Expanding The Herd

by annemariedemyen, posted in 2023

My herd of elephants has been expanding lately. This quiet Sunday afternoon seems like an opportune time to introduce the latest arrivals.

Daughter Jen found this little painted beauty at a local antique shop and delivered him in time for Mother’s Day. 💗
She got this cutie from Charmed Aroma. Their products all smell amazing and come with a complimentary piece of jewelry. I haven’t used the candle yet so the jewellery in this one remains a mystery. 🫶
She also got this bath bomb from Charmed Aroma. It smelled amazing and turned my bath water into pure silk. 🩷
This was the delicate bracelet that came with the bath bomb. It’s hard to do it justice with a photo but it is precious. 💝
Granddaughter Genie and her fiance Alec found this adorable little wooden fellow at an outdoor Cathedral arts festival. Alec brought him over one day recently when Genie was under the weather. We had a great visit and I scored a new elephant! 💞
Jennifer picked up this unique elephant when she was in Moose Jaw recently. He was a thank you elephant in anticipation of my feeding their cats for a few days lately while they were up north on a camping trip. The trip turned into a story in itself! 💓
No elephants here, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to flaunt the bouquet husband Dan bought for me this week. 💟

Wishing you a peaceful, happy, sunny Sunday today! 🌞💖

44 thoughts on “Expanding The Herd”

  3. Annemarie,
    We have a golden elephant in the foyer, pointing toward the front door with its trunk UP. Is that significant? Betty’s Google research is providing a lot of mixed messages so she’s going to pick the one she likes the best. 🤣. Betty enjoyed seeing your collection!
    Now let’s hear Jennifer’s camping trip story ( with her permission, of course ).
    You’ve sparked our curiosity. 😋
    Paul and Betty

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  8. I think it is supposed to be good luck for trunk up and facing east – so it depends which direction your door faces, I guess. I have elephants doing all kinds of things and facing every which way, but I love elephants so I feel lucky every time a new one joins my herd. I will try to get a blog out about the camping trip this week.

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  20. I love all your elephants!! And I love the flowers you shared too! I’ve been so busy lately, but I wanted to tell you things are better with my family in AZ. I was able to visit there a couple weekends ago and my son is back communicating with us which we are so thankful for, my heart is better. There’s still much he and his wife need to work on so not sure what the future holds. At least he’s back in our lives. Enjoy the week ahead my friend!! ❤️💚💙❤️

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  26. Your sea otter collection would be amazing to see. We have one walrus and one rhinoceros in our collection. The walrus was from a trophy Dan one. The little plastic rhinoceros was from our granddaughter Prim when she was two. She was so proud of herself for giving me her little toy ‘elephant’ I didn’t have the heart to burst her bubble. It still sits front and center on one of my elephant shelves.

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  35. All of your elephants are awesome! I love them as well and have a collection of my own. If you don’t already know, there’s a really cool elephant sanctuary in Tennessee. I believe it’s called The Elephant Sanctuary. They rescue elephants. Anyway, they have love cams you can check out. ❤️

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  42. I would love to see a horse or rhino collection. It is a strange thing with me and elephants. My parents bought my siblings dolls and teddy bears, but for some reason my first toy was a big fluffy stuffed elephant. That was my only elephant for the longest time until I met Dan (at the same time as he lost his mother). She had a few elephants and his Dad gave them to me. Then my Mom passed away and she had a few elephants that came to me. By then everyone decided that I had an elephant collection and they contributed to the herd. 💞

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  44. The clerk where I have my physical exams has a lovely collection of tiny elephants at her work station. They do seem to call out to be collected. I love the personal connections for you.

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