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10 on 10 - July

I'm finally home! Just like every year for nine now, I have waited ten long months to return to my beloved Canary Islands, in Spain. Ten long months to breathe in my island air and to swim in my Atlantic Ocean. A whole ten months to see my loved ones and tell them in person how much I miss them, how much I would love to live closer to them, how how happy I am to hug them... I've waited ten whole months but I am finally home. Here is a collection of my first (film) images from my first week there.

This year, I am joining some of my very talented photographer friends in a project called 10 on 10. We will all take 10 photos on one day and try to tell a story through them by posting them on the 10th of each month. We will be linking to each others' sites to create a blogroll. This project will force me to find beauty where or when I can't see it, and will release my time constraints when photographing the beauty that I do see. Here is a link to my friend Meg's 10 on 10. Go visit and follow the blog roll!

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    A few Saturdays ago I drove my oldest son to Capitola for a soccer game. We usually have to be there forty five minutes before the game starts, in order for the children to warm up for the game. I dropped him off around 9.00am and since I had time to…

    10 on 10 - August

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