tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44788671738737551282024-03-04T21:32:55.092-08:00Mashhad Daily PhotoSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-57963670214653669282011-04-24T06:44:00.000-07:002011-04-24T06:51:10.671-07:00A hot afternoon in Mashhad and my cold dessert<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytEtTpNuf85twxG50p7wdn6fRRSHOXLrYZE6yWT2IyACErbImQGwyFqdwb966NmgI2BTl-02svQB0CAIGEUZOQCkmGA-UbVIUbXuJ9puTd2f2MG7frxST_cTRzeD65K1GP6DXS4HhmRE/s1600/Jelly+Parfeh-blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytEtTpNuf85twxG50p7wdn6fRRSHOXLrYZE6yWT2IyACErbImQGwyFqdwb966NmgI2BTl-02svQB0CAIGEUZOQCkmGA-UbVIUbXuJ9puTd2f2MG7frxST_cTRzeD65K1GP6DXS4HhmRE/s400/Jelly+Parfeh-blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When you're happy of something, nothing can make you feel bad. Even a very hot afternoon in the house. I just made this dessert and made my day more pleasant. Thinking of you friends...Let's have a pice of that!</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-44204356920437743962011-03-25T10:47:00.000-07:002011-03-25T10:52:56.618-07:00Imam Reza Holy Shrine; inside view<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">After some months of stop blogging, today I felt that I need to start it again. During this time I was busy with studying and also not much interested in photographing and writing. I passed difficult days, name it difficult because I was not in a good mood. Now I just want to stop thinking about silly things and do what ever which makes me happy and fresh like all those old days. Of course one of them is blogging!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">And about today's post...You can see the inside of Imam Reza's shrine. The place that I really love not just because I believe in Islam but because of the relaxing atmosphere it has. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>Since it's forbidden to take photo by camera from the inside, I took these pictures by my mobile camera so forgive me for the bad quality!</em></div><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Gheimeh or Qeymeh (Persian: قیمه) is a Persian stew of which the main ingredients are cubed lamb, yellow split peas, onion and dried lime. This stew is combined with either thin French fries or eggplant and usually served with rice. The best kind of Gheimeh is cooked in Mashhad which is named Gheyme Mashhadi. I and my mom has cooked and decorated a dish of Gheymeh Mashhadi for you. Hope enjoy it!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">To know about the recipe please click <a href="http://www.persiancity.com/recipes/recipe.asp?ID=72">here</a>!</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-35172870076770493922010-06-12T07:26:00.000-07:002010-06-12T07:27:58.080-07:00Miniature Grandmom<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0388kgNYxomM_u-2JSyDxGLz4yoopsztGHzUDYJsOaoo0C-eAscDDMZhd07GKv_ANOA51EjUK9BgckaeMOmK4F2yhYM7YEveSb2jTqTDY8PA2akJxSW_evmSNnd73OnKV17WlD44P4Z8/s1600/M_Grandma's2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481890693665281362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0388kgNYxomM_u-2JSyDxGLz4yoopsztGHzUDYJsOaoo0C-eAscDDMZhd07GKv_ANOA51EjUK9BgckaeMOmK4F2yhYM7YEveSb2jTqTDY8PA2akJxSW_evmSNnd73OnKV17WlD44P4Z8/s400/M_Grandma's2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">I'm so sorry that I can not update the blog regularly because of my different jobs. May should say Mashhad SOMETIMES photo instead of Daily! The main problem is with finding subject to take photo since I do not go out of home much. </div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">Today's photo shows you a handy craft that I made many years a go with pea, beans and rice and like to share its picture today :)</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-55734790207370184662010-06-08T22:41:00.000-07:002010-06-08T22:44:55.154-07:00Loghman Mosque<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBB8NXxHK6Ci4ft8usONN-cdVAnMzhaD5FpfjSjyF5dIpwpNu4Ya2liYf5EMuDzIRQSLMud0DmXiawEAWxUNnG0RK5LE3OeNSxuSaJ2LPxi2z9OGAx3snGfZtEQX3eZ_m6toiwbH5zQwY/s1600/Masjed+Loghman.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480645594059365218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBB8NXxHK6Ci4ft8usONN-cdVAnMzhaD5FpfjSjyF5dIpwpNu4Ya2liYf5EMuDzIRQSLMud0DmXiawEAWxUNnG0RK5LE3OeNSxuSaJ2LPxi2z9OGAx3snGfZtEQX3eZ_m6toiwbH5zQwY/s400/Masjed+Loghman.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Loghman Mosque, Shohada Square</span><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-57784746653661135512010-06-04T08:27:00.001-07:002010-06-04T08:35:41.514-07:00How much sweet one can be?!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1ZiqQVSQ0oLKE6LUXVmvvSCY-w9o-BMRXkAG1y82A87ijpfFNXdTkV5ARaJfU6wCSrqYEyhUA057O-b2YmXGM49qVVz85hPaGkhXmq8pIRYhfHqc6cQ9bIAi59XJ5N42pXFHLIR0d2M/s1600/Poppy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478942194806566946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1ZiqQVSQ0oLKE6LUXVmvvSCY-w9o-BMRXkAG1y82A87ijpfFNXdTkV5ARaJfU6wCSrqYEyhUA057O-b2YmXGM49qVVz85hPaGkhXmq8pIRYhfHqc6cQ9bIAi59XJ5N42pXFHLIR0d2M/s400/Poppy.jpg" /></a><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478940762750154082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRldp9eZkfyOnSyulIPN3V_ustFa0fqixXMUF39Qyt6NacBXhXiiLx3sTmdJIjaALuY_e7D0-c0eeBd_h9uks6q4pU6xwykTBAUIvUIUq4C82EnY5T-hibMX8FRNwLvVJC7mQ9rKaje70/s400/Poppy+2.jpg" /><br /><br /><div><div><div>Here you see one of our four dogs "Poppy". He is a lovely pet! A really smart, playful and cute dog that I've ever seen...</div></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-19207140451042949382010-06-03T10:52:00.000-07:002010-06-03T11:02:44.501-07:00Happy Mother's Day<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZpzAvAJ9NjwDV-ylykugToJYrMvlqDeStSg_H2Ql5M2nSAquzgz-CgNyjSN02S4AKP4mKYU7cyXDOUBUOfbg7ffwH74dhZm0sXsebA-1FTh1UhNAN-Z-J-QG-BrfT0oNccdxCYSrMWk/s1600/Mom's+Day.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478607134117978674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ZpzAvAJ9NjwDV-ylykugToJYrMvlqDeStSg_H2Ql5M2nSAquzgz-CgNyjSN02S4AKP4mKYU7cyXDOUBUOfbg7ffwH74dhZm0sXsebA-1FTh1UhNAN-Z-J-QG-BrfT0oNccdxCYSrMWk/s400/Mom's+Day.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> It's a kind of flower named Abshar Talayi in Farsi (Golden Waterfall)</span></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">Today is Mother's Day in Iran and also recognized as Women's Day here. I wish all the bests for Iranian women and girls especially kind moms. Happy Mother's Day!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><em></em> </div><div align="justify"><em>I apologize for my long absence in the blog. Hope to not do it again :)<br /></div></em>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-92220350350119315582010-05-25T11:33:00.001-07:002010-05-25T11:47:54.624-07:00Hail and Rain Storm ; Again !<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-3wYQtlee0Uj3wormP7vnpWyZ6jKKXzvCmoY2UkffNpY6p8ryc-atD_5wSpJNbYpISb2id5XNuREDO2cpMSWTGNW9_rpoffVZh1cJnMSheKVCqbHDV_NYkaeiNJvdBMFf4W1n0Qelr0/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475278623748382930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-3wYQtlee0Uj3wormP7vnpWyZ6jKKXzvCmoY2UkffNpY6p8ryc-atD_5wSpJNbYpISb2id5XNuREDO2cpMSWTGNW9_rpoffVZh1cJnMSheKVCqbHDV_NYkaeiNJvdBMFf4W1n0Qelr0/s400/3.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFVUz5XuxVdB6P-ZiIb94JmQsdig8d8krYjEBRqCJVXMDQAJfXCqpFPUlfYah6-8sTNIRIEzJ-RHeli5BkBgEkvswEQZpcBJqxOQKwg_Iqec00IINbwagKuv9iYrLZf6oDWypezonOXI/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475278616177115522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFVUz5XuxVdB6P-ZiIb94JmQsdig8d8krYjEBRqCJVXMDQAJfXCqpFPUlfYah6-8sTNIRIEzJ-RHeli5BkBgEkvswEQZpcBJqxOQKwg_Iqec00IINbwagKuv9iYrLZf6oDWypezonOXI/s400/2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" dir="rtl" trbidi="on"><br /><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" dir="rtl" class="separator" trbidi="on"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZWqdC1TlZgfMshSkQv-oeLTl-gT1dsxUQFh6WEs8wJaL6hsaUY589lBUCuKWjT2Te3QwjEKWYXXC6Tp_HAeB3q7K71xX1vG8vkuOzIwYhGV7TWHjbME8LxMDLwgEhb7nowFraFGtoyA/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZWqdC1TlZgfMshSkQv-oeLTl-gT1dsxUQFh6WEs8wJaL6hsaUY589lBUCuKWjT2Te3QwjEKWYXXC6Tp_HAeB3q7K71xX1vG8vkuOzIwYhGV7TWHjbME8LxMDLwgEhb7nowFraFGtoyA/s400/1.jpg" width="400" height="300" gu="true" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" dir="rtl" class="separator" trbidi="on"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" dir="ltr" class="separator" align="left" trbidi="on"></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" dir="ltr" class="separator" align="left" trbidi="on"> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" dir="ltr" class="separator" align="left" trbidi="on">These photos show the crazy weather of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Sunday</span>. Just wondering about it....</div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" dir="ltr" class="separator" align="left" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both" dir="ltr" class="separator" align="left" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>* The camera date is not correct</em></span></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-13433704601653007122010-05-22T02:57:00.000-07:002010-05-22T03:06:43.164-07:00Mashhad City Hall<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474031811104306962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4pp5Dugk5L5HcTjRnsykJclMD_l6QXS3UJpVwWKNd8kxubgNn75sUCBS9pvK2CguR763XjNoZcrMVz4XG3pCg3TjmBbROvb8v5N2y77JrvdaSFcxQmgF7ht3cFnCbUizZQyROX3AvYWa9/s400/City+Hall+1.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6LHzkBj-RccROYe5UsAW5DSQbSUr0Rx2GOzLuHd9wP7dk4i0Ipl4Kbv8tFRg2LfcxCvOV5V5GwzcDIFcut0MOV81U5L_d226_SNvTNszwtACJX8oQzUyRnCdNNXIeqbOVtDAdiGOe3e_/s1600/City+Hall+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474031817978660626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6LHzkBj-RccROYe5UsAW5DSQbSUr0Rx2GOzLuHd9wP7dk4i0Ipl4Kbv8tFRg2LfcxCvOV5V5GwzcDIFcut0MOV81U5L_d226_SNvTNszwtACJX8oQzUyRnCdNNXIeqbOVtDAdiGOe3e_/s400/City+Hall+2.jpg" /></a> This is the old building of Mashhad City hall in Shohada Square. A very big project is now in progress around it. Repairing the old texture and solving the traffic problem is some items of this project.<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-5443977208394519842010-05-20T09:46:00.000-07:002010-05-20T09:47:23.097-07:00Rain in Tehran<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZBT972lh_0UiEHbrknsioed5W4VJFttnkAVOa8m7WfV_rfpPlXBtFxOCdgs1DgIV8RKA75RuN-NV2HsD-cSsCiDrHS0d-FySeEygYfVDHCGC7IhJlnmLsMpnE8eAdg4YN_vjNxBxYwk/s1600/1_8711231333_L600.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473392915966414690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZBT972lh_0UiEHbrknsioed5W4VJFttnkAVOa8m7WfV_rfpPlXBtFxOCdgs1DgIV8RKA75RuN-NV2HsD-cSsCiDrHS0d-FySeEygYfVDHCGC7IhJlnmLsMpnE8eAdg4YN_vjNxBxYwk/s400/1_8711231333_L600.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 259px;" /></a><br />
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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">I sometimes become shocked by strange views in the city. This is one of them; A Rooster was walking in the city!!! I never saw something like that before but it is maybe natural in the downtown ! </div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-81044692832444551772010-05-18T04:34:00.000-07:002010-05-18T04:50:03.343-07:00Ahmad Abad Avenue<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gv2dpyI9XWUiGrIkYz-uufd5xN6DMWPkdMhvUamaI2qz6qcgl11Yrcw7s6bb1hZwiheV7dEXOAA9eo9TAzNcNcXd2SvbVIsmOo0J3HnTUl2-MKnh4GIZW7ylv8S-3j31eEeZ1CQtCX8/s1600/Ahmad+Abad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gv2dpyI9XWUiGrIkYz-uufd5xN6DMWPkdMhvUamaI2qz6qcgl11Yrcw7s6bb1hZwiheV7dEXOAA9eo9TAzNcNcXd2SvbVIsmOo0J3HnTUl2-MKnh4GIZW7ylv8S-3j31eEeZ1CQtCX8/s400/Ahmad+Abad.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">I captured this photo in a cloudy afternoon while I was walking on the foot bridge. City seems so messy, I don't know why?!</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-31308363331523974842010-05-16T11:55:00.000-07:002010-05-18T04:49:26.011-07:00Ya Fatemeh<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKO7sc-w3lmae4QP9LJczfnfMaXyaP1ucn-F5U8r9A9zp06hXqnscel7k386TKjrUQ9DViSJ3j7qLJmGpgj42x2DkwICD9-sNXSpqqZj3UwKJV9lAxqBYZa0685-ySPzxLP9kFeFhdI-Y/s1600/IMG_0177+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKO7sc-w3lmae4QP9LJczfnfMaXyaP1ucn-F5U8r9A9zp06hXqnscel7k386TKjrUQ9DViSJ3j7qLJmGpgj42x2DkwICD9-sNXSpqqZj3UwKJV9lAxqBYZa0685-ySPzxLP9kFeFhdI-Y/s400/IMG_0177+copy.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">These days city is full of the black placards about Fatemeh (daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad). It's nice to know about her life. If you are interested, click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatemeh">Here</a>!</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-12540968292038928852010-05-14T10:01:00.000-07:002010-05-14T10:06:32.421-07:00Khatoon<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfEs3ISSx1dUMUhaoGymuFR6b1RHOtDU4neDlNvU7O6BcPiDetrTj-qC1mhZFgiPA_YlriligZ_35dytdgky7e1qlvOBzzliq0yPi0QJkcFcxpaNFzChAlhbE3VThPitJkCrWCa7BGPM/s1600/Khatoon+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfEs3ISSx1dUMUhaoGymuFR6b1RHOtDU4neDlNvU7O6BcPiDetrTj-qC1mhZFgiPA_YlriligZ_35dytdgky7e1qlvOBzzliq0yPi0QJkcFcxpaNFzChAlhbE3VThPitJkCrWCa7BGPM/s400/Khatoon+copy.jpg" width="382" wt="true" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Khatoon is the symbol of a Persian woman. A black eyed women with a kind of brightness in her face!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">I drew and painted this picture for a friend and now she has received it.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">I also had a related photo in my older blog that you can see by clicking <a href="http://day2daypictures.blogspot.com/2008/10/persian-woman-in-my-painting.html">here</a>.</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-90907569138311085372010-05-13T06:17:00.000-07:002010-05-13T06:20:30.313-07:00Women in Iran<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"></div><div align="center" dir="ltr"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZdHEaVgcqAczgcImTAT1Sw-3rvBIghyphenhyphenTaeflgyguAqYI-jhqzTcOOcX0MjtogR5amz62paK_82vt6IkkFw42Z-U0XNVird73KmWVjJsamiHhYCrypLLklXBQTNmQNrR7FAxetmVPUIs/s1600/IMG_0215+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZdHEaVgcqAczgcImTAT1Sw-3rvBIghyphenhyphenTaeflgyguAqYI-jhqzTcOOcX0MjtogR5amz62paK_82vt6IkkFw42Z-U0XNVird73KmWVjJsamiHhYCrypLLklXBQTNmQNrR7FAxetmVPUIs/s400/IMG_0215+copy.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">As a Muslim girl, I choose to have a suitable appearance in the way my religion asks but I do not agree with something they ask Iranian Woman to do. If THEY let women to appear in their optional way, they would never make such stupid styles. A Compulsory Hijab never works!</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-89785548765937333622010-05-11T09:42:00.000-07:002010-05-11T09:42:03.167-07:00Photos from the Past<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">These photos are from 50 years ago. I found them through the internet.</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-89999293968254786052010-05-09T04:01:00.000-07:002010-05-09T04:20:17.432-07:00Dolmeh Irani<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7cdb5DIMMB_ilp3MKkU3HwgNV0lSUrAWr92w8fBQOWPhtBN1vq-wQxcCdRwyh9dwaeq82F4JeVv3SPrPmFGG_tqYx7eznJOBAZggUPgDeHWdub3TRCHSBp5qZtzZRQp64UnA2FfeHN8/s1600/IMG_0202+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7cdb5DIMMB_ilp3MKkU3HwgNV0lSUrAWr92w8fBQOWPhtBN1vq-wQxcCdRwyh9dwaeq82F4JeVv3SPrPmFGG_tqYx7eznJOBAZggUPgDeHWdub3TRCHSBp5qZtzZRQp64UnA2FfeHN8/s640/IMG_0202+copy.jpg" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Dolmeh is one of our traditional delicious foods. It is cooked in different flavors such as salty, sweet, and sour. But the most popular type is salty. I know that Arabs has this food in their own way of cooking. Nowadays, Dolmeh is not a very usual food in Iranian houses since this is difficult to cook and take a long time to prepare, but still is cooked in grand mamas houses. My mom tries to prepare it one or tow times in a year and this year I learned to cook it, too. It was such a different experience!</div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">If you are interested to know the recipe, visit my blog of <a href="http://iraniankitchen.blogspot.com/">Iranian Kitchen</a>!</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-58231803263906950932010-05-08T10:49:00.000-07:002010-05-08T10:52:55.818-07:00Special Bike<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" dir="ltr" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">It's a bicycle in Steqlal Square. You can see why it is different!</div></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-3488327755287422702010-05-06T10:42:00.000-07:002010-05-06T10:53:54.578-07:00Kooh Sangi Park<div align="justify"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kooh</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sangi</span> (in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Persian</span> ) or Stone Mountain (in English) is one of the most beautiful spots and is situated on the southern fringes of the city. To the front of this hillock stands a summer house with a large pool - this pool runs 100 m. in length and 60 m. in width. This pool is fed by subterranean waters (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Qanat</span>) from the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gonabad</span> area. Running alongside are paved paths and trees which enhance the beauty of this area which are also famed as "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dalan</span>-e-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Behesht</span>" (The corridor to Paradise).</div><div align="justify"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Reference</span> of the text : <a href="http://www.itto.org/">http://www.itto.org/</a></div><div align="justify"><br /></div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468214451622357890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKP-Kq36wT06jbLDnZZlrYyWE51LJQp-L7YKmZclcPfjVh2gLQxfAMpahLWo1qqd1c5IHSMF4vYtPmEWEAocBu0qBovrxkgW0n6eVre1kcJS1fgY6am8i6SF-jT5FuiOQRkfh9qrB9QPHD/s400/kooh+sangi.jpg" /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kooh</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sangi</span> Park- Now</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIheWEgRUw2fW5-e9V8iCsEd3CjMo_yaIxEANMvt5EB-9WiG6HsbTAX86rnrDSOj7Yv1VJ_wZlC2vHMBbMGWEyBrZugEiYPM_nofeyyWDe1fnayM7cdsZoIzavscYOC8eqvb3VUxdVmxw/s1600/17.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468214462003195058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIheWEgRUw2fW5-e9V8iCsEd3CjMo_yaIxEANMvt5EB-9WiG6HsbTAX86rnrDSOj7Yv1VJ_wZlC2vHMBbMGWEyBrZugEiYPM_nofeyyWDe1fnayM7cdsZoIzavscYOC8eqvb3VUxdVmxw/s400/17.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kooh</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sangi</span>-Past<br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-42582448537930669072010-05-05T07:38:00.000-07:002010-05-05T07:46:53.015-07:00ABC Wednesday : "P" for People<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3tbWmG6njB1_WyV7E0avPx1QPx5I1ZrRd-w8NnlHjW1WUuTuZ8sVfG-AdUMDmembvXbLM-1UOqo1OQ2Ua55qg4jKW2f7b2bw8T3OhOcekkpaS5ZfO4sMa2Jdm2-ny_GhQYGoNyixppYc/s1600/IMG_3027+copy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="275" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467795616969423202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3tbWmG6njB1_WyV7E0avPx1QPx5I1ZrRd-w8NnlHjW1WUuTuZ8sVfG-AdUMDmembvXbLM-1UOqo1OQ2Ua55qg4jKW2f7b2bw8T3OhOcekkpaS5ZfO4sMa2Jdm2-ny_GhQYGoNyixppYc/s400/IMG_3027+copy.jpg" style="display: block; height: 220px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" width="400" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">I like this statue so much. It's located in the entrance of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabzevar">Sabzevar</a> (small town near Mashhad).</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-41232373882265390512010-05-02T07:52:00.000-07:002010-05-02T07:54:56.470-07:00New Building in New Shape<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCXjNRHZMXETvkJG3rIf-KYLzVoDnPGH617MFLaGD6R9n5oTpmp7XUUXHDKNFUkuOQmREDXWnZ-ieqAgFBMbSsy39RniESWYWm1dBVQ8YRTbDm5VG4fnUpbjSmWIRrpBUL7kuuvqqTH0/s1600/IMG_0127+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCXjNRHZMXETvkJG3rIf-KYLzVoDnPGH617MFLaGD6R9n5oTpmp7XUUXHDKNFUkuOQmREDXWnZ-ieqAgFBMbSsy39RniESWYWm1dBVQ8YRTbDm5VG4fnUpbjSmWIRrpBUL7kuuvqqTH0/s640/IMG_0127+copy.jpg" tt="true" width="640" /></a>Mashhad is not a city with variate buildings. Although , as an architect we learn to design without any limit all the structures are in cube shape or something like that. This one is located in Sajad BLVD and as you see the composition includes a big Pyramid. The pyramid is a different style of a stair box. That's such a good subject to start the difference.</div></div></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-90152084621899365152010-05-01T03:09:00.000-07:002010-05-01T03:16:05.307-07:00Theme Day ; Statue of Nima Yooshij<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">I was searching for a subject to take photo as theme day of this month that I found there are no more statues in Mashhad other than I posted on my <a href="http://www.day2daypictures.blogspot.com/">old blog</a>. So decided to put a photo from Tehran. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on">I took this one in my last trip toTehran at Mellat park. The statue of Nima Yooshij, the Persian contemporary poet.</div><div class="separator" dir="rtl" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" dir="rtl" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" trbidi="on"></div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: justify;" trbidi="on"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466236458619905666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTJdi4Bl5DkEkavmUWxKUyWnSxf40GlGVgSsMpHMGHj6qM9VkSM8yWEtN7rVJv1kymlD3wlsK_6dmOkZTmrbDz2RFUW6CsxWknaKLY6JhjpW-sZVfIid25ApB40_VC0mSJJano7vgCoY/s640/518px-Nima_Yushij_-_Original.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 345px;" width="552" /></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo resource: Wiki Pedia</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">According to Wiki Pedia :</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nima_Yooshij">Nimā Yooshij</a>, (November 12, 1896 - January 6, 1960) also called Nimā, born Ali Esfandiāri, was a contemporary Tabarian and Persian poet who started the she’r-e no ("new poetry") also known as she’r-e nimaa'i ("Nimaic poetry") trend in Iran. He is considered as the father of modern Persian poetry.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">He died of pneumonia in Shemiran, in the northern part of Tehran and was buried in his native village of Yush, Nur County, Mazandaran, as he had willed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">The venues in which Nima published his works are noteworthy. In the early years when the presses were controlled by the powers that be his poetry, deemed below the established norm, was not allowed publication. For this reason, many of Nima's early poems did not reach the public until the late 1930s. After the fall of Reza Shah, Nima became a member of the editorial board of the "Music" magazine. Working with Sadeq Hedayat, he published many of his poems in that magazine. Only on two occasions he published his works at his own expense: "The Pale Story" and "The Soldier's Family.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">The closing of "Music" coincided with the formation of the Tudeh Party and the appearance of a number of leftist publications. Radical in nature, Nima was attracted to the new papers and published many of his groundbreaking compositions in them. The Boat is one of his famous poems.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>The Boat</strong></em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em></em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em><br />
</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>My face is withered</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>My boat is stranded.</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>With my stranded bark I cry:</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>“I am stranded in sorrow</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em><br />
</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>In this dangerous seashore</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>And the water is far away</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em><br />
</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>“Help, O friends!”</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>A smile of derision breaks upon their lips</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>But directed at me</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>At my askew boat</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>At my tumultuous words</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>At my infinite perturbation</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>At my infinite perturbation</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>Suddenly a cry issues from me:</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>I fear but danger and annihilation</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>The commotion of `to be or not to be'</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>It is but for endangered life.”</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>With their mistake</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>I buy mistakes</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>From their disheartening words</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>I suffer</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>Blood spurts out of my wound</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>How can I dry the water?</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>I cry.</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>My face is withered</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>My boat is stranded</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>My words are clear to you:</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em><br />
</em> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>One person is alone</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>I extend my hand to you for help</em><em><br />
</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>My voice is broken in my throat</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>And if voice is voluble</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>I cry</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>For your salvation and mine</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em><br />
</em></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><em>I cry!</em></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-57021696539779276872010-04-28T23:18:00.000-07:002010-04-28T23:18:57.142-07:00Ash Reshteh<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XDzB6Hcii7uugltfRixw7FzL75to2Z_2ugRoiUg3vA79ELCYfTy-btg21y6sgGZga1N2MQHnxzwrCyrLCkTt9UyhwC9qymRbvbglPCRvr89lX2306GNv2zyh24XYm9pq2_JT8mzopag/s1600/IMG_4454+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XDzB6Hcii7uugltfRixw7FzL75to2Z_2ugRoiUg3vA79ELCYfTy-btg21y6sgGZga1N2MQHnxzwrCyrLCkTt9UyhwC9qymRbvbglPCRvr89lX2306GNv2zyh24XYm9pq2_JT8mzopag/s640/IMG_4454+copy.jpg" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">I posted some photos about Persian foods specially "Ash Reshteh" on my earlier blog. Since I decided to blogging on my "<a href="http://iraniankitchen.blogspot.com/">Iranian Kitchen</a>" blog again, put this photo for today. You may like to visit it sometimes if you are interested to know more about Persian cooking and eating culture in Iran.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">This delicious Ash Reshteh is cooked by my mom and decorated by myself ;)</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478867173873755128.post-75740465610191712322010-04-28T08:03:00.000-07:002010-04-28T08:13:11.275-07:00ABC Wednesday : "O" for Old Epigraph<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhBHqHhyovRhtaeDK2tXhHWOT2jF6QOGrjrDlop582jEKFdR8zLPWzSgQvafi4rBKlvfaH3Wdb98t-jdcTKjyqnsQJ9g3svSRF2xxekUPRGgbathjPy5OISqixw0VRDq6s1YuGMAPAa0/s1600/old+Epigraph.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465204572910910690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhBHqHhyovRhtaeDK2tXhHWOT2jF6QOGrjrDlop582jEKFdR8zLPWzSgQvafi4rBKlvfaH3Wdb98t-jdcTKjyqnsQJ9g3svSRF2xxekUPRGgbathjPy5OISqixw0VRDq6s1YuGMAPAa0/s400/old+Epigraph.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify">I took this photo in my last trip to Tehran. An old epigraph from many years ago ( I do not have any information about it ) that is now placed in Tehran Epigraphs Garden. </div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124063212444276449noreply@blogger.com2