Tag: bicycle
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Day 13~ September 13th~ Tuscany
Where this bicycle stands there once was a carriage with horses and smart people wearing hats and tailcoats and they all looked at the duomo with reverence.
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Day 14~ July 14th~ Vietnam
In their faces I saw resolve, in their way I felt determination, and in their stance I admired great patience. photo taken: working women on bikes~ Hanoi~ Vietnam
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Day 28~ June 28th~ Xinjiang
Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb There is something so endearing about watching siblings helping each other. It is nature’s way. They were placed together to foster bonds in some cases unbreakable and incomprehensible to the outside world. These two boys passing by on my last day…
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Day Three Hundred Sixty One, January 18, 2012
Every city and every village in the world has it’s own ‘spirit’, it’s own ‘angel’ if you like. It is the essence of that place created by its people, its architecture, its frequencies and it is very clearly detectable if you tune yourself to it. With Shanghai, I feel that the spirit of this city…
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Day Three Hundred Fifty Three, January 10, 2012
Happy faces and big smiles adorn the streets the closer we get to the Chinese New Year of the Dragon. The most important holiday of the year, the happiest day for many is around the corner. Celebrations start to manifest all around the place as more than 10 million people get ready to leave Shanghai…
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Day Two Hundred Ninety, November 8, 2011
My camera and I love the street more than any other place where photography is concerned. I love watching people, strangers, being with them, walking along side of them, learning new things about humans; and in Shanghai, street photography is a pure joy. The people are by most wonderful, innocent, friendly, helpful and it all…
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Day Two Hundred Eighty Eight, November 6, 2011
Fall comes sending its fairies to color the trees in reds, oranges, yellows, golds and browns. Then the big wind blows its mighty breath to scatter the leaves creating a magical carpet of warm colors on a moist fragrant ground and causing sighs of wonderment from us all. And as gravity dictates, all leaves must…
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Day Two Hundred Eighty Seven, November 5, 2011
I once heard a story about a man who hated the rain. This man’s mood and emotional state were completely influenced by the presence of absence of water falling from the sky. So he once had a great job interview coming up and he had prepared himself for days and weeks to be at his…
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Day Two Hundred Eighty Four, November 2, 2011
When it rains, something magical happens in a big city. People begin to notice each other and to feel a touch more human. I think it has something to do with being together against a threat of some kind. I grew up in Lebanon during the war and I remember that each time there was…
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Day Two Hundred Fourty Nine, September 28, 2011
A dog can fetch a twig, sit when asked, place its paw on our palm when asked and we are amazed at its intelligence. A dolphin can jump through loops, head kick balls, follow instructions and demonstrate amazing intelligence compared to other animal species and this stuns us. Yes, we are so impressed by animal…