Can I Hitchhike to Wonderland?

Sneak a Peak

Klicka på bilden för att se mer av detaljerna

Jag gör hela tiden små förändringar på bloggen. Sist så tog jag bort ramarna runt alla bilder i inläggen. Jag har haft bloggen i över två år och jag känner att det är dags för en större förändring, så därför skall jag byta header, från bara text till en stor tecknad bild.

Skall lägga upp den senare i form av skissen för att se hur det blir när den är på plats bara.

Jag har fortfarande en hel del jobb kvar i form av färgläggning, scanning, rensa upp i bilden osv. Men jag tycker att jag har kommit rätt långt och jag kan knappt vänta tills den pryder toppen av The Rabbit Hole =) Vad tycks?

Pinterest in Wonderland

Har skapat en ny board på Pinterest nu som går ton i ton med bloggen -  Wonderland. Här har jag börjat spara på bilder som är uppenbart "Alice" och andra bilder som på ett eller annat sätt påminner mig om Lewis Carrolls värld.

New Favicon

Har gjort en egen favicon för att göra bloggen mer personlig. Det är den ikonen som sitter framför url:en. Tyckte att det passade bra att ha en vit hare eftersom adressen är therabbithole.se.

Vad tycker du om bilden?

Why the Rabbit Hole?

Jag har fått frågan om varför jag har döpt bloggen till therabbithole. Och om inte färden ner kaninhålet var ett enda virrvarr och en massa snurrande.
Jo kanske, men det var inte riktigt så jag hade tänkt...

Wonderland

Jag, liksom många andra världen över, slutar aldrig att förundras och fascineras över Alice i underlandet och Alice i spegellandet.

Lewis Carrolls böcker om Alice får nya dimensioner när man läser den igen som vuxen. Man förstår ordlekarna och syftningarna Alice gör på ett annat sätt än när man var barn. 

Om du ännu inte har läst böckerna ligger de ute på nätet i din helhet, klicka här för att läsa. Annars kan man ladda hem dom gratis som ljudbok till sin ipod då texträttigheterna har släppts fria och det gör att det vimlar av gratisversioner. 

I Disneyfilmen som heter Alice in Wonderland blandas de två böckerna till en enda film så det är inget man kan förlita sig på. Något som gör böckerna så fantastiska är de spännande karaktärerna, trots det lyckas Disney i sitt senaste försök massakrera Alice totalt. Tim Burtons version är visserligen väldigt vacker att se på men jag tycker manuset var otroligt dåligt och slutet var så pinsamt att jag ville resa mig och gå ut ifrån biosalongen.

I vilket fall som helst. Min förkärlek för Alice-berättelserna var det som gjorde att min blogg fick sitt tema och jag kommer säkert att skriva mer om det någon annan gång. Under bilden kan du läsa första delen av det första kapitlet av Alice in Wonderland, och klicka här för att ladda hem hela berättelsen med bilder och allt!

Original illustration av John Tenniel.

Chapter one - Down the Rabbit hole

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice `without pictures or conversation?'

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, `Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT- POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled `ORANGE MARMALADE', but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.

`Well!' thought Alice to herself, `after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!' (Which was very likely true.)

Down, down, down. Would the fall NEVER come to an end! `I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud. `I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think--' (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) `--yes, that's about the right distance--but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?' (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)

Presently she began again. `I wonder if I shall fall right THROUGH the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think--' (she was rather glad there WAS no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) `--but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?' (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke--fancy CURTSEYING as you're falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) `And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.'

Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. `Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I should think!' (Dinah was the cat.) `I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder?' And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, `Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, `Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it. She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, `Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?' when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.

Bloglovin Icon

Idag har jag gjort min egen blogloving icon. Om du vill ändra din bloglovin-ikon till något personligt behöver du först göra en egen bild. Ta sen och ändra storleken till bredd 160 (standard för stora bloglovin ikoner), kom ihåg att du måste skala fotot när du gör det så att det behåller samma propotioner.

Det finns många sätt att göra det här på, jag använder mig av picnik.com när jag redigerar mina foton, det är väldigt enkelt och du kan spara dina bilder i massor av olika format.

Ladda sen upp bilden där du kan få en url och kopiera url:en. Gå in i http-inställningarna till din bloglovin-ikon och byt ut den nedersta http-länken till din nya bild och ta-da!

Gillade du min är det bara att klicka på bilden och kopiera url:en. Glöm inte att länka tillbaka till min blogg bara.