Elephants, Tigers a Camel

Friends came over to hear about our trip to India. Oh boy, holiday snapshots!

Show and tell. At least you can put the photos on the computer as a slide show

with the Ken Burns effect --minus the mopey music

and chat through the whole thing.

Oddly, we didn't buy too much in India but were charmed

 by the wooden elephant and tiger above.

Their heads and tails bob up and down when you circle a little wooden ball.

Four year old twins of our acquaintance here they come.

Do not let Danny-Patty (little brother) eat them as the paint is sure to be toxic.

This painting is even smaller than shown here and shows a pretty typical family

both in elephant and real worlds.  Parents locked together

 in affection or combat --or both. One child hanging out with Mom and Dad

the other off in search of adventure.....

Obviously, I am a complete sucker for images elephants. 

These nice pink ones run round on soft light cotton.

 

These green ones trot round the corner of an enormous piece of fabric

 which could be a table cloth or even a bedspread.

 

Elephant silk scarf sent to daughter -- but the little camel is lovely too.

More Animals and Birds/India

Dogs are everywhere.

As are monkeys.

The first elephant  we saw was a hardworking character.

The second more decorative.

The third wore a splendid pink robe.

 Lots of decorative fowl near Pushkar.

Including a splendid rooster.

The only tiger I saw lived in a glass case and had a very chewed up ear.

Real ones live in a nature preserve nearer Delhi.

This character made the mistake of sleeping under a car. 

His lower teeth are in quite  the wrong place. 

Despite this, he manages to charm people with his yellow

 eyes and looks quite well fed.

Hint: he likes brioche.

 

Ahhhhh...........

A camel vying with the traffic.

A decorated bullock cart ready to take us for a ride.

No live Tigers

No strollers. Babies are either carried or walk on their own!
Very few tourists either but marvellous countryside and enchanting palaces which will be pictured at a later date. Lots of peacocks and colored glass and glass balls hanging from the ceilings and golden gods.

Yesterday I offered a garland of fragrant pink roses for a friend's mother in a Hindu temple in Udaipur.
There were a group of elderly ladies sitting cross-legged on the floor and singing the most lovely songs to the accompaniment of a drummer.
It was very peaceful.

I bought a miniature of an elephant family and a little drawing of a pink cow.
Today I bought a postcard of a dog drawn by a little boy who was thrilled with his big sale.

We are now in a real palace in Kota - it was designed by an Englishman who had been in Italy - so a complete melange of British, Italianate, and Indian.
Monkey families roam the grounds.
It reminds me a bit of English boarding schools to be honest.
The wiring is interesting and our bedroom ceiling about 28ft high.
Pictures soon - I promise.