A penguin a day... » 2001 http://penguins.meltin.net ... penguins, penguins and more penguins! Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:00:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 HP keyring penguin http://penguins.meltin.net/2010/03/15/hp-keyring-penguin/ http://penguins.meltin.net/2010/03/15/hp-keyring-penguin/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:25:01 +0000 mel http://penguins.meltin.net/?p=357

This soft and squishy HP keyring penguin was an early addition to the collection. Martin picked it up from somewhere…

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An unopened tin of caffeinated penguin brand peppermints… I am pretty sure that these were either a gift from a visitor from the US… Funnily enough when I heard an initial conversation about penguin mints, I didn’t realise what they were and thought it was penguin mince…

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These guys are actually chocolates. They are missing three of their relatives because Martin ate them! We did save the wrapper of one of them, but I think it is now gone… Again a Xmas present from my parents.

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This penguin came from an Asian giftware/ornament type shop. I think the pattern is a classic Asian type thing, but I can’t find any info to support this at this stage…

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These are Xmas ornaments. They came from a sale bin at Target one year…

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I saw this penguin in the window of a jewellers while out shopping one day. I couldn’t resist and bought it for Martin for Xmas. I think it is Venetian Murano Millefiori (meaning a thousand flowers) glass – or it is supposed to be! Sadly it is a bit unstable and falls easily!

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This is a fat little penguin candle from Hawaii – although it is looking a little worse for wear due to the Aussie heat! It was the first penguin we saw in Hawaii, and we were somewhat stunned to find a penguin candle in Hawaii!!

]]> http://penguins.meltin.net/2009/08/02/70/feed/ 0 Absolute original penguin http://penguins.meltin.net/2009/07/31/absolute-original-penguin/ http://penguins.meltin.net/2009/07/31/absolute-original-penguin/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:44:06 +0000 mel http://penguins.meltin.net/?p=34 1790

This little penguin is an absolute original, and was made for us at our request by a glassblower in a market in Hawaii. We were on our way to dinner and saw a guy with a glass blowing stall and looked for a penguin amongst the collection of animals he had for sale. He didn’t have one and when we asked if he could make one for us, he accepted our challenge! We even got to pick the colours we wanted. It was very cool to see the birth of this penguin…

More pics of the creation here.

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