a new year...

for this new year, i am not doing any resolutions.  i'm embracing a mantra instead: BALANCE...

**El Nido, Palawan; August 2015...

TwentyFifteen...

as they year comes to a close, two major events standout for me this year.  

it started with one of the most lowest point in my entire life...

**my best friend ANGEL joined our creator in January; vacations in pinas will never be the same...  

and ended the year on a cloud 9 - by fulfilling one item on my bucket list...

**2015 Chicago Marathon (26.2 miles or 42.2 km)...

postcard sunday...part 3

**note:  click the link on each postcard for details.  this is the best part of doing this type of hobby....learn new things such as places, artworks, etc.

had to separate these postcard from the rest.  i received them christmas eve...

**National Monument Shakar Pariyan...

**Naulakha...

postcard sunday...part 2

**note:  click the link on each postcard for details.  this is the best part of doing this type of hobby....learn new things such as places, artworks, etc.

**from ChongQing, China...

**Furnace Creek Inn; from Death Valley National Park, California...

**from Warsaw, Poland...

**from Ukraine...

**Repentant Mary Magdalene (1861) by Apalinary Harauski; from Belarus...

**Floating Market; from Thailand...

**Crayon Shin-Chan by Usui Yoshito; from Taiwan..

postcard sunday...part 1

**note:  click the link on each postcard for details.  this is the best part of doing this type of hobby....learn new things such as places, artworks, etc.

**from China...

**Meskiskas  apkabinimas (i'll hug you with my bear hands); from Lithuania...

**la pedrera, graudi; from Barcelona, Spain...

**from Slovenia...

**Maple Trees and Tekona Shrine, from Japan...

**Father Frost and Snow Maiden by Anton Lomaev; from Russia...

**A Monk Does His Daily Cleaning; from Thailand...