Elephant love

Way back in April, I told you about an awesome item that I won in a blog giveaway at Mix And Chic – a wall mural from Murals Wallpaper in the UK. Well, it took hubby and me FOREVER to decide which mural we wanted. I, of course wanted something coastal and beachy. But hubby wanted trees or a landscape. What to do, what to do… why, an elephant, of course! This is the mural we finally agreed on:

Last year, I was totally blown away by a kitchen on The Block that included a huge rhino photo on the wall in the eating area:

Images via The Block Shop

So the elephant caught my attention because it has the same sort of vibe of a really big cool animal waling towards you :-) And hubby likes that it’s also got landscape, which kind of makes you feel like you’re right there. All in all, a great compromise that we’re both really happy with :-)

We’re going to hang the mural on a wall in the basement, and the whole space is going to be designed around it. No, it won’t be an African safari ;-) What I really love about the elephant is that it lends itself to any kind of design…

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At the speed we get renos done around here, it’ll probably be three years before our elephant makes it out of the shipping tube and onto the wall! But as soon as we’re got him up, I’ll post some pics.

Thank you Mix And Chic and Murals Wallpaper!

The Elephant Poem

Elephants are lovely guys,
They're good and true and tell no lies.

   

They don't take more than they can eat,
And always watch where they put their feet.

They don't play with electric wires;
I never have heard of them starting fires.

They live healthily, they don't smoke
An Elephant is a kindly bloke.

Elephants take care of their young,
And rarely speak with angry tongue.

When in school, they do not cheat,
They walk in lines which are quite neat.

 

They don't beat up on smaller folks,
Don't care if they're the butt of jokes.

 
They don't fret, what to wear today,
Look simply splendid all in gray.

 
Super strong yet very nice,
They're really not afraid of mice.

I've tried and tried but I just can't
Find anything better than the Elephant.

by Wayne Hepburn

They also like to check out the Canal during Winterlude :-)

 

Planet Elephants was part of the Family Day celebration at the NAC this past Monday. Ottawa artist Christopher Griffin originally created his herd of concrete elephants for Ottawa’s first-ever Nuit Blanche last September. Christopher provided clay for people at both events to create their own little elephants. As you can see in the pictures, many of the little clay elephants hitched a ride on the large elephants :-) And some of them {including our two} made their way onto the Canal to enjoy the last day of Winterlude. Click here to check out more pictures on Christopher’s Facebook page.

Sorry about the crappy picture quality. I had my little point & shoot with me, and it’s useless – most pictures came out fuzzy, over-exposed, or under-exposed. Next time I’m bringing my Nikon!