Photo ©2007 Jaya Savannah.
The FedEx man delivered a package from my colleague Heather Gallegos today. Inside, a sweet note hoping I don't already have this gift. My elephant ears tell me there must be an elephant gift inside!
Photo ©2007 Jaya Savannah.
Inside the box from The Bombay Company, were four brass elephants: one mama, and and three sha-shas covered in red crystals. I don't know why I call the babies sha-shas. It was just something a friend and I started doing one day while we were watching the littlest elephants with their mothers in Kenya. We'd observe with rapt enchantment as the mothers would move their gigantic legs, revealing a little sha-sha underneath. Awww. Ever since, sha-shas became our collective nick-name name for the babies.
Photo ©2007 Jaya Savannah.
One of the baby elephants is a tiny magnifying lens. When its not in use, its home is inside the mama ellie which is a box with a hinged lid. It feels very Victorian and romantic to have such an ornate miniature spy glass on my desk. I love it! I fancy that I will soon take to wearing hats and writing with a quill pen.
Asante sana, Heather!
I could never imagine in you in a purple hat and writing with a quill!
I'm glad it put a smile on your face and heart. It is lovely to see where they will reside, too!
Asante kushukuru!
Posted by: Heather Gallegos | December 10, 2007 at 09:10 AM
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