Blue Donkey

Following on from all those yellow donkeys, we were nearly flattened by a fast moving blue donkey last week.

We read it's name and I asked F to write it down but she said she could remember; it looked simple enough.  Now she forgets.

Names are important.

Blue Donkey looked a little more like an elephant than you would want of your every day donkey, but I have been reliably informed that there are parts of the world where elephants are beasts of burden even more than donkeys are.  (Some years ago, one of our allotment neighbours in UK went to visit and volunteer work in an elephant sanctuary where retired working elephants go to - she seemed to be a reliable source of information - at any rate I liked her allotment.)

Blue Donkey had an extending snout with a hook on the end.

Now I am on the look-out for red donkeys (or black, or purple, or any other variety of sub-species of donkey).

This....

is not a Donkey. 

It does, however, stand out from a crowd and is the object of dispute between us.  The jury is still out on whether it is cool or yuck.  In matt grey (which looks like it escaped the factory in its primer paint), it is more or less donkey coloured - except for those wheels that seem to be inspired by a Japanese plum blossom design.  F says yuck. I could be more forgiving.  I like anything with wheels - the faster the better.

Trying to wink....