One of the acts at the circus had sixteen members of a Chinese acrobatic troupe all riding just two bicycle at the same time. They, in turn, jumped on the bicycles as they came toward us and positioned themselves. Unfortunately, the display with the fans coalesced as the bicycles rolled away from us. They then began disassembling as the bicycles came back toward us again!
During our adoption trip for Lain in 2003, we visited her orphanage and met the orphanage director and several of the nannies that worked there. As we prepared to leave at the end of our visit we snapped some photos. This one has Lain and her best friend, Ji Ping, with the orphanage director. I managed to take this picture without noticing that Mickey’s ears from the artwork on the wall appeared to belong to the orphanage director. I doubt that I could have made it look this good had I actually tried!
See other ‘wrong positions’ at Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 14 – Wrong Position!
That last photo is priceless. Did you send it to her?
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We sent a CD with some pictures including that one to the orphanage in 2007. Shortly after that, we heard that the government had shut that orphanage down. We have lost all contact with the folks from that location.
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Good for you to get shots of all this. It’s hard not to have a blur!
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Oh, my! The Mickey ears are great!
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I had those pictures developed and in an album before I noticed the ears!
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Great shots. I see a double “wrong.” Not only the ears, Lain appears to have a long hair gone astray with Pluto’s tail. Love these.
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Kind of an Alfalfa thing going there! Thank you!
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Love the Micky Ears! Ha ha!
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They did seem to fit well to the shape of the director’s head!
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That last photo could not have been any better, Dennis. It’s a great ‘unsuspecting’ capture.
Thank you for participating in this week’s challenge.
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It was a little embarrassing (well, a very little bit embarrassing) – the orphanage director was very kind and bent over backwards to accommodate us during our visit. These visits can get emotional because the nannies really get attached to the kids then have to say good-bye.
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Congratulations Dennis, I have featured your entry to my recent photo challenge on my blog.
http://hughsviewsandnews.com/2016/03/01/hughs-weekly-photo-challenge-week-15-under/
Thank you so much for participating.
Best wishes,
Hugh
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Thank you Hugh. I truly appreciate the recognition. The creek photo came from a very fun day for us!
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I always worry, though, that those huge piles of people are suddenly going to collapse and somebody will get flattened like a pancake. Still, they do always seem to know what they are doing.
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They had some motorcyclists inside a small spherical iron cage at that same circus. Those people were crazy! I have images of that here – https://atrivialmindatwork.com/2014/12/13/craziness-defined/
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How wonderful. I love the circus
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I do too. And we probably had not been to the circus in twenty years. We enjoyed it very much!
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Good for you Dennis. I’d love to have a chance to go again.
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