Fisherman # 4 is going to have to wait!! I had to post this great shot of Rishan Asif, one of Remian Raider’s strikers.
Here is Asif still in the air after a great head-shot!
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COLORS
I’m glad God made colors. The rainbow is a great example. The fabric colors here in Bangladesh are vivid and colorful!
These vivid colors were at a handicraft stall in Moheshkhali, and Island in Southern Bangladesh
GIRL IN HEADER
Lalbag an old fort in Old Dhaka provides many opportunities for photography, including visitors. This is another pose of the girl in this blog’s header.
A slight grin for the camera.
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This young girl in Kakhna is smiling but a little shy!
A nice smile for the camerist!
Feet take us where we want to go,
Sometimes swift and sometimes slow!
Sandals can protect our feet,
A barrier between us and the street!
Feet too small, or sandal too large?
Chanachur Walla
Young girl prepped for a wedding party!
Shoes discarded for wading in the Bay of Bengal.
Someone else didn’t want to get their sandals wet!
This Sandal looks filled!
Moheshkhali Fisherman stepped out of his sandals to fish.
Moheshkhali Fisherman stepped out of his sandals to fish.
RESOURCEFUL
Well the paint on the shelves is dry and the shelves are in the kitchen, one on one side of the gas stove/oven and the other on the other side. These shelf units were donated by CAM as well as the nice oven. It had been bought used a year ago, originally coming out of the embassy. If you look closely at the photo of the painting in progress you will notice upside sardine cans (the one unit was raised up on oyster cans) used to raise the shelf unit up off of the drop cloth. The sardine cans are still full of sardines I really couldn’t think of anything else. These cans had been brought from Canada for snacks for the CAM team down South. The Canadian worker left after two weeks not wanting to take the sardines back to Canada. Nobody else was really into sardines so they were given to us when they emptied out the supplies in preparation for closing down the project. They had built 450 homes since starting in the early Spring of 2008. I did celebrate by eating one can of sardines, once the paint was dry enough to move the shelf units into the kitchen. I guess the items on the top shelf are in recycled jars. The jars were from coffee that was purchased over the last 15 months.
Here is the top half of the newly painted shelf unit in use.
Note the sardine cans under the legs of the unit.
Empty instant coffee jars put to use!
Another fairly normal day in Dhaka. It’s still dusk and the temp is at 73 degrees F. I made a visit to the local market. I ordered three chickens which they took out of a cage, weighed, and then prepared for me while I waited. I also picked out some nice pieces of beef to take home. A neighbor stopped for a chicken, so I chatted with him till his chicken was ready. We then walked home together. He enjoyed the visit and said he hoped that we would see each other every day till we die. We inherited a four-burner stove with oven from CAM since their SIDR relief project here is finished. Today a fellow came and installed it and took out our two burner “chula.”
I also painted the first coat of the main color of paint on a cupboard for the kitchen. Too late for a before and after photo.
Day laborer waiting for a job with shovel on shoulder.
Day laborer waiting at Towne Hall Bazaar for someone to hire him for digging.
Ashura is an annual Shia festival commemorating martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, killed at Karbala by army of Caliph Yazid in 680.
Annual Shia festival commemorating martyrdom of Imam Hussein
Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, killed at Karbala by army of Caliph Yazid in 680. Faithful strike themselves with chains and swords to atone for Hussein martyrdom. The murder 19 years earlier of Ali, Hussein’s father, gave rise to the central schism in Islam between Sunni and Shia
Here in Dhaka many Biharis were observing this festival near the Towne Hall Bazaar.
Young men blow a mouthful of flammable liquid onto a torch which ignites and sends rings of smoke into the air if done properly.
Another young man blowing smoke rings.
The young fellow third from left wanted to have this shot taken.
Today is a special day! I wish my youngest grandson, Riley (“Shorob) a very “Happy 5th Birthday!” He is in Malaysia on a holiday with his parents. It will good to have him back.
I gotcha now!
Grandpa, is this a good move?
Another day is gone. The wrap-up for CAM arrived in time for breakfast this morning. They brought some left-over food some tools, some shelving and a gas stove. They treated our team to supper at Pizza Hut this evening.
Nice job on this piece of wood.
Happy New Year! On New Year’s Resolution I have made is to at least upload photos once a week, if not daily! Here are some photos I took as I checked the different polling places for the election we just had.
Happy New Year
A proud voter.
This young man didn’t mind me taking his photo.
Rubber Band Shooter
The New Rickshaw Walla?
The Camerist's Collection 