Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The city of Bath, not to be outdone by other cities who have superlambbanana and decorative cows, have their Parade of Pigs. I had a lot of fun pig spotting but got nowhere near all one hundred pigs. But there are more to come...

Sky Blue Pig

Porc au Cirque

No 1 Pig

Peoples Pig and Piggery (in the background)

Pig in Prada

The news of my friend K in Canada is still not good. All positive thoughts and prayers for her would be most welcome. She has fought so often and come through against the odds.

I must photograph my birthday presents! I got some really nice things. One of my favourites is an indoor water feature. Phil's parents got me some Shalimar and a beautiful glass paperweight that sits on a little platform. In the platform are three coloured battery powered lights which change. They illuminate the glass and it looks so pretty. Trouble is, I find myself watching the colours change instead of the TV....I also was given a portfolio to display photos to potential clients, a book on the Nikon flash system and a miniature greenhouse which will come in very useful next spring!

4 comments:

picperfic said...

Love those pigs! When we were in Milan last year, there were those cows all over the place!

Akelamalu said...

I love the pigs! We have a Cow Parade in Manchester and I really want one but they are way out of my price range.

Your birthday presents sound perfectly lovely, I hope you had a nice day?

artisbliss said...

I love the pigs! There is a town very near here with Swedish roots and they have large decorated dala horses everywhere. I'll try to find a photo for you.

I'm sorry to hear about your friend K. It must seem like holding your breath all the time just waiting for whatever is next. I will remember her.

Your birthday gifts sound wonderful. David has a small water feature in his office waiting room although I wonder at the wisdom of having something like that in the same room with a lot of elderly women. Fortunately the restroom is just around the corner! ;-)

The Quiet Rage said...

I was going to ask about K in Canada... for whatever reason I've been thinking about how she's doing.