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Baby in the Bathwater

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Thailand 2007 Near Chiang Mai I was floating downstream on a raft. The baby elephant was enjoying the water, scrubbing himself against the fallen log.  The river was wide and we were in the center. I had a fast lens but the maximum … Continue reading

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Finding the Viewpoint

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Arizona, U.S.A. 2009 Another shot of the Saguaro National Park near Tucson. I tried to find attractive groupings of the cactus. This one reminds me of Gumby saying, “O NO!, or else a bandit telling a group of greenhorns to … Continue reading

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Landscape with Saguaro Cactus

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Arizona, U.S.A. 2009 Saguaro cactus cover the hillsides of a National Park near Tucson, Arizona. The smaller cactus is called Cholla cactus or Teddy Bear Cactus, but it is anything but cuddly. I spent a lot of time removing needles from my clothing … Continue reading

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Salt Caravan

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Mali, Araouane 2002 A Touareg man leads his caravan loaded with salt toward Tombouctou (Timbuktu). You might wonder where the Touareg’s indigo robes are. He is wearing a short tunic of indigo dyed fabric under the khaki colored gown. He … Continue reading

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Solitude

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  Kyrgyzstan 2012: On the way to Issyk Kul Lake Torie saw the scene first and kept saying, “It looks like a painting.” I tried to see the painting but wasn’t sure if I saw it or not. The black dots which … Continue reading

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San Xavier Mission del Bac

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Arizona, U.S.A. 2009 We had gone to the gem show in Tucson. My oldest daughter likes to ‘bead’. And she also likes photography, so we tried to capture the Southwest. I’d seen Ansel Adams’s version of this mission. I don’t … Continue reading

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Six Horse Team

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Lancaster Pennsylvania sometime in the 90’s. We passed a cornfield where a team of six draft horses pulled a harrow across a the land. They were driven by a boy wearing a straw hat and overalls. The boy didn’t want his photo taken … Continue reading

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Voronetz Monastery

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Romania 2012 Voronetz Monastery is one of Romania’s famed painted monasteries. Both inside and out are covered with folk art depictions of Bible stories as well as stories of the lives of the saints. The paintings are more than 400 years old … Continue reading

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Saddle Shoes Forever

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Uzbekistan 2012 A side street in Bokhara A pretty Japanese woman demonstrates Japanese Style. Her clothing looked comfortable and stylish…and expensive, I might add. I loved her shoes! We all wore them back in the day. Of course, we all … Continue reading

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Imilchil Marriage Festival

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Morocco 1998  Imilchil, a village in the High Atlas Mountains Every fall, there is a marriage festival in Imilchil. It’s sort of a Sadie Hawkins Day affair; women of the Ait Haddou tribe can ask men to marry them. Normally the women who … Continue reading

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