Rubber Ducks 小鴨子

最近我還在收拾去年從英國帶過來的東西，整理完後終於可以跟我家裡160位成圓團敘，看看照片大家多熱鬧！
I am still unpacking some of the things I bought over from UK last year, and the other week I finally had a family reunion with 160 members of my old family，here is a photo of them all.

我以前有三大收藏，最大的是火柴盒總共有超過一千多盒。第二是小鴨子有超過300隻。這裏有一些以前的舊照片，是跟大約90%的成員拍的。
I used to have three main collections, the biggest one being my matchboxes. The second one were rubber ducks where I had over 300. Here are some old photos of about 90% of them.

很可惜，搬來台灣時我不能把他們全部一起帶來，要送給別人。幸好在香港的弟婦願意暫時幫我收留其中超過一半的小鴨。去年尾她把他們帶到了台灣，而最近我終於有時間把他們整理好，讓他們能在新的環境安定下來。
When I moved to Taiwan I couldn’t bring them all with me and sadly had to give them away. Fortunately, my sister in law agreed to foster care over half of them for me. A few months ago I bought them home, and last week I finally got round to unpack and bathe them, so they can settle down in their new home.

現在我有大約50隻傳統黃色小鴨子。前面最細小那一隻其實是磁石，而靠右頭上串有紅線的是航空公司送的小禮物。
I now have about 50 Traditionalist。The smallest ones are actually magnets, and the small ones on the right with a red thread are a gift from an airline.

我最大的鴨子有帶著涼草帽的鴨媽媽，及站在她旁很神氣的B 鴨姐姐。
The biggest ones I have are Duck Mama with her summer straw hat, and mega pink B Duck standing proudly next to her.

我覺得紅粉佳人們很迷人，你看看後面有一隻很風騷帶著毛毛圍巾的小姐多可愛？還有幾位是英國防癌協會的慈善小鴨。我覺得能夠把愛好及慈善結合起來，是一件非常有意義的事情。
My favourite ones are the Pink Ladies. There’s a sassy one at the back draped in her flurry wrap and quite a few Cancer Research charity ducks. I think it’s great when I can mix my hobby with charity.

其實現在小鴨子不單止有傳統的黃色，還有很多其他不同類型及款式。你有沒有找到太空人，超人，新娘新郎及足球員？還是你見到另外一些你覺得很喜歡的呢？
Rubber ducks comes in all sorts and sizes nowadays and not just the traditional yellow ones. Take a look at the rest of my gang. Did you find the astronaunt, Superman, the Bride and Groom, and the footballer? Or is there another that caught your eye?

最後這組是英國團。團長是米字旗，左邊是威爾斯及愛爾蘭，可惜沒有找到蘇格蘭小鴨。右邊是2012年倫敦奧林匹克搏擊手及單車手。
And finally, here’s the Brit Pack. The head of the pack is Union Jack, flanked by Wales and Irish on the left, unfortunately I couldn’t find Scotland duck anywhere. And last but not the least, there's the London 2012 Olympic Boxer and Cyclist on the right.