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131 Elephant Coasters – Day 131 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephant Coasters Elephant Coasters – Day 131 – Daily Content Challenge I am discovering more things in my house that showcase elephants. Today’s picture shows sets of coasters shaped like elephants. These wooden coasters make a great addition to a table setting or can be used to hold nuts or sweets for each guest at…
Read More130 Elephant Candle Holders – Day 130 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephant Candle Holders Elephant Candle Holders – Day 130 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s elephants are actually handmade candle holders. There is a hole on each elephant’s back for a fairly thick candle. The white paint used on these candle holders highlights the elephants’ tusks. Both male and female African elephants grow tusks. An elephant’s…
Read More129 Candle from Africa – Day 129 – Daily Content Challenge
A Candle from Africa A Candle from Africa – Day 129 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s elephant must be a bachelor elephant. He is all alone. We learned a few days ago that males live in bachelor groups or all alone. This is a candle created by another artisan in Africa. I was drawn to…
Read More128 Six White Elephants – Day 128 – Daily Content Challenge
Six White Elephants Six White Elephants – Day 128 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s matriarch is the head of a group of six elephants. White elephants, as mentioned in my post about the bell showing the elephant flag of Siam, are quite rare. In fact there are approximately 30 white elephants left in the world…
Read More127 Four Triumphant Elephants – Day 127 – Daily Content Challenge
Four Triumphant Elephants Four Triumphant Elephants – Day 127 – Daily Content Challenge These four elephants look so happy as they raise their trunks high in the air. Elephants use their long trunks for many things. They can pick up objects, give a trumpet warning, greet other elephants, or suck up water for drinking or…
Read More126 Three Little Elephants – Day 126 – Daily Content Challenge
Three Little Elephants Three Little Elephants – Day 126 – Daily Content Challenge Located on my curio shelf are three miniature elephants carved from wood. For today’s picture, I arranged these in a line with the largest one in front. Generally that is how I display the sets of elephants that I have. In reality,…
Read More125 The Lion and the Lamb – Day 125 – Daily Content Challenge
The Lion and The Lamb The Lion and The Lamb – Day 125 – Daily Content Challenge Two of the ornaments on my curio shelf show the Lion and the Lamb. These are two names for God used in Scripture. They refer to Jesus. Jesus is the Lion of Judah. The attributes of Jesus are…
Read More124 Wise Old Owl – Day 124 – Daily Content Challenge
Wise Old Owl A Wise Old Owl – Day 124 -Daily Content Challenge Yesterday I shared a story about the last bell I have in my collection. It is the tiniest bell I own and I showed the curio shelf I use to showcase my collection of miniature items. I noticed that many of the…
Read More024 Give Thanks – Day 24 – Daily Content Challenge
Give Thanks Give Thanks – Content Challenge – Day 24 – Daily Content Challenge I started this challenge by talking about giving thanks. I am amazed at how much there is to give thanks for. Looking back over my posts I see such a variety of things that we often just take for granted yet…
Read More035 Remembrance Day – Day 35 – Daily Content Challenge
Remembrance Day in Canada The Story of the Poppy – Day 35 – Daily Content Challenge Today is Remembrance Day in Canada. The National Remembrance Day Ceremony commemorates all who served in Canada’s military. November 11 is similar to Armistice Day, Veterans Day or Anzac Day in other countries. Commonwealth countries have observed Remembrance Day…
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