Matryoshkas Go Travelling
I have a lovely friend who is known to frequent charity and thrift shops looking for interesting bits and pieces for photography purposes. Often she sends me photographs of things she thinks I might like when she stumbles upon them, so I can say yes or no to them. Now, I collect many, many things, but dolls are not one of those, save for the occasional Russian matryoshka doll set, and even then they have to be special. Imagine my delight when one day she sent me a photograph of a beautifully hand painted and colourful Russian matryoshka doll set in yellows, reds and greens! I said yes to them, even though the set of five isn’t complete, with the third doll missing her top and the fourth missing her bottom. Nevertheless, that leaves three very pretty dolls whom I have enjoyed photographing over the last month.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 13th of July is “open day theme”, which is a theme without a theme. This means that the choice of subject is mine, must be new to Flickr and can’t be posted in any other groups prior to the closing of the group’s posting time of ten o’clock in the evening Central European Time. Since I have enjoyed photographing my new Russian matryoshka doll set, I thought I would put up a photograph of them. Here they are, setting off on a whirlwind world tour. Their wooden suitcases are packed and they have a plethora of destinations to visit. The suitcases, labelled with appropriately glamorous destinations, are from the 1950s and the background is a wonderful roll of paper printed with vintage labels from hotels and modes of transport from around the world. I hope you like my choice of the theme, and that it makes you smile.
Matryoshkas Go Travelling
I have a lovely friend who is known to frequent charity and thrift shops looking for interesting bits and pieces for photography purposes. Often she sends me photographs of things she thinks I might like when she stumbles upon them, so I can say yes or no to them. Now, I collect many, many things, but dolls are not one of those, save for the occasional Russian matryoshka doll set, and even then they have to be special. Imagine my delight when one day she sent me a photograph of a beautifully hand painted and colourful Russian matryoshka doll set in yellows, reds and greens! I said yes to them, even though the set of five isn’t complete, with the third doll missing her top and the fourth missing her bottom. Nevertheless, that leaves three very pretty dolls whom I have enjoyed photographing over the last month.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 13th of July is “open day theme”, which is a theme without a theme. This means that the choice of subject is mine, must be new to Flickr and can’t be posted in any other groups prior to the closing of the group’s posting time of ten o’clock in the evening Central European Time. Since I have enjoyed photographing my new Russian matryoshka doll set, I thought I would put up a photograph of them. Here they are, setting off on a whirlwind world tour. Their wooden suitcases are packed and they have a plethora of destinations to visit. The suitcases, labelled with appropriately glamorous destinations, are from the 1950s and the background is a wonderful roll of paper printed with vintage labels from hotels and modes of transport from around the world. I hope you like my choice of the theme, and that it makes you smile.