Picture of the Day, London

London, England -- August, 2010

Part of the base of the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens in London. It appeared on May 1st, 1912, along with a message from J.M. Barrie in The Times:

"There is a surprise in store for the children who go to Kensington Gardens to feed the ducks in the Serpentine this morning. Down by the little bay on the south-western side of the tail of the Serpentine they will find a May-day gift by Mr J.M. Barrie, a figure of Peter Pan blowing his pipe on the stump of a tree, with fairies and mice and squirrels all around. It is the work of Sir George Frampton, and the bronze figure of the boy who would never grow up is delightfully conceived."

You can read more about it here.