This giant rubber duck has recently brought so much happiness and attracted so much attention from the ordinary citizens of Hong Kong that I can’t help reblogging it. Thank you Simple Cherishes for this wonderful post 🙂
This morning when I woke up, I was greeted in emails by 1 video from my sister-in-law and 2 photos from my Dad and nephew in Hong Kong all on the same subject. What can they be so excited about?
The World’s Largest Rubber Duck has arrived in Hong Kong! The Dutch artist Florentjin Hofman designed this giant inflatable “Rubber Duck,” a 46 feet by 55 feet floating sculpture, that is tugged around by a small tug boat. The giant duck started “sailing” around the world in 2007, and could be seen in St. Nazaire (FR), Sao Paulo (BR), Auckland (NZ), Hasselt (BE),Osaka and Hiroshima (JP), Sydney (AUS), Nürnberg (DE), Amsterdam (NL) and now Hong Kong.
According to the artist:
“The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn’t discriminate people and doesn’t have a political connotation.
The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve mondial…
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Love this ducky!!!
Thank you Rusha ; have an enjoyable weekend 🙂
Really fun and whimsical, thanks for sharing!!!!
Thank you ; have an enjoyable weekend 🙂
Thank you so much Michael for reblogging this – my iPhone alert keeps ringing due to your reblogging! The simple thing in life is the best!! Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi Simple Cherishes, this is the first time I ever reblog because I like your post, the duck and the joy it brings. The general atmosphere in HK is not that good. The duck lightens up things, at least, for the time being.
Have a great weekend too 🙂
Thank you so much again! What an honour! I share your sentiments. Hopefully we can all discover little rubber duck moments in our lives! Warm wishes.
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it will lay some massive eggs… 😉
Eggs for happiness . . . . . 🙂
This did make me smile this morning! Thanks!
Thank you; have a great week 🙂
Reblogged this on Through The Lens and commented:
From a fellow blogging friend, Michael Lai
Many thanks to reblog this on; it does have something uplifting quality.
I was so happy to see this duck in my feed this morning. Yay!
Hope you will continue your happiness from here. Thank you 🙂
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pretty!
Thank you 🙂
Made my day. Thank you, Michael!
Thank you; have a nice weekend 🙂
This is fantastic. Made me Smile. Thank you for sharing !
I heard that the duck burst though… has anybody fixed it?
Hi, it collapsed into the water but is now fixed. Glad you like it. Thank you 🙂
The duck makes you smile 🙂
It brought quite a lot of happiness to this city. Thank you 🙂
I love this giant duck! He was unwell and was deflated for about a week, I was worried he wouldnt survive, but he’s well again!
Yes, glad that it is well again and continues to bring happiness to the people here. Thank you 🙂
As soon as I saw your post, I was reminded of my parents newly re-finished bathroom. A jar of tiny rubber ducks sits on a shelf. Just the right touch of whimsy. 🙂
The duck reminds me of the ducks we played in our bath tub when we were young. Thank you 🙂
Made my rainy day!!!
That duck was really cute and brought so much happiness. Glad that you like it!