tiabunna's photos with the keyword: lady

The lady has just thrown a small fish (see note) to the two waiting Australian pelicans. Wishing everyone a Happy Fence Friday and a safe and enjoyable XMAS weekend.

I had intended to post this image earlier, as it was taken in the village we visited on the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos. This lady was happy to have her portrait taken, even if the baby was not. What I did not know was that when I showed her the photo on the camera, which she found really funny, one of my companions took a photo of both of us (see PiP).

Maybe you enjoy the spice known as Cardamom? It is grown in various tropical parts of Asia, including Laos. Once harvested, in the form of pods, it needs to be dried. There are various means of doing that, but in this Lao village it was done the traditional way. This lady is working on a shelf above a smouldering fire, drying out the seeds taken from those pods hanging on the sides of this special purpose hut. It was fiendishly hot (she was bathed in perspiration) and very smoky inside: how she could look so cheerful for the camera was beyond me! I really had to feel for the people of rural Laos, living such hard lives compared to our western world, while in one of the world's lowest income countries. View this large on black and spare a moment's thought when next buying spices! I'm very flattered that this image has been selected for inclusion on the Ipernity Homepage.

In the village where I took the previous photos of the houses and post office, there was a group of women doing embroidery. This lady in the group gave me a beautiful smile.