The entire summer of 2016 we have enjoyed the little sweet elephant that seemed to grow out of nothing and suddenly stood there in full bloom right in front of our living room windows. Where it came from is a mystery, but I know the base was once a small exotic Japanese maple tree that sadly died a few years back. Some of the other ingredients were ivy and honeysuckle mixed with various pretty weeds and flowers, that were not really supposed to grow there.
I liked our little elephant. Even as late as October/November it still stood there sweet and peacefully patient with flowers and red berries on its back, refusing to let the winter depression creep in on us too fast. Sadly in January a storm hit and knocked it to the ground, so now there is only a small pile of leaves left. Today I drew it to remember the little fairy tale that grew in our garden in 2016 🙂
I took a photo of the elephant at the end of November. Most flowers were gone by then but a few berries were still left on its back. 🙂
