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For the Photo Challenge was going for the jet stream here as fuzzy…
This was taken in Zion National Park, Utah.  Only a 3 1/2 hour drive from Vegas

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daisygram - adversity


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Last year just before the onset of the American winter, I discovered the Neti Pot.  It looks  like a little tea pot, or sometimes a little genie lamp and is made from either ceramic or plastic. The one I have is plastic and looks like the pot shown in the picture.
The Neti pot is [...]

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The day my husband called me at work about receiving Treasures from Baghdad …life for a moment seemed surreal…like it just stopped all of a sudden to take a breath…for soon the universe was about to open up and change everything all at once…
That evening I sat in front of my computer and had [...]

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nostalgic saturday - babylon

Year : 1989
Month : July
Place: Baghdad, Iraq (Babylon)
Temperature: 120 F or 48.8 C
Beverage : Pepsi Cola
This was taken on my one and only trip to Baghdad the year before the first Desert Storm.  It may seem like a strange picture to post as we all look like we are melting in the heat, but [...]

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photo challenge - timeless

Red Rock Canyon can be found thirty minutes west of Vegas

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It doesn’t matter what religion you are or even if you have no religion at all, meditation is a way to quite your mind from all the busyness of the world.  The practice of meditation is not only healthy for your mind, it has physical benefits as well. It can help to ease the [...]

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Treasures from Baghdad

The year before the first Desert Storm, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit my husbands family in Baghdad.  It was the year I fell in love with them… these beautiful loving people that accepted me so lovingly into their home and their life.  I had big dreams of going back every few years to [...]

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My parents were not the wealthiest, but they were very crafty and often some of our best Christmas gifts were ones that they had spent long hours creating just for us.  They were truly original gifts that none of our friends had.
This was taken on Christmas eve right after or close to midnight.  They [...]

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photo challenge - time

There was a day when one could tell the time from a shadow.
MountainGirls photo challenge

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