The global solution...

(girlhula @ flickr)

While surfing around Ebay and thinking about my sons room (Thanks Melissa ;) ) and his upcoming birthday, I came across an item that led me to further research and now I can feel a new collection coming on lol.

(girlhula @ flickr)

The vintage repro globe with the aeroplane below was the gift I was looking at to give my son.

A quick story, last year my family and I went on a 7 week trip overseas and during this time we flew on 9 different planes. This was also my children's first time flying and my son became - well - obsessed is really the word for it lol. His hero is now John Travolta (cause he parks his Qantas jet in the driveway of his house lol) and when he grows up he wants to be a commercial jet pilot. I couldn't be more proud and excited for him :) He's even joined up with the local air league squadron and attends his weekly meetings with extreme enthusiasm.

We've also just recently created a new workspace area in his room with a larger desk and I thought this special globe would be treasured by him and look great on his desk.

http://www.airleague.com.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Finding this globe also triggered a memory of a large antique style globe that opened up with a bar inside that my dad had in the corner of his office, at work when I was a kid. I loved this piece and I remember rushing to it and studying the pictures and lines and gently spinning it around. Of course I didn't know my dad's grog stash was hidden inside at the time lol ;)
The sad thing about this story is my dad sold or gave this amazing globe away while I was still young and I WISHED he still had it so I could have laid my claim lol.

I then thought a small globe collection atop my sons freestanding wardrobe would look really great and keep within his whole "world traveller" theme at the moment. Unlike the popular toy of the year if he ever tires of this display I can always move it to another area of the house.