Archive for March 2022
155 Elephant Leading the Parade – Day 155 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephant Leading the Parade An Elephant Leading the Parade – Day 155 – Daily Content Challenge I bought this painting in Jaipur, India while on a trip to the Golden Triangle of India. The Golden Triangle includes Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. Jaipur is the largest city in the state of Rajasthan. It is known as…
Read More154 Elephants on a Skirt? – Day 154 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephants on a Skirt? Elephants on a Skirt? – Day 154 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s picture shows a skirt I bought while in Thailand.  While I was teaching in Kuwait some of my colleagues and I had a trip to Bangkok, Thailand and then we drove down to Pattaya.  While in Pattaya we checked…
Read More153 Another Elephant Shaped Bottle – Day 153 – Daily Content Challenge
Another Elephant Shaped Perfume Bottle Another Elephant Shaped Perfume Bottle – Day 153 – Daily Content Challenge A perfume bottle is a vessel made to hold scent. The earliest example is Egyptian and dates to around 1000 BC. The Egyptians used scents lavishly and when they invented glass, it was largely used for perfume vessels.…
Read More152 An Elephant Shaped Bottle – Day 152 – Daily Content Challenge
An Elephant Shaped Bottle An Elephant Shaped Perfume Bottle – Day 152 – Daily Content Challenge My elephant souvenir is a glass bottle purchased at a market or souq while on my travels to countries in the Middle East, Asia or Africa.  This glass bottle reminds me of perfume bottles. There are many names for…
Read More151 Another Elephant Charm – Day 151 – Daily Content Challenge
Another Elephant Charm Another Elephant Charm – Day 151 – Daily Content Challenge I found another Elephant Charm when I was looking through my jewellery box. This elephant appears to be walking away. We can see its tail and the back of its ears. I wonder if that is what the baby elephants see when…
Read More150 A Plush Toy Elephant – Day 150 – Daily Content Challenge
A Plush Toy Elephant A Plush Toy Elephant – Day 150 – Daily Content Challenge Yes, I have a Plush Toy Elephant. I found this stuffed toy in Bangkok, Thailand. On one of my trips to Bangkok we went to the Hard Rock Café and I was delighted to find this elephant in the souvenir…
Read More149 A Heavy Elephant – Day 149 – Daily Content Challenge
A Heavy Elephant A Heavy Elephant and Baby Calves – Day 149 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s elephant is quite heavy. The material used to create this elephant seems to be a very heavy stone. How heavy are real elephants? A newborn baby elephant weighs more than the average adult human being. Elephants have a…
Read More148 A Painted Elephant – Day 148 – Daily Content Challenge
A Painted Elephant A Painted Elephant – Day 148 – Daily Content Challenge A Painted Elephant – Day 148 – Daily Content Challenge  In India elephants are elaborately decorated, painted and celebrated. In the City of Jaipur in Rajasthan, they hold an Elephant Festival on the day of Holi, which generally falls in February…
Read More147 Four Flowers in Thailand? – Day 147 – Daily Content Challenge
A White Elephant Decorated With a Red Flower Four Flowers Found in Thailand – Day 147 – Daily Content Challenge My white elephant is decorated with a beautiful red flower.  Since most white elephants are found in Thailand, I am guessing this little elephant came from Thailand. I don’t know which flower the artist painted on…
Read More146 A Brown Elephant? – Day 146 – Daily Content Challenge
A Brown Elephant? A Brown Elephant? – Day 146 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s elephant is brown. Hmm… that had me wondering what colour are elephants? There are three recognised species of elephant – the Asian elephant, the African savanna elephant and the African forest elephant. Elephants are mostly grey in colour. African elephants have…
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