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going down the memory lane…. bolek i lolek

nina — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:54:48 +0000

Another amazing cartoon from the 1960s and 1970s. This one comes from Poland – Bolek and Lolek. Enjoy….

You can find many more at YouTube…

krtek (the little mole) brings back memories

nina — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:16:21 +0000

I was reading some blogs today, when I came upon a picture of a cartoon character from a long ago. I basically forgot about it. Krtek (in czeck) or the Little Mole, created by Czeck animator Zdeněk Miler. This is just one of many you can see on YouTube:

When we were kids in Croatia (then Yugoslavia) we had very limited TV programming for kids. I believe there were 2 channels, a lot of political shows (it was the communist era after all), a lot of news (actually of very good quality, covering the whole world. what you might not know is that Yugoslavia, while a communist country under a strong dictatorship of Tito, was on “this side” of the Iron Curtain, open to the world. We were free to travel and had no censorship on foreign media of any sort. We were very lucky that way.), and a lot of sports programming. Cartoon time was at 7pm, right before bed, 15 minutes. Also, there was some children programming in the mornings but I could watch those only during the weeks I had school in the afternoon. While I do remember watching Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny and other American cartoons, this one (Krtek) actually brought back so many memories. I could see the apartment we lived in, where the TV was, where I sat to watch it, my school, the neighbourhood (there are actually tears in my eyes now)… It was long time ago, but it was good times.

I hope you enjoy this cartoon. I love the animation, the characters, the sound, the stories. Everything.

I am going to go do something else because this is making me a little sentimental and sad.

city quilts

nina — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:20:30 +0000

From City Quilts by Cherri House via LizzyHouse

i want to go to school too

nina — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:26:06 +0000

hallo, kaka?

nina — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:03:18 +0000

This morning, Sven took a diaper (a clean, one. he insists to pick one before he needs to be changed), put it to his ear and said: Hello, kaka?

Do I need to say I laughed. A lot. For a long time. He is a very funny kid. Cannot belive he will be two soon.

btw, kaka = poop

couldn’t wait to get out

nina — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:56:27 +0000

He just couldn’t wait. As soon as he woke up, he put all his gear on (all, even the helmet) and wanted to get out into fresh snow. This is the most snow he has seen in his life. One happy kid. (last night when they finally came to the hotel, he told my husband – “I have never been so cold in my life”).

the twenty gifts

nina — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:07:25 +0000

I want all of these “gifts” - the original ones:

The Institute For Figuring // The Twenty Gifts

dream home – for the kids anyway

nina — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:41:36 +0000

via tiny.k :: Dream Home

a tree is nice

nina — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:43:41 +0000

A Tree Is Nice (Paperback)
by Janice May Udry
ISBN: 0064431479

I LOVE children’s books. We have a sizeable collection at home, and still go to our library about once a week (we usually have to read all the books we got that very night). There is a list of books we read/are reading as well as those that are still on our list, over there in the sidebar, and here is one of our favorites from the last library trip. Makes you want to go out and read it under a tree.

Trees are very nice. They fill up the sky.