the end of the photo challenge...

seventeen

technology

i absolutely stole this idea of using technology only to light the shot from Jenna.  she's awesome, as was this idea.  she clearly did it better, but this pretty much sums up our life when we want to catch up on the outside world here in cambodia.

eighteen

my shoes

in all their dirty, beaten up glory.

twenty

bokeh

a shot of my moleskin journal, full of all my ideas, including the designs/floor layout ideas for my future bakery, Marsh Mellow Goodness

twenty one

faceless self portrait

i think this one speaks for itself

twenty two

hands

as drawn during the previously discussed week long conference. also, i wish my fingernails looked this cool, though it's a fair representation of how nail art is achieved in my new home country.

twenty three

sunflare

not sunflare, but a cool flaring of light anyway.  this shows you how much i'd been outside in daylight in the last ten days of october.

twenty four

animal

we have this small joke about eating in cambodia- they don't eat meat here, they eat animals.  that means every part of the animal is up for consumption and considered delicious one way or another. case in point, chicken, in all it's glory.

twenty six

close up

my friend and fellow PCV jill pretty much rocks at all things aesthetic.  here is her witch drawing...

twenty seven

from a distance

...and here is her drawing said witch.  can you tell we miss halloween and fall?

twenty eight

flowers

the beautiful fruit and flower display at the very first khmer wedding i attended.  it's covered in silly string here, which was sprayed at the bride and groom as they entered in their second outfits. they feed each other a piece of fruit from this table and then said table is danced around for the evening, and guests take home the fruit.  

twenty nine

black and white

one of the few photos in this set taken on the actual day assigned.  yours truly, dressed in red, beginning the celebration of my birthday in phnom penh a bit early, with champy bought by darling husband.  

thirty

self portrait

and the final photo, taken on, again, the actual 30th day of october.  this was my birthday treat for myself- a coke float at a large mall in phnom penh, just before we boarded our bus back to permanent site.  it was totally worth the dollar and eighty cents.

happy november all!