Christmas Comes To Lego Land

Earlier on I posted about how the Lego men in our house were celebrating Movember.  This week they are celebrating Christmas.

Farmboy is a proud, card carrying member of the Lego Club.  This actually just means your Mum is dumb enough to fork out $20 once a year so you get a magazine/catalogue each month. (Basically Mum winds up paying Lego to advertise to her child....)

Anyway this week the Lego Club came good.  And sent Farmboy this.

A Lego Snowman

Yep, it's Frosty done Lego style.  He even has a little hook on his hat so you can hang him on the tree.

I am dying to hang him on The Farm Christmas Tree.  But Farmboy won't let me.  Apparently he wants to play with him.  There is only one thing for it - next year I am joining Lego Club too.

Movember On The Farm. And In Lego Land

It's Movember here on The Farm.  Many of our staff are sporting some very fetching facial hair.  The Farmer himself intitially had a redneck pornstar type mo.  He doctored it a bit recently and now looks more like a Swedish racing car driver from the 1970s.  Neither look is good. Trust me on this.

What I have discovered, whilst cleaning up Farmboy's toys, is the fact that a lot of Lego men now have facial hair.  I must admit this seems to be a new development since my own childhood.  As I have said before, our house is scattered with Lego and I prefer to think of it as part of the latest Scandinavian design trend.

Lego man facial hair includes the Jimmy Barnes 3 day growth variety. Not sure about the funky head band though.

Lego Man Of The Unshaven Variety

The next Lego man is super cool. He is channelling Johnny Depp and going for a funky "Pirates Of The Caribbean" type aesthetic.  I like it a lot.

Lego Man As Johnny Depp But With Back The Front Legs

I think having your legs on back the front is an occupational hazard if you are a Lego man.

The Lego man below is going for the tough guy image.  Facial hair is invaluable if you want to be truly scary.

Lego Man As Violent Thug

And last but not least we have this example.  I am really not sure what sort of look he is trying to work.

Just Plain Weird Lego Man

So overall, everywhere I look, I see examples of facial hair.  All I can say is - Movember, will you never end?

On Trend Architecture and Design - Farmstyle

For various reasons this farmer's wife has been reading lots of interior design magazines recently.  After careful perusal of backcopies of Inside Out, Australian Country Style and House and Garden I have decided that design and architecture seem to need to meet a few criteria to be on trend at the moment.  Things like eco credentials, use of waste materials, simple and honest structure seem to be important.  A structure should resonate with the environment. Dividing buildings into different zones for different uses is also strongly recommended.  Decorating simply with a bit of a twist and referencing Scandinavian design are apparently required.

We at the farm like to be on trend with our buildings and hence I present to you this.

"The Treehouse"

This is our newest structure and it meets all the necessary criteria.  Its eco credentials are first class.  It is constructed from recycled pallets and is obviously open to the sides which enables an excellent cross breeze and totally natural cooling system.  It is so eco friendly that it requires no electricity at all  with the exception of the occasional torch battery for night time use.

It is also an honest structure.  It is very clearly a Treehouse and is not pretending to be anything else.

I think it resonates with the environment well.  Its colours blend nicely and being butted up against a tree has got to count for something.  Birds have even been know to fly straight through it.

The concept of zoning has been applied with intelligence.  It has a label on the side that states its purpose clearly.

No Grown Ups

The decor is incredibly up to date and fashionable.  It is frequently scattered with little bits of Lego.  Lego is obviously the classic example of Danish design excellence and so the Scandinavian box has well and truly been ticked.  Most importantly it has a twist.  The kids have wittily referenced the late Alexander McQueen with this choice of motif.

The absolute best thing about it is that the whole structure carries strong emotional meaning for its owners.  It was built recently by Farmboy and his grandfather.  It's a pretty special Treehouse.