This is one of several "Elephant Appreciation Days" on various
calendars. So I'm wearing my African Elephants today. It is also Hobbit Day, honoring the birthday of both Bilbo
and Frodo Baggins. Frodo's comrade Samwise Gamgee had a special
fascination with elephants, known in Middle Earth as oliphaunts. Sam got
to see a huge oliphaunt while he and Frodo were with Faramir in
Ithilien, and he quoted an old poem about oliphaunts to Gollum (Smeagol)
around the same time. We have several house elephants, related to children's story books and Habitat for Humanity.
Sunday, September 22, 2019
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