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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Night 24

Advent ends in 17 minutes, and so my countdown-to-Christmas video Advent calendar closes.
Sleep in heavenly peace, my friends. I know the Tiny Rhino will.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 23



The night before the Night Before Christmas:
only one more calendar window to open after this.

Dedicated to You

My "Friend Me!" history of social networking book arrived in the mail, printed and bound!
It's dedicated to you, "friends in the blogosphere." (Sorry if I missed anyone.)

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 22

The Classic.

[There is no Day 21 video because I was really blue and just couldn't get it together.]

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 20

The coin drops: only 5 days until Christmas!



I went to the St. Paul zoo to film camels for this calendar, and there are no camels at this zoo!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 19

Marz (and bink) employ rigorous scientific methodology to choose a Christmas tree.
With Fred Astaire's "Isn't It a Lovely Day."

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 18



Only one week until Christmas, now!
The song--a variation on "John Henry" called "Gonna Die With a Hammer In My Hand" --just happened to be playing at the coffee shop where Marz and I were finger painting Christmas cards.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 15

My longest Advent video yet, at 27 seconds, but I wish I could watch this corvid longer. Snippet = Annie Lennox, "In the Bleak Midwinter"

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 14

"Lost and Found," with help from Marz and Maura.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 13



17 seconds.
I think I've started to speed the tempo up too much on my little calendar days, as we tip toward Christmas. Only 12 days! I will slow the coming vids down.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 11



For bink and Maura.
(This will be Joop the dog's last Advent, as he is preparing to leave the world.)

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 10

Thanks to Marz for filming Mr. Fat Squirrel in Loring Park.
Snippet of music = Rufus Wainwright, "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

Friday, December 9, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 8

17 seconds: a bit of warmth as the Northern Hemisphere gets darker.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 7

Someone asked, and yes, I am the Tiny Rhino responsible for these glimpses into Tiny World.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 6




The snippet of music-- "Holy, Holy, Holy" by Sufjan Stevens--fits Tiny World so well, I think this is my favorite so far.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 4

Day 4, 2nd Sunday in Advent: "We light a candle today, a small dim light against a world that often seems forbidding and dark."

Friday, December 2, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 2

By me.
22 seconds.
Viewer must supply own chocolate.




ANSWER to this, via Marz: "How to change that videos automatically play when I open blog?"
Vimeo gives you "embed options" along with the embed code---turn off "autoplay this video".

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Tiny Rhino's Moving Advent Calendar, Day 1

19 seconds, the 1st installment of my video Advent Calendar.

[Move the cursor off the movie, to get rid of the Vimeo bar.]



23 more to come!