Blythe doll Beatrice Vest

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I spent this summer in Europe, and became friends with a sweet girl, we exchanged presents in Italy.
I gave her a hand-embroided bag, and got this fur vest in return.
Next time i want to trip to Asia!
Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Singapore…so many places i want to go around!
I’m so looking forward to making new friends there!

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Philadelphia native / Sailor stands look out aboard the USS Ronald Reagan

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SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 12, 2011) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Granneman, from Philadelphia, looks for surface contacts while on look-out watch on the weather deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during a scheduled port visit to Hong Kong. Ronald Reagan is one of two aircraft carriers underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shawn J. Stewart/Released) 110812-N-EE987-245

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Sun shine afternoon at Hong Kong

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It’s always nice to have a beautiful sun shine afternoon after a busy morning. But it’s seems to be very difficult to find it in HK right now. During this very moist weather in the late Spring.

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Hong Kong Island

Image by Will Prescott
We only had a couple of days in HK and the weather was pretty miserable for much of it – we did manage to take the ferry across to the island.

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Hong Kong May 22-23, 2009

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IFC isn’t really a photogenic building but the stormy weather made for some great photo ops.

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GESNERIACEAE 苦苣苔科 – African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha) 非洲紫羅蘭

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Because of the hot and humid weather, this plant can only be cultivated in-door with air-conditioning here in Hong Kong. This photo was taken in the reading room of Mayfair Garden, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong.

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Aberdeen From Ocean Park

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On October the 10th we made more use of our Ocean Park Annual Passes. The weather was finally a little cooler. We were there earlier enough to avoide the big crowds and could take the aquarium at our own pace.

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Arrival in Hong Kong

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Pictures from one of my many early morning flights into Hong Kong. For once pollution was not too heavy and weather was clear.
For more pictures, videos and tidbits about Hong Kong, see www.bluehongkong.net

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1969: HMAS QUEENBOROUGH, reclassifed as a destroyer escort with the ‘Heinz’ hull number 57 – Photo RAN.

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4487. Seen off Wlliamstown Victoria some time after January 1969, when she was re-classified as a destroyer escort , HMAS QUEENBOROUGH, ex- F02, has been given the new hull number 57, prompting RAN jokes about the Heinz food company’s well-known advertising slogan ’57 varieties.’

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Cockpit Ice

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May 2002: Extract from Press Release

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