{"id":9292,"date":"2023-10-29T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T18:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/?p=9292"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:18:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:18:29","slug":"i-thought-you-might-like-a-picture-of-an-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/i-thought-you-might-like-a-picture-of-an-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"I thought you might like a picture of an elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Africa192_blog.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Africa192_blog.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9293\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6666666666666666;width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Africa192_blog.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Africa192_blog-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Africa192_blog-100x150.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took this photo from a mokoro (canoe) in Botswana at Linyanti Bush Camp in Chobe National Park, Botswana, in late November 2019. Isn&#8217;t the elephant magnicient?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used to to blog about my travels but haven&#8217;t done so in quite some time. It was a lot of work, and I need to reserve my computer time for writing and business of writing now that my noggin has been koko-bonked (IFYKYK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But from time to time I&#8217;ll share some of my fave photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We visited Rwanda, then traveled via Kenya to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe (where I bought some seemingly indestructible sunglasses to replace a pair forgotten at the Victoria Falls Hotel during high tea), three camps in Botswana, and then Cape Town in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I adored the Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda, but in Botswana the elephants were my fave. They are so graceful. They are loving. They persevere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And so do I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a turtle writer. I am slow. And a lot of that is because I&#8217;ve been in 3 car accidents that, accumulatively, have greatly impacted me physically. But I am determined. I am attending various body therapies. And I do not know how to give up, a trait I inherited from my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cindyprocter-king.com\/williamdukeprocter.html\">grandfather<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This elephant reminds me of Duke. Steadfast. Resolute. Thirsty for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just a note that if you visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cindyprocter-king.com\/williamdukeprocter.html\">Duke page<\/a>, it is from my original website and most of the links to articles about my grandfather on the web no longer work. But his <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Procter_(Canadian_veteran)\">Wikipedia<\/a> page stands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took this photo from a mokoro (canoe) in Botswana at Linyanti Bush Camp in Chobe National Park, Botswana, in late November 2019. Isn&#8217;t the elephant magnicient? I used to to blog about my travels but haven&#8217;t done so in quite some time. It was a lot of work, and I need to reserve my&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/i-thought-you-might-like-a-picture-of-an-elephant\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I thought you might like a picture of an elephant<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,14,34,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa-2019","category-stuff-about-me","category-the-non-writing-life","category-travel","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9296,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9292\/revisions\/9296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyprocter-king.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}