Elephants
166 African Necklace – Day 166 – Daily Content Challenge
African Necklace African Necklace – Day 166 – Daily Content Challenge My photo today shows a necklace I received as a gift from my sister when she had a posting in Harare, Zimbabwe. This necklace has six animals carved from wood and yes there is an elephant amongst them.  While visiting Ruth in Zimbabwe I…
Read More165 Quilted Placemats – Day 165 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephants on the Handles Quilted Placemats – Day 165 – Daily Content Challenge The third elephant item I found in my kitchen cupboards was a set of placemats. I have a set of 8 placemats which I can use when having guests in for dinner. If I want to decorate with an elephant theme these…
Read More164 Elephants 0n Handles – Day 164 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephants on the Handles Elephants on the Handles – Day 164 – Daily Content Challenge While looking in my kitchen drawer I found two more elephants! These are African hand carved wooden salad servers with elephants on the handle. Traditionally carvers crafted beautiful pieces from ironwood which is a very heavy and dense wood. These…
Read More163 Elephants 0n Oven Mitts – Day 163 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephants On Oven Mitts Oven Mitts – Day 163 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s picture shows some oven mitts decorated with an elephant design.  The tag attached to this item says:  S.E.E.D. Singisi Exclusive Ethnic Designs Hand Embroidered by the members of Family Aids Caring Trust (FACT) Chiredzi and the Singisi African woman’s club. Designs…
Read More162 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 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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