Ronneby

Another "Surprise-Find" at my favorite flea market, the Elephant's Trunk in Connecticut. A paperweight, signed: F M Ronneby, Sweden B-749-90. I found one for sale on E-bay, so I copied the specifics. I paid less, so that was an extra bonus. I saw it, just at the moment I was thinking about gravitating my collection more towards ceramic hippos. This beauty was too cute to pass up, so another glass one found its way to my bloat. Maybe I should specialize in hand made ones? I probably should stop trying to come up with excuses because it does not seem to help. The words of true hippo addict, an incurable addict it seems... :-).

Open mouth hippo, 3 7/8" (9,84 cm) in height and 2 7/8" (7,3 cm) in width, 1 lb and 60 oz (0,7 kg) in weight.

Ramon

For those of you familiar with the International Hippopotamus Society (www.hippos.com), also known as: Hippolotofus, you already know about the yearly conventions. If you are not familiar yet, please visit the website, and find out about our wonderful group of hippo lovers. Like every year, a game is played during our meet and greet event. To participate, you will have to bring a hippo present. In a way, it is a sort of hippo exchange game, so you bring a present, and you take another present back home. I have played this game several times now, and I have  to say, I have always been very lucky. Because of this game, many beautiful hippos found their way to my collection. This year, the prize was a hand carved, malachite beauty, which is (according to tradition) named after the person who brought it in. Dear Ramon, thank you very much for bringing such a beautiful gift to the reunion. I enjoyed your costume, singing voice and company. I do hope we will be able to meet again during future conventions!

 

Row - Row - Row Your Clog

If you are following my blog, you already know that I love all the hippos handmade by the very talented artist Jen Robinson (see Posts: Hippopottermiss, Wishing on a hippo and Precious). I am very proud and happy to announce that another masterpiece found its way to my collection.

Dear Jen, thank you so much for your beautiful gift. But the greatest gift of all, was you staying with us for a few days. We all enjoyed your company and friendship. It was great to be able to get to know you better, and we can't wait to meet Yves some day too. Maybe in France or somewhere else in the world. You know you will always be most welcome! HHHLL