20 October: SO FLUFFY

Making a new friend at the Fall Festival.

Soergel Orchards, PA [flickr]

20 October: “What makes these donuts Amish?”

*points behind me*

“Oh.”

Fresh pumpkin spice doughnuts.

Soergel Orchards, PA [flickr]

20 October: Just another day in the pumpkin patch

My first REAL pumpkin patch!!  Leaping through fields may have occurred

Soergel Orchards, PA [flickr]

14 Sept 2012: Are we amoeba or are we dancer?

Class field trip to the Spark Truck

Pittsburgh, PA [flickr]

19 Sept 2012: Why can’t I be Emily Haines

I wonder why Metric never comes to San Francisco?

6 August: Little one with his papa

Taquile Island, last stop in Peru before we headed over to Bolivia.  Tradition here dictates that all men are required to wear color-coded hats indicating marital status:  red = married, white = single.  Real-life stoplight party!

Kids are excepted, of course, so this little guy gets to wear whatever kind of hat he wants.

Taquile Island - Lake Titicaca, Peru

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6 August: Bobbing along

Inter-island transport at the Uros Floating Islands in Lake Titicaca.  Families live on man-made floating islands made of reeds and row themselves from island to island. Interestingly, bathrooms are typically on islands separate from the main living space, so potty breaks must be planned for.

Uros Floating Islands - Lake Titicaca, Peru

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5 August: Para las vicunas

Love those green eyes.  This shot of the vicunas also makes me laugh.

Vicuna fur is what’s used to make those fluffy white rugs that grandmas like to put in their living rooms.

En route to Puno, Peru

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4 August: The sky is my ceiling

These were actually covered with thatched roofs during Incan times.  The astrologers/high priests sometimes opted to forego them to better connect with the sky, though. 

Machu Picchu, Peru

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3 August: Mountain view

View from Winay Wayna, on our last night of the Inca Trail.  We were surrounded by these lush mountains throughout our 40 mile hike.

On the Inca Trail, Peru

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