Day 311, 312, 314 - Sunrises and Storms

Day 311

11/07/2010

A spectacular sunrise at DIA.

Taken from the employee parking lot, featuring the blue horse!

Day 312

11/08/2010

Two days in a row! I took a photo of this one the next morning.

The end of daylight savings time put me into the parking lot at the right time.

Day 314

11/10/2010

Driving home into the storm.

Day 310, 327, 328 Cookie Molds

Day 310
11/06/2010
Becca found this cute mould in Hong Kong and bought it for her Mom!

Day 327
11/23/2010
Another cute set of moulds that Becca found in Hong Kong.

Day 328
11/24/2010
Becca also found this cute chocolate/ice cube/jello mold in Hong Kong. I love the smiling frog!

Day 307 - Horizon

11/03/2010

The Museum of Outdoor Arts has a display in the round park in front of

Englewood's (CO) City Hall. One of the sculptures is these funky horses called Horizon.

Day 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 325, 326 ---------------------- Souvenirs from the Philippines

Day 304

10/31/2010
One of the souvenirs I bought on the trip to the Philippines was a wonderful bag. This is a close-up of the fabric it is made from. (the fabric is probably from Indonesia) I love this type of printed cotton.

Day 305

11/01/2010
Some of the bracelets I bought at Davao's Aldevinco Shopping Center. This is well-known for its boutiques that sell indigenous souvenir items and is one of my favorite shopping destinations. It was great shopping with my "niece" Shingay who is a gifted bargainer! I will be selling them at the FACC fiesta next year.

Day 306

11/02/2010
We also found these cute little bags in Davao. Becca immediately decided to use one for her iPod. The ones that I have left will also be for my booth at the FACC fiesta.

Day 308

11/04/2010
We also bought some of these colorful "magic" bags that unzip into larger tote bags. They also are to be sold at the FACC Fiesta in June.

Day 309
11/05/2010
I told Becca I needed a fan and a hat for the Philippine sun. We found these fans that turn into hats and ended up buying a package of them. The ones we don't keep will also be sold at the Fiesta.

Day 325
11/21/2010
A selection of river pearl bracelets from the Philippines to sell at the FACC Fiesta in the spring.

Day 326

11/22/2010
A few of the macrame and shell necklaces that I bought in Bohol, Philippines to sell.

Day 303 - Hong Kong Airport

10/30/2010
On our marathon trip home we started the day in Hong Kong airport around 1 am. This biplane is hanging in the main terminal.

Day 302 - Filipino Breakfast

Day 302

10/29/2010

Our last breakfast in the Philippines included this lovely papaya

which must be eaten with the cute little calamanci (also called lemoncito). Delicious!

Day 299 - Day 300 - Day 301 Visiting Bohol

Day 299

10/26/2010
St.Joseph the Worker Cathedral of Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. Built in the 1800's to replace an earlier Spanish building. It forms part of the city square.

Day 300

10/27/2010
One of the main symbols of the Province of Bohol is the Tarsier. The huge eyes provide this nocturnal animal with excellent night vision. The tarsier is the smallest primate and is endangered. They use their mobile ears to help track the insects which are their main diet. The Tarsier Foundation is dedicated to saving this cute, tiny animal.
http://www.tarsierfoundation.org/

Day 301
10/28/2010
One of our stops on our way to the beaches of Panglao, Bohol, was Hinagdanan Cave. A small karst cave made of limestone with stalagmites and stalactites and this interesting old (prehistoric? ) painting. The cave is known for the pool inside.

Day 296 - Day 297 - Day 298 Visiting Davao

Day 296
10/23/2010
One of the beautiful Philippine Eagles (formerly known as the Monkey Eating Eagle) who lives in a sanctuary on Mt. Apo in Davao City, Philippines. These endangered eagles are part of a captive breading program of the Philippine Eagle Foundation. The eagles are found in the rain forests of Mindanao as well as several islands of Indonesia where they are threatened with a loss of habitat due to logging and farming. These birds are among the largest in the world.
http://www.philippineeagle.org/

Day 297

10/24/2010
Sunset over Mt. Apo from Toril, Davao City, Philippines. At the end of a lovely day spent with friends at the beach and in the city.

Day 298
10/25/2010
Brooms in the Toril, Davao City, Philippines market.

Day 295 -

Day 295
10/22/2010

Close up details of the kampilan or kris knife owned by my "family" in Davao. It has been passed down from father to oldest son for generations and is now owned by my "brother" Jojo. Notice the hash marks on the edge of the blade (think tally marks on the butt of a gunfighter's pistol). It is part of a whole outfit that he has.

Jojo's great-grandfather was a datu of the Bogobo tribe that is native to the area. They are known for their brass and bead work.

Day 294 - Manila International Airport

Day 294

10/21/2010

Waiting for a plane in Manila - this was our dinner at the airport.

Day 291- 293 Up in the Air Again

We are headed to the Philippines to meet up with our daughter Becca on her round the world odyssey and to visit old friends from when we were Peace Corps Volunteers there. Of course, since I work for an airline we are flying stand-by. There are two reasons for this: I am a low paid gate agent and it is cheap to go stand-by. So we first tried to fly from Los Angeles to Japan but that didn't work so we flew to San Francisco and ended up going to Korea on the way to the RP. We luckily were able to stay with a friend near SFO but ended up sleeping on uncomfortable airport benches in ICN. Those blips aside, we did get to Manila, just 36 hours later that we had hoped.

Day 291
10/18/2010
California coast from LAX-SFO flight.

Day 292
10/19/2010
Business class from SFO-ICN. Upstairs in a 747!

Day 293
10/20/2010
Toys in Incheon,Korea

airport store.

Day 290 - Jeppesen Terminal at DIA

10/17/2010

Looking up at the ceiling in the main terminal at DIA.

Day 288 - Airport Flowers

Day 288

10/15/2010

These gorgeous flowers are decorating Concourse A at DIA.

Day 287 - David Taylor Quilt

10/14/2010
A close-up of the 2010 Raffle Quilt being raffled off by the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden. To see the entire quilt go to their web page at:
https://rmqm.org/zz/
The quilt was designed & quilted by David Taylor.

Day 286 Sunset

10/13/2010

Sunset seen while driving home from Aurora.

Day 284 - 285 - 289 Passengers in the Airport

Day 284
10/11/2010
Another non-rev pet traveling. Both Penny (the dog) and her friend were wearing pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Day 285
10/12/2010
Ellen's body art was very happy! She is a member of a band from LAX. Note the cat!

Day 289
10/16/2010
This United Flight Attendant was on her way to Las Vegas where she had front row seats at a Barry Manilow concert. She decided to wear the blue feathered hat so it wouldn't get smashed in her suitcase. She said she had a blue spangly dress to put on for the show!

Day 279 - Day 283 Views of Fall

Day 279
10/6/2010
A passenger had this wonderful "boa" made of ribbons braided together. Loops are left hanging out of the braid. I thought that the one ribbon made it look like feathers.

Day 280

10/7/2010

This spectacular flowering kale is in a street medium on Monaco

Parkway at the corner of Richtofen Place Parkway.

Day 281

10/8/2010

Some of the leaves in my yard are turning yellow. Fall has finally arrived in the city! The air conditioners were taken out of the windows and the furnace was turned on.

Day 282

10/9/2010

My neighbor has this charming wind chime hanging in her yard.

Day 283
10/10/2010
This house in the Montclair neighborhood in Denver is not for aracnaphobics!

Day 278 - Puppy

10/5/2010
Raisin is Brityn's new puppy. They were on their way to South Dakota I think.

Day 277 - Sunrise

10/4/2010

Sunrise on Concourse B, Denver International Airport.

The moving walkway moves toward the Eastern window near gate B60. 7am

Day 276 - Quack

10/3/2010

This t-shirt reminded me of Becca!

When she was staying with Rach's grandmother-in-law in Jerusalem a few years ago

the old (104!) woman would ask her (in Arabic),

"who are you and why are you in my house?"

Becca would reply, "remember? I'm Becca".

The the grandmother would say, "Baka, what kind of name is that?"

Baka is apparently "Duck" in Arabic.

So for Halloween later that year, Becca dressed up like a duck.

The best part of the costume was her orange Crocs.

Day 275 - Cookies

10/2/2010

These wonderful cookies were made by Mae for our Rocky Mountain Cut-Ups meeting.

She used a vintage Reddy Kilowat cutter. So cute!

Day 274 - Western Coat and Hat

10/1/2010
This gentleman was proud of the jacket and hat that he had inherited from his brother. Note the wonderful beading down the front and the cape of fur over the shoulders.

Before you say anything, I am not generally in favor of hunting for fur but I will not criticize someone who has such a wonderful example of Western folk art as this jacket.

Day 273 - Missing Shirley

9/30/2010

Missing my friend Shirley who lost her fight this afternoon in California. Now she will be able to decorate her cookies without any pain, The angels will be the lucky recipients.

This photo was taken in June at the National Cookie Cutter Collector's Club Convention in California. This is my friend, Shirley with one of her cookie jars that she won in the convention raffle. We shared a lot of laughs.