There isn't a lot of "nightlife" at Pinkie Patti's.

On the other hand, there's a lot of time for reflection...

Related links:
Pinkie Patti, Punkie & Pia's Peace Day Poem

There's nothing like a "skinny dip" in a crystal clear Canadian lake just before sunset.

The water's like black velvet...

(And yeah, it's really me ;)

The mosaic mural below, entitled Trust, was unveiled in 2008 at the Cochrane Ranche House, in Alberta, Canada.

Each tile is one foot square, and each was painted by a different artist. That means 180 artists together produced the mural, which is 12 feet high and 18 feet wide.

Click on the image itself to go to the website where you can then click on each of the individual tiles to see them in detail. (Panel 82 for example, is an acrylic painting by Lewis Lavoie entitled Hangliding Haven. Viewed close up, it's the image of a helmuted person with sunglasses on; viewed at a distance it becomes the horse's eye.)


 
 

Over Here

Sian Nixon lives in Abu Dhabi.

She took this photo on a walk one day.

© Sian Nixon 2009

Do You See Us?

AWR member David Hobcote went to Malawi to capture images of the land and its wildlife, which he then donated to charity.





© David Hobcote 2009

Susan notes: these are by professional photographer and AWR community member David Hobcote, who went to Malawi in 2008 to capture images of the land and its wildlife, and ended up being touched by the plight of the women and children he found there. He subsequently donated his images to Moni Malawi, a charity dedicated to helping the poor in Malawi.

David says: There are plenty of amazing women in Malawi putting up with the everyday life struggles including hunger, malaria and AIDS. The average life expectancy for a Malawian woman is 37, and one in five children there is an orphan.

The old lady in this shot is exceptional – she’s 82!!! She's the mother of one of the men that runs an orphanage for children whose mothers have died of HIV/AIDS. The other shots (click to continue to seem them), show women in their daily roles, including fetching water from a village pump, collecting wood and washing in the river.