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amberdreams ([personal profile] amberdreams) wrote2016-06-26 12:08 pm

The Pig has Landed

Something cheering for the weekend - for me anyway! LOL
My piggie is safely on the Cornhill in the rain; three kids passing by got the joke and one had her photo taken with him already.
And here's a bigger kid having her photo taken.
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Pig outside the bank. When walking round to see what other pigs were out and about, we heard one girl asking where the slot was for the money to go in...ha ha ha!
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I think this was my fave detail on the ones we spotted so far. On Steam Punk Pig, down Museum Street
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The trail opens properly tomorrow, and I'm on Pig trail duty on Tuesday and Friday mornings. I think we get uniforms - hope it includes a waterproof jacket as the weather is well dodgy at the moment!

[identity profile] atxstnic.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
How many did you paint? They look wonderful!

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Just the Swinions one and I was lucky to get my design accepted as many of the artists are professionals. It's all based on sponsorship and mine didn't find a sponsor until the last minute! But there are 39 big pigs on the trail, and 30 mini pigs done by schools, so there's a big variety of designs :D

[identity profile] anactoria.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, Piggion (Minipig?) looks great! I like Steam Pig, too. (And yes, they'd better give you a nice mac!)

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He's called Swinion! LOL
Most of them have pun-filled names.

[identity profile] anactoria.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee!
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[identity profile] beelikej.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
So friggin' cool (I probably said that before;) My goodness, woman, that pig is almost as big as you!

That steampunk snout is very clever. We are totally gonna talk pigs when we meet up. TWO WEEKS TO GO!!!

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Squeeal! Can't wait. And I'll be a pig expert by then (well, I'll have done two sessions as a Pig Trail Maker anyhow)

[identity profile] milly-gal.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
DUDE that is amazing :DDDD Look at that, he's fantastic :DD

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
And the one with the missing snout isn't very noticable LOL

[identity profile] milly-gal.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
*snorts* He's obviously a post modern piglet ;)

[identity profile] dizzojay.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd need a lot of pennies to fill that piggy bank up!

How many piggies will there be on the trail altogether?

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
39 big ones and 30 mini pigs which various schools have decorated. They were all put in place today but the official opening of the trail is tomorrow.

[identity profile] dizzojay.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Blimey, that must be a long trail! Unless it's fairly densely populated with piggies :D

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Here's the trail map - most are fairly close together, with a few outliers.

[identity profile] dizzojay.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh I see yours on that list!
There are some awesome piggy puns there :D

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I think a lot of us had the same idea there! Shame they didn't want my Harry Trotter though LOL

[identity profile] dizzojay.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that would have been good. A bespectacled pig with a scar on his forehead riding a broomstick!

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
He didn't have a broomstick but he did have a magic manual under one arm and his owl under the other.

[identity profile] dizzojay.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That would work!

[identity profile] madebyme-x.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
He looks perfect!!! And what a proud mum you look, too :)

[identity profile] amberdreams.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha ha my Swinion baby.
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[identity profile] big-heart-june.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Well done, you! he is absolutely brilliant!!

[identity profile] hugemind.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww, your Swinion looks really good there in front of the bank! :D

[identity profile] zara-zee.livejournal.com 2016-06-26 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
How exciting! I love that he's in front of the bank. That girl was right, he needs a coin slot!!! :D Good luck with Pig Trail duty. Hope you have a fun time. :)

[identity profile] ash48.livejournal.com 2016-06-27 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
SO COOL!!! Go you!!! \o/

[identity profile] aerynsun5.livejournal.com 2016-06-27 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
So cute! I knew you'd be selected and that it would be awesome!

[identity profile] jimbobjoe.livejournal.com 2016-06-27 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful! Your piggie looks great!