Friday, February 04, 2022
Letter "E" - Friday's Weekend Roundup 08 / Reflections and-or Street Captures
This week's Prompts: Starts with "E"; A Favorite; "Elephant"; and Reflections and/or Street Captures.
The pictures below (you can click on the pictures to make them larger) are of some of the elephants that we saw at the circus the summer of 2012 (our pictures and story with KP). I have a 'special place' for elephants, they are such remarkable animals. Their memories are remarkable too.
Before the circus we were 'up close' for the first two pictures when we got to watch the lone elephant, Asia, paint a picture. After Asia finished painting she proudly showed her art work to the audience. (YouTube Video link of this act)
"Elephant": Unfortunately, elephants are often physically abused by their impatient caretakers. The ivory from elephant tusks sells at a premium. Poachers, mainly in the wilds and preserves of Africa, are killing the elephants for those tusks. I believe a few are cut off while the lovely beast is alive.
A nice book about circus elephants is Water for Elephant, a historical novel by Sara Gruen. Gruen originally wrote the novel as part of National Novel Writing Month. It later was made into a movie. I have read the book but haven't seen the movie (link). The book is about a circus elephant and her trainer. I am giving it a BIG thumbs up.
Reflections and/or Street Captures:
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(A) Starts with the Letter "E": My Elephant shot (one of them) taken on our South African desert safari, January 8, 2020.
2019-20 Dubai to Cape Town for more of our 31 day cruise
A Favorite: These Elephants were waiting for sale at our Toys R Us in the now closed store in Woodlands (a planned community just north of Houston [Texas]).
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Before the circus we were 'up close' for the first two pictures when we got to watch the lone elephant, Asia, paint a picture. After Asia finished painting she proudly showed her art work to the audience. (YouTube Video link of this act)
"Elephant": Unfortunately, elephants are often physically abused by their impatient caretakers. The ivory from elephant tusks sells at a premium. Poachers, mainly in the wilds and preserves of Africa, are killing the elephants for those tusks. I believe a few are cut off while the lovely beast is alive.
A nice book about circus elephants is Water for Elephant, a historical novel by Sara Gruen. Gruen originally wrote the novel as part of National Novel Writing Month. It later was made into a movie. I have read the book but haven't seen the movie (link). The book is about a circus elephant and her trainer. I am giving it a BIG thumbs up.
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Lagniappe No. 1: This Poem is an Elephant, a Crawfish, and a Golfing Man (a small toy Golfer Putting) (You can read it Here)
Lagniappe No. 2: The Countries I've visited that start with the Letter "E":
Ecuador -- on my Bucket List, did a Miami to Los Angeles cruise soon after my retirement in 2001, probably the cruise in 2002.
Egypt -- on a Holy Land Cruise, in the Mediterranean Sea, Athens, Greece to Jerusalem, 1980
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The Fine print stuff:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- Click Here for all countries I've visited.
- Click Here for all countries of the world.
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Labels: Animals, Friday's Weekend Roundup 08, KP, Toys
