Meet the artist day & bidding news!

Kubella loves bananas!

Kubella looks longingly at Brendan's pint and bats her eyelashes at him...

Brendan's shares his pint

Mark Shand- the Principal Trustee & me laughing /The Golden elephants from the indoor picnic

Kubella makes friends and simply loved the hugs she got! It makes her happy..

I had a lovely day yesterday as part of The Elephant Family's 'Meet The Artist Day'. I chatted to a wide range of people who were fascinated by Kubella and the Elephant Parade. Some were armed with a route map, pen and camera and were on a mission to spot as many as elephants as they could in the beautiful sunshine in London. French tourists, an Ozzie couple living here, office workers who see her everyday, children, families, groups of friends, and some who were simply intrigued to see elephants at London landmarks.

The response was brilliant, just so many wonderful comments, such as 'Your elephant is stunning, she's the best I've seen, she's gorgeous, I simply love her!'...and the hugs she received says it all, see the photos! She also enjoyed a clean, some bananas, sweets and tried some Guinness thanks to Brendan. She also enjoyed the tickle that Josh Perry gave her looking for the two secret tiles in her tummy!

All the artists enjoyed a picnic in Covent Garden warehouse, as a 'thank you' from the elephant family, complete with fake grass and knee heigh golden elephants and Pimms. Mark Shand, principal Trustee, said it had been reported that there are only two things going on in London, one was the election and the other was the Elephant Parade and as the election has finished, it only left The London Elephant Parade!

The big news today...I have just had a look on the bidding site for the online bids for Kubella and so far she has...drum roll please £1,000! The link is on the www.londonelephantparade.org in the text part and Kubella is number 181.