“Everyone must have had similar thoughts at least once,” writes Tatsuya Tanaka on his website. “Broccoli and parsley might sometimes looks like a forest, or the tree leaves floating on the surface of the water might sometimes look like little boats.”

While most of us might reserve these thoughts to ourselves, Japanese art director and designer Tatsuya Tanaka decided to turn them into miniature realities where broccoli and parsley are forests, and teacups and bottle caps turn into swimming pools for families and athletes. Not only that, but he posts new pictures of such whimsical scenes on his website daily under the name “MINIATURE CALENDAR” for us to enjoy everyday.

The tiny figurines, which are all only about 2 cm high, depict everyday occurrences in individual snapshots taken by Tanaka.

If we were to piece together his miniature masterpieces, this is probably what Tanaka’s microcosm would look like —

Creative and clever, I would totally live in Tanaka's miniature world.

But until then, I'm fully content just looking at his Miniature Calendar.