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10 years old and tired of Mom's camera pointed in his face...

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Lily with Great Grandma's RED lipstick! I love that she put the lipstick on OVER the remains of a milk mustache!

I entered this photo in I Heart Faces weekly contest. This week's theme is "smile!"

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Lego Minifigure Marches

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Every year at about this time (nearing Chinese New Year), I pull out the big China picture books. Today, I found Lily flipping through the pages, looking at the images of her beautiful place of birth.

Lily is in an "I know Mom" stage, so when I pointed out a few places (i.e. the Great Wall), she said "I know what that is Mom. I know all about China!"

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Before I started Project 365, I knew that I wanted to take a picture of the lions that flank the entrance to the house on the corner of our street. Whenever someone comes to visit us, I always say..."look for the lions and then you'll know you are on our block."

I took lots of photos of the lions today, but I didn't like any of them. I tried black and white...sepia...color...actions...nothing really did it for me. Then I cropped one of the photos really tightly around the lion's face and the detail really stood out.

I did a bit of internet research and found out that lions guard the entrance to many buildings in Chinese culture. They are a symbol of wealth and prosperity and ward of evil spirits.