Danbo Magnets

Neko-Danbo peers out over the blinds.

Danbo went back to his homeland of Japan over New Year's last year and had plenty of time to play in the powdery snow of Niseko.

Keep Danbo, cardboard robot, close all the time.

Danbo chilling out after a long day by listening to some music on his iPod.

Cute Hamster Danbo

Danbo was so impressed with his view of Surfers Paradise that he had to capture a few photos to show his mom.

Danbo, the cardboard robot. wishes to be a grossly incandescent sun; just like Solaire.

Danbo felt like the Sydney Harbour Bridge wasn't strong enough to hold itself up on its own, so he decided to help. This was quite a difficult shot to set up because the chair Danbo's standing on is the only place that he would balance without falling into the harbour!

My Danbos arrived! For those that don't know, Danbo is a character in the manga Yotsuba&! that Amazon decided to adopt as its unofficial mascot in Japan. The figures are absolutely adorable! Little Danbo needs to learn about the world from his mother, so where else to start but with Apple? :-P

It's tough learning to read when the book is three times your size.

Danbo couldn't help but get involved in all the food photography happening at the Problogger Event on the Gold Coast!

Danbo's in heaven. First up, a pancakes & maple syrup macaron, then custard...and then 10 more after that!

During a break in the rain, Danbo went outside and found a Danbo-sized tree growing through the planks of the patio.

Everyone should get one at least once a month

October is Danbo's favourite time of year in Brisbane because the jacarandas carpet the entire city in purple.

Danbo's mother watches on as Danbo learns how to use a graphing calculator.

The Danbos have finally found where they belong.

Danbo got a bit scared when he realized his neighbor was a pizza-eating, nunchuk-toting mutant turtle!

It helps when you are small to really get in close to the subject of your research

The Danbos find a very interesting piece of machinery in their backyard. What could it have done to have deserved such treatment? This is my old Sony Vaio laptop. Believe me, it deserved this fate very much--in 2 years, the DVD player, fan, SD card reader, webcam, keyboard, and motherboard all failed, yet Sony would do next to nothing to help me with it (at one point, they told me to just go on YouTube to find instructions on how to take the computer apart and then to try to fix it myself!). I figured after the motherboard died that it would be therapeutic to sledgehammer it to death (after removing all the still-functioning parts), since it cost less at that point to just buy a new computer!

Even Danbo isn't immune to going to famous landmarks and taking a typical tourist shot there!

The Danbos doing the annual visit to the shopping mall to meet Santa and tell him everything they want for Christmas.

The Danbos trekked all day in search of the elusive end of the rainbow. As the sun was beginning to set, they stumbled upon it. In their exhaustion, one collapsed near the source of the rainbow while the other stood and gave thanks to whoever was watching from above. I just thought such cute characters needed a cute story to go with them :)

Typical brothers, arguing over pieces of a destroyed laptop... This is the third in my "I'm a PC, I'm a Mac" Danbo series.

Yotsuba is having A Moment. She'll be fine. Ink, marker, stencil.

Danbo is struggling to figure out which macaron he'll try first -- maybe the popcorn & butter one?

I took this photo during a snap rain storm earlier in the week. I was lucky enough to get home just before the storm so I didn't get wet... but Danbo did when I put him out on our Jacaranda-covered walkway in the backyard!

Danbo contemplates the meaning of life.

The Danbos got stuck in the peg basket, and now they can't get out!

I got a phone call the morning I took this photo telling me my mother was in the hospital. I found it really rough because I was so far away and I just wanted to be at her side. Love you Mom, and wish I could have given you this flower myself!