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By Magda, 25 December 2009
 Happy Sleepy Tumble and Surf patch based on a drawing by Marc Ngui. Marc had this patch made in Arambol, Goa, India, back in January 2009. It’s about 6 inches wide, and it is machine embroidered. I sewed it onto one of our bags while we were travelling, to repair where it was torn.
The workmanship on this patch is really rough and completely omits some of the details that were in the drawing. I’ve been spending quite a bit of time getting my hand embroidery skills off the ground, and I look forward to remaking this patch by hand.
By Magda, 8 August 2009
Up the porch and through the length of the house and out the kitchen door to this small garden retreat. I spend a lot of time here these days.
The benches are a favourite sleeping place of the cats, and great for breakfast because this outdoor room faces east.
By Magda, 7 July 2009
 View from the hotel where I stayed in April 2008.
By Magda, 27 June 2009
 The Everest Range in pre-dawn silhouette
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By Magda, 25 May 2009
 Red and pink saris worn by married women on Mother's Day in Nepal, 2009. On Mother’s Day in Nepal, married daughters wear read (or other bright colour close to red) and buy fruit and sweets in the market as well as other presents and go to visit their mothers.
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By Magda, 15 May 2009
All the lower branches on all the trees in these photos have been cut down for firewood and to feed cows and goats. Retaining the top part of the foliage preserves the tree which helps to prevent mud slides. Clearly not an ideal situation but better than clear cutting altogether.
These photos are from just north of Kathmandu Valley, on the drive from the lookout at Nakargot back to Kathmandu.
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By Magda, 13 April 2009
There are a lot of goats in Calcutta. You see them picking their way in around traffic, eating garbage and paper, and even being herded through the narrow back streets. Imagine coming up on a herd of 50 goats in the streets of YOUR city! In the surrounding restaurants, the goat meat is listed as mutton.
 Chained to a post, resting on the sidewalk, a hairy goat that Marc says was "much creepier" in person.
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By Magda, 14 March 2009
How lovely death can be.
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By Magda, 13 March 2009
Served frozen in individual little pots in Auroville. Yum yum yum.
By Magda, 11 March 2009
Here is a typical poster placed in front of a wedding hall announcing the wedding that is going to happen later in the day. The bigger the poster, the more prestige, and some of the posters are much larger than this one!
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By Magda, 11 March 2009
The Italians came and built a wood burning stove. The mozzarella is locally made, the olives are imported. I don’t know who originally brought the arugula seeds. Most of the ingredients are organic.
The pizza cost CAN$3 and was pretty good (ie. excellent by most people’s standards which are not as stratospheric as mine).
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By Magda, 7 March 2009
 Customers wearing lungi in front of the village butcher in the early morning light, Auroville, India. (Click image to view larger) A lungi is sort of a dohti, which is the men’s version of the sari and widely worn in the south of India.
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By Magda, 17 February 2009
The natural colours in south India were just fantastic. This red earth in Auroville was used directly to stucco walls, resulting in buildings that perfectly matched their surroundings.
 Red earth road under construction. Auroville, India.
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