Giraffe

962 – Golden Christmas giraffes

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For some reason African animals are appearing in my sketches a lot recently. A while back I was sketching an elephant sculpture in Lavenham and now for the second time I am seeing giraffes in the Philippines. The owners of SM Aura (a large expensive mall) have, for some peculiar reason, chosen to use these life-sized gold painted animals (along with hippos and an elephant) as the central motif of their Christmas decorations….frankly I don’t see what is wrong with conventional themes!

Fri-4-Jan-2019

961 – Zoo coffee

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It definitely feels like coming home when I get to sketch a scene like this. On Wednesday we planned some more belated Christmas shopping (we have postponed our “gift giving” so that everyone in the family can be there) at Megamall (a huge mall with a 1km long main concourse). While waiting to meet my wife I had a coffee and couldn’t resist this place which has a huge plastic giraffe in front of it. They also have lots of big stuffed toy animals you can sit next to or better yet, take a selfie with. Only in the Philippines!

Wed-2-Jan-2019