A day and a half before Kubella is finally sold at auction on Saturday and goes off to her new home. She is currently £5750 on the online auction site, I think she might make more on the day too!
Fingers crossed she goes to a wonderful new home, where she can settle in well. I will keep you updated! The Grand Auction is looking to be a rather grand affair, with live jazz and a champers lunch. I promise to take photos and post them here.

Kubella the twinking star at the Royal Chelsea Hospital

All the outside elephants are together, in the ground of the Royal Chelsea Hospital, on the area used for the Chelsea Flower Show!

Kubella getting a pat from a Chelsea pensioner

Kubella in line with some of the other elephants..

Well, Kubella is currently at wait for it...£4251 on the online auction site http://www.givinglots.co.uk, with one whole week before she is auctioned at the live Grand Auction.

I visited her on Friday to make her toes twinkled, the small missing piece in her tail was fixed and she had a polish ahead of the auction in the grounds of the Royal Chelsea Hospital.

Whilst I was there, she had many admirers with wonderful comments like 'She's my favourite, out of all the elephants'. One couple even asked if they could take her home on the coach (they live in Bristol). Kubella did twinkle in the wonderful sunshine and seems to be enjoying being with the herd.

I wonder where she live after the auction? By the seaside somewhere, someone's mansion gardens, in a shop or even in a lobby, maybe she will have to get a passport and end up somewhere else in the world...well not long now, before Kubella's great journey ends!

Elephant news update

Kubella is now up to a bid of wait for it...£3251 online at www.givinglots.co.uk and there are 3 weeks to go before the Grand Auction where Kubella is one of the lucky ones, to be auctioned live by of Sotheby's Harry Dalmeny.
The Grand Auction should be rather special, as the tickets are £75 each! I will endevour to take photos for you all to see.
Farwell to the elephants on the streets of London..
All the elephants will go 'extinct' on 20th June- which means they will be uninstalled and taken away to the Royal Hospital of Chelsea. On the 25th, 26th and 28th, all elephants will be available for viewing to the public. In the period from 21st June until the beginning of July, The Elepahtn family will be arranging for all the elephants to be restored to saleable condition.
Kubella will soon be on her new journey to another part of the city and then on to a happy home within the next month.
I will be going to give her a clean and tidy up on 25th June before the auction, so hopefully she will shine!
She has received many lovely comments this week, including:
'Kubella is by far and away the best looking elephant I have seen to date, and should generate some good bids'.

Bidding of kubella

I have just had a look online at :www.londonelephantparade.org and checked the online bidding and Kubella has a bid of £1500 to date. She will be part of the live auction of 3rd July at The Royal Hospital and fingered crossed she will raise a good amount for the charity and of course, find a good home to live!

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.

The stunning elephants of the parade..

Living in Bournemouth is great, but it does mean that I haven't been able to go elephant spotting, but will the power of flickR and blogs I have been able to see some of the herd: MoonInTheGlitter's photostream has some of the elephant inclusing the lovely Kubella:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/merialc/sets/72157623894673675/show/with/4590018902/
or have a look at the blog of Murphyzville, or muphyz on flickr for some great photos.
I am part of Meet the Artist next weekend, where I will to stand next to my elephant for a while and talk to passers by!!

Kubella is St. Christopher's Place, London, her new home!

Kubella causing a stir!


Hannah and Kubella friends forever!

How gorgeous I am!

I think Kubella has taken a fancy to one of the Eco men!( or his Bottom!!)

No Kubella, be good!

Kubella looking like a star and turning heads!

Kubella the seaside elephant finally has a a new home in London, as part of the London Elephant Parade 2010. She is now in situ in St. Christopher's Place, off Oxford Street, opp. Bond St. Station, a little oasis of calm in London, with a rich cafe culture.

She is looking gorgeous and I'm rather proud of her and the community project : ) Hannah Perry has been busy recording her move from a London warehouse, where she was stored to her new home with a series of photos of the event. Thanks Hannah, brilliant timing!!

Kubella is elephant number 181 on the route map of the elephants. The map can be downloaded from: www.londonelephantparade.co.uk. She will be there until 23rd June, before she is moved to Chelsea Hospital for the auction. (where the Chelsea Flower show is held!) for a week of public viewing before being sold at auction by sotheby's.