display of the theatrical world could be complete without a nod to Shakespeare, particularly in view of <a href="https://www.alisonbomber.co.uk/default.html" target="_blank">Butterfly's other life</a>. So the versatile Colin was once again in demand, constructing the tiniest Globe theatre you can imagine at very high speed - a change from <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/its-that-time-again.html" target="_blank">Ollie the Osprey</a>! It sits on a board about two inches square (5cm)and is taken from the book <a href="https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Paper-London-Build-metropolis-models/dp/1782402594/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=kell+black+paper+london&qid=1576278577&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Paper London</a>, given to me by Lynda.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last, but by no means least, the "big" theatre - and compared to much of the rest in the window it really is big - about 46cm (18ins) wide. It has appeared in Small Worlds before <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/12/all-worlds-stage.html" target="_blank">when I described restyling</a> yet another charity shop find. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As usual, the window is set up with one corner reserved for a "reveal" much closer to Christmas. So all there is to be seen for now is a theatre with the curtains firmly closed although there are probably rehearsals going on behind the scenes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Opening night will be on Saturday 21st December, just in time for Christmas, so I hope you will come back then to enjoy curtain up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a quick look at the window display itself with once again apologies for the through-the-glass photos</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I promised a speedy return with Part Two of the Heigh Ho! saga and I am doing my best to comply. If you have not yet read <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/09/heigh-ho.html" target="_blank">Part One</a> then I suggest you do that before venturing further so that you get a seamless story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have to confess to being somewhat daunted at what I have to cover in this post. It is likely to be very photo heavy - at the moment I have nearly 100 photos poised to leap into position. (Would that they did - getting photos into the right place in a blogpost is sometimes very wearisome). I shall have to pare down the number....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I mentioned in Part One that I was very relaxed about the time available to decorate and furnish the cottage. However, I was in for a nasty surprise! When Colin arrived back in the Czech Republic in early June it was to tell me that he was having an <a href="https://www.muzeumvodnany.cz/muzeum-galerie/akce/43071-czech-passion-of-an-english-artist" target="_blank">exhibition of his paper models and paintings</a> in the museum gallery in nearby Vodnany, starting on 9th July, and that he would very much like not only to borrow back the three paper castles he had lent to Small Worlds but also to include the three dolls houses he had made for us. (So far you know nothing of the third one and I certainly do not plan to include details here! A treat to come...).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since an empty pit cottage would not look good in what is a delightful local museum I had to get moving. Time was of the essence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Clearly, the first thing for me to do was to become very familiar with the well over 100 photos that Colin and Roz had shot on a visit to <a href="http://www.beamish.org.uk/" target="_blank">Beamish</a> at some point during the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> build. Thank you Colin - without them there is no way I could have furnished the cottage with anything approaching authenticity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided almost at once not to attempt a completely accurate reproduction of any one cottage in Francis Street. Roz had helpfully sent me a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l8X4daGUtg5w6tYoh5Zj9H9yWNiBPqAo/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">pdf of part of the guidebook</a> to the Beamish Museum. In it I could read that there were several houses and a shop on display and it was not possible for me to work out which of Colin's photos related to which of the cottages. So I decided on an amalgam of the house interiors, taking into account the descriptions of the life-style of the various inhabitants, and trying to ensure that almost everything in my cottage also appeared in a similar form, in one of the full-size Francis St cottages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I chose to make the background of "my" family Roman Catholic (and was amazed to find how many appropriate items I could find in my collection that I could use in this respect).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One over-riding impression that comes from studying the photos in detail is how full cottages were at that time, not just containing much furniture, but also art and knick-knacks of all kinds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here serendipity (probably my favourite word and concept) came to my rescue. As those of you who follow my blog will know, for Christmas and my 77th birthday in January my neighbour, <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/08/roses-room.html" target="_blank">102 year old Rose</a>, and her carer, the excellent Jo (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/JoscreationsHerts" target="_blank">who crochets quite beautifully and to order</a> - the round rugs in front of the downstairs fireplaces were made by her) - gave me many tiny presents. You have met most of the larger items in the post I wrote in April - <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/04/in-eclectic-manor_20.html" target="_blank">In an Eclectic Manor.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I unwrapped everything for the second time, over here, I realised why so much looked familiar. Many of the items could have been specifically designed to go into a pit cottage in the early 1900s......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This made my task very much easier; apart from one or two items, chief amongst them a metal bed and the pictures, it would mainly be a matter of decorating and then placing things appropriately. Phew! Much more manageable in terms of the time available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am aware that having threatened a picture-rich post, so far there have been many links but no photos! But this is where they start appearing....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once I had wallpapered and found some suitable paper to represent lino in the living room it was time to turn my attention to the most important item in the bedroom -the bed! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The full-size Francis St cottages have beautiful beds, both upstairs and in the living room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have no metal beds in my collection and they are very expensive to buy. However I remembered reading in one of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Victorian-Dolls-House-Furniture/dp/0946819564/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=making+victorian+dolls+house+furniture+king&qid=1569949414&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Pat King's</a> wonderful books on creating dolls house furniture from every day objects exactly how one could do it using combs and other odds and ends.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you look carefully at the very first comb picture above you can see what the legs are made of.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The little bed for the living room was made in the same way ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the blanket enhanced by blanket stitch courtesy of Lynda - and note the dinky opening roof window and the knitted combinations on the far bed, made by Sheila Randal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...a fireplace and guard, wooden clock, towel rail and a Kensalcraft chest of drawers on the far wall, complete with Virgin Mary image, assorted rugs on the floor...</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">I luckily had a perfect one to make from a <a href="https://www.melodyjane.com/chrysnbon-dolls-house-parlor-pump-organ-model-furniture-kit-f-220" target="_blank">Chrysnbon kit</a>. Fiddly things to construct so it is just as well that I put this one together last year and it was ready and waiting to go in ..... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And how serendiptious were the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_dog_figurine" target="_blank">Staffordshire spaniels</a>? What were the chances of finding some in the Rose/Jo haul just like the ones in real-life Francis Street? But there they were!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...to this....</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">.... so I robbed the butcher-cum-fish shop, Peacockes, for the perfect sink, depositing the unfortunate golden carp in a far less elegant container. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The two armchairs, comfy though they look, are actually solid resin from the <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/lindalovelymum/raine-take-a-seat-furniture/" target="_blank">Raines Take a Seat range</a> , the sewing machine is a fridge magnet and the sadly non-working clock is one of a number of similar clocks I have been collecting for quite a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You will have noticed all around the house various pictures, portraits and other ornamental objects. Many of them come from a wooden bracelet that, chopped up, provided little wooden panels with religious pictures on that I could scatter round the house. They are solid enough to stand by themselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> From the kitchen one moves through one of the two working doors into the yard - the other door leads into the washhouse, complete with copper and mangle of course. Both wrong scale at the moment though so no photo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Colin's attention to detail is stunning - extending also to the ingenious easily removable staircase for better viewing, entirely handmade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And last, but by no means least, my thanks are due to a young Czech with excellent woodworking skills who serendipity allowed me to steer to some time in England this summer with friends of mine in Welwyn Garden City. He had a wonderful time there - thanks Julia and Tony - and wanted to say thank you to me for helping him to get there. I said no need but if he insisted....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is training to be a civil engineer and his father is a carpenter. An excellent combination to cope with the only place that we, well actually Butterfly, had worked out that the cottage could stand. It required constructing a platform that would fit into a tight corner, cover the whole of the large thatched cottage that already stood there, and allow the miner's cottage to stand in its full glory on top.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you so much Mira - you may hear from us again, there are some shelves around the walls being planned - but next time we insist on being billed for the work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once again I have been fairly silent during the summer in the Czech Republic, not because nothing has been happening in Small Worlds, but rather because quite a lot has and I have been battling bits of my body to let me get on and enjoy it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The main problem, apart from arthritic knees, has been in my left hand which seems to have lost the ability to feel things properly. This not only makes moving the tiny items in Small Worlds difficult - I had no idea how much I use my left hand to take things in and out of houses, let alone when doing a lot of the fiddly work (piplačka in Czech) -</span><span style="font-size: large;"> but it has had a terrible effect on my typing, mainly by inserting the letter "g" all over the place in an irritatingly random manner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, since the time for me to return to the UK is rapidly approaching, I thought I should try to tackle at least the first of the two posts I mentioned in my last blogpost about <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/its-that-time-again.html" target="_blank">Rose's 102nd birthday present</a> (she loved it by the way)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the spring of 2016 I had a phone call from a friend in England, Pat Klijn, the creator of the lovely collage cards I sell on her behalf in Small Worlds and elsewhere...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">....and co-author of two books about about her locality... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">....to say that a friend of hers had rung to ask whether she was interested in the component parts of a dolls house. (Pat has a small collection herself.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She wasn't, but rang me to see if I might be. It turned out that the parts could be built into a scale model of one of the Francis Street miners' cottages featured in the <a href="http://www.beamish.org.uk/explore-discover/1900s-pit-village/" target="_blank">Beamish Open Air museum</a>. Her friend's mother had visited Beamish and fallen in love with the cottages; she had commissioned someone to draw up plans and make one. However she had sadly died before the project had got any further than the wood being cut out and the pieces had lain in her loft for some time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went to take a look and was very certain I did not want to tackle the construction - I am more than happy to take on exterior and interior decoration - see the Dutch House for example - but I have no interest in woodwork per se. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I do know a man who does! I lost no time in contacting Colin Rose, he of the osprey construction, and creator of the South Bohemian farmhouse (both visible in the <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2019/06/down-on-farm.html" target="_blank">first post</a> this summer) to see if he might be interested. And he was!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He lives in Huddersfield and I in Hertfordshire so we had to arrange a transfer - we met in the <a href="https://www.oldwhitehart.co.uk/" target="_blank">Old White Hart in Lyddington </a>, a pub I can highly recommend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wrote to Pat on 2nd May 2016 and sent her the first photo: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then there was a gap of several months before the next photos appeared. There had, however, been a fair amount of emailing between us about sourcing doors, windows, a staircase and various other things. But in the end Colin decided to construct everything himself, including the working sash windows....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Colin: Got the staircase in, could put a door at the top of stair head, that was the arrangement in my mining cottage in Wheatley hill. Or a door at bottom which is also quite common, but in the photo I have of Francis St. it is open at bottom with a newel post, that would be something I would like about 9cm.</span></span></td></tr>
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22.02.17 Colin: This is all the parts so far in its flat pack form. Back wall is under the roof.
chimney pots, downpipes, dormer window, opening roof light, gutters,roof slates
will come. At moment need some very fine drill bits to fix hinges on the
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8.3.17 Colin:This is the front with the plastic in but without the fixings which will be a
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plastic front on, drilled hole lengthwise through rod and cut it into small
pieces, tomorrow will buy a tap to cut a thread in it for the little thumb
screws which will hold the plastic on. The little bits of rod go into holes and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">17.6.17.Colin: Was really struggling with the dormer yesterday. The existing stuff was from a kit and wrong scale and wrong pitch roof and in attempting to modify it wasted a lot of time. So clean sheet and came up with this, blurry photo warning, We will need smaller window but it all looks in scale now. </span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And that was the last I heard until the completed house (not in flat pack format!) arrived in my workrooms in Bavorov. I am not sure if that was in 2017 but I rather think it did not appear until 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Either way, it sat in a corner of the first workroom whilst I tried various items of furniture in it without any very clear idea of getting down to tackling the interior properly - no rush I thought. I could not have been more wrong and you can learn all about that in part 2 of Heigh Ho!, coming shortly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">By the way, why Heigh Ho! as the title? Well two reasons - first of all I cannot think of mining without tghe (look, gthere are some stray "g's" appearing - I tgook all tghe others out) earworm of the song of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI0x0KYChq4" target="_blank">mining dwarfs in Disney's Snow White</a>, and secondly because, on a despairing note and pronounced a little differently, it's been frequently on my lips this summer when contemplating the political mess in which the UK now finds itself....!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In other news, Small Worlds was delighted to once again receive a visit from a group of students from several different countries who were based for a week at the local school...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They wrote lovely things in our guest book, each in their own language, which they in turn read out to me and then translated....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They were, in no particular order, from Georgia, India, Russia, Jordan, Turkey and China.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I look forward to seeing you all again soon for part two of the saga of the Francis Street miner's cottage. In the meantime heartfelt thanks, once again, to Colin for his hard work on behalf of Small Worlds. And thank you to Pat for thinking of me!</span><br />
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Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-47524529521608812172019-08-17T23:04:00.003+01:002022-04-11T17:39:42.765+01:00It's that time again.....<span style="font-size: large;">I can't remember a year that has gone past as fast as this one...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's partly the fault of the ospreys of course. If one is as dedicated to watching <a href="http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/live-streaming" target="_blank">live webcams in Wales</a> and elsewhere as I am, then everything now turns around <a href="http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/blog/thom/2019/06/02/recap-spring-2019" target="_blank">the osprey season</a> (look and quake at the Storm Hannah video). The parent birds arrive separately from their winter sojourn in Africa in March/April, lay eggs within two to three weeks, those eggs hatch some six weeks later and before you know it the chicks have passed through the fluffy stage, followed by <a href="http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/blog/kim-mwt/2019/06/07/it%E2%80%99s-all-grow-grow-grow-nest-week" target="_blank">mini-dinosaur</a> (worth watching for the boxing match part way through - human mothers could learn from Telyn's reaction!), until <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x0x9Tb_7wk&t=3s" target="_blank">they are almost the size of their parents</a> and ready to fledge from the nest a mere matter of weeks after hatching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, stuffed full of fish by their parents, they prepare to migrate, heading off solo on the long journey to their winter quarters, and it's already nearly the end of August and another summer has sped past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I am left with just the very beautiful paper model of Olly the Osprey put together and hung by <a href="http://www.colinrose.net/index.html" target="_blank">Colin Rose</a>, which now, together with a lurking trout, is to be found hanging over the children's corner in Small Worlds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">conservation work and if people don't leave anything in the osprey box then I tithe from the donations to Small Worlds.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ospreys lead very neatly into the Annual Event of August, the birthday present for my neighbour Rose. I started to make special presents for her in 2016 when she reached the age of 99, with another following each year. She is now the proud owner of more "special presents" than anyone else amongst my friends and family and I am rapidly running out of ideas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And no, I haven't made her an osprey nest though that is an idea for next year, and she did get a lovely teatowel from Dyfi, thanks to another ospreyholic, TrishaNic.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a neat segue because Rose too has become something of an ospreyholic at the age of 101...well, 102 now. I managed to turn her elderly TV into a smart one so she could follow the antics on the various nests on YouTube and after refusing for several years to have the TV on when no one else is around, she has spent a good part of the spring and summer "with the birds".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So if not an osprey nest, what did I manage to come up with this time? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She has already had <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2016/08/we-could-do-with-thousands-more-like-you.html" target="_blank">her life in a box</a> (99).....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">......<a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/08/but-theres-never-rose-like-you.html" target="_blank">a rose arbour</a> (100), </span><br />
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......<a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/08/roses-room.html" target="_blank">and a replica of the room she sits in</a> (101).....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, earlier in the year we celebrated another birthday, that of the excellent Jo who lives with Rose and cares for her beautifully. On that occasion Rose, her good friend Sandy, and I took Jo out for a vintage tea at the delightful <a href="https://mabelsvintagetearooms.com/about-us" target="_blank">Mabel's Vintage Tearooms</a> in Bushey, Herts. We all enjoyed ourselves immensely and I was much impressed by the portrait on the wall of the beautifully decorated period tearoom. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">I remembered that portrait when I was flailing around for something to make - something that would not take too long at that, because I arrived back in the CR several weeks later than usual and was immediately taken over by work on something quite different of which much, much more in a later blog (or two). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My intention was not to reproduce the tearoom itself - too many chairs and tables for a start, not to mention cakes and sandwiches. Rather, I wanted to use the portrait as inspiration....</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlPcDz977MzRzxYpVRKB0IeJmK9mf6FBbAKzQYvOdW-kp2Za-72SlmhnaTryYNQztaCXbyKCnJRcNoztR3typfpmdRkRVzIBhLbfQUJHCB8qWizUboAc4kO6pkwJOaH82cNHpxtbuo7g/s1600/pit+cottage+osprey+hanging+043.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlPcDz977MzRzxYpVRKB0IeJmK9mf6FBbAKzQYvOdW-kp2Za-72SlmhnaTryYNQztaCXbyKCnJRcNoztR3typfpmdRkRVzIBhLbfQUJHCB8qWizUboAc4kO6pkwJOaH82cNHpxtbuo7g/s320/pit+cottage+osprey+hanging+043.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">As usual, the first task is to source a container. This time it was very easy - I had exactly the right size box, nice and sturdy and wonder of wonders, the very cheap plastic frame Butterfly and I found in our favourite cheapie shop, fitted perfectly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I papered the walls and covered the floor. (The box of real-life floor tiles from the Prague carboot sale last year continues to prove its worth!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was then just a matter of finding a cabinet, table, teaset and paintings. Oh, and of course, a Mabel....</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CBO5XU_-yFL_3Nxxo1aPGqAr6qavqLT2J2RW42rP-44XOcSBXtYEli-g9KOaRLmEvQk7DQ0CDFag9RKeoGzg_Dd___Jc-NJB5q7tGqN9321UwNHUj4HrecGl1m1ASOpuE4PWFU8Ilfs/s1600/Doll-House-Treasure-Trove-Cabinet-1960s-full-1o-2048-444-r-ffffff-d6978e.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="1600" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CBO5XU_-yFL_3Nxxo1aPGqAr6qavqLT2J2RW42rP-44XOcSBXtYEli-g9KOaRLmEvQk7DQ0CDFag9RKeoGzg_Dd___Jc-NJB5q7tGqN9321UwNHUj4HrecGl1m1ASOpuE4PWFU8Ilfs/s320/Doll-House-Treasure-Trove-Cabinet-1960s-full-1o-2048-444-r-ffffff-d6978e.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">I say "just" but I had set my heart on using the top half of this cabinet from the 1960s Petite Princess series which, painted brown, would have been perfect. However I did not want to destroy it completely. Sadly it proved impossible to dismantle it without permanent damage so I had to find something else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another problem was that I had no doll in twelfth scale suitable to be transformed into a maid. And the box was in any case a little small for 12th scale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found a Lundby corner cabinet that could work, a Spanish somewhat tarty looking doll, (despite her crucifix) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and after trying several different ones, a possible table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ordered a willow pattern teaset from China and set about putting things together. Fortuitously a visit was due from the ever-skilful Milena who was responsible for the wonderful mini-crochet in Rose's Room last year and I left the transformation of tart to maid in her capable hands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She did not disappoint. She was very distressed to find that clothing had been attached to the doll with pins - straight through her back and stomach! You can just see the holes. She became immediately determined that the new garments should all be properly sewn.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She also discovered by accident that the eye makeup of the doll was easily removable and that made a huge difference to her character. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and the addition of a dinky lace cap and there she was, Mabel in person....... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In passing, Milena played with another doll, this time one that looked more like a vampire. The same trick with the eyes changed her character too and a repurposing of her black gown .......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">....and changing her red shoes to trim black boots turned her from vampire to Victorian governess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hopefully the teaset would be waiting there for me. I was a little worried that security at the airport would want to know what this strange box was, showing up on the xrays, but all went smoothly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Butterfly worked her magic on the frame but sadly the teaset did not arrive in time (it still hasn't come) so I had to use the substitute I had brought with me and I assembled the whole room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am sorry to be so silent on the blog at the moment. There has been much going on in Small Worlds and I have been without help there for much of this summer. Amongst other things there have been visits by two reporters, one from the largest Czech tabloid newspaper - you can see the article <a href="https://www.ahaonline.cz/clanek/musite-vedet/162799/expozici-domecku-pro-panenky-svet-miniaturnich-pribehu.html" target="_blank">here </a> (scrolling down below the muscle men will get you to a nice gallery of photos) - and one from a German regional publisher with newspapers across the south of Germany. That article should be appearing next week and, if it does, I will link to it here too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are also two mammoth blog posts coming up about the work I did as soon as I arrived back in the CR, but I make no promises as to when I shall be able to write them. Many visitors are descending shortly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for continuing to follow the activities in Small Worlds, and watch this space....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have never returned to the Czech Republic quite as late as I have this year and seeing the <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/12/i-cant-bear-christmas.html" target="_blank">Christmas display</a> still in the window of Small Worlds made me feel very negligent. I whisked it out on my second day back, over two weeks ago, but it has taken till now to completely finish the new display.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But worry not - the window has not remained empty, it's just that I have had to add things bit by bit. Moving around does not happen at the same speed as it used to! As <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/08/roses-room.html" target="_blank">Rose</a>, now approaching 102, is fond of saying "Old age never comes alone!" And temperatures in the 30s do not help, although Small Worlds does remain blessedly cool - until one starts to move around!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have several plans for window displays this year and have been collecting things avidly in the UK, both from charity shops and car boot sales. I haven't been able to use any of the items for this window though as most of the material is still packed in boxes. So I had to dream up something quite quickly using what was already available in Small Worlds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I thought that if I filled half the window with an actual dolls house I wouldn't need to find too much else for the other half. So I considered what I had a lot of and decided on farm animals. Originally I was going to make it a local farm, using Colin Rose's lovely Czech house </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The carefree lad in the green hat has been with us for more years than I can remember.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...the other two I bought last summer at a giant carboot sale in Prague. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was delighted when I realised they were by the same maker. They are very like </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?biw=1094&bih=506&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=GWcHXa2YN4eHwPAP9Le6uAg&q=hummel+porcelain+dolls+&oq=hummel+porcelain+dolls+&gs_l=img.12..0i30.6140.19593..23141...7.0..0.421.6754.0j4j9j9j2......0....1..gws-wiz-img.deZQBrLnORQ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Hummel figurines</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> but I doubt if they are authentic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before I leave you with a series of photos of the first of the summer windows, I should perhaps also bring you up to date on other news. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week I had the great pleasure of giving a class of local ten year olds a further glimpse into the fascinating world of the osprey, which I introduced to <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/09/bringing-ospreys-to-bavorov.html" target="_blank">Bavorov last October</a>. This opportunity came courtesy of their class teacher, my friend Jana, who then swiftly reported on the event on the <a href="https://www.zsbavorov.cz/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=12&Itemid=78" target="_blank">school's webpages</a> helpfully flagging up the existence of Small Worlds at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took my porcelain osprey nest along to the classroom and we were able to watch live streaming onto a giant screen from nests in <a href="http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/osprey-basics" target="_blank">Wales</a>, Poland, Scotland and Estonia. I spoke in simple English, with Jana translating as needed. The children asked lots of questions - some even in English - and Jana tells me they are following up the talk with some projects and continuing to watch the live streaming at some point each day. Maybe one day there will be a Czech nest with a webcam on it......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ospreys are now safely back in Small Worlds </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They now come complete with a portrait of fish that they are likely to eat (can anyone identify any of them?)......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">....courtesy of the wonderful </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_and_Learn" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Look and Learn magazine</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_and_Learn" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-size: large;">- hands up who remembers it from their childhood? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadly not in time for the classroom talk, a paper model of a young male osprey has arrived in my house. I say young male because his wingspan is just 1.5m - he looks remarkably real and has been beautifully constructed by the artist <a href="http://www.colinrose.net/" target="_blank">Colin Rose</a>. He told me today that he will shortly be having an exhibtion in nearby Vodnany not just of his paintings, but of the paper models he builds and the houses he has made for Small Worlds. In the meantime, here's my very own osprey!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He will shortly be flying through Bavorov to the Small Worlds Museum where he will hang above the Children's Corner. I think I will then have a naming competition for him -5kc a go for osprey conservation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of birds, one of the first things I had to do on arrival was replace the beautiful clock Butterfly made several years ago (about the same time as this <a href="https://alisonbomber.blogspot.com/2015/05/dollshouse-book.html" target="_blank">guest book</a>) as it will currently only work in a semi-reclining position. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How fortunate then that I had been given a wonderful clock for Christmas - one that is guaranteed to startle visitors as it plays a different bird call every hour. I can tell you that the Great Tit has a very strange call!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And in other news, on Thursday I will be interviewed about Small Worlds at an event devoted to presenting a new tourist map of the region of South Bohemia. Small Worlds appears on it as a worthwhile place to visit and as far as I can gather,there will be a number of travel writers in the audience, as well as members of the general public. I have been asked to take a few small houses and room boxes with me. I do enjoy getting some free publicity!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back to Down on the Farm - I leave you with a series of photos, taken with difficulty once the display was in position, and I look forward to seeing you again fairly soon once some more boxes have been unpacked!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-18807543049626443652019-04-20T11:37:00.000+01:002019-04-20T13:44:24.973+01:00In an Eclectic Manor....<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"Easter?" I hear you cry - but on Cestina's blog it still seems to be Christmas. How can that be? Quite simply the real world, with its political shenanigans and Brexit brouhaha of the past months, has so distracted and dismayed me that I have been unable to find any consolation at all in the world of miniatures.<br /><br />However even my despair, committed European that I am, at what is happening, cannot override my shame at having a Christmas blog post still showing when Easter is very definitely upon us!<br /><br />Particularly as I already had all the photos poised for the next post...<br /><br />So even though I find it hard to write about Small Worlds when I am in the UK here goes, with apologies for my neglect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />I do have here in England a very handy display dolls house - about 4 foot long by 2.5 foot high.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKmY3hrX6AM90Dyek3V_oyTRY0TQn_Cco0yAMWYwxyyaPLkRx0A4Aa20S7E8l60kCUGNuwJzCl6A84boXn0DHixNN3zg9yhpFqiBLTtFJVhnwYv9H3ryAwISSOE9LPR74Y8LeNyVzWQo/s1600/birthday+presents+091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1600" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKmY3hrX6AM90Dyek3V_oyTRY0TQn_Cco0yAMWYwxyyaPLkRx0A4Aa20S7E8l60kCUGNuwJzCl6A84boXn0DHixNN3zg9yhpFqiBLTtFJVhnwYv9H3ryAwISSOE9LPR74Y8LeNyVzWQo/s320/birthday+presents+091.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Its usefulness lies in the fact that it is only 10 inches deep so can sit at the back of a coffee table in my bedroom and provide a temporary home for miniatures acquired during my time in the UK.<br /><br />And what a rich haul it has been this year. Not just the things I have picked up in charity shops, something we sadly lack in the Czech Republic, but the very generous Christmas and birthday gifts I got from <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2016/08/we-could-do-with-thousands-more-like-you.html" target="_blank">Rose-next-door</a> and Jo who looks after her so well.<br /><br />This is a somewhat photo-heavy post since it mostly consists of showing off many of the items either given or acquired. They won't of course be staying here, with one or two exceptions. Everything will find a home in due course in the Small Worlds Museum. If all goes according to plan I should be heading back there mid-May, with the museum opening on Saturday 15th June.<br /><br />Pretty well all the furniture in Eclectic Manor, apart from the bathroom and the 3 <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=raine+take+a+seat+miniature+chairs&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgstqg3NzhAhVxThUIHSFtBesQsAR6BAgJEAE&biw=1094&bih=458" target="_blank">Raine's Take a Seat</a> chairs, has come from Rose and Jo.<br /><br />So starting, as one should, in the entrance hall, you can see a small bookshelf and an oak desk and chair....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hzyoCk8XRhf_sictEi94hIRbgtIKr6ZSJ_-q5JpCnG1HrZNj55SC2TiqOhKGtBb6RaNu_h8jH64s6rqSyiFFNgyvwoeCrYEJoJQfkE9Kte0NT9ITwwxHCZ8vILIANtk75GDZgzy504k/s1600/birthday+presents+096.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hzyoCk8XRhf_sictEi94hIRbgtIKr6ZSJ_-q5JpCnG1HrZNj55SC2TiqOhKGtBb6RaNu_h8jH64s6rqSyiFFNgyvwoeCrYEJoJQfkE9Kte0NT9ITwwxHCZ8vILIANtk75GDZgzy504k/s320/birthday+presents+096.JPG" /></a>Moving along to the kitchen......<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdHR7X2jZ1XzKK8CkcLawZiqa73vStgv4xAYGfQRNMGqc4rohaEQAWT-AsbXNlr34V_i695u_-bsdj0H6VBdt7_fkKrv9EuJ-Im8Ds5s61qBAK8t7vVAxGbjGyo6n7Bov4iqu5wbqqpE/s1600/birthday+presents+071.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdHR7X2jZ1XzKK8CkcLawZiqa73vStgv4xAYGfQRNMGqc4rohaEQAWT-AsbXNlr34V_i695u_-bsdj0H6VBdt7_fkKrv9EuJ-Im8Ds5s61qBAK8t7vVAxGbjGyo6n7Bov4iqu5wbqqpE/s320/birthday+presents+071.JPG" /></a><br /><br />.... you will find one of two little dolls who arrived, courtesy of Riny Tromp, from the Netherlands. Her companion is up in one of the bedrooms. Thank you Riny!<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.colourboxcats.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank">Peter Fagan cat pieces</a>, of which I now have a fair number, are all charity shop or ebay finds. The crocheted rug is by Jo, and the maid comes from her and Rose.....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecBqdq0tJ8VmfrCjiSKgu9q4V5NDxxifhS1O8zo3z-KjzUxqjwCB0zurh1Vme-Mj6UqDLx1U-F51cBdyx1Ds-ubbkPPSpDG7KzljTZ1gM2NRHq7IFRp-I9TKVOXerNbQlhbQ5PELgyf8/s1600/birthday+presents+073.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecBqdq0tJ8VmfrCjiSKgu9q4V5NDxxifhS1O8zo3z-KjzUxqjwCB0zurh1Vme-Mj6UqDLx1U-F51cBdyx1Ds-ubbkPPSpDG7KzljTZ1gM2NRHq7IFRp-I9TKVOXerNbQlhbQ5PELgyf8/s320/birthday+presents+073.JPG" /></a><br />....as does pretty well everything in the little scullery next door ....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbJhdk20jiXF1QxlHoSTgvF5B6DwqhBwi74ZASs4zfUk_AAK6P6w0ISKhk_MwP532yQiRA7OgbeDvH8tXO5H9wGl6hpAo7mE5Wmceve39aLVtjSVAt6Tn210YaTIEsn8wse2MRgLBgv0/s1600/birthday+presents+049.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbJhdk20jiXF1QxlHoSTgvF5B6DwqhBwi74ZASs4zfUk_AAK6P6w0ISKhk_MwP532yQiRA7OgbeDvH8tXO5H9wGl6hpAo7mE5Wmceve39aLVtjSVAt6Tn210YaTIEsn8wse2MRgLBgv0/s320/birthday+presents+049.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF19VYp3aXk75jp9JLq0xZwv6IOeVM_FcSqK6lp9ZK0kyAm8KZetf6U1oYjKnWtyMPThP0zdl6agfgfJdFYxUgrMUI2wmh6YXhe4KF-woucrJDof9eX8Gps_0sZ0yTROk769n5ntwnb8g/s1600/birthday+presents+053.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF19VYp3aXk75jp9JLq0xZwv6IOeVM_FcSqK6lp9ZK0kyAm8KZetf6U1oYjKnWtyMPThP0zdl6agfgfJdFYxUgrMUI2wmh6YXhe4KF-woucrJDof9eX8Gps_0sZ0yTROk769n5ntwnb8g/s320/birthday+presents+053.JPG" /></a>In the first floor drawing room is a grand piano and chair plus a fireplace......<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm23rtXneJ9pPozLAG6ZkQE7SKqGvCpylaP7LxSxvc70fOWz_DLPTbetJxLOYwB67Mm4DFVck6f2GzHl2H7m1tX0G6818VITKaPmPV1wg8TjsoY8Z8IwG3yE0Od0Je4i_w-_wRzIeJPWI/s1600/birthday+presents+054.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm23rtXneJ9pPozLAG6ZkQE7SKqGvCpylaP7LxSxvc70fOWz_DLPTbetJxLOYwB67Mm4DFVck6f2GzHl2H7m1tX0G6818VITKaPmPV1wg8TjsoY8Z8IwG3yE0Od0Je4i_w-_wRzIeJPWI/s320/birthday+presents+054.JPG" /></a><br /><br />...and two Raine's Take a Seat chairs. I have a large collection of these, as many of you will know by now. It irks me that they are slightly out of scale, too small by just a fraction, in the same way as it irks me that the fashion models, also by Raine and shortly to be seen upstairs, are slightly too large for 12th scale. I still use them though. The Christmas tree is handmade by my sister-in-law Mette.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57zmNRWkmQ45spP2oIt7_ZtSKXkWF2i1jXoE5Uyc0duAk7yN-lYB_M7GRtCtS1ft7Bw4aLsp4cE1UIi6LeX0b1vUeVlymnv-2aPARDQCsaPpSoIKlK0PWSmm3XAzAAXlfWg-t1OP4sXQ/s1600/birthday+presents+095.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57zmNRWkmQ45spP2oIt7_ZtSKXkWF2i1jXoE5Uyc0duAk7yN-lYB_M7GRtCtS1ft7Bw4aLsp4cE1UIi6LeX0b1vUeVlymnv-2aPARDQCsaPpSoIKlK0PWSmm3XAzAAXlfWg-t1OP4sXQ/s320/birthday+presents+095.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Next door you will find the nursery, most of the items here are charity shop finds, including the puppet show.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqU_tgkeJ0Q-yH7q9u_VQIRqE9Go4Ql7qwsYS3oMgmV8SmimBpl_j5xqOX7HLEx5esRURIvBBPoYra3yu224mvrXaR1nwiR2nvy475KLCGa0zA-jJUKfmJdcbrmRbal1ZfPD-sE3zMTE/s1600/birthday+presents+082.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqU_tgkeJ0Q-yH7q9u_VQIRqE9Go4Ql7qwsYS3oMgmV8SmimBpl_j5xqOX7HLEx5esRURIvBBPoYra3yu224mvrXaR1nwiR2nvy475KLCGa0zA-jJUKfmJdcbrmRbal1ZfPD-sE3zMTE/s320/birthday+presents+082.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I was delighted to come across this as I have quite a substantial collection of Czech string puppets which also live in my bedroom here in the UK. I am on the lookout for a proper theatre for them....tiny clowns at the front are by Butterfly made a great many years ago now.<br /><br />Beneath the roof, the spare bedroom has Jo and Rose beds and pillows, scented no less....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvwzBGEUkfho_mednEKGf23XJcofG7raLDAFfhZ9GjTOj63CCO2TXoBI229gSIbCA10dajE7RaHFx8hyphenhyphenKM4P6zxc9VRj4x6c_bxijH9OrqzKAHMNyEl6m_yIMUeJYBWLoBKVZW-ZD9fI/s1600/birthday+presents+066.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvwzBGEUkfho_mednEKGf23XJcofG7raLDAFfhZ9GjTOj63CCO2TXoBI229gSIbCA10dajE7RaHFx8hyphenhyphenKM4P6zxc9VRj4x6c_bxijH9OrqzKAHMNyEl6m_yIMUeJYBWLoBKVZW-ZD9fI/s320/birthday+presents+066.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSp99533R1MF8Rz7S_C4T1_aIKlN160jimzPBDNVWa7snkcAhJVZi2VPQNh7nKONvDtC3rPkbF9laQ20ECijes9zVnMEXczBGa1lY49P_xs99LPiMQ9LTwBqmPeT1Ztov7ZEe4pgQGB0/s1600/birthday+presents+067.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSp99533R1MF8Rz7S_C4T1_aIKlN160jimzPBDNVWa7snkcAhJVZi2VPQNh7nKONvDtC3rPkbF9laQ20ECijes9zVnMEXczBGa1lY49P_xs99LPiMQ9LTwBqmPeT1Ztov7ZEe4pgQGB0/s320/birthday+presents+067.JPG" /></a><br /><br />....and the second doll from Holland; nice that she has a dressing table , courtesy of J&R, to preen herself in front of....The rug is by Jo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQLnECzvhpjsI9G3GZGYEujQ5GujSXJ6NgtrnIyUQwy2LvGanbMvTv0csWSqZOwSxwfRDfMIKnn4A2eA2wsETYCceb1D8n-Qv1PZ5WHdV3-QfPlj_MxbYSo1unjGj_POqMQsUy8gboDM/s1600/birthday+presents+151.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQLnECzvhpjsI9G3GZGYEujQ5GujSXJ6NgtrnIyUQwy2LvGanbMvTv0csWSqZOwSxwfRDfMIKnn4A2eA2wsETYCceb1D8n-Qv1PZ5WHdV3-QfPlj_MxbYSo1unjGj_POqMQsUy8gboDM/s320/birthday+presents+151.JPG" /></a>The bathroom houses the first of the headless models which I found in a local hospice shop. These <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/07/a-la-mode.html" target="_blank">Raine's fashion figures</a> will probably join others in Gosthwaites underwear and corsetry department.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIMopxAJ_FErjttw1a3tvSrnu7Y5pILufkuT7z8ouVz0yl3US5i8M4dWOS3ykIxyoRxu3Kze6LRvoRNM7szoTWptYHTnpwNXf_0dPYHV2aZybtbVez60gdhTJ0SxQiV0B9M4uRe1WTyI/s1600/birthday+presents+059.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIMopxAJ_FErjttw1a3tvSrnu7Y5pILufkuT7z8ouVz0yl3US5i8M4dWOS3ykIxyoRxu3Kze6LRvoRNM7szoTWptYHTnpwNXf_0dPYHV2aZybtbVez60gdhTJ0SxQiV0B9M4uRe1WTyI/s320/birthday+presents+059.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Flat out in the main bedroom is the man of the house. I think he must have been out on the town last night since he is clearly dreaming about very tall, headless women. Poor man....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q_FJHT0kAOexcpY938Lomz7oaoh1SIsqGUVp57DzRaOvqydZd1Gjwr3eUysFpwNkE6N9mtXqUzvZBWpmU8IeAxLPK9KsSMcVZAqoVLuiEszB1SpyyDfTGH6RM6xcUBUm9_OsM1jF5bc/s1600/birthday+presents+061.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q_FJHT0kAOexcpY938Lomz7oaoh1SIsqGUVp57DzRaOvqydZd1Gjwr3eUysFpwNkE6N9mtXqUzvZBWpmU8IeAxLPK9KsSMcVZAqoVLuiEszB1SpyyDfTGH6RM6xcUBUm9_OsM1jF5bc/s320/birthday+presents+061.JPG" /></a><br /><br />They too may find themselves in <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/gosthwaites-grand-opening-event-or.html" target="_blank">Gosthwaites</a> Department Store</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />So much for their Christmas presents to me. But I still had a birthday to come - 77 on the 20th of January. I was definitely not expecting what happened when I went round to Rose's for tea and cake!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHBkDOj11XDYvIFL9JdMdj-xayTo2IaMj1kSxEvSpxIyJ8lVY84yV6Vxeii47i7fDE67TvBZYYGH6OZ1XHOS3BeWAi6VFOpP80l3m0j0-d3ZVScfZlouTbloElArVM9B8yjQqj59w8Sw/s1600/birthday+presents+154.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHBkDOj11XDYvIFL9JdMdj-xayTo2IaMj1kSxEvSpxIyJ8lVY84yV6Vxeii47i7fDE67TvBZYYGH6OZ1XHOS3BeWAi6VFOpP80l3m0j0-d3ZVScfZlouTbloElArVM9B8yjQqj59w8Sw/s320/birthday+presents+154.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This innocent carrier contained four pretty boxes which when opened revealed seventy-seven tiny wrapped presents! (Well about 65 tiny ones actually since the biggest boxes had a few rather larger items ...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavld_5IdK6kl-L-7kBy8BUS7UdTIBfSHEuPvgxhPtIHArKZAfn7nK0mVLGqb879RXdY5XhfE07i1Jf3QNotDmaqUo3Z35_Dhu0DzTrhRHG8sk3Ou_q0WsnHcDzYKG4iLD3BwUAnf6HSk/s1600/birthday+presents+114.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavld_5IdK6kl-L-7kBy8BUS7UdTIBfSHEuPvgxhPtIHArKZAfn7nK0mVLGqb879RXdY5XhfE07i1Jf3QNotDmaqUo3Z35_Dhu0DzTrhRHG8sk3Ou_q0WsnHcDzYKG4iLD3BwUAnf6HSk/s320/birthday+presents+114.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZChHw3lreiGDAS-EDIOPHonv3LAMlss8BofJ9aaMeoRIr1ie6oiKvsO4VJn66Rmm0nv5PLlc_wYjX13NIQgDWSejo6q3i3GF_DXkOIbWFGJiOABT8Q60oiBF4LqPdjEgQWzbDJN3SyY/s1600/birthday+presents+115.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZChHw3lreiGDAS-EDIOPHonv3LAMlss8BofJ9aaMeoRIr1ie6oiKvsO4VJn66Rmm0nv5PLlc_wYjX13NIQgDWSejo6q3i3GF_DXkOIbWFGJiOABT8Q60oiBF4LqPdjEgQWzbDJN3SyY/s320/birthday+presents+115.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSXPWu6wJdFtilpr5w9garUyL-9F6-D7EaDmWfRw_D5ifFYx142CDlBLReZCThyphenhyphen9xbBXdWDc7e8e1jInFojV99uPI1Nz18vQko_sYICGH-TWAX6ObgX727rplyJchlisd-yhTY2EYRi0/s1600/birthday+presents+120.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSXPWu6wJdFtilpr5w9garUyL-9F6-D7EaDmWfRw_D5ifFYx142CDlBLReZCThyphenhyphen9xbBXdWDc7e8e1jInFojV99uPI1Nz18vQko_sYICGH-TWAX6ObgX727rplyJchlisd-yhTY2EYRi0/s320/birthday+presents+120.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Can you imagine how long it takes to wrap up and seal 77 presents? A true labour of love by Jo, (under Rose's guidance of course...)<br /><br />I can tell you that it also takes ages and ages to open them all again! And although I had planned to set everything out and take photos of each and every item I am afraid that you will have to be content with a glimpse into the boxes.....<br /><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you Rose and Jo for such wonderful surprises!<br /><br />In the meantime, apologies again for leaving so long a gap between posts and all best wishes for a very happy Easter break. The sun is shining through the window onto me as I write - so much so that I can barely see the screen. I wish you as much sunshine in the days to come and hope to be with you again soon from the Czech Republic.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvJycikM5e07gJZX8XliLCtWoKA7AgAG7b02mRpeQAvkL4xqY0xLhWVeIZVEX9BcrJDseqCj3IzTTsREQHk8pZ0jKdTnXagFMVe34_TbSQDY9j_2M0tarcuVdj0xpsl8webwe4pS1xRM/s1600/easter.jpg"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvJycikM5e07gJZX8XliLCtWoKA7AgAG7b02mRpeQAvkL4xqY0xLhWVeIZVEX9BcrJDseqCj3IzTTsREQHk8pZ0jKdTnXagFMVe34_TbSQDY9j_2M0tarcuVdj0xpsl8webwe4pS1xRM/s400/easter.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">PS Butterfly has just sent me a link to a wonderful blog post by a regular visitor to my blog - Helen of Stamping by H. This is to her other blog <a href="https://photosbyh.blogspot.com/2019/04/chihuly-at-kew-official-first-day.html" target="_blank">Photos by H</a> and as I commented there, has brought back wonderful memories for me of Kew Gardens - visit it for an Easter treat!</span></div>
Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-14619242757940774482018-12-15T00:22:00.000+00:002018-12-17T08:14:37.134+00:00I can't bear Christmas......<span style="font-size: large;">.....which statement, <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-is-coming-oops-its-here.html" target="_blank">judging</a> by the seasonal <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-merry-christmas-one-and-all.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">posts</span></a> of <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/seasons-greetings-from-small-worlds.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">previous</span></a> <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-winter-songfeast.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">years</span></a>, is clearly a <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2016/12/here-comes-advent-week-four.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">bare(bear?)-faced lie</span></a>! But when I was searching for a title for Part III of the Bear Trilogy, following <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/11/bear-with-me.html" target="_blank">Bear with Me</a> and <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/11/bear-necessities.html" target="_blank">Bear Necessities</a>, Butterfly's suggestion was irresistible....</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzniIm9p2nWfvp_UZi8PzJjF9nLm8WKB55MjIkY4rHyXchd0lPgG6QsrHYqm2-rVcOJLMnlpRiyqIR-cy9puoKvTXn_3AsGEuG33Rx_saD52KiHewgHgrcgAd2rgjd223AEmw5fbgW1Q/s1600/christmas+2016+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzniIm9p2nWfvp_UZi8PzJjF9nLm8WKB55MjIkY4rHyXchd0lPgG6QsrHYqm2-rVcOJLMnlpRiyqIR-cy9puoKvTXn_3AsGEuG33Rx_saD52KiHewgHgrcgAd2rgjd223AEmw5fbgW1Q/s320/christmas+2016+021.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Actually I love Christmas and want nothing more of the Twelve Days than to sit by candlelight, admire our shining tree, </span><span style="font-size: large;">listen to all kinds of Christmas music from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUrfd51mns8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">medieval</span></a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QLn7gM-hY" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;">White Christmas</span></a>, taking in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=943LRjl1cuo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Ryba's Czech Christmas Mass</span></a> on the way, and eat delicious food. Family and a few select friends are allowed in but parties and social gatherings are out! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whether the Small Worlds' bears share my feelings is unclear to me, but they are clearly throwing themselves into the necessary preparations with gusto.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But before we take a look behind the scenes at their activities, let's see what else is going on in Small Worlds at this season of goodwill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since friends kindly open the museum for me during the one day Christmas market held in the adjacent building, it is worth my setting up a few Christmas treats for visitors....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the table near the entrance there is a town scene, complete with train, tree, Christmas creche, villagers and lights.... </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEpsnpNrdtQ6AtjeJQiSldI4rLGFSpjgG1V1bIPS9V6_lQdFVa-rqRsST3LnuG5Qrymwivp48jLxYF0dul_9Od5_738JZH3c-RS6NB7CyJVh-0w11Bz02C8smFh9hlDqfVtij-fj6KXQ/s1600/coffee+shop+006+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEpsnpNrdtQ6AtjeJQiSldI4rLGFSpjgG1V1bIPS9V6_lQdFVa-rqRsST3LnuG5Qrymwivp48jLxYF0dul_9Od5_738JZH3c-RS6NB7CyJVh-0w11Bz02C8smFh9hlDqfVtij-fj6KXQ/s320/coffee+shop+006+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">As every year, Christmas is happening in the Walmer Victorian dolls house and because they enjoyed <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2017/12/lets-have-music-for-christmas.html" target="_blank">last year's house concert</a> so much, they repeated it this year, once again with the visiting harpist from the Dutch house next door....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The carol singers are also in full voice - though the group seems to have lost some members since 2015!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The hot chestnut seller is doing well......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">....and the post box is probably bursting at the seams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">So what are those bears up to then? All over the house there is feverish activity preparing for the festivities,</span> from the ground floor to the roof itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Come and join them....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What goes on in the kitchen is regarded by many bears as the foundation for the success of the celebrations....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">....but before we can enjoy our Christmas dinner, there are the cards to be sent out....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...the door wreath to be puzzled over....</span><br />
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and Santa Claws (!) has arrived just where one would expect him to be....</div>
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Given the importance of music at this time of year, the bears and I would like to leave you with some musical wishes for a joyous festive season - see you in the New Year!</div>
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But just a minute before you go - Santa Claws naturally has to have the very last word - he has wrested the signs from Oscar (I bet he's wild(e) about that)!</div>
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</span>Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-63522631175750572902018-11-29T19:47:00.001+00:002018-11-30T09:32:35.649+00:00Bear necessities....<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In my <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/11/bear-with-me.html" target="_blank">last post</a> a number of bears of all sizes took over half the window area of the Small Worlds museum. Today it is time to take a first look at what is in the other half of the window....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">However this was way before the days of Small Worlds and <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-augean-stables-not-really.html" target="_blank">The Stables</a>, so all the useful stuff I now have in the Czech Republic for doing anything under the sun for a dolls house renovation was still a distant dream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Almost my first visitors back then were my brother Ian and his wife <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2013/04/unhinged.html" target="_blank">Mette</a> - she is a highly skilled miniaturist who amongst other things writes regular columns for the magazine Dolls House and Miniature Scene. When I knew they were coming over I asked her to bring a few useful items like flooring and wallpaper so that we could do up the house together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">She did so, but we were still short of carpets and upholstery so we raided the cleaning section of a local supermarket, ending up with coloured dusters, chamois leathers, and green scourers (which latter make very excellent seat covers when cut to size-I suspect they are rather unpleasant to sit on though!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We were very proud of what we achieved with such limited means but I have to confess that the house interior had become badly faded over the years, not helped by having stood in bright sunlight most of the time....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The greenery is from our favourite cheapie shop, Kik, and after some hunting...... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">....through my supplies I settled on wooden beads for the red berries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In one room I decided not to let good taste be my guide! Who knows what appeals to bears anyway?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The kitchen floor had always distressed me - it looked more like a roof than a floor - a coat of very pale blue stone paint, greatly improved matters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The staircase satisfied a great need - many years ago Mette gave me a strip of hand-embroidered carpet (with I think the promise of more, which sadly never materialised) which I have never actually found a use for because there was not enough of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Another visit to the bric a brac stall in Vodnany produced two more useful bears - Butterfly has named this one Oscar Wilde Bear, thanks to his opulent dressing gown</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The second will make his appearance in the final post of this trilogy, much nearer to Christmas......</span><br />
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Cestinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825557015623591306.post-3474343267445488832018-11-07T17:35:00.000+00:002018-11-07T17:40:00.517+00:00Bear with me.....<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">...for not having posted very much this summer. Life has been fairly hectic and if you take a look at Butterfly's recent post on <a href="https://alisonbomber.blogspot.com/2018/10/czech-autumn-splendour.html" target="_blank">Words and Pictures</a> you can see why. Even before she arrived in the Czech Republic in late September, I was submerged in plans, architect and builder discussions and mega-clearing tasks (thanks Lynda!) which, </span><span style="font-size: large;">amongst other things, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">involved moving hundreds of books to a new home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And now, like <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/09/bringing-ospreys-to-bavorov.html" target="_blank">the ospreys</a>, we too have migrated once again. We are back in the UK, reluctantly leaving the golden glories of South Bohemia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The ospreys in Small Worlds have also migrated, but only from the window display, to the desk where I hope they will continue to raise a little money for nature conservation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Whilst Butterfly was in Bavorov, we had the opportunity of taking a table at a small local "pouť", a word which is almost impossible to translate into English since it is a kind of fair, but with a religious background, almost equating to a pilgrimage. I suppose the closest would be village fete, but that does not really work for the delightfully large <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=trebon+vaclavske+slavnosti+images&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpqtyS_rzeAhUQtosKHfl9DioQsAR6BAgAEAE&biw=1094&bih=475" target="_blank">St Wenceslas Pouť</a> that we came across by accident </span><span style="font-size: large;">on 29th September </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">in the beautiful spa town of <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=trebon+images&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjF08OP2cLeAhXQ-6QKHRioA3wQsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=1215&bih=528&dpr=1.13" target="_blank">Třebon</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">(peat baths anyone?)</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A greater contrast than that between Trebon's </span><span style="font-size: large;">pouť</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">, and the teeny tiny one held on St Wenceslas's actual day, 28th September, in our teeny tiny neighbouring village of Budyně would be hard to find, but both were equally enjoyable. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHczA2F9iV-VHiIfzN7XBJPtwNe78vc9mN-eP9dfz5Ak9ybGyrMpqb1-n3cOSk5qsEsDw3joy8-eC-bfnrMIoktRv1o1Cf94H6EzjXrZhalXCsphUD3Y08M_TRGkxxYIYiEC2wXTmXIU/s1600/budyne+pout+and+clearing+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHczA2F9iV-VHiIfzN7XBJPtwNe78vc9mN-eP9dfz5Ak9ybGyrMpqb1-n3cOSk5qsEsDw3joy8-eC-bfnrMIoktRv1o1Cf94H6EzjXrZhalXCsphUD3Y08M_TRGkxxYIYiEC2wXTmXIU/s320/budyne+pout+and+clearing+009.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Our favourite "other attraction" was the man-handled roundabout - the attendant actually ran round with it to keep it moving! And it cost just 2kč as opposed to the usual 60kč (£1=ca 29kč)charged nowadays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But there are mini-mushrooms too - in a planter right outside my front door! (Next year I plan a serious attempt to make a <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magical-World-Gardening-Annie-Martin/dp/1604695609/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1604695609&pd_rd_r=e0686d71-e293-11e8-8588-2dcc8163d3e7&pd_rd_w=ElSbe&pd_rd_wg=9U7vj&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=1e3b4162-429b-4ea8-80b8-75d978d3d89e&pf_rd_r=S1XGC36PKRTN3TPEBHTP&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=S1XGC36PKRTN3TPEBHTP" target="_blank">moss garden</a>; I love the velvety feel and multitude of different greens to be found in the world of mosses)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So to the new window display. I have long been minded to make use of some of the many teddies in Small Worlds. Those of you who have been following the blog since its inception back in 2013 may remember a series of posts on the <a href="https://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-essex-dolls-house-haul-part-one.html" target="_blank">Essex Dolls House Haul </a>- a lucky strike on Ebay when I managed to buy six houses for the princely sum of £33, and collection from Clacton. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">....since it only opens from the top. In the end it turned into a bears' cavern, with rocks and crevices made from washing machine packaging. Small children love to peer in and count the bears.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R0CB0ZYp9PY7HxuKyXwo7lij_HePZo5PKeArx6VIKCEtpBlVMJJ5BxDkq2iF-jTXjiJWEnKicGN_aYienQEFAU0Fi2fGY7PDvpFPPc2gqQYhQxUa3_l4_TToZsLY71al9RHsy_Q_e68/s1600/budyne+pout+and+clearing+023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5R0CB0ZYp9PY7HxuKyXwo7lij_HePZo5PKeArx6VIKCEtpBlVMJJ5BxDkq2iF-jTXjiJWEnKicGN_aYienQEFAU0Fi2fGY7PDvpFPPc2gqQYhQxUa3_l4_TToZsLY71al9RHsy_Q_e68/s320/budyne+pout+and+clearing+023.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In fact a teenage Butterfly once spent hours producing hundreds of wee bears, some of which have survived the years between, and some of which are sadly now looking rather the worse for wear...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When I leave Bavorov for the UK at the end of October each year, I have to make sure that at least part of the window can be transformed into a Christmas display without causing my kind friends who open up the museum for the Christmas market, too much trouble. This year it has worked out well I think because at one side I have a display of all things bear, and at the other...well you will see that in the next two posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and of course, bears. Some of the bears are housed in a Christmas stable, </span><span style="font-size: large;">one of the many lucky finds at a giant Prague flea market on what must have been almost the hottest day of a scorching summer. (I think the friend who suggested the trip may have regretted it once he discovered how much there was to schlepp back to his car!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The frame required a bit of work (and a two hour hunt for the fireplace that I knew I had somewhere!) to render it cosy and comfortable for its new inhabitants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I think the little bear on the left clutching a heart,is considering which of the two flower-bearing suitors to present it to!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-M2LI2Xt88yhmZV1SnbVCiH-fbvp5qG2HkbAEcBGh7wW5W_9qtRS5yVFVwYu1L_5ER21IP_iTLC6GMEO-4VkOvov3egRPyJHr_9WNufE4yOmnzhkz3oWIKvrbNkgo348jC0edrmSONZQ/s1600/christmas+2018+in+SW+051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-M2LI2Xt88yhmZV1SnbVCiH-fbvp5qG2HkbAEcBGh7wW5W_9qtRS5yVFVwYu1L_5ER21IP_iTLC6GMEO-4VkOvov3egRPyJHr_9WNufE4yOmnzhkz3oWIKvrbNkgo348jC0edrmSONZQ/s320/christmas+2018+in+SW+051.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Of particular note is the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybh7SZifiRs" target="_blank">Teddy Bears Picnic</a>, comprising five of the little ones that have survived over the years, still enjoying their burgers and cucumber sandwiches. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-EaUhT3Fr_KPQZ8ICb27jI3CK0lZ943yN6CDGlcqm4KB6TJJ2HqUyOLoohwyPk33qJ9PeMnO_2oOmA7OnZt7uYNd6HVmfAB8W_3-dcHVp4WaQneSXxN0xwsJAjaQCMTLfz1CcGUAfRg/s1600/christmas+2018+in+SW+052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-EaUhT3Fr_KPQZ8ICb27jI3CK0lZ943yN6CDGlcqm4KB6TJJ2HqUyOLoohwyPk33qJ9PeMnO_2oOmA7OnZt7uYNd6HVmfAB8W_3-dcHVp4WaQneSXxN0xwsJAjaQCMTLfz1CcGUAfRg/s320/christmas+2018+in+SW+052.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And here you see two bears made in my likeness - the skirted one represents me in my school uniform, though something went wrong with the skirt colour - we did not wear toothpaste aqua! And at the front is a bear enjoying the Alexander Technique practice known as semi-supine, or, more familiarly, <a href="https://alexandertechnique.co.uk/learning-it/semi-supine" target="_blank">lying on the floor with books</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And as a final touch, that side of the window contains an audience of giant bears. Well, giant compared to the others anyway! When we moved five years ago all our bears went to other homes so I had to go on a bearhunt to the bric a brac stall in <a href="https://www.jiznicechy.org/en/index.php?path=mest/vodnany.htm" target="_blank">Vodnany</a> market, which once again produced the goods. </span><br />
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The big bears are hiding behind the window upright on the left, straddling the two parts of the display. Watch this space for the reveal of what is on their other side..... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look forward to welcoming you to Part One of our Christmas journey very soon. Thank you for being with me today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As I flagged up in my <a href="http://czechdollshouses.blogspot.com/2018/08/roses-room.html" target="_blank">last post, Rose's Room</a> - a gift for my 101 year old neighbour - in this one I am indulging one of my passions, and I hope to tempt a few people into taking a deeper look at the subject – and maybe raise a wee bit of money for it too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My friends know that when I embrace a new interest I very often get carried away by my enthusiasm for it. My passion for dolls houses and all things miniature has been around for nearly fifty years; collecting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_story" target="_blank">GO literature</a> for even longer. Fungi began to feature in my life around twenty five years ago, though as a Czech that particular interest is probably somewhere deep in my genes. The greeting when arriving on a visit in the Czech countryside is not the usual British “How’s the weather been?” but rather “Are there mushrooms in the woods?” <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But ospreys, beautiful ospreys, I only really discovered about 3 years ago when a friend pointed me in the direction of the <a href="http://peregrine.group.shef.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Peregrine falcons supported by Sheffield University</a>. They could be watched via a webcam which was streaming the events on the nest live. I have always enjoyed watching birds in my garden, but this was a whole new experience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But not one that was entirely enjoyable because I soon found the inevitable mess on the nest hard to take – lots of poop, dead bits of pigeon, mouse, or some other luckless animal, all jumbled up together alongside the <a href="https://www.chichester.news/news/community/feeling-chirpy-four-peregrine-falcon-chicks-hatch-chichester-cathedral/" target="_blank">enchanting fluffy white chick</a>s was less than enticing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So when the same friend suggested I take a look at an osprey nest, also live-streamed, this time from <a href="http://www.ospreys.org.uk/category/manton-bay/" target="_blank">Manton Bay in Rutland</a>, I was delighted to find that these birds are far better housekeepers, leaving no unpleasant evidence of their digestive processes around and devouring almost every scrap of the fish on which they exclusively live. I was immediately converted and hooked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Once again, as is my wont, I am never content to take a superficial look at something new – I need to dig deep to find out as much as I can about the fresh world to which I have been introduced. And what a world has opened up to me! Thank goodness we have the internet – there is so much to learn and absorb about these astonishing birds – birds that were almost wiped out in much of Europe during the last two centuries through the activities of humankind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The fashion for egg-collecting in Victorian times and beyond, the extravagant modes of the Edwardian era which demanded osprey feathers to decorate the hats and make fans, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(I promise no osprey feathers have been used in this hat department, but you see what I mean?) the widespread use of DDT, all contributed to the demise of the osprey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For a swift course in "what should I know about ospreys?", including their history in Britain, you cannot do better than to take a look at the <a href="http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/osprey-basics" target="_blank">Osprey Basics section</a> of the Dyfi Osprey Project website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Last year was the first time I thought I should like to have a twelfth scale osprey nest in Small Worlds – though I wasn’t quite sure how to manage the ten or so metre high tree or pole it needed to sit on - but a search for an actual osprey in that scale was depressing. The usually reliable firm of <a href="https://www.schleich-s.com/en/US/" target="_blank">Schleich</a>, known world-wide for their excellent animal models, especially horses, were less than helpful on the osprey. Yes, they used to make them , </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">but they are not very inspiring as I think anyone who knows the birds will agree, and since they are now "retired"they can be difficult, and also expensive, to come by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So the idea languished for a while though I did put out a search on ebay which periodically produces a ceramic osprey holding whisky, or some sort of model aircraft kit. Nothing I could put on a nest anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I follow several osprey webcams during the season. The birds migrate to Europe from West Africa and other warm places, usually arriving in March (slightly misguided really when you consider the relative weather situations in early spring), returning to their nest of the previous year, and if all goes well, also meeting up with their former partner who they probably haven’t seen since the previous autumn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They bond again very quickly and set about tidying up the nest and producing eggs, usually up to three per nest. The parents diligently care for the young when they hatch, around 5 we</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">eks after laying, watch them fledge between 7 and 8 weeks later, and continue to feed them their fish diet right up to the time they set off, individually, for points south at between 80 and 100 days old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The mother may well leave before the juveniles, the father will stay around to continue to provide fish for the offspring, and is usually the last to leave. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What I find completely amazing is that each osprey in the family travels alone and finds its own way to warmer climes. The young usually do not fish for themselves until they are en route, and they are self-taught. Once they do start fishing, they join the ranks of possibly the most consummate of fishers.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nLLyTcFZE53vUe0IePHwp4lHLYdhbH0fVGwB0_05z6ywFuhopZMkWfMkotxZa7IsY16ynJaPnxME1BKte9phnc1T-NlKFy5A5ce22AjenNeb7UeM1WG6bhMUEeN9VgjeA1IRYHTy4fI/s1600/ospreys+in+wales.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="426" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nLLyTcFZE53vUe0IePHwp4lHLYdhbH0fVGwB0_05z6ywFuhopZMkWfMkotxZa7IsY16ynJaPnxME1BKte9phnc1T-NlKFy5A5ce22AjenNeb7UeM1WG6bhMUEeN9VgjeA1IRYHTy4fI/s320/ospreys+in+wales.jpg" width="272" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The webcam and website I spend most time on is that of the <a href="http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/about-us-0" target="_blank">Dyfi Osprey Project</a> (DOP) in Wales. The reason is simple – the camera work is superb, the knowledge freely shared by the small team working there, bolstered by many volunteers and led by Emyr Evans whose book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ospreys-Wales-First-Ten-Years/dp/0993099009" target="_blank">Ospreys in Wales, the First Ten Years</a> is a revelation, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So when <a href="https://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/dyfi-wildlife-centre" target="_blank">Emyr announced that DOP had been successful in a bid for Lottery funding</a> to build a new and amazing wildlife centre to replace the ancient portacabins from which this highly successful project has been running for the past 10 years (from 2000 visitors to 40,000 per annum in that time) and that we needed to raise match funding of £250,000 as soon as possible, I knew it was time to resurrect the idea of an osprey nest in Small Worlds to try and add a tiny mite to the total....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But for that I would need an osprey or two....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I suddenly realised that I have, amongst my friends, a number of potters. Maybe one of them could create a ceramic osprey rather more useful than the whisky flask? I knew one of them – the highly adaptable Lynda of the liquorice allsorts, the ballet shoes and the patchwork quilt, would be arriving in late August </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">but before that a local friend who is a potter, appeared in Small Worlds.(She too had contributed to Small Worlds in the past – a very stylish dress and hat (complete with feather) in the 1918 department store </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Ospreys are almost unknown in the Czech Republic, though there are known nests in countries adjacent to it, some even with webcams, so she was rather taken aback to be met with a request to produce one, but gamely agreed to have a go. I lent her my 2018 DOP calendar and off she went.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Without warning, she reappeared three days before the village festival in Bavorov, when people come from a fair distance to enjoy the fun. She brought not just one, but two ospreys, and to my surprised delight also a nest complete with eggs and a chick. “What will you do with them?” she asked. “Not sure” I replied, “but I will use them in some way try to raise awareness about ospreys here and some money for the DOP Wildlife Centre as well”. Thank you Zuzana!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Lying in bed that Friday night, it suddenly dawned on me that Sunday would be the ideal day to make a start on just that. Lots of people in the village, and the ideal space for a display right outside the doors of Small Worlds, because we share a wide corridor with the library which was closed for the weekend and I could stick up pictures on the library doors into the bargain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Could I get a display together in the time though? Anything I wrote about ospreys would have to be translated into Czech – I can speak the language relatively fluently but would not attempt to write anything for display. So I would have to look out sources of information about ospreys already in Czech and then write something for the display to complement what I had found. I would also have to track down any books or items of osprey interest I might have over here, and also make an attractive display around the nest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Friday evening was quite busy! We weren’t expecting as many visitors on Saturday as Sunday but I wanted to have everything in place on Saturday morning before we opened so that we were prepared for the 8.30am start on Sunday. (Czechs are early risers, I am not and we usually open Small Worlds at 11am....)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I proof-read for a translator friend and she nobly rendered my English into Czech at speed, and also looked out a number of useful links in Czech. She then set up nice documents with a faint osprey picture behind the text and made some small cards with useful weblinks we could leave out for people to take. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One of the most useful of these is to the <a href="http://www.imagicat.com/webcamsindex.html" target="_blank">imagicat website</a>, a mine of osprey information, including webcams all over the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I arrived early on Saturday to set up I was a little daunted to find someone I knew already on the doorstep who had brought his father along to see Small Worlds. Since we had been trying to get his father, a model-maker, into the museum for two years without success and he claimed to only have half an hour, I let them in – which actually paid off because whilst his father explored the dollshouses, exclaiming in delight all the way round, his son schlepped the heavy stuff for me!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We didn’t raise much money, but I had expected that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We did raise quite a lot of osprey awareness though, and I was able to talk about them to my heart’s content.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It is now in the museum window, (sadly impossible to photograph well). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">However (and I think Emyr may know this) making the model turned out not to be a matter of moments and we have turned the task over to a skilled paper model-maker to complete during the winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There is also an arrangement for me to go into the local school – possibly schools – to talk about ospreys. I am hoping DOP may be able to give me some tips as to what children find particularly interesting.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWHcr4xWOVl9Aww6PM-SH_FyneAHaPXtoaM1IcWpiN8D0GYlaUr_VrP4En86cjhZwKBcIctcRFPEy-NIubyLm2zO-s0YoL8vhQlRR1hFcnxJUtlgUSWcrd0mXYyIfHAEPWjiRTQMs4KY/s1600/20180821_191636.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWHcr4xWOVl9Aww6PM-SH_FyneAHaPXtoaM1IcWpiN8D0GYlaUr_VrP4En86cjhZwKBcIctcRFPEy-NIubyLm2zO-s0YoL8vhQlRR1hFcnxJUtlgUSWcrd0mXYyIfHAEPWjiRTQMs4KY/s320/20180821_191636.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">During the afternoon, several people told me that they had seen ospreys on fishing ponds here in South Bohemia and a few days later the mayor's wife sent me photos of a board at a nature reserve some distance away and yes, there was an osprey on it. So maybe there are already nests in the wild here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">But this is very much a country of hunters so I think awareness raising is key at the moment and where better to start than in the schools?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And in the meantime, if you would like to help the brilliant Dyfi Osprey Project create what will undoubtedly be an iconic wildlife centre then there are plenty of ideas on how you can do it - <a href="http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/dwc/donate" target="_blank">right here!</a> Or you can go directly to the <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/montgomeryshire-wildlifetrust/dyfi-wildlife-centre" target="_blank">Just Giving page</a>.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Another way you can help is to seek out any store of pre-decimal coins you may have stashed away and sending them to DOP (any British coin dating between 1840 and 1967) because there are great plans for table tops and other delightful creations using them. The postage on my package of half crowns was much less than I expected!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have enjoyed this insight into a slightly larger world than is usual here on Small Worlds - normal service will be resumed in the next episode (including my not holding out a begging bowl in two consecutive blog posts!),but in the meantime I leave you with a close-up of the resident breeding pair in Small Worlds and just one more look at an osprey doing what he does so very well.....</span><br />
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