My daughter Jenni loves her Sylvanian Families characters. It’s not hard to see why; they are beautifully made and extremely detailed.

Here they are visiting the Great Hall at Hogwarts, where six of them are having a quiet meal, being entertained by the somewhat novel trio of piano, accordion and drums.

For some Sylvanian stop-motion video action, visit www.flickr.com/photos/atp/4241063520/

I am not sure how good a job this project is doing of helping me to see pictures, but when it’s late at night, it’s dark outside and I’ve forgotten to take a picture today, the project is helping me make a picture out of nothing. Somewhat like a photographic equivalent of a newspaper columnist…