Artist: Addison Size: 2.5 X 3.5 ACEO Medium: Watercolor Colors: Pink Featuring: BABY ELEPHANT Title: Poppy the Baby Elephant Standing Close to Mama by Addison : ACEO Original Watercolor Elephant Painting Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Green Little Elephant Chilling, Out on Savanna, by Addison : ACEO Original Watercolor Elephant Painting
Artist: Addison Size: 2.5 X 3.5 ACEO Medium: Watercolor Colors: Green Featuring: LITTLE ELEPHANT Title: ACEO Original Watercolor Painting, Elephant Chill’n on Savanna, by Addison Continue reading »
Love, Life, and Elephants : An African Love Story by Dame Daphne Sheldrick: Book Review Essay Part 5 : Meet the Elephants!
Let us not forget: JUMA & BIBI baby bull Juma & Bibi (p. 263-264) who both died tragically; Let us not forget: OLMEG (p.266) who was the first and most likely the only baby elephant to share Jill’s bedroom. And despite the work it had taken to fluff up the floor with a “bed of … Continue reading »
Love, Life, and Elephants : An African Love Story by Dame Daphne Sheldrick: Book Review Essay Part 4 : Meet the Elephants!
AISHA Perhaps the most famous little elephant that stole Dame Daphne Sheldrick’s heart was this tiny calf. “She was the smallest elephant I had ever seen – still covered in the soft fuzz of elephant infancy, her tiny trunk tinged with pink, toenails of pale yellow – soft and brand new.” (p.229) Prophetically, the chapter … Continue reading »
Love, Life, and Elephants : An African Love Story by Dame Daphne Sheldrick: Book Review Essay Part 3 : Meet the Elephants!
Meet the First of Many Elephants Who Have Enriched Dame Daphne Sheldrick’s Life IMENTI (p. 288) was the tiniest and most fragile baby elephant as he had just been born that January of 1994 when he was brought to the DSWT. He was “heartbreakingly perfect” with “petal pink ears” and so “trusting and unafraid” of … Continue reading »