Summer Fun, Reports & a Wild Boar.

The few last days of school before summer break. A hectic week with school plays, class picnics, farewell lunches & this : At the kids' school, I volunteer by drawing. Here's my latest illustration (with colour pencils & water colour) for our Grade School magazine. My most "exciting" task today - photocopying 12,000 pages for the newsletter (200 issues of 60 pages) from 8am till 3pm !!

As a "corporate" identity, Fuji-san is present each time. So are the different washi border, the masthead & that bird which is a "Spatz" (sparrow) hence "Spatzenpost". This season's issue is dedicated to the Summer Olympics. You can see past covers here.

This cover is dedicated to my son, who missed jumping into the outdoor pool at the Swiss Club Singapore & my daughter who dreams of doing handstands. In real life, she can't do any handstand but she sure love her braids! In real life too, there are no goldfishes in ponds but who cares...these look like they belong! Dancing in the background are friends, Timo, Elina & Raimon.

Niklas wrote out an interview with a faculty member, in German & in English while his co-reporters asked the questions & took photos.

Annika found an article in our English newspapers & translated it into German. It was about a wild boar that ran amok in a kindergarten. The funny part is that she had added "And 23 people died in the end”. We were shocked & asked where she got that info since no one had died. She said she put that in to make the story more exciting & interesting! She did it because that is the general instruction she gets from us or hear Niklas say, whenever she is writing essays! Yes...we did remove her "exciting" statement.