Miniatures in Bonnay

This "exposition"of miniatures in wood had fascinated me 3 years ago and there was no cost for looking so I wanted Mimi to see it as well.  This fish tank is a music box and the fish "swim."

Most of the items were not for sale...just for looking...

I led Mimi to the second room...all just for viewing...

Press a button. The lights come on. The figures move. Music plays.
Then we found this series of doors to open...

 Each time we opened a door a little room lit up and little figures demonstrated a different occupation, most relating to wood. This potter may be working with clay, but there is plenty of wood in his shop...

Though this box of moving figures wasn't as detailed as most of the others, I chuckled at having found another "lavoir."

 The birds sang in this woodland as they moved among the leaves...

Another music box with moving figures...

 And then there was an ordinary looking door, but the keyhole was lit and I was curious. Peeking into the keyhole I could see some ordinary furniture, but no figures, until I looked around the corner to the left. I didn't thinkI could get my camera to peek left, but...

...I was delighted when I actually saw what my camera had managed to capture...

This is just a part of the working farmyard...

 No elves, but Santa is busy...

 And he accomplished enough to make at least one family happy...

Then I saw another room filled with pop-up books. I don't remember having seen this when I visted 3 years ago...

Time, patience, and imagination...

And then we found the last room.... Big posters explained over a decade of vacations...all taken in...

this large miniature!

On the way home we paused to take in some fall colors...