tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63260885293898681882024-03-13T09:33:37.850-07:00Inday ArleneThoughts on my life todayIndayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-28869296562725035312019-08-07T07:03:00.001-07:002019-08-07T07:03:51.874-07:00PeachesWhat a pleasure: eating fresh, off-the-tree peaches, that were not picked unripe to go to market. Palisade Peaches! Remembering our orchard in Bountiful, Utah. We decided after the first season, not to pick our crop early to ship to market. We only sold direct to customers From our garage fruit stand.<br />
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Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-34772426370190378802019-07-20T10:11:00.000-07:002019-07-20T10:11:48.257-07:00And I love it that you love all that! I think that our traditions have made our life full and interesting! I wish that everyone would respect that and not get offended or wigged out because we happen to believe something different than they do. I am not trying to convert anyone to the way I was raised and please don't try to convert me but respect me!<br />
I think one of my favorite songs is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw">"Tradition" sung by Topal in "Fiddler on the Roof" </a>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-15998174570746555032019-07-20T10:10:00.000-07:002019-07-20T10:10:21.455-07:00Moon Landing<br />
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Feeling a little weepy while watching TV coverage of the Apollo 11 moon launch. In 1966 I had a summer job as a student intern with Boeing in Huntsville Alabama as part of the Saturn 5 project. The following summer I worked for NASA at the Marshal Space Flight Center with the same project. I can’t say that I did any important work there but it was amazing to be a tiny cog in the work along with thousands of other men and women including my Dad. 50 years ago as newlyweds we watched with millions of others as that rocket took the three men to the moon. The following year we followed another of President Kennedy’s dreams by joining the Peace Corps.</div>
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The year Ruth and I bought "Mommy and Me" sweaters for us and our girls! (<a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=522620352&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/rachael.klaibou?fref=mentions" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Rachael Kari</a> didn't want one!) We all went swimming at the Indian Springs Pool in Idaho Springs on Christmas Day.</div>
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Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-85607761885530462662017-06-29T09:33:00.000-07:002017-06-29T09:33:38.724-07:00SnowflakesI found mine at Michael's on sale. They were also at JoAnn's. I couldn't resist (you know I love snowflakes!)<br />
Did you know why I love snowflakes? When I first graduated from college, I got a job in the Atmospheric Sciences department at the University of Wyoming (my alma-mater). The Professor I was working with was the "snowflake" expert. We were trying to see if we could increase the snow-pack in the mountains with selective cloud seeding during the winter. So every-time it would start to snow we would go outside and collect samples. By using a plastic which was disolved in a solvent, we were able to study the flakes and their properties under the microscope and take photo micro-graphs of them. I still have some slides with those "fossilized" flakes from those years ago. <br />
Anyway when I got back from Peace Corps, I bought some ornaments and hung them from the ceiling in my dining room. And of course when I started collecting cookie cutters, I naturally bought all the snowflakes I could find (at a reasonable price). Elenna has given me several that she was experimenting with too. <br />
I have a number of books with photos of snowflakes in my library. And as a Girl Scout leader, my nickname was "Snowflake"!! <br />
The other day it was lightly snowing, and catching some flakes on my coat sleeve, I was delighted to see they were the beautiful dendrites that I love.<br />
ArleneIndayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-9461636720269454112017-06-29T09:31:00.000-07:002017-06-29T09:31:44.756-07:00Big Rivers Mini-Vacation<div data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443449298564_2516" style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; padding: 0px;">
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<span class="" style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I had a wonderful time on my mini-vacation to Minneapolis and the Big Rivers Cut Outs meeting. Thanks to </span><a class="" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100001454302819&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A437014336337580%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/carole.anderson.77" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443449298564_3018" style="background-color: transparent; color: #3b5998; cursor: text !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Carole Anderson</a><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443449298564_2562" style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> and Barbara Douvier who picked me up from my stand-by flight from Denver and took me to Stillwater where we had lunch and went shopping where I found a new animal multi-cutter. Then I spent the night at Carole's house. The next day Carole and I went to the Swedish Institute for a wonderful tour with the most knowledgeable guide. Dinner with cookie cutter friends (Joyce & Al Moorhouse; Gary Oldenburg & Louise Juliani; Nila & Steve Phelps; Leah Day; Carole & Barbara; Ruth & Loyal Nystrom; and me) at the hotel, then sharing a room with Leah Day completed Friday. </span></div>
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<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443449298564_2831" style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Saturday was a fun meeting with food writer Eleanor Ostman as the special speaker. After lunch </span><a class="" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1116671612&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A437014336337580%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/joyce.e.moorhouse" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443449298564_2643" style="background-color: transparent; color: #3b5998; cursor: text !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Joyce E. Moorhouse</a><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443449298564_2563" style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> and others shared multi-cutters and cube cutters and </span><a class="" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000050060812&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A437014336337580%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/elizabeth.cukla" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443449298564_2877" style="background-color: transparent; color: #3b5998; cursor: text !important; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Elizabeth Cukla</a><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1443449298564_2623" style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> showed us how to roll out perfect cookies. I was lucky to win the special door prize North Woods cutters that Betsy brought. I also bought some cutters from her and from Kitty Latane´ (I got this year's Baby Grace cutter). Kitty also had some of the beautiful stamps from Tim Hartzell so of course I bought a new snowflake one. Joyce had some of the extra cutters being sold by the CCCC museum and I got one by B&S Gerlach and one by Gene Valasek.</span></div>
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Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-55441441004092553572017-06-29T09:30:00.002-07:002017-06-29T09:30:37.544-07:00Remembering moving across the country<span data-offset-key="3eudd-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I remember moving from Kansas City to Bountiful, Utah with our dog, bird, Mom's plants, two girls and a car full (a 1952 Nash) when I was 12. My sister </span><span class="_247o" data-offset-key="3eudd-1-0" spellcheck="false" style="background-color: #dce6f8; color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="3eudd-1-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;">Delena F Previd</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="3eudd-2-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was 14. We stopped in eastern Colorado to visit our Grandparents on the way. It was before the Interstate hi-way system was completed.</span>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-77777704368056599232014-05-16T05:29:00.002-07:002014-05-16T05:29:43.686-07:00Loosing it!I lost my watch months ago but I finally found it in the bedroom because it has a random alarm set for 3pm that I haven't been able to figure out how to disable! It was beeping the other day and I was able to track it down! Now I have two cheep watches because I had to buy a new one after I couldn't find the other one!Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-53345843598494623872014-04-18T08:27:00.002-07:002014-04-18T08:27:15.528-07:00Reading<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RH0_jEzxGuo/U1FDhyPLwOI/AAAAAAAABK8/bvzh7CkuqzQ/s1600/bookshelf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RH0_jEzxGuo/U1FDhyPLwOI/AAAAAAAABK8/bvzh7CkuqzQ/s1600/bookshelf.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a>I have always been a "book-a-holic". I used to get books every month from the Mystery Book club but I have stopped buying them recently. I have a book shelf in my bedroom with many of those books on it that haven't been read yet. [This is my Goodreads ID photo] I walk down the book shelf when ever I go to the store to see if there are any new books I can afford and want. There are several authors and series that I just buy the next book in line (although I hope I can find it at a discount). I love browsing at a library book sale. I worked one year for a school book fair company and I got a lot of YA books with my employee discount that year. I borrow books from my quilt club library. I trade and borrow books from my friends. (We had an informal book club called "The Bingo Ladies and Jay" when a club I belonged to was doing bingo every week.) I now work at an airport and all of the gate agents, ramp agents and airline crews usually have books to read on breaks or during slow times during the schedule. They leave books in the break room and sometime passengers even give us books. I uset to subscribe to Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock short story mystery magazines and always have one in my bag for those minutes I may have to wait in a line. When my Mom died, I brought home most of her library including a set, "The World's Popular Classics". My husband is also an avid reader, but often he reads non-fiction that I am not interested in. Once in a while we do read the same books. My younger daughter got me onto Goodreads and we often share books. And now I am also sharing books with my 16-year old granddaughter and her younger sisters.<br />
So with all that, I just pick a book that I have that tickles my fancy at the time and read it. Sometimes I will go for all the unread books by a particular author and get on a kick. I recently joined the Goodreads group "Pick a Shelf" and that is helping me focus on a theme each month. Basically, I don't usually know what I am going to be reading next and that's half the fun. My friends and family will tell you that I am always reading.<br />
I have started downloading audio books and am listening to them in the car on my way to work. Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-9796593786642301512013-04-08T05:50:00.001-07:002013-04-08T05:50:14.369-07:00Meeting Thelonious MonkYesterday I was working at Customer Service at the airport when a gentleman came up because he had missed his connection to Memphis. I took a look at his boarding pass and remarked on his name, Thelonious Monk. "Are you related?" I asked. He replied that the famous jazz musician was his father. In chatting with him while I tried to find a way for him to get to Memphis, I found out that he is also a jazz musician, a drummer. It was nice to be able to help him get to his destination, sorry that he would be a little late. Later when I mentioned meeting him to a co-worker they didn't recognize the name. I suppose that is normal since last fall when there were some "aging" rock stars waiting for a plane at a gate I didn't recognize the name of the band that they played with but several of my co-workers did. <br />
Last fall I was thrilled when I was checking passports for an international flight, I got to meet one of my favorite authors, Alexander McCall Smith. There was only one flight attendant that I told who knew who he is. Even several years ago when I helped a gentleman named Winston Churchill, few recognized the name (my passenger was the grandson of the English PM). <br />
C'est la vie!<br />
<br />Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-17055584990589941352012-08-27T10:46:00.000-07:002014-04-18T07:06:11.107-07:00Being Published <a book="book" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" http:="http:" peace-corps-50="peace-corps-50" show="show" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;" www.goodreads.com="www.goodreads.com"><img alt="Peace Corps @ 50" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328737972m/9406683.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6326088529389868188"></a>This book was published back in September, 2011. I got my copy at a book signing at Tattered Cover. It is one of the set printed to celebrate "Peace Corps at 50". I was honored to be included in this volume with my story: "Of Girls and Dogs and Cats". This was edited from my two submissions that I printed <a href="http://mindanoinday.blogspot.com/2008/03/of-girls-and-dogs-and-cats.html">here</a> and <a href="http://mindanoinday.blogspot.com/2008/03/our-life-in-peace-corps-summary.html">here</a>. Of course what was in the book was 4 pages. <br />
Here is a photo of me and my friend Bruce McDonald who had a story in one of the other volumes along with Jane Albritton from Fort Collins, Colorado who conceived the series and was the editor of our Asian collection. <br />
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<br />Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-87764419302797502102011-12-01T07:56:00.001-08:002011-12-01T07:58:07.246-08:00The Little Book of Snowflakes<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/720513.The_Little_Book_of_Snowflakes" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Little Book of Snowflakes" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177618902m/720513.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/720513.The_Little_Book_of_Snowflakes">The Little Book of Snowflakes</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/383478.Kenneth_Libbrecht">Kenneth Libbrecht</a><br/><br />My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/202223256">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br /><br />This beautiful little book by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/383478.Kenneth_Libbrecht" title="Kenneth Libbrecht">Kenneth Libbrecht</a> is absolutely stunning. He has added quotes and poems to photos of snowflakes in a wonderful way. <br /><br/>I love snowflakes, especially since I was a snowflake collector in a previous life (real snowflakes). I worked at the University of Wyoming for the Natural Resources Research Institute as a research assistant to the professor who was the snowflake man in the group. We were studying ways to increase the snow pack on the mountains because this is the water supply for this desert state. I discovered <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/348490.Snowflakes_in_Photographs" title="Snowflakes in Photographs by W.A. Bentley">Snowflakes in Photographs</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/199969.W_A_Bentley" title="W.A. Bentley">W.A. Bentley</a> while I was working there and also found much of his early work in the National Geographic magazines and other publications of the early 20th century. I believe that <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/383478.Kenneth_Libbrecht" title="Kenneth Libbrecht">Kenneth Libbrecht</a> is a worthy successor to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/199969.W_A_Bentley" title="W.A. Bentley">W.A. Bentley</a>.<br /><br/>I have added his other books to my "wish list".<br /><br/><br/><br /><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/819711-arlene">View all my reviews</a>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-70584533369704278782011-06-23T06:01:00.000-07:002011-06-23T08:36:23.138-07:00Bookshelf Crash<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So on Monday I was trying to pull a book off a shelf in my bedroom when the whole shelf started to tip! Ack!!!!! Then since it was a backless shelf, some of the books on the top shelf started to slip down behind, making it impossible to right the shelf.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N8qL314ATTw/TgNZOaK_WoI/AAAAAAAABEs/SI_Uw0ZxvEY/s320/IMG_4304.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621434863966968450" /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Now I think I need to explain the shelf: it is made from 4 2x4s that have holes drilled up the wide side, pegs are put in the holes and 2x2s with holes are put onto the pegs, the shelves are set onto the 2x2s, there are screw in attachments on the tops of the uprights that make it so you can adjust them against the ceiling, there are no nails holding it together. I guess I didn't have the screws tightened against the ceiling and when it started to come down, it did. So there I am trying to keep from being smashed by all those books on the top and trying to let down the uprights slowly so they don't crash into the window. Tuesday I had to get up at 4am to go to work a double and didn't get home till after 8:30pm so there all the books stayed, blocking the closet door. Wednesday was my day off so I spent the whole day putting the shelf back up and getting the books back on it. I decided that while I was doing that I would catalog them, so I took my laptop up to the bedroom and created a new shelf on my </span></span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/819711-arlene?shelf=bedroom-bookshelf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Goodreads list called "bedroom shelf"</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. Basically, all the books on that bookshelf are ones I have acquired that I haven't read yet, so they are really TBR but I wanted to have them separate. I was amazed that there are 244 books there. I think I really can't justify buying any new ones! lol<br />Now I can maybe relax and read a few chapters from one of my </span></span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/819711-arlene?shelf=currently-reading"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"currently reading"</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">!! </span></span></span></div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hz6CJ-9jMoc/TgNZOGUp5OI/AAAAAAAABEk/zQiWjoXqo3A/s1600/IMG_4303.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hz6CJ-9jMoc/TgNZOGUp5OI/AAAAAAAABEk/zQiWjoXqo3A/s320/IMG_4303.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621434858638796002" /></a>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-34040248401586827722010-12-30T18:22:00.003-08:002011-01-13T13:20:28.246-08:00Day 311, 312, 314 - Sunrises and Storms<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9qZRhkpaI/AAAAAAAABD4/X9FR89up7B0/s1600/PB071160.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9qZRhkpaI/AAAAAAAABD4/X9FR89up7B0/s320/PB071160.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561781047259342242" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Day 311</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">11/07/2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A spectacular sunrise at DIA. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Taken from the employee parking lot, featuring the blue horse!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9qZpWPnEI/AAAAAAAABEA/3xH1Ul_FskI/s1600/PB081166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9qZpWPnEI/AAAAAAAABEA/3xH1Ul_FskI/s320/PB081166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561781053654277186" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Day 312</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">11/08/2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Two days in a row! I took a photo of this one the next morning. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The end of daylight savings time put me into the parking lot at the right time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9qZpIXx8I/AAAAAAAABEI/75qF1Dc78qs/s1600/PB161172.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9qZpIXx8I/AAAAAAAABEI/75qF1Dc78qs/s320/PB161172.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561781053596092354" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Day 314</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">11/10/2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Driving home into the storm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div></span></div>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-48894369747628916582010-12-30T18:22:00.001-08:002011-01-13T13:05:07.223-08:00Day 310, 327, 328 Cookie Molds<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9m0qgGECI/AAAAAAAABDg/dfcgh514ALw/s320/FB-101106-1183.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561777119773986850" /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Day 310<br />11/06/2010<br />Becca found this cute mould in Hong Kong and bought it for her Mom!</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9m1DBr_JI/AAAAAAAABDo/3baKS7y-Z4k/s320/IMG_1283.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561777126357335186" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Day 327<br />11/23/2010<br />Another cute set of moulds that Becca found in Hong Kong.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9m1b5JonI/AAAAAAAABDw/nCmS8Sg1VZs/s1600/IMG_1282.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9m1b5JonI/AAAAAAAABDw/nCmS8Sg1VZs/s320/IMG_1282.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561777133032415858" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Day 328<br />11/24/2010<br />Becca also found this cute chocolate/ice cube/jello mold in Hong Kong. I love the smiling frog!</span></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-14055149531418414252010-12-30T18:21:00.006-08:002011-01-13T12:42:41.678-08:00Day 307 - Horizon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9gcVZC44I/AAAAAAAABDY/vsPW7EAuElw/s1600/FB-101103-54.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9gcVZC44I/AAAAAAAABDY/vsPW7EAuElw/s320/FB-101103-54.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561770104720647042" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">11/03/2010</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Museum of Outdoor Arts has a display in the round park in front of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Englewood's (CO) City Hall. One of the sculptures is these </span><a href="http://moaonline.org/artpiecefulldetails/tabid/105/ctl/Detail/mid/446/xmid/40/xmfid/19/Default.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">funky horses</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> called Horizon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-14934536736733378592010-12-30T18:21:00.005-08:002011-01-13T12:26:56.796-08:00Day 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 325, 326 ---------------------- Souvenirs from the Philippines<div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9SdU5swQI/AAAAAAAABCg/rQxR6Gv5chE/s320/IMG_1172.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561754728606253314" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Day 304</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">10/31/2010<br />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.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; line-height: 15px; font-size: x-small; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9Sdq_yWqI/AAAAAAAABCo/R5hlGOX30Wc/s320/IMG_1175.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561754734537366178" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Day 305</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">11/01/2010<br />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.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9SeTnY_lI/AAAAAAAABCw/KYWkp9ZDLQo/s320/IMG_1177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561754745440894546" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Day 306</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">11/02/2010<br />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.</span></span></span></div><br /><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9VdPTDXFI/AAAAAAAABC4/Bq1V9GF3c50/s320/IMG_1180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561758025636863058" /><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9VdXYzV4I/AAAAAAAABDA/lmYZt02UkR4/s320/IMG_1182.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561758027808462722" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">Day 308</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">11/04/2010<br />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.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Day 309<br />11/05/2010<br />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.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9ZOl-cvRI/AAAAAAAABDI/y8mQfgAgj-k/s320/IMG_1279.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561762172072934674" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9ZO7qN5JI/AAAAAAAABDQ/R5IcROWaASI/s1600/IMG_1284.JPG"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Day 325<br />11/21/2010<br />A selection of river pearl bracelets from the Philippines to sell at the FACC Fiesta in the spring.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9ZO7qN5JI/AAAAAAAABDQ/R5IcROWaASI/s1600/IMG_1284.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9ZO7qN5JI/AAAAAAAABDQ/R5IcROWaASI/s320/IMG_1284.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561762177893655698" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Day 326</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">11/22/2010<br />A few of the macrame and shell necklaces that I bought in Bohol, Philippines to sell.</span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-27615588309016493062010-12-30T18:21:00.003-08:002011-01-13T11:04:37.001-08:00Day 303 - Hong Kong Airport<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9AbK0vqRI/AAAAAAAABCY/Uy_N-zT0awU/s1600/101030-1152-HKG.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS9AbK0vqRI/AAAAAAAABCY/Uy_N-zT0awU/s320/101030-1152-HKG.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561734900332079378" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br />10/30/2010<br />On our marathon trip home we started the day in Hong Kong airport around 1 am. This biplane is hanging in the main terminal.</span></span>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-16072942029161574352010-12-30T18:21:00.001-08:002011-01-13T10:07:55.847-08:00Day 302 - Filipino Breakfast<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS8-qZBjdSI/AAAAAAAABCQ/EdVOZUiEDvM/s1600/FB-101028-1125%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 130px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS8-qZBjdSI/AAAAAAAABCQ/EdVOZUiEDvM/s400/FB-101028-1125%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561732962818684194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;">Day 302</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;">10/29/2010</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Our last breakfast in the Philippines included this lovely papaya </div><div style="text-align: center;">which must be eaten with the cute little calamanci (also called lemoncito). Delicious!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-10181780604452046232010-12-30T18:20:00.003-08:002011-01-13T10:01:16.467-08:00Day 299 - Day 300 - Day 301 Visiting Bohol<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS87FAMcGRI/AAAAAAAABBw/A3JV8RHfYGM/s1600/FB-101026-0985.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS87FAMcGRI/AAAAAAAABBw/A3JV8RHfYGM/s320/FB-101026-0985.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561729021963409682" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;">Day 299</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">10/26/2010<br />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.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS87FfFd-CI/AAAAAAAABB4/7JQpY43uzWs/s1600/FB-101027-1014.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS87FfFd-CI/AAAAAAAABB4/7JQpY43uzWs/s320/FB-101027-1014.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561729030255671330" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;">Day 300</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">10/27/2010<br />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.<br /></span><a href="http://www.tarsierfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">http://www.tarsierfoundation.org/</span></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS87FpQNyXI/AAAAAAAABCA/YXlK5fpIBGg/s1600/FB-101028-1109.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS87FpQNyXI/AAAAAAAABCA/YXlK5fpIBGg/s320/FB-101028-1109.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561729032985102706" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Day 301<br />10/28/2010<br />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.</span></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-86239936472424387252010-12-30T18:20:00.001-08:002011-01-13T09:46:11.594-08:00Day 296 - Day 297 - Day 298 Visiting Davao<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS84n-6_5RI/AAAAAAAABBY/_nEnGKQzzlU/s320/FB-101023-0651.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561726324382360850" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS84on3RbSI/AAAAAAAABBo/txAKwHjgtNE/s1600/FB-101025-0961.jpg"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;">Day 296<br />10/23/2010<br />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.<br /></span><a href="http://www.philippineeagle.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;">http://www.philippineeagle.org/</span></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS84oKsv5PI/AAAAAAAABBg/4E_vG6hehOg/s320/FB-101024-0889.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561726327543817458" /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;">Day 297</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;">10/24/2010<br />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.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS84on3RbSI/AAAAAAAABBo/txAKwHjgtNE/s320/FB-101025-0961.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561726335372586274" /></div><div><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;">Day 298<br />10/25/2010<br />Brooms in the Toril, Davao City, Philippines market.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6326088529389868188.post-20854748677263266452010-12-30T17:41:00.004-08:002011-01-13T09:30:21.573-08:00Day 295 -<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Day 295<br />10/22/2010</span></span><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS8SKJ93MgI/AAAAAAAABAY/QAxWMN-d9HU/s320/FB-101022%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561684030509232642" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">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.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">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. </span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS8V8he1PuI/AAAAAAAABAg/UH0MrDzxMIE/s200/IMG_0481.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561688194349874914" /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS8V82ZPDHI/AAAAAAAABAo/p84BuDgGAsc/s1600/IMG_0482.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS8V82ZPDHI/AAAAAAAABAo/p84BuDgGAsc/s200/IMG_0482.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561688199963544690" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS82LDdcwFI/AAAAAAAABBQ/xW-W6Qipd_o/s1600/IMG_0483.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS82LDdcwFI/AAAAAAAABBQ/xW-W6Qipd_o/s200/IMG_0483.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561723628361138258" /></a><br /><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS8gKq1fYpI/AAAAAAAABBA/6n8jWgBWYaA/s200/IMG_0485.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561699432495276690" /><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OnIADqsgVqM/TS8fjaKvHSI/AAAAAAAABA4/Q8ARvN0Zoc0/s200/IMG_0484.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561698758006086946" />Indayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09977712172535669384noreply@blogger.com0