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lucky girl back from 8 1/2 years living in asia with my husband and three children, happily delighting in the visual treats offered me. I shoot film with a Nikon F4 (on longterm loan) and reliably for many years with an old Nikon N65 held together with rubber bands. Freshman year of college I finally got contact lenses. I was awed by how clear the stars looked during an astronomy lab. I have always been visual, but the ability to bring things into focus is such a delight. And when I capture that clarity on film I am so satisfied. It might be a piece or segment of something, the juxtaposition of textures or colors, or the atmosphere in a place that attracts me... but light is my obsession. I find film lends itself to revealing a real, complex, sometimes slightly flawed nature of things. I appreciate the depth and tangibility of film. I am back from Hong Kong where I was constantly exposed to an abundance of visual gifts; now delighting anew in the offerings of New England, New York or wherever I find myself noticing. ... see more on my flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/film-fineartphotography/ and instagram: @threads.ofdistraction and @lbl_rkl

Saturday, February 19, 2011

i love ...

moroccan tea


We are going into our 5th month of quite cold and damp soul-chilling weather (i know, i have NO sympathy from any of you in new england!)  It's a damp cold that really gets into you and is hard to get warm.  On a recent especially-cold trip to northern Vietnam, in a town called Sapa, we stayed at a socially conscious boutique hotel, Sapa Rooms with very little heat (environmentally conscious too!) that served the best moroccan tea:  individual cups were made with cinnamon stick, star anise, lime, fresh mint and some honey. We would pile on layers to go down for breakfast.* I reproduced it yesterday afternoon. The perfect warmer for my chilled family!
*I would love to return to Sapa Rooms Boutique Hotel [http://www.saparooms.com/intro.html] in a warmer season when the rice paddies are green and the mist has lifted slightly.  A charming place and an intriguing area with very friendly people and a good purpose!


hotel metropole,  depuis 1901, hanoi


old world, exquisite in every detail (the biggest treat!)


littles




chubby, weather-chapped cheeks, edible thighs, saucer eyes and that universal desire to play



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