Travel Stories
140 Special Letters from Home – Day 140 – Daily Content Challenge
Special Letters from Home Special Letters from Home – Day 140 – Daily Content Challenge My picture shows a souvenir purchased at a souq in either India or Thailand on trips I was fortunate to take while teaching in Kuwait. A teacher friend and I flew to Mumbai and then on to Hyderabad in India.…
Read More139 An Elephant Welcome – Day 139 – Daily Content Challenge
An Elephant Welcome Elephants Giving You a Welcome – Day 139 – Daily Content Challenge Welcome! I like this Welcome sign especially with the spelling ‘Wel Come’. There are many synonyms for welcome. Greetings. Come right in. How-do-you-do? Glad to see you. Won’t you come in? Bienvenido. Oki. These are some that come to mind.…
Read More138 An Elephant Footstool? – Day 138 – Daily Content Challenge
An Elephant Footstool from Kuwait Elephants on a Footstool? – Day 138 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s picture shows a footstool I have in my home. This was purchased in Kuwait. We would drive from Salwa, where our school was located to Fahaheel to find the shop that sold these footstools. Fahaheel is an area…
Read More137 An Elephant Charm – Day 137 – Daily Content Challenge
An Elephant Charm Made of Jade A Jade Elephant Charm – Day 137 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s elephant is a charm I found while visiting a jade factory in China. This little elephant is made of jade and I wear this charm on a necklace I own. Jade has been mined and worked in…
Read More136 The Face of an Elephant – Day 136 – Daily Content Challenge
The Face of Elephants The Face of an Elephant – Day 136 – Daily Content Challenge I have a set of Salt & Pepper Shakers from Zimbabwe showing the elephant. The image of the elephant on these salt and pepper containers shows the face of the elephant. Elephants have moderate vision and mainly use their…
Read More135 Dinner Parties – Day 135 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephants –Â Guests At Your Dinner Party? Dinner Parties – Day 135 – Daily Content Challenge Do you like to host a dinner party with family and friends? These elephants are ready to mark your place at the table. When I visited my sister in Harare, Zimbabwe we found these place card holders along with…
Read More134 Elephants – Wisdom and Strength – Day 134 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephants – Symbol of Wisdom and Strength Elephants – A Symbol of Wisdom and Strength – Day 134 – Daily Content Challenge Elephants are traditionally considered a symbol of good fortune, wisdom, and strength. Thai culture celebrates the elephant as a symbol of fortune. One must be brave as elephants are the largest land animals…
Read More133 Elephants Holding Hands – Day 133 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephants Holding Hands! Hold Hands – Don’t Let Go! – Day 133 of Daily Content Challenge The picture today is a small green dish with a circle of five elephants. They are using their trunk to hold on to a rope that appears to be attached to the tail of the elephant in front of…
Read More132 Elephant Ride – Day 132 – Daily Content Challenge
Elephant Ride in Thailand Elephant Ride – Day 132 of Daily Content Challenge Today’s picture was taken while on a trip with some friends to Thailand. We stayed at a timeshare in Pattaya and had the opportunity to visit the Pattaya Elephant Village. Judy and I enjoyed this ride on one of the elephants. Asian…
Read More123 Alberta Rose – Day 123 – Daily Content Challenge
Alberta Rose Alberta Rose – Day 123 – Daily Content Challenge My bell today is a tiny one. As you can see, it is displayed on a curio shelf made by my brother-in-law close to 50 years ago. At that time both my sister and I had a collection of miniature thimbles and other ornaments…
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