Lotus Garden - Washington D.C.

Perfect beautiful day...got a few good shots. :)
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Have a wonderful day!
06/09 - QH

My First Day

Helloooo World,

My name is Mira Le Felde.  I'm 6lbs 4oz. 19". 

As Dad put it, I was "downloaded" today at 10:10am Thursday May 28, 2009 at Fairfax Hospital, VA, USA.  My mom went into labor around 1:30am with sporadic contractions, so they won a ticket to go to the labor room (they didn't get sent home, no, it wasn't a false alarm!)  And around 3:40am my aunt came in with her camera because my parents rushed out the door and forgot to bring theirs.  So here I am:

In case you didn't notice the pink cap...yes of course I'm a girl...Here I am again with Mom...(so you can see my pink cap!)

I was about 5 minutes old here, they put on me on a table and snip off my umbilical chord...didn't even hurt...they measured me...and put some gel in my eyes...yuck!

Everyone is healthy, I know I am, and I'm ssstarved...Here I am trying to suck on the blanket...I'm going to cry soon if I don't get to eat...

Whew...Mom finally fed me here (by the way, doesn't she look great?  And I'm her fourth!)

And here's my proud Dad (I'm 20 minutes-old here):

I'm tired now...Too much excitement, what a morning!  I'm getting very sleepy....

Bye for now,

Mira

 

Still Life

Thirty-five years ago Dallas—and the country—was gripped by the tragic story of John McClamrock, a high school football player paralyzed during a violent tackle. But after the newspapers moved on, another story was quietly unfolding, one of courage, perseverance, and a mother’s fierce love.

by Skip Hollandsworth

I received this story  from H. with a Happy Mother's Day wish.  H. would only sent me worth-reading articles, we're both terribly busy, and I must say I was a bit reluctant to open up this article to read.  So glad I did...I couldn't stop reading, and reread...the 4th time...with tears streaming down my face each time...I wanted to rush home and hold my children...and my parents...and my brothers and sisters...It moves me and makes me ponder all day...I wonder if I could be like John's mother, or like Henry, oh bless Henry!

Such a life worth living!

I asked my family to read it. :)   It's the best article I've read in a long time.  Thanks H. for thinking of me. 

QH - May 12/09

Flowers at River Bend and Arboretum

Strolling through fields of blue bells at River Bend, Great Falls, VA...Heaven is here and now! :) Very peaceful and quiet in the morning, the sounds I heard were from birds chirping, insects singing, and river water running downstream towards Great Falls (water fall.) What a beautiful place to be.

DC's National Arboretum - where the azaleas are in full bloom, lilacs and dogwoods too.

Great to be in or near Heaven but...Aaa-chhoo...I'm suffering from allergies today!

QH - 4/25/09

Quan-Van NoVa 4/04/09 voi Ky Duyen...

va` Thuong-Uyen (guitarist cua Ky Duyen), Co Tuyet Mai, Ky Duyen. Final rehearsal o nha` QH.

http://quanvanva.multiply.com/

Happy Birthday Anh Tri' 04/07/09

         Hippo Birdie Two Ewe anh Tri'!!

 

 Anh Tri' - live at Cafe Montmartre - Quan Van NoVa 04/04/09,  singing "Those Were The Days" :)

Random thoughts...jewelry, music, trees...

March 14, 2009

 

Driving down the highway, I couldn’t help feeling sad looking at the trees…or lack thereof.  I could hardly recognize my own stomping ground...everything has changed so much.  What used to be lush green hills are now valleys with tractors, soon to be replaced with more buildings and highways. 

 

With the bad economy, why don’t they build more sidewalks and bike paths instead?

I work 3 miles away from home but can’t walk to work without risks of getting run over by automobiles.  8 lanes aren’t enough, they have to widen to 10?!! 

 

I feel sad for all the creatures that live in the woods, where will they go? 

 

I was doing jewelry for shows to raise money for BIKES AND SANDALS (for Nghe-An’s children since I’ll be going back to VN again this summer) and WORKCAMP (building shelters for homeless in Winchester, VA also this summer) and the lack of trees prompted me to make this “Jeremiah Bullfrog” clasp and bracelet…(He’s not so much a bullfrog but I couldn’t think of a song w/ frog in it…so Jeremiah would have to be then.)  I don't think Jeremiah would complain...he’s made out of pure silver, carefully handcrafted one-of-a-kind, oxidized, polished (with love :)) by Tledc (me).  Took me a loooong time...but I've been pushing myself to make clasps since I love unique clasps on my jewelry pieces.

 

And my TLeDC website designed by VisualGui looks so much better than it did before but I haven’t been able to find the time to update it with new jewelry because I’ve been too busy playing music!

 

Chao for now… Have to go practice music…Duy & Vu & Thu Hoai sent me some great songs…they’ll be performing for Quan-Van 4/4/09...along with Ky` Duyen and other fine musicians!  

 

More Earth Day clasps (and jewelry) coming up soon!  

 

Have a peaceful day!  Life is good!  :)

 

Theresa