SAW
Eli ”Rankka leiri vaatii rankat vitsit”.
Aka. ”A rough camp requires rough jokes”.
Saw. Saw. Saw. //
”Imagine that is the neck of the most annoying camp kid.” //
Sawsawsawsawsawsawsawsawsawsawsawsawsaw…
THE RAVEN AND THE LION
Leireillämme on tapana leikkiä ensimmäisenä nimileikkinä luontonimileikkiä, jossa kaikkien pitää keksiä itselleen luontonimi, eli esimerkiksi eläin tai kasvi, joka alkaa samalla kirjaimella kuin oma nimi. Minun luontonimeni on jo aikoja ollut Korppi, ja johtajaparini nimi on Leijona (koska hänen nimensä alkaa L-kirjaimella). Yhdessä johtamamme leiri inspiroi minut kuvaamaan meidät yhdessä eläinhahmoissamme.
On our camps the first game we usually play is the nature name game in which everyone has to come up with a nature name for themselves – for example an animal or a plant that begins with the same letter as your first name. My nature name has been for years Raven (as the Finnish word for raven, korppi, begins with K as does my name), and my leader partner’s is Lion (because her name begins with L). The camp we led together inspired me to draw us together in our animal forms.
”I’m organizing a winter trip for Nature League to Hossa national park.” ”Hooray!” //
”Dear passengers, the train is late.” //
”Dear passengers, the conductor is also late.” //
”Dear passengers, there is something wrong with the engine so we cannot go very fast.” //
”Dear passengers, the railway is being repaired. Hence we have to crawl.” //
”How are we supposed to fit all our stuff in that mini bus?” ”And all these other people?” //
”Wooops!” //
Well, getting here was quite a farce but we got here nevertheless.”
”Pfft, I’ve got way too much stuff in my anorak pocket.” ”What do you have there?” //
”Well… my Swiss army knife.” //
”Map of the national park.” //
”Half a bag of walnuts. And some dried cranberries.” //
”A spoon. And a water bottle.” //
”Alarm clock.” //
”Headlamp.” //
”Our hut’s address and coordinates in case we’d need to call an ambulance.” //
”What are you gonna call that ambulance with?” ”My cell phone. That is somewhere… in my backpack… I guess…”
Nature hippies in the nature, part 1:
”Hey… there’s a vole in the outdoor toilet’s hole.” //
”Well look at that…” //
”Now there are six of them. Move aside, now.” //
Nature hippies in the nature, part 2:
”There’s a caddisfly larva in our drinking water bucket.” //
”Ooh.”
”This weather is absolutely horrible.” ”Yep.” //
”We can have our lunch break there.” ”There are people down there.” //
”Hi, we’re French tourists on a day trip.” ”Hi…” //
”You sure look soaked! Why don’t you warm up by our camp fire.” ”Here, have some chocolate.” ”And cake.” ”And an orange.” //
”You’re the best!”
”Hello there.”
FAIRY TALE ADVENTURE ILLUSTRATION
Kirjaston skannerin kanssa kokemani takaiskun takia ette saa tänään sarjakuvaa, vaikka tarkoitus oli. Siispä arkistojen kätköistä tilaustyönä tekemäni kuvituskuva viime keväältä. Tämä liittyi johonkin Luonto-Liiton satuseikkailujuttuun, jossa seikkailee pieni papukaija ja ”Robin Hood -tyylinen” kettu.
Due to a setback I had with the library’s scanner you won’t get comics today even though I so intended. So you’ll get this commissioned illustration from last spring. This was about some Nature League’s fairy tale adventure featuring a small parrot and a ”Robin Hood like” fox.