A call for help!

Well, it's been quite a while, but with the panic over college deadlines, and then the relaxation of college being finished for the year...  But there's lots to say, and lots happening, so here's a start!

I had a frantic email from my friend in the marketing department of the company I work for yesterday.  "I need your help - please come see me when you have a minute!"  Needless to say, my curiosity alone had me in her office within minutes.  I don't quite know what I expected, but it wasn't a rubber duck.

Yes, a rubber duck.

And isn't he a handsome chap???  A little large for the bath, but perfect for the River Mersey.

The story goes that one of our customers asked us to sponsor a duck.  The duck would be sent to us to "decorate," we'd then return it, and it would go on display in a museum in Liverpool before being a part of a rubber duck race down the Mersey.  I'm not entirely sure whether Sarah needed my help because of my creativity, or just because the insanity of the idea is right up my street!

Sarah simply wanted to cover the whole duck in sparkly stones, but I had other ideas...  We work for a container company - what have sparkly stones got to do with that???  The duck should be in a container!