Wednesday, April 28, 2010

My new obsession...

... is this picture. It was snapped by The National's travel editor, Rosemary Behan, on a recent trip to Sir Bani Yas island. Basically I look at it about twice every day. Who even knew giraffes could bend their legs like that? Look at the awkward angle of the joint! Don't they just look like two best mates? Like they are recreating some sort of iconic Sinatra-era buddy shot? Don't they look happy? Satisfied? As if they are kind of pleased, at themselves, and at having their picture taken?

4 comments:

AA said...

Hmm, time for yoga.

Theresa said...

This is going to sound weird, but as I don't want to go through the whole story in your comments section could you provide me with an email address I could reach you at. I tried doing it via your profile section but it's not coming up.

Don't worry, I'm not creepy.. just a fellow Canadian who is Abu Dhabi bound and had a few questions.

Unknown said...

Love love love this pic .... it reminds me of that party, you know, the one where the table collapsed :-)

Chuck Bluestein said...

This picture looks like when a person puts their arm around another person. It is very human looking.

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