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I took very early retirement from teaching in '06 and did some traveling in Europe and the UK before settling down to do some private tutoring. As a voracious reader, I have many books waiting in line for me to read. Tell me I shouldn't read something, and I will. I'm a happy, optimistic person and I love to travel and through that believe that life can be a continuous learning experience. I'm looking forward to traveling more some day. I enjoy walking, cycling, water aerobics & and sports like tennis, volleyball, and fastpitch/baseball. I'm just getting into photography as a hobby and I'm enjoying learning all the bits and bobs of my digital camera. My family is everything to me and I'm delighted to be the mother of two girls and the Gramma of a boy and a girl. I may be a Gramma, but I'm at heart just a girl who wants to have fun.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Saturday Photo Hunters - Theme: HEAVY

I had to go through my photo albums to see if I could find something appropriate for this week's theme. I finally found the following photo of a family of elephants that I took years ago at the San Diego Animal Park.

37 comments:

jmb said...

Leslie, this is a great photo for the theme. I was absolutely stumped for quite a while.
Have a good weekend.

Michele said...

Great photo Leslie. I was a little confused as to what to put in mine as well. It was a tough one.
The Rocky Mountain Retreat

Napaboaniya.Elaine Ling said...

Elephant :) Heaviest animal on land :) Brilliant for the theme, Leslie!

PowersTwinB said...

Thanks for visiting my hunt tonight...Your photo is great for this weeks theme!

Natalie said...

Those are very heavy indeed!

Katney said...

Great heavy beasts. I just read a delightful book called "Water for Elephants". Circus story with a wonderful elephant who is a composite of several real circus elephants.

Anonymous said...

Lovely shot - and perfect for this week's theme. Have a lovely weekend!

david mcmahon said...

Nice jumbo jets, er, sorry, jumbo jeSt!!

CRIZ LAI said...

Cute..really cute. Where's Dumbo the flying elephant? hehe. Nice post this week Leslie :)

If you have the time, do check out my another interpretation here

Corey~living and loving said...

great choice. :) I love elephants.
happy weekend.

Lynn said...

No doubt about that. These are heavy lol. :D

Anonymous said...

Great photo! Thanks for the visit. To answer your question, I took my animal photos at the Sequim Olympic Farm in Sequim, WA. Happy weekend.

Jen said...

I'd say those could be deemed as heavy! ;) Happy Weekend!

Rowena said...

Hi Leslie,
Thanks for stopping by! Glad you found me through Welshcakes--I love her wit and writing style. It never seems to be a dull moment in her little corner of Italy.

I scrolled down a bit and saw your post on the Cinque Terre--lovely place isn't it? It's been awhile since we've gone back but boy do I miss the food!

Anonymous said...

I was thinking of an elephants too but I got sidetrack and forgot:) lol Nice entry this week!

Liz said...

Perfect Leslie! Those are definitely heavy. Thanks for dropping by.

Anonymous said...

Those elephant sure are heavy. Great shot. Happy hunting.

Casdok said...

Great photo!! :)

jams o donnell said...

Ooh what marvellous creatures! Great idea for this week's theme. Happy weekend

Rajson said...

Those are absolutely heavy ones!
Great choice.
Happy weekend wishes from Sweden!

Carver said...

That's a wonderful shot and perfect for the heavy theme. Have a great weekend.

Juliana said...

Great choice for heavy :D

Will u visit my Photo Hunter : Heavy Thanks. Have a nice weekend.

BBC said...

I went through the San Diego Zoo many years ago when I was 18 and in Navy boot camp.

Don't recall much about it though, but I didn't want to go to the sleaze joints with the others.

I used to be bashful and quite. LOL

jennwa said...

Wow all those together are heavy !!
Love the photo.
Have a great weekend.

Andree said...

They look busy and happy. I keep reading so much bad about elephants in zoos that I worry about them. But your elephants here look engaged in life. My Photo Hunt — Heavy is here. Thank you.

Utah Mommy said...

I am sure that they are heavy but they are entertaining as well. Great choice! Happy weekend!
Baby Pushing Mommy

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Lovely pic.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful shot. They look like a happy family!

 gmirage said...

Poor log! must have been crushed!

Great photo for today's theme...Hppy weekend!

Heather said...

Perfect! I had to do some photo album digging for mine, as well. ;o)

Have a great week!

Anna said...

This is a great picture for this week theme. Those sure are heavy, thanks for sharing...

Mine is up too:
Every Beat Of My Heart

Anonymous said...

Oh, great "family" photo!! :-)

Happy Weekend.

Linda said...

Pretty Heavy!

Barbara said...

Good photo for the theme heavy.

JesieBlogJourney said...

The elephants are surely heavy and fit the theme perfectly.

Mine is posted too.

PastormacsAnn said...

We've had some really challenging themes. Great choice for our "heavy" theme.

MaR said...

That's a great pic for the theme, a whole pile of elephants!!
:)