Animals
162 Elephant Tusks – Day 162 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephant Tusks – Uses for Ivory Elephant Tusks – Day 162 – Daily Content Challenge I found some more elephant items while looking for some things in my kitchen.  Today’s picture shows two elephants guarding a toothpick holder. I wonder if they think the toothpicks are their missing tusks. An elephant’s tusks are actually its teeth. …
Read More160 Camel Christmas Tree Ornament – Day 160 – Daily Content Challenge
Camel Christmas Tree Ornament Camel Christmas Tree Ornament – Day 160 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s camel is a glass Christmas Tree Ornament. I don’t put it on my tree because it is too heavy. Instead I display it year round on my curio shelf. This camel ornament was a gift from my sister when…
Read More159 Counted Cross Stitch Camel – Day 159 – Daily Content Challenge
Counted Cross Stitch Camel A Counted Cross Stitch Camel – Day 159 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s picture is a counted cross stitch project that I completed and had framed. This camel seems happy to sit down and rest. The camel has a saddle on its back and perhaps has been busy giving tourists a…
Read More158 Sandy Coloured Camels – Day 158 – Daily Content Challenge
Sandy Coloured Camels Sandy Coloured Camels – Day 158 – Daily Content Challenge Camels are sandy coloured with long legs, big lips and a snout, and a humped back. The two types of camels are very similar except for one difference. ? Dromedary camels have one hump while Bactrian camels have two. ? Camels are…
Read More157 Camels from Saudi Arabia – Day 157 – Daily Content Challenge
Camels from Saudi Arabia Camels from Saudi Arabia – Day 157 – Daily Content Challenge The camels in my picture are dromedary camels. The dromedary camel is a large even-toed ungulate (a hoofed mammal) with one hump on its back. Domesticated dromedary camels are found throughout the desert areas in North Africa and the Middle…
Read More156 Camels in a Parade – Day 156 – Daily Content Challenge
Camels in a Parade Camels in the Parade – Day 156 – Daily Content Challenge For the last 30 days I have been sharing pictures of the mementos I have of elephants. Wow! Guess I really like elephants!  Yesterday’s picture showed an elephant leading the parade followed by five other animals. Third in line was…
Read More155 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…
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