Hooray,
dear bloggy friends - I have time to blog again! We've been having a
nextremely busy autumn, and I've missed you all. I've been longing to
tell you about our special nexcursion! *
Here in Giraffe World we have what are known as Nextra Days. These are special days which some other planets do not have, and one of them is September 31st. We giraffes do so love to visit Planet Earth, and the best time to do so en masse is when we cannot be seen by humans! So it was with great nexcitement that we all piled into the Tours Bus at dawn for our journey through the Secret Portal behind the Intergalactic Cacti. ...
We'd decided to visit a city in the UK called Durham. What a charming
historical location! We had the Market Place all to ourselves, and our
presence energized a giraphic transformation of some of the features.
Later,
we wandered down to the River below the spectacular Cathedral. Some of
our party enjoyed rowing giraffe-style while the rest of us watched from
the banks. 
At the end of a lovely day we squeezed back through the secret portal, singing and laughing all the way home.
Ah - but not all of us! With typical
rebellious neck, our middle child, Necky Becky decided she'd like to
spend another day in Durham, without thinking that the 1st of October
was not a Nextra Day, and the place would be full of humans! She sneaked
off the bus as it slowed down by the Cacti and made her way back
through the portal.
*
As soon as we got home Maureen and I
noticed her absence. I spent a long night travelling back to Planet
Earth, and searched everywhere for Necky Becky, taking care not to be
seen by humans. At last I spotted her - she had got into the Town Hall,
and was standing defiantly in the window behind some famous Durham
County cricketers who were being photographed. (She does like to be in
the limelight!)
I managed to take this photo of her, and persuaded her to come back to the bus immediately by promising her she could learn to play cricket. Ah, the trials of giraffe parent-hood ...
(c) Durham Artist Ingrid Sylvestre - Artist, Designer, Illustrator, Author, Songwriter, Speaker and Giraffe Lady.
