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Wished I could try a medium format camera

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The Challenge

I had a hard time deciding which photo to post today. I saw the photo I was going to take and it was done by the afternoon.

But by dinner time I had taken another one of our meal, not a spectacular photo by any means, but the time and thoughtfulness that went into this meal was just as beautiful.

It was so hard trying to pick! The beautiful picture or the beautiful story?

The other photo is really pretty if I'm being honest, but this one here, has framed something even more beautiful to me!


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She is next to my bed. She is in my heart. She is in my prayers. She was in my arms a month ago!! >>> I miss her now!!!
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted & saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalms 34:18

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Enjoying a serious discussion while playing a friendly game.  

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while the entire house is covered by towers of boxes, things to take to Goodwill, things to go to trash, she had all the time of a day flipping through a magazine!! Well, so did her mum, ... holding a camera and taking her picture!!

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i hate you too fried chicken!!

i'm sorry!! i take it back!! i love to eat you!!!

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My battery pack needs some electrical lovin' at the moment and 
so I decided to post a picture of Saboosh from the past weekend.
 

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crawling towards me ... crawling towards me ...

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is it odd to be jealous of toast tanning in the oven?

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Thursday nights in winter time

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Who knew there were so many February babies?

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This will have to be packed away, see you in 2 months!!

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mini hotpot

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H: "Welcome Home Mamy" ---- I still leave it on the wall and do not want to take it down!!

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Apple cheeps. Love in tart disc form.

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i love the feeling of defeating a challenge. 
in this case, it was a 500 piece nearly impossible and sometimes frustrating puzzle. 
we started around 6:30pm last night and persisted through until every piece found it's partner (at 2am).
success tastes so sweet!

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Visiting Grandparents


I don't think I've ever left a nursing home without tears. Sad tears shed for the pains seen and heard. It is hard to miss the endless coughing fits or the deep longing behind a frail man's eyes. Yet in what is seemingly a very depressing place I feel joy, when K's grandma is well enough to smile, or to witness K-mom's for her parents, and especially when we hold hands to pray and grandma whispers "God bless you", so ever quietly that you have to stick your ears right up to her lips for the words to make sense.

Indeed, we are blessed whenever we go. I never had a chance to get to know K's grandma before she was ill, but I see the impact she's made in people's lives, by the love and devotion her family has for her.


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I had planned to take a photo of my beautiful gifts,
but when I got "home" I saw this and got totally distracted.

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i accidentally took this photo at a much higher iso than it really needed.
not a fan favourite, but i do love gold and blue.
 

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This is from December. What is keeping it alive?

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bare feet on dirt.


bare feet on carpet.

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  Where can I find these in pill form

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Our first NHL game and we RAN to flee the parking zoo just before the shoot-out.
Over 17,000 people in attendance. I enjoyed the people watching. hehehe

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An "orange" at home



An "orange" in Cambodia

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something to take home with ...



now it is home ...

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At my sister's suggestion I ordered a traditional Munich style beer at the pub last week. Only when it arrived I then remembered I have the exact can in my fridge!

In no particular order, some of my favourite drinks here. Not cream, but coffee (ok, the cream's raison d'ĂȘtre is the coffee right?), pop that tastes like coke and rum, and flavourful beer.

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  Ready when you are. These and the rest of your O-town winter kit await your return. ;-)

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I want to share these two photos back to back. She wasn't smiling when I held up my camera. As soon as I showed her how she looked, she immediately gave me this beautiful smile! So, I am cheating today, these two photos will serve as my 44th and 31st photo of the year!

PS. She attends Reaksa's school in Kopreach village of Siem Reap.

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 I love this tootie

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Your life can be shrunk into a size of a doll house, or you choose not.



One form of human exploitation which I didn't expect to see at Tonle Sap Lake, it was a very terrible day, a very terrible day!

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Sunset aglow, we get shutter happy

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a street corner



My favourite Khmer dish :: Fish Amok ::

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The 3-legged crawler!


Reaksa's church is yearning for His words!!

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Who is Who?


One I admire and respect so very much!