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some jottings from the Fair...
Bologna 2016
I like to keep a sketch journal when I travel. Here are some of my gathered sketches & photos from the 2016 Bologna Children's Book Fair.
Brazil December 2014
Bologna 2014
the Colliseum
sunset-first evening
view from the Palatine
Via Nuova overlooking the Forum
Il Colloseo
walking home from dinner
the Arcade
UP
The destination-San Luca
views
Piazza Maggiore
Book Shelves
BEFORE the display arrived
It's here! Rachelle Meyer did a fantastic job designing the display posters!
Erszi Deak & Nelly Buchet-Deak with friend
Fan photo with Sergio Ruzzier
Kris Sexton- Midsouther and B.I.G. Finalist!!!
Mrs. Ribbie Mae Hopperkins
my Showcase with Sarah Towle
with Angela Cerrito and Kathleen Ahrens
Sarah Baker, Rachelle Meyer, Kathleen Ahrens, Angela Cerrito, Chris Cheng, Chelsea Confalone
Celebrating
Midsouth Showcase- Working it
Midsouth PAL books
and more
Midsouthers shortlisted for B.I.G. -Kris Sexton, Cheryl Mendenhall, Mary Uhles, Susan Eaddy
Bini, Susan, Chris, Angela
parmesan
hunk-a-meat
owner with hunk-a-meat
yum!
Happy Sarah
Chelsea's meringue
Goodbyes on the street
China 2013
CHINA!
March 28 -April 18, 2013
Longji Rice Terraces |
Duck in orange sauce-rice cooked in Bamboo |
Jiou women with long hair wound up |
Farmer's wife |
Family house for 5 generations |
part of their ancestor shrine |
snake wine - yikes! |
Karsts and bamboo rafts on the swollen Li river |
our hotel on the Li River |
crops |
guardian |
on the road to Moon Hill |
Let me set it straight for the record, my daughter took most of the best of these shots!
pedestrians |
bridge en route to Moon Hill |
entrepreneurs |
Xingping |
streets of Xingping |
on the road to Guilin |
selling communist memorabilia |
Xingping |
Shangri-La village |
Muslim market |
beautiful bride |
bird pets |
terracotta warriors |
and their horses |
and their hairdos |
can't believe I am actually here |
work goes on always |
metal window decorations |
how did he get there? |
yum! dumplings |
love this sign |
love this little guy |
Lotus leading our rickshaw through the Hutong district |
playing mah jong in the park |
Kung Fu Master in the Hutong |
we're here! |
cold and steep- spectacular |
that's the wall in the background- we are on the unreconstructed part |
the Toboggan! |
steep |
and more steep |
Peking Opera |
this artisan made David's carved wooden rhino |
I just loved these little vehicles |
dragon boat at the summer palace |
wearing her Mongolian Princess hat Souvenir |
Joy managed a surreptitious shot of this wonderful man |
looking and commenting on Joy |
I loved him. At the Summer Palace |
Guess who made it to the Forbidden City? |
caldron handle-Forbidden City |
Hanging Monastery |
roof detail |
dizzy-ing |
YunGang Caves |
Joy for scale- and these weren't even the biggest |
Datong- from the hotel window |
silk worms with mulberry leaves |
gathering silk from the cocoons |
gazing out at Shanghai |
The Bund. Bull with frisky visitors |
sunrise from my hotel room |
Shanghai old and new |
sunset |
Tongli |
trotters in Tongli |
at the yacht dock |
the Yachts |
our Captain |
cormorants |
French Concession- Shanghai |
bikes at West lake |
food at West Lake |
adored child |
Giant Incense Burner at LinYang Temple |
Lin Yang Temple |
tea plantation |
tea plantation |
Harbor Light Show |
clay play! |
Andrea Walker me, Shirley Chan |
Jun with her family |
Great kids at the Po Leung Kuk Choi Kai Yau School |
The gracious and welcoming Principal |
last group of the day! |
the art room and art teacher |
the Library |
the view |
the kids with their journals |
the art! |
Thank YOU Choi Kai Yau school!! |
SCBWI members at the fabulous China Club |
German Swiss primary |
in the library |
great kids! |
on the way to the Star Ferry |
Storm clouds moving in |
Kathleen Ahrens, Mio Debnam, Susan Eaddy, Bini Szacsvay, Chris Cheng |
watching the rain on our last night |
Bologna Children's Book Fair 2012
not telling how much... |
Grand Canal at Dusk |
Quiet Mouse in Venice |
Arched doorway of the Convent |
The Convent. Nice! |
Arrived! |
working it |
sad little mouse |
on the way to the dance |
UK showcase with John Shelley, Bridget Strevens -Marzo, Babette Cole, Lin Oliver |
Kathleen Ahrens cracking up Lin Oliver |
The International team! Chris Cheng, John Shelley, Bridget Strevens-Marzo, Kathleen Ahrens, Angela Cerrito, Lin Oliver with BIG knife (add your own speech bubble) |
Danika Dinsmore, Julie Hedlund |
Duel is ON! John Shelley, Bridget Strevens-Marzo, Barbara McClintock- Angela Cerrito |
after the Duel... Miri Lesham-Pelly |
Elizabeth Dulemba's (Southern Breezer) work in Portfolio Display! |
Happy to be here! Susan Eaddy, Elite-Avni Sharon, Miri Lesham-Pelly |
sparkling clear day |
For David |
found myself humming Simon & Garfunkel's Old Friends |
twilight time |
Campanile |
Leaving Venice |
Last Day in Taipei
They're Changing the Guard at Memorial Hall
Chiang-Kai-shek's figure looks down on it all
My Daddy's a soldier who works for the Guard,
"The marching and stamping is terribly hard."
says Daddy.
They're Changing the Guard at Memorial Hall
Chiang-Kai-shek's figure looks down on it all
Daddy's helmet is shiny, his uniform pressed,
I help polish boots,
"And mine always look best!"
says Daddy.
They're Changing the Guard at Memorial Hall
Chiang-Kai-shek's figure looks down on it all
My Mommy and I watch my Daddy parade
"I'd do this job whether
or not I got paid."
says Daddy.
They're Changing the Guard at Memorial Hall
Chiang-Kai-shek's figure looks down on it all
Click! Clack! go the boots as they snap into place.
Crick! Crack! go the guns,
"But we point into space"
says Daddy.
My Mommy and I, stand silent and tall
For the Changing of Guard at Memorial Hall.
"Do you think my Daddy knows that we're here?"
"He sees and he knows, and he's proud of you, Dear."
says Mommy.
Baoan Temple |
Temple lion |
Baoan temple |
Offerings |
Chiang-Kai shek's statue |
One of the Guard |
Memorial Hall |
Memorial Hall |
Thank you again, to everyone who made this trip possible, and especially to the SCBWI!
I've had some requests for the link to the videos, this will get you to my Channel which will have all that I have made.