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"The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it."
- Rudyard Kipling (English short-story writer, poet, and novelist, 1865-1936)

We are off to Southeast Asia tomorrow. The housesitter has been instructed, the bags have been packed. And the camera(s) have even been chosen (a major accomplishment): I will take the little digital for the quick stuff and the videos, and the 645-1000s for the rest, with just the WLF and the 220 insert and a dozen rolls of film. We'll see how it goes.

Happy New Year to you all! May your 2012 be infused with goodness!

I've been crossing my fingers and saying fast, fervent prayers all day - my daughter has a job interview in an hour, my son has a job interview tomorrow, my husband is dodging traffic and mosquitoes in India, my best friend is closing an emotional chapter in his life - so a picture of the chapel of Our Lady of Walsingham seemed fitting.

Life is, after all, intricacy, and shadow, and light.

This one is for Ansel, and his Beer Friday set - irresistible.

Have a happy weekend, all!

"I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood."
~ Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

Not that I'm grumpy, mind.

Precious piggies posing prettily = worth the detour.

(Oh, and here they are in lovely black and white.)

(Oh, and also: this field was this field in August. Imagine!)

(Oh, and last but not least: Happy Thanksgiving, American friends!)