A penguin a day…

I am pretty sure that we picked this penguin up from the Craft Show one year… It is a crystal penguin on a slice of blue something…

This is two sets of mother and baby glass penguins. They came from the Old Bus Depot Markets in Canberra at different times. The plain glass ones were the first addition and the blue ones were bought later because they were blue!

Another stuffed toy Xmas penguin – this time from Coles…

This stuffed toy Xmas penguin came from Target…

I picked up this stuffed toy penguin in Woolies or Coles one day while grocery shopping… It is amazing the places you find penguins if you look!

This is a silver cocktail shaker in the shape of a penguin… When I saw it, I had to get it! I gave it to Martin for Xmas…

Another penguin that needs two pictures! These are Matryoshka doll penguins – although traditionally there are five in a set, this one only has four. They came from the Community Aid Abroad shop, and I thought that they were pretty unique, but a quick google search for ‘Matryoshka doll penguin’ reveals a surprising number of legitimate hits! Oh well, they are still some of my favourites in the collection!

This is a penguin cookie jar. His head comes off just above the scarf. It is the small size, and you would need fairly small cookies to fit many in! I found it in a local homewares shop.

This is an origami penguin pack. We have two of them. I got one for Martin for Xmas, as did my parents the same year. Neither have been opened as we don’t have the time (or possibly the patience) to make them!

This is a book, in Greek, about a penguin. We are pretty sure that it is a version of ‘Are you my Mummy?’. It is an absolutely gorgeous book. It was a Xmas gift fom Peter and Lyndall.

Google translator says it is “My Mama, I love you”. The blurb underneath the penguin says it is a touch and feel book! Which would be right as the penguin is furry! I still think it is a version of ‘Are you my mummy?’ as the penguin goes off to see a lion, a turtle, a giraffe, a peacock, a dolphin, and finally his Mummy… so unless he is telling each animal how much he loves his mum, then I am pretty sure he is asking each of them ‘are you my mummy?’…

Of course, now we feel like translating the whole book – but we are tired – so maybe some time in the future!