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Elephants in Three Rivers

Yesterday, Blog Reader Sharon commented, “The Alta Elephant has a verrrrry long trunk today”. Another friend told me at “Images of Home” that he has never quite figured out what “the elephant” is. I didn’t want to take a Sharpie pen to my painting but tried to ‘splain it pointing with my finger.

Here is a visual aid for you all who wonder what I am talking about. “The elephant” is circled in green. His trunk goes down. (On a clear day, this typical Three Rivers landmark is visible from both Exeter and Visalia, although at a somewhat more oblique angle.)

My elephant is facing the same way, but his trunk goes up (and his ear is a lot bigger and his two most visible legs are matched and his feet are red and he has a tag and a longish tail and . . .)

Here is another elephant for you, also with an upward trunk. The pencil is so you may appreciate the preciousness of this guy’s diminutive size. (He also has a tendency to do a faceplant when not propped against something.)

Good grief Charlie Brown. Some Central California artist needs to get productive so that she has something relevant to share with her blog readers.

P.S. There is a 2nd public elephant in Three Rivers, fashioned from a blue tarp over the top of an old pickup. NEVER MIND! IT IS A PIG! Someone made it for the Burning Man Festival a number of years ago. It is not exactly elegant or subtle or classy, but we are an eclectic burg here in the foothills of Tulare County. Nope, I don’t want to waste any film on this one. Yep, I said, “film”; it is a euphemism for time and computer space.

6 Comments

  1. P.S. Is the second elephant visitable from Hwy. 198, like the Blue Pig is?

    • Oops! It is a pig!!! I will correct it now. Thank you!

      • Ah, yes, who can miss your wonderful, eclectic Blue Pig! (I would miss it if it ever went away!)

        • I wouldn’t miss it if it went away, but I try to miss it each time I pass it.

  2. OK, I think I see it now. The looooong trunk wasn’t the trunk after all. That dark spot is his ear, and right below that is his eye? Do I have it right?

    • Sharon, it was your “looooong trunk” comment that made me understand you weren’t seeing it the way most folks do. Now you are interpreting the elephant the same way that I do, same spots for ear and eye.

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