The Sights You See When You Haven't Got Your Gun.

That was one of my grandmother's sayings. I always found it rather confusing because I knew very well that she didn't have a gun. She used the phrase when she saw something that she disapproved of, she used it often because she had turned disapproval into a performance art! Other people of her generation used it with a little more humour, to express amusement or incredulity at some of the things they encountered.

I don't go to town very often, so you can imagine my surprise when I encountered a gorilla in the centre of town! It was no ordinary gorilla, it was dressed as a boxer or a wrestler or something of the sort. On closer inspection there was something haunting about his face, it was just a bit too real for comfort. I had to ask Robbie to take a photo for me. I don't know why but it really made me smile - maybe in some way it reminded me of Robbie who knows.

As we walked around the town we came across more wildlife. There was a life size giraffe in the shopping centre and whole herd of very colourful elephants. Elmer the Elephant would have fitted in very will with this techinicolour group! There are even lions in the park - whatever is the world coming to! I am not a great fan of street entertainment etc, but these creatures made me smile and brightened my day. 

A Pride of Lions

Why don't lazy people ever get out of the house? What are they afraid of Lions?

Proverbs 26:13 (Good News Bible)

From time to time sightings of a big cat are reported in Northamptonshire (the beast of Bodmin Moor on his holidays perhaps) but this is the first time that Northampton has been invaded by Lions. 40 beautifully decorated life size lions and 25 smaller lions have taken up residence at various places around the town including the railway station. They are part of a 10 week public art exhibition and they are amazing, there is even one called Alion Carr made to look like Alan Carr who is from Northampton.

We visited a similar exhibition in Norwich a couple of years, but they had elephants not lions.