After wasting nearly three hours today communicating with incompetent staff at an increasingly-greedy airline, I decided to focus on something good. I remembered this simple little coffee/tea stand on the road to Petra, Jordan...
...and these precocious little Bedouin boys at Kerak Castle.
An ancient castle...
...hosting a secret passageway with a ghostly apparition.
I thought about these beautiful Roman pillars at Jerash...
... and the bagpiper and drummer at the Jerash Amphitheatre...
And at last, a plane ticket using airmiles was procured for my daughter Jordana (pictured in November with a musician).
Hope your day is yielding many positive gains!
BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS. Your daughter is beautiful also[ takes after her mother ].
Posted by: kathryn | 21 January 2010 at 22:46
Each photo is a mesmerising escape into another world! From apparition to beautiful daughter's happy face - each one is a little piece of magic! Really looking forward to seeing your photos when you travel there again!
Posted by: Gemma | 18 January 2010 at 01:38
I'm looking at these photos and thinking, soon I will see them in person, and I still can't believe it!
Posted by: Donna | 16 January 2010 at 19:36
What excellent photos Tara. You are smart to focus on the positive...let the negative slide away.
So much to look forward to.
xoxo
Posted by: Gillian | 16 January 2010 at 04:34
Yay! Sometimes it's worth the hassle!!
love love the photos...
x..x
Posted by: Stephanie | 16 January 2010 at 01:34
look at those face! the boys are adorable!
xoxo
Posted by: christina | 15 January 2010 at 21:04
I am so happy to hear the ticket for Jordana finally was achieved. Oh for those small accomplishments! This pictures tease me more, I can't even imagine traveling in a country like Jordan, but I would love to.
Posted by: Marilyn | 15 January 2010 at 18:38
the secret passageway is so compelling to me
i ADORE that image
and Jordana looks so at home somehow...beautiful that
you shared this journey with your lovely girl
Posted by: maddie | 15 January 2010 at 05:35
Dear Tara I wish I could be there!!!! Jordana glows.
Posted by: Yoli | 15 January 2010 at 00:05
Wow! That ghostly apparition caught my eye immediately. That is spooky! Your daughter, on the other hand, is beautiful!! Love the pictures!
Posted by: MAWB | 14 January 2010 at 23:50
your photos of jordan make me ache to go there. it was my father's dream to travel to that holy land, one that he will not be able to see come true. one day i will go there and maybe i can share my experiences with him in a way that is meaningful
Posted by: leonie | 14 January 2010 at 23:38