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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Our Lady of Snow – 2010
This is a reblog to honor my cousin who’s moving to Waterloo, Illinois next year. Belleville is 33 miles to where they are moving and I pointed it out to her that I was almost there. My Mom was already … Continue reading
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Ups and downs outdoors – From the Spanish times to the present
To see more photos of outdoor stairs, here they are – link. The above church is a Unesco Heritage site in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur. The church was built in 1765 during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. This church … Continue reading
More of Lincoln
My favorite American hero is Abraham Lincoln and am proud to be living in the Land of Lincoln. More than a couple of years ago, my family stopped by Springfield to check out Lincoln’s home. This is what I wrote … Continue reading
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Daily WordPress Challenge: Thankful
Am one person who sees life as a glass half-full more than the other way around. I think that is part of the process of getting older, you get wiser, knowing that you can’t have everything that you wish for … Continue reading
Travel Theme: Liquid
Ailsa’s Travel Theme challenge for the week is liquid. I love water, bodies of water especially. At one point when I was looking for a place to retire in the Philippines, I was looking at places close to the ocean. … Continue reading
Blessed Thanksgiving celebration
Thanks to the Salgados for hosting Thanksgiving day again this year. While Thanksgiving is the time of year when families gather together, many of us were individuals who would otherwise be alone because for some reason or another our loved … Continue reading
Mabuhay
“Mabuhay” means long live in our Filipino language. I was at HM this afternoon looking for white miso for the turkey. Okay, I haven’t done this recipe before and I found it in epicurious.com. I will let you know tomorrow … Continue reading
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A Word A Week Photograph Challenge: Flower
Another photo challenge yet again. I follow suellewellyn’s blog and hardly realized that she has a challenge of her own. A word a week is interesting, well just like all the other challenges, no one knows what word would come … Continue reading
Cee’s Foto Challenge: Colorful Monotone
Cee’s photo challenge this week is colorful monotone. Her sample pictures are so vivid, the raspberries looks so real that I almost want to eat it. See for yourself here. Yes, this time I read the rules. And here’s what … Continue reading
Cee’s Foto Challenge: Something New
I owe Cee an apology. I didn’t read her instructions carefully. Here: “No real lessons except to have fun. Here are a few ideas for you. o Sit in a room for 15 minutes and just snap away taking photos. … Continue reading
Taking a Deep Breath 