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Miffy's official 65th Birthday Portrait - image sourced from with thanks and © of .ukĪ chorus of Miffys as she appears on the official Fb page - image sourced from and © of Mercis.bv as seen on Facebook 2020 - The Red Arrows & La Patrouille de France Miffy and friends - image sourced from and © of Mercis.bv as seen on .uk Happy 65th Birthday Miffy - image sourced from with thanks and © of It's also a name that is easy to pronounce in any language. It's the kind of sound a bunny might make, but it has no special meaning. Together with his English translator, he came up with the name "Miffy". The word for "bunny" is also different in every language, so Dick Bruna went in search of an international name for his little bunny. But things are different outside the Netherlands, where "nijntje" is difficult to pronounce for most people. The Naming of Miffyįor people who speak Dutch, "nijntje" is a logical contraction of "konijntje" (meaning "little bunny"). Her official birthday is on 21 June and she'll be turning 65 this year! The announcement of her birth is on display in Dick Bruna's studio. Every night, Dick Bruna would tell his eldest son Sierk a bedtime story about a white bunny that lived in the garden of their holiday cottage. In 1955, the Bruna family were on holiday in the seaside village of Egmond aan Zee. One half of the article as seen in the Daily Mail - I'll keep searching for the second half! 2020 - Miffy - Celebrates her 65th Birthday The Creation of Miffy
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The full article as it appeared in the Daily Mail on 10th December 2020 Read more : Smithsonian Magazine | Atlas Obscura | English Heritage Timeline 2020 - Catherine's Cambridge Rainbow The Horse had to be camouflaged during WWII as it was used by the enemy to plot their airborne attacks! - Imaged sourced from and © of the National Trust with thanks I have put the Uffington White Horse at the top because it has been a source of fascination for me for years! It really is a remarkable design (for its time) and the its upkeep is a phenomenal effort by the authorities and volunteers. How would this differ from imagery? I think that there is a whole world of iconography out there from Marmite to the VJ Day Kiss and anything that really sticks in someone's mind - not to be mistaken for ubiquity! Because some subjects are serious and others frivolous they are divided into Timeline (serious) and Alphabetical (just for fun) The Uffington White Horse Home / Arts / Advertising / Cinderella / Dance / Fabergé / Giselle / Imagery / Iconography / Lalique / Marmite / Theatre / Tribute Iconography Back to Home Page / Arts Home / Icons Narrative