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Gratitude and curiosity... Practicing these virtues everyday help me find happiness, joy, or even just a laugh from the little things. It's the little things... in each present moment.

Two women working in Huairou Cloisonné of Beijing--where cloisonné (famous and traditional enamel ware) is manufactured. The many many items made here, from 8 foot tall vases to tiny bracelets, all require an elaborate process. Base-hammering, copper-strip inlay, soldering, enamel-filling, enamel-firing, polishing and gilding, doesn't being to describe the amount of detail these women work into these pieces. My favorite aspect of this piece of traditional Chinese history and culture is the fact that all the colors that are placed with great detail into the work are made from minerals of the earth.

Part of the ceiling that tops the 長廊 (Long Corridor) of the 頤和園 (Summer Palace). ••••••••••• The Qianlong Emperor built the famously long (728m) walkway for his mother so that she could be protected from the sun while she walked through the imperial garden. What have you done for your mom?!

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Ireland, I've fallen in love with you.

Missing our adventures

Like sand, I am constantly being changed by the years of my existence. As I live, I hope that the people who walk on my sand carry away grains of who I am where ever they go in the future.

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeese