Once Upon a Time There were Three Bears
“Now in the wood there lived a family of three bears. The first was a Great Big Bear, the second was a Middling-Sized Bear, and the third was a Little Teeny-Tiny Bear, and they all lived together in a funny little house and were very happy… until one fateful day.” – Goldilocks; or the Three Bears by Madame D’Aulnay
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 24th of November is "progression in size" where I have to photograph a minimum of three objects of the same shape in different sizes. Although I have many things I could photograph, including sets of graduating jugs, I immediately thought of my Three Bears Matryoshka dolls. These Matryoshka dolls were hand made and painted in Russia. I acquired them from Babushka’s, a little shop in Melbourne’s Royal Arcade that specialised in Matryoshka dolls, amber jewellery and other pieces of traditional Russian arts and crafts. When I saw these three, being a lover of faerie tales, and bears, I had to have them! It’s just as well I bought them, for not long after that, Coronavirus arrived and Babushka’s, like so many other interesting small businesses in the heart of Melbourne, fell victim to our seemly endless lockdowns. Still, I have these three, and many other treasures from there to remind me of the colour and vibrance of Babushka’s. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
Once Upon a Time There were Three Bears
“Now in the wood there lived a family of three bears. The first was a Great Big Bear, the second was a Middling-Sized Bear, and the third was a Little Teeny-Tiny Bear, and they all lived together in a funny little house and were very happy… until one fateful day.” – Goldilocks; or the Three Bears by Madame D’Aulnay
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 24th of November is "progression in size" where I have to photograph a minimum of three objects of the same shape in different sizes. Although I have many things I could photograph, including sets of graduating jugs, I immediately thought of my Three Bears Matryoshka dolls. These Matryoshka dolls were hand made and painted in Russia. I acquired them from Babushka’s, a little shop in Melbourne’s Royal Arcade that specialised in Matryoshka dolls, amber jewellery and other pieces of traditional Russian arts and crafts. When I saw these three, being a lover of faerie tales, and bears, I had to have them! It’s just as well I bought them, for not long after that, Coronavirus arrived and Babushka’s, like so many other interesting small businesses in the heart of Melbourne, fell victim to our seemly endless lockdowns. Still, I have these three, and many other treasures from there to remind me of the colour and vibrance of Babushka’s. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.