Category: photo

  • Shuzou canals


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    Originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    Yes, I’ve uploaded even more China pictures…click on this one to see more.

  • Summer Palace


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    Originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    Downloaded a few more China pics today.

    If I were a Chinese Empress, I would hang out at the Summer Palace–even if the “Dragon Lady” lived there, too. :)

  • Peking Acrobats


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    Originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    I’ve loaded some of my China pix to my flickr account. Click on the acrobat picture to see more….
    :)

  • forbidden city II and a rickshaw ride

    The Emperor’s bed in the Forbidden City

    Riding in a rickshaw through the Houtang area.

    A symbol of longevity. For John, C & E. :)

  • forbidden city


    With 9999 rooms, this palace is quite amazing. The size of the buildings/rooms themselves are small. It’s the plazas around the buildings that are so expansive that they are mind-boggling.

    In the bottom photo I’m rubbing one of the 81 brass knobs on the door for good luck–a must-do when you visit the emperor’s palace. :)

  • Tiananmen Square



    After being in China just a few hours, we headed off to Tiananmen Square. Note the tall poles in the flag picture and the lightpost behind me in the bottom photo. These were high-tech cameras, microphones, and listening devices that were scattered every few feet throughout the square. Before we set foot on the pavement we were warned not to talk about the student uprising and not to take pictures of the military/police. Vans, like the white one behind me in the bottom pic, drove randomly aorund the square to break up any gathering crowds. If you look closly over my shoulder in the bottom pic you can see some of the military patrols on the square…

    Our little group was doing our best to follow the rules when the police decided to completely evacuate the Square. We were quickly herded to an underground tunnel, and in the process several of our group members were separated from our group. Michael, our group leader, argued with the police. He was shoved aside.

    All in all, an inauspicious beginning to our trip.

    [Note: I’m wearing a dork nametag in almost all of the China pictures. This identified me as a member of the mighty J4 group, and kept me out of trouble :)]

  • paris


    musee d’orsay
    Originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    Woke up missing Paris today. Looked through some of the photos from our trip last summer and decided to post this one of me sitting in the cafe at the musee d’orsay. [I highly recommend this cafe, BTW. Though the museum itself is amazing, you have to eat there to really appreciate it!]. This morning I also loaded just a few of our pics from the trip onto flickr for everyone to enjoy.

    I decided, after looking at this photo, that the inspiration for the new blue wall in our bedroom may have come from the ceiling in the musee. Peut-etre?

    P.S. John took this picture of me. It’s wonderful to have a husband who makes me feel beautiful through the pictures that he takes. :)

  • first day

    Isn’t this a great first-day-of-school pic? C was really fidgety/nervous because he didn’t really want the other boys in his class to see him posing for a pic with his baby sister. E seemed to be trying to hide the fact that her braces have lavender bands on them now.

    All in all, very grown up kids. Very cute.

  • trellis


    trellis
    Originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    I’ve loaded some pictures from my garden onto my flickr account. Click the picture above to see more :)

  • Crazy quilt


    Crazy quilt
    Originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

    For several years E has been collecting fabric scraps. This month Aunt Susan has helped her to make her vision into a masterpiece of purples, blues, reds and greens.

    Beautiful.

  • hiking


    C & E on the top of Mt Rubidoux. Thanks to Aunt Susan, the fearless early-morning hike leader!