tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863689896087932172024-02-19T14:24:00.963+08:00Ten Tiny ThingsA place for secret somethings and hidden happenings ...Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-70842564441109141112013-06-07T09:49:00.004+08:002021-02-02T16:13:44.105+08:00The (Final?) Tiny Thing<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It's been a year since we began this blog and we've received tinies from all over the world as well as from very close to home.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We've been delighted with the wonderful things you've discovered, and so glad you've chosen to share them with us.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Exciting things have happened for the book <i>Ten Tiny Things. </i>It has been used in Walk to School programs, by the Heart Foundation, by fun-run organisers, by crafters and home schoolers, by teachers and librarians. It has been read by many, many kids.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It won the <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/2013-Crystal-Kite-Award-Winners">2013 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award</a> for the Australia/New Zealand region and was shortlisted for the <a href="http://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/shortlist-announced-for-childrens-literature-award">2013 Environment Award for Children's Literature</a>.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">There is a possibility that it may be adapted into a short animated film! And that it may be translated into Turkish! If such things come to pass, we will surely let you know.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">However, for now, we are sending this blog to sleep. There is writing to be done and a world to be walked. </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">We leave you with one final tiny, found on a small, tucked-away door on a sidestreet in Singapore.</span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">If you should ever see a sign like this, we recommend opening the door with gusto. Meg is reminded of a line from the song "Wildflowers" by the band Things Of Stone and Wood:</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>If you see a strange door to your left/then drop your things and run for it!</i></span></div>
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<br />Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-14610920539142863582013-05-02T08:58:00.002+08:002013-05-02T09:11:40.810+08:00One Crystal Thing<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a break in our (ir)regularly scheduled tinies to bring you some news of the not-so-tiny kind ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Ten Tiny Things </i>has just been announced as the winner of the Australia/New Zealand division of the SCBWI 2013 Crystal Kite Award!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Crystal Kite Award is peer-voted by members of the <a href="http://www.scbwi.org//">Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators</a>, a global organisation to which Meg and Kyle both belong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is an excerpt from the notification we received yesterday:</span><br />
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represented excellence in children’s literature, and you came out on
top. We here at SCBWI headquarters are thrilled for you, as are all
your friends and associates in the SCBWI.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">As Meg said in the media release which followed shortly after, SCBWI is an organisation that has meant a lot to her over the years, both personally and professionally and it’s really lovely to have her work awarded by this wonderful community.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Kyle observed that illustrating a children’s book has been a dream since he was a child, so to be recognised by people in the industry on his first attempt is very humbling.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">We are both thrilled that <i>Ten Tiny Things </i>has found such a receptive audience. Although you can't consciously write for the zeitgeist, we really believe it's a book whose time is now, and it's wonderful to know that readers and colleagues feel the same.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">To read the official media release from Fremantle Press, click <a href="http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/news">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">To see the complete list of winners and learn more about the Crystal Kite Awards, click <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/2013-Crystal-Kite-Award-Winners">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">To view lots of really cool tiny things from all over the world, keep exploring this blog.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">To find lots of really cool tiny things from your own backyard, step outside and look around you ... </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">(no link is available; you will have to find this for yourself!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tinies are travelling and here are some curiosities all the way from Mexico and Arizona. Some are tinier than others, but they all have tiny detail you would never notice if you were whizzing past in a splendiferous machine...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a fabulous range of tinies. You can travel far and wide to find them, or you can spot them in your own backyard. Either way, we approve! Keep on keeping your eyes open; we promise to do the same.</span><br />
<br />Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-24075848279881145922013-03-10T10:48:00.000+08:002013-03-10T10:49:32.250+08:00Transforming Tinies<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we're highlighting a different sort of tiny, or perhaps a different way of seeing tinies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As it happens, Meg is a bit shortsighted, and that means that from a distance, things aren't always what they seem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being shortsighted brings its own problems, but it also provides a shortcut to an unexpected angle on things, which is very useful for a writer. And sometimes it's not exactly shortsightedness but perhaps more like 'shortmindedness'; it's that Meg seems to view things from a wacky angle anyway - misreading, misconstruing, unintentionally overlooking the obvious in favour of the odd. Some of her most interesting ideas have had their beginnings in
misunderstanding and misinterpretation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some misunderstood tinies - some of them kickstarted ideas, while others just made Meg smile. None of them could have been seen in this way - or perhaps at all - if Meg had been driving.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From a distance, this was a cravat-wearing gentleman. Up close, we have no idea what it is!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A red-haired creature is trapped in the footpath, and it's not happy ...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you open the lid, you might hear a tiny choir!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A ship's mast! A crows nest! There must be a shipwreck in this sea of grass!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Shipwreck" from a closer vantage point. Not sure what this is; still happy with mast. Tiny pirates could be buried down there somewhere!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meg's daily reminder to not let too much noise into her head, to not let 'stuff' weigh her down. It probably isn't what the Water Corporation intended, but she'll take it all the same.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So those are some transforming (transformed?) tinies. We bet there are hundreds all around you; if you don't have the gift of shortsightedness, just blink a bit, tilt your head on an odd angle, and let your imagination take over.</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-59142246625926782152013-02-26T14:46:00.003+08:002013-02-26T14:49:20.085+08:00Meadow Springs Tinies<div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some new tinies have come to us from Meadow Springs, near Mandurah. With many thanks to Connor (8), Erin (11) and Dad (42) for these gems. It was great to meet you guys at Perth Writers Festival, and we hope you're having extra fun these days on your walks to school.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A tree that looks like someone was planted upside down and grew branches from their legs (Connor)</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A kangaroo letterbox (Erin)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are fantastic! We particularly love the upside-down tree-person. It would be ticklish having birds nesting in your toes, wouldn't it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And here's something we love that we didn't expect - some of our tinies appear to be 'talking' to each other. For example, we're seeing a real letterbox theme develop. There are two here of course, but we also have some pretty cool letterboxes in <a href="http://tentinythings.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/close-to-home-tinies.html">other</a> <a href="http://tentinythings.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/kensington-things.html">posts</a>. Which makes us wonder if something is going on among the letterboxes of the world. Why are some trying to fly away and others acting surprised? Maybe the one that flies away will go and visit the others? Perhaps they'll end up banding together to form a really weird letterbox army and one morning we'll wake up to find them marching the streets in rusty formation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And as for those 'space rocket holes' above, remember <a href="http://tentinythings.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/tiny-city-things.html">the meteorites that hit the wall in the city</a>? This is making us suspect that the aliens are among us, that they've already begun paying little visits to us here on earth. And it's only those of us who really have our eyes open who will notice, and perhaps get to travel with them to distant stars ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We hope so, anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for the tinies, guys. We understand you are now on the lookout for ten tiny triangles. Kyle will be absolutely delighted!</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-53400763545571412182013-02-04T18:15:00.000+08:002013-02-04T18:15:05.528+08:00Tinies at the (City) Farm<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been a restful Christmas break but now school's back and so are we! And for our first 2013 tinies, we want to show you some things we found at <a href="http://perthcityfarm.org.au/">City Farm</a> in East Perth. Meg went along in December last year to help celebrate the TravelSmart to School Awards with some fantastic kids from all over Perth.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There were presentations and prizes and activities of all kinds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And there were also tinies. Here's some of what we found hiding here and there at City Farm.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Metal chicken says "Welcome!"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His next-door neighbour, telling him to pipe down.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mosaic guard-dog</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The whole world in one small sculpture</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a fantastic day! If you've never been to City Farm, it's a great place to hunt tinies. We highly recommend a visit.</span></div>
Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-51247486246520376042012-12-04T13:32:00.001+08:002012-12-04T13:33:31.019+08:00Kununurra Things<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Ten Tiny Things team has been travelling. And that's good because it means we can collect lots of tinies - in our minds' eyes and in our cameras. But the trick then is to find time, in between travels, to post them here for you.</span><br />
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Today there is a window of time, a tiny, rare thing in itself, so here are some tinies from Kununurra, way up in the top end of Western Australia.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We don't know what this is, or who broke it open. Maybe one of those innocent-looking birds?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A boab tree is not tiny, but this plaque was. The tree was planted in the "Celebrity Tree Park" by author Libby Gleeson. Meg's offer to plant her own celebrity tree was sadly rebuffed....</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Kimberley is famous for the scale of things - the sweeping gorges, the massive outcrops of rock, the incredible vastness of the landscape. It made Meg feel very tiny herself. But in the midst of all that, there are so many smaller treasures to be found. It was a very quick flying visit this time, but next time there will be more days to spend, more exploring to be done, more glorious tinies to uncover ...</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-74890362131035565812012-10-09T09:40:00.001+08:002012-10-09T09:40:47.469+08:00Tiny Things, Amazing Activities<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We're taking a little break from our regularly scheduled tinies today because we've had an email that's too lovely not to share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jackie from <a href="http://www.mylittlebookcase.com.au/">My Little Bookcase</a> wrote to tell us about how inspired she had been by <i>Ten Tiny Things, </i>and to share some of the follow-up activities she embarked on with her daughter, Cam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With her permission, we've posted a selection of notes and images below. But we highly recommend you <a href="http://www.mylittlebookcase.com.au/books/5-fun-activities-to-do-with-10-tiny-things-book-by-meg-mckinlay/">click over to My Little Bookcase</a> to see the complete story of what these adventurers got up to, all of it beautifully illustrated with step-by-step photographs.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First, make yourself a tiny collecting box ...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... then take a nature walk.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sort the tinies; describe your treasures ...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... and get kitted up for some serious crafting!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is just the tiniest window into what Jackie and Cam got up to over a number of days; for all the details do take a moment to visit My Little Bookcase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jackie also wrote a lovely review of the book, and finished her email with the comment, <i>Congratulations on a stunning book that was nothing short of inspiring for us.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In reply, we can only say that we are equally inspired by these fantastic activities. It is incredibly satisfying to see the ideas of the book being extended and developed in such rich and interesting ways. If you've used the book as a springboard for your own adventures, why not write and tell us? We'd love to hear from you!</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-27450421611328695492012-10-02T11:19:00.001+08:002012-10-02T11:19:57.765+08:00Close-to-Home Tinies<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So we've been to Singapore and Paris and Mississippi ... and today we return to our own backyard. These tinies come from a suburb near Fremantle.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These shoes have lost their tightrope walker</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />I wonder where our next tinies will come from. And where they will take us...</span><br />Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-15026088045145640312012-09-24T10:42:00.000+08:002012-09-24T13:02:08.386+08:00One Photo, Ten Tinies<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today's tinies come from poet Annamaria Weldon. This shot of tree wrens and welcome swallows was taken in Yalgorup National Park. Annamaria writes: </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not long till school holidays now and if you go to Lake Clifton (between Mandurah and Bunbury, off the Old Coast Road in Yalgorup National Park) and sit very quietly on this observation deck, birds will come and perch all around. That's what I did. It's not difficult to sit still there, as the light on lake water and all the bird voices are totally relaxing. This was taken early in May when the birds had just feasted on swarms of insects, that's why they look so big-bellied (and sleepy).</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ten tiny things in one photo! Just gorgeous, and also very fitting in a way. Because something poets are good at is condensing the large into the small, distilling a lot into a very little: economy of language, a finely tuned image that does the work of many lines of prose. We love that Annamaria has done this here, too, capturing so many tinies in one small frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Much of Annamaria's writing is done in response to the natural world, of which she also takes stunning photographs. If you would like to know more, you can visit <a href="http://www.annamariaweldon.com.au/index.htm">her website</a>.</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-79282399491244551112012-09-18T09:46:00.001+08:002012-09-18T09:48:06.886+08:00Dix Choses Minuscules ...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... means "Ten Tiny Things" in French. Today's tinies have come to you all the way from the oh-so-stylish streets of Paris, France.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With thanks to travelling illustrator <a href="http://www.franelessac.com/">Frané Lessac</a>, who has a keen, sideways eye for the curious and unexpected in life. We're so glad you took the time from your Parisian sojourn to gather these tinies for us. Tu as très bien fait!</span></div>
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Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-74489025149696507632012-09-12T12:00:00.000+08:002012-09-12T12:00:20.021+08:00Ten Tiny Ningaloo Things<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a beautiful time of year to be heading north. Dianne Wolfer sent ten tiny things from Ningaloo, so tiny they were all able to be gathered in one unexpected place ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks, Dianne! We have it on good authority that those tinies were returned to the wild shortly after this photo was taken, in case some equally tiny hermit crabs were on the lookout for a cozy new home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Children's writers like Dianne have been out and about all over Australia and beyond in the last month or so, celebrating Children's Book Week in schools, libraries, and anywhere good books gather. Our next tiny things will be coming from quite a distance (and they might make you feel like saying <i>ooh la la!</i>).</span></div>
Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-604251267267941452012-09-03T14:02:00.000+08:002012-09-12T12:01:28.814+08:00Tiny Mississippi Things<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From Madison, Mississippi, Mary Grace (16) writes:</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... the attached images are photos my brother and i took in our neighborhood. We both had a lot of fun doing this and i really like what it encouraged. It has inspired me to go outside more. ever since that first walk taking pics. we have walked almost every night. Thanks for the inspiration! :)</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are the images that she and her brother Jake, aged 5, found, when they went for a stroll (captions are ours):</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What's tiny here? Tiny creeping plants, taking over the path? We found ourselves searching for something, and isn't that the point, too?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gather ye rose-petals while ye may</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks so much, Mary Grace and Jake. How exciting to have some tiny things from the other side of the world! We hope you keep enjoying your walks and discovering the secrets hiding outside.</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-44237320337308958282012-08-17T09:00:00.000+08:002012-09-12T12:11:13.147+08:00Tiny Bookwormy Things<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some intrepid<a href="http://www.koorliny.com.au/Bookworms.html"> Bookworms</a> went hunting for ten tiny things in and around the Koorliny Arts Centre in Kwinana.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Ella: I found a little leaf on the carpet.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Mia: A flower in the vegetable garden.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Ella: My baby brother is fast asleep.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Dean: I found a hole.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Dean: I found these blankets too.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Ethan: I can see a silver thing.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you, Book Worms! What an interesting collection of tiny things you found. How lucky to find an actual baby! We also particularly love the hole, which is never just a hole but always a doorway to another fantastical world. This particular hole looks like a very interesting one - black, and with all sorts of tiny planets orbiting around it. And of course, a blanket would be a very useful thing to take when you set of on an adventure in such a place ...</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-55109590325811530102012-08-06T11:22:00.002+08:002012-09-12T12:12:14.958+08:00Bunnies and Magpies and Snakes! Oh, My!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a brief interlude to celebrate the book launch of <i>Ten Tiny Things, </i>we return to our regularly scheduled celebration of the many tiny things around us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today's pictures come from a recent school holiday adventure. Matilda (6), Joseph (8), Pippa (10) and Nadya (10) visited a park south of Perth for a last play before Term 3 began. Here's what they found ...</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><pre wrap=""><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Matilda: It looks like a bunny with an ear and an eye. It's really the gate lock though.</span></pre>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We love the way the gate lock turned into a bunny. It's amazing how things can change when you look at them in a different way. We're going to see that bunny every time we go through a gate now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's interesting that you saw so many different things in the slimy worm. I bet he had no idea he was so fascinating!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And the picture-book tree is brilliant - we love how you've begun imagining a story around it. That's very similar to the way Meg writes her stories - taking something around her and spinning it in an unexpected way. Maybe this tree will find itself in the middle of someone's story one day?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks so much for sending in your photos. Even though school's back now, we hope you can still find chances to go out walking sometimes.</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-39876997240353755372012-08-01T10:15:00.000+08:002012-08-01T10:15:00.914+08:00Ten Terrific Things ...<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">... about the <i>Ten Tiny Things</i> launch.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thomas is 4 years old and lives in an island country called Singapore. He usually goes to school by car, but lately he has been doing a bit of walking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here are the Singapore things he's been spotting while he's been out in the world ...</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thomas is 4. And he's a boy. So what did he find first? A stick, of course!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nice work, Thomas. We can't believe you found Batman! And a dinosaur footprint! I wonder what kind of dinosaur made a mark like that? Maybe it was so big and toothy that it scared someone right out of their boots ...? Maybe he didn't realise that Batman would protect him?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or maybe we're just making up stories (we do like to do that a bit). But we do love your tiny things. Thanks for sending them all the way from Singapore!</span></div>
<br />Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-37601386489241060892012-07-20T09:30:00.000+08:002012-07-20T14:11:30.318+08:00Tiny City Things<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Somewhere in the heart of the city, two intrepid librarians went for a walk. In the nooks and crannies of the Perth Cultural Centre, they found ten tiny things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks to Sam and Erika from the <a href="http://www.better-beginnings.com.au/">Better Beginnings</a> team for sending these in.</span><br />
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Someone very clever must have painted this.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span class="hascaption">Perhaps slater bugs and very hungry caterpillars?</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Aren't they excellent tiny things? When I asked Super Librarian Sam what had led them out on a walk during their busy work day, she replied:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a) we love the book!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">b) we were inspired by the <a href="http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/whats_on/school_holidays">art workshops</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">c) we were very excited about the book launch and wanted to celebrate early.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">d) librarians love little details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Aren't they excellent reasons? I think my favourite might be d). I love the idea of librarians out wandering through the world with their eagle eyes peeled for hidden treasures. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wonder what gets you out walking ...?</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-31298255829124787592012-07-16T10:20:00.001+08:002012-07-16T10:20:10.314+08:00Rotto Things ...<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Recently, a bunch of children's writers and illustrators went to Rottnest Island for a retreat. Rottnest is a brilliant place for a retreat, partly because even though it's close to Perth, once you're there, it feels like you're a long way away, actually retreating. But also because things move slowly there. You can't take your car to Rottnest; no private vehicles are allowed. That means you mostly get around by either walking or riding your bike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And that means you notice all kinds of things. Here are some of the things our slow-moving bunch snapped during their time on the island:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We bet you've been out and about over the school holidays. Have you seen some tiny things? Or even some slightly larger "Things We Wouldn't Have Seen If We Had Been Driving"? If you haven't, why not slow down and see if you can spot some this week?</span><br />
<br />Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-49184831846124109812012-07-10T13:44:00.000+08:002012-07-11T09:24:36.034+08:00Launching Ten Tiny Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Come along and help us celebrate the launch of <i>Ten Tiny Things, </i>the new picture book by Meg McKinlay and </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Kyle Hughes-Odgers.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">To be launched by Frané Lessac.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: white;">When: 6pm Thursday 26 July 2012</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: white;">Where: The Place, The State Library of WA</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RSVP by 23 July: admin@fremantlepress.com.au or 08 9430 6331</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxKUpYf2XMpoEuOK3a5AMx68DSbPsW3JJcAlHL1iv-Q_Bq2DuCzpMrLHMaT6N8Jv9UceMZ_6TeQl6S1BvFAayVRylz4lO_oEbTCMuOLEPpnkBGURchN6adu0uB2Aj6Ns7cIGD91qAgZqB/s1600/tentinythings+invite.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxKUpYf2XMpoEuOK3a5AMx68DSbPsW3JJcAlHL1iv-Q_Bq2DuCzpMrLHMaT6N8Jv9UceMZ_6TeQl6S1BvFAayVRylz4lO_oEbTCMuOLEPpnkBGURchN6adu0uB2Aj6Ns7cIGD91qAgZqB/s1600/tentinythings+invite.jpeg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A big thank you to Ava (7), Amelie (5), and Della (2), who sent us their tiny things so we could share them with all of you. Girls, we hope your walk was slow and simple and splendiferous. It looks like it was!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Didn't they find some wonderful things? I've been trying to choose my favourite, but I keep saying things like - 'The butterfly/angel? No, the fairy-house! Wait, what about the lizard? Or the escaping mailbox?" There are just so many curious things to choose from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Why not tell us which one/s caught your eye? (You can comment below). And then go out looking for your own tiny things ...</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-85365302696945235582012-06-19T12:33:00.001+08:002012-06-19T12:33:20.230+08:00Making Tiny Things<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since Meg so enjoyed spotting tiny things in other people's yards, she decided to add some to her own.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you're on a walk past Meg's house, keep your eyes open and you might just spot some of these ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Meg would like to point out that she is not crafty at all. But it turned out to be surprisingly simple to make some secrets to hide in the garden. Mostly all she did was smash up some old tiles and plates, then cement</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> them onto chunks of concrete she found lying around. She also used old buttons here and there.</span> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Smashing things up to make other things might seem like a strange idea but it was lots of fun and even the birds seem to be enjoying the new colour in the garden.</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-35964466129743741602012-05-30T10:38:00.000+08:002012-05-30T13:22:05.610+08:00A Walk to the Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Kyle went for a walk to his local park. It was a destination. It was the place he was going and nothing interesting was going to happen until he got there. And so he put his head down and was walking and walking - </span><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">to the park, to the park - </i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">and then ... he spotted a tiny thing. And another one. All of a sudden, the streets around him were full of tiny, interesting drawings and paintings. All of a sudden, his head was up and there was so much to see and he kept his eyes open all the way there and all through the park and all the way back again. And by the time he got home, he had collected so many tiny things, it was hard for him to narrow them down to just ten. But then he did. And here they are ...</span></div>
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<br /></div>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-76904983686577919002012-05-26T18:48:00.000+08:002012-05-26T18:48:03.999+08:00Backyard Things, by Frané<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today, illustrator <a href="http://www.franelessac.com/">Frané Lessac</a> shares ten secret things from her very own backyard. These might be a little tricky to see if you're out walking, unless you're tall enough to peer over her fence. But they are surprising somethings nonetheless, as eclectic and quirky as </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Frané herself, and we would definitely add them to our list if we spotted them in the wild.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In classic Sesame Street-fashion, when I look at these, I feel like singing, "One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just isn't the same."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Do you know why? Which do you think is the odd one out? If you look back at Meg's tiny things in the first post, that might give you a clue. All of hers are similar in a particular way. Almost all of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Frané's share the same characteristic. But there is one that's different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wonder if you can guess which one it is?</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186368989608793217.post-42424544636443317672012-05-25T09:32:00.000+08:002012-05-26T18:41:08.215+08:00The Very First Tiny Things<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The story that became </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ten Tiny Things </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">grew from Meg's walks around her neighbourhood in Hamilton Hill, just south of Fremantle. Something she loves about walking is noticing all the little things lurking here and there that might otherwise have gone unseen. When her daughter was small, they used to make a game of this, which they cunningly entitled, "Things We Would Never Have Seen If We Had Been Driving". To win, you had to be first to notice ten interesting things that fell into that category.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To kick off this blog, which we hope will soon fill with wonderful things from many corners of the country, and perhaps even beyond, here are some of the things from the streets around Meg's house. These are some of the exact things from which the game grew, from which the book grew. There would be no story without them.Thank you, neighbourhood people, for taking the time to add quirky, lovely, tiny things to the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now you might be thinking that we're cheating a bit. You might be thinking that some of these things could be seen if you were driving. But listen: we never said </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">couldn't have seen. </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We said </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">wouldn't have seen. </i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">could</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> have seen some of these if you'd been looking for them, if you'd been peering out the window straining for a glimpse. But would you have noticed them </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">accidentally</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">? No. You wouldn't. We didn't. Not until we started walking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We recommend it. Slow down. Walk places. Watch the secret spaces all around you for random flashes of loveliness. See if you can spot ten tiny things. Or even just one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And take photos, if you can, then send them to us here [the address is in our profile, on the right]. We'd love to see what's hiding in your neighbourhood.</span>Ten Tiny Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04443192406567121484noreply@blogger.com6