Category: Friends


40TH YEAR CELEBRATION FOR BANGLADESH IS TODAY!  The day when the liberation war with Pakistan ended.  I was 23 years old and I don’t recall seeing it in the news,  but I am enjoying visiting in this country.  Two of my grandsons were born here in Bangladesh.  It is interesting that I am almost as old as Pakistan and my sons are almost as old as Bangladesh.  Both of my sons have spend time working here in this country filled with many friendly hospital Bengalis.  It is a country of 150 million people with 15 million living in the capital of Dhaka.  At least 88% of the people are Muslim.  With time constraints in today’s schedule I didn’t have time to locate photos of the National Flag, Flower, Bird, or Animal.  Of course the Bengal Tiger has eluded me!  I once took a photo of a tiger’s track that the guide thought was maybe less than an hour old!  I decided to post this photo which not only was handy in my flash drive, but showed the friendliness of Bengalis in this village near Mymensingh. We have visited this village twice this year.

Alice on the left; Katriel standing; Moriah sitting; Marland sitting on the right.

TODAY WAS A  BUSY DAY DELIVERING CINNAMON ROLL CHRISTMAS WREATHS TO OUR NEIGHBORS.   I started at 11:30 am and took an hour off for supper and stopped at 7:15 pm.  I was unable to deliver to 3 of the 31 apartments, until Friday. Then I headed out to deliver some more to our U.S. friends.  I kept one rickshaw wallah busy for over an hour with this last venture.  I had started the day at 5 am, with a morning walk, and then an hour of football and some shopping, so I was ready to drop into bed.

     

Alice Assembling Wreaths                        Final Touches                         Marland With Finished Product

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TELMA AND INGRID enjoying a cup of tea and iced coffee.

Day 324

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE DAUGHTER GETTING READY TO ENJOY A SNACK!

Day 323

THE SON WITH A BIG SMILE!

Day 322

HERE IS THE MOTHER WITH A BIG SMILE!

Day 320

I CAUGHT MY FRIEND WITH A BIG SMILE!

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MY FRIEND JOGGING IN THE EARLY MORNING

Day 313

THIS FATHER, FROM OUR BUILDING WANTED ME TO TAKE this of photo of him and his son.

Day 305

FOREIGN VISITORS ATTRACT A CROWD IN BAILOR VILLAGE in Mymensingh district in Bangladesh.

Day 304

CRICKET AND OTHER ACTION AT THE KOLYANPUR BHABAN guest house in Mohammadpur, Dhaka.

Karleen bowling and Moriah hitting the cricket ball.

Day 303

GUESTS WHO TRAVELED TOGETHER FROM AMERICA ARE in conversation.