Weekly Photo Challenge: “We are Family”

THIS WEEK, IN A POST CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO SHOWING FAMILY.

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After the Storm

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At the Waterhole - Addo
At the Waterhole – Addo

Well, I don’t like posting family photos publicly, and this is essentially a travel blog after all, so my family photos are of my favourite wild animal, Elephants. We all know from the many wildlife programs that they display complex social and emotional behaviour and are said to value their families more than most animals.

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Heyjude

I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

30 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: “We are Family””

    1. Thank you Karen – you are so lucky that they are not TOO far from you. Have you ever visited the Knysna elephants?

  2. Elephants are my absolute favourite animal – I wrote about them once so I’m not just saying that – and your photo is lovely!

  3. Nice family of elephants Jude. Theme well-covered, as usual.
    Shame about the one in SA this week. Did you see it on the news?
    Regards as always, Pete.x

    1. Was that the one which overturned a car? I saw some footage but didn’t know where it happened. Heard they destroyed the ellie involved.

    2. Yes, it made me nervous the way some people drove right up to the elephants in Addo, even ones with babies. So unfair the animal is punished for doing what is natural, protecting its young. Mindst you I was sh***ing myself when the lions started to approach MY car. Doubt they could have overturned it, but I reckon they could make a nasty dent!! http://wp.me/pL5Ms-28

    1. Thanks Tina. I just love elephants and their families, I haven’t seen yours yet, shall go and find them now!

    1. after seeing some recent footage where one overturned a car I think it is a good idea to keep ones distance!

    1. I adore the babies, they always look as though they have absolutely no control over their trunks and are going to trip up over it.

  8. I love the photo of the elephants heading home. The sky in the background gives a sense of the vastness of the African sky.

    1. They were returning from the watering-hole and just appeared on to the road in front of us, only to disappear into the bush – amazing how such large animals can disappear so easily! Thanks for commenting rachel 🙂

  9. Oh Jude, I adore elephants and I adore your photos of your elephant family, how wonderful is this? I would absolutely love to be able to see an elephant family in the wild like this…sigh…I dream. Do you think they have any at St Ives 😉 xx

  10. Hmm haven ‘t been able to find the comments place on your last few posts…just figured out that I have to like it first 🙂 duh. Love the elephant family, now if I remember the elephants with the big ears are the African correct??…How cool that you got so close! The closest I’ve been is at the zoo…but did see the babies there a few weeks ago, born last August.

    1. I wouldn’t think you have to like it to comment, but it is a new theme. I think you can click a comment link at the very top of the post.

      Elephants are so lovely to watch, though you do have to respect them. We were very close, though with the first family (the top picture) we were behind a fence around the water-hole. The family crossing the road however were feet away from our car. Quite scary in fact!

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