28 12, 2020

Pandemic Year 1: September 2020

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A song of Fire and Ice is what September 2020 was. Lots of fires in the mountains, which rained ash upon us. Then a random snowstorm would come.  And then we'd have a few days where the wind would send the ash away and it would be a nice day. I also did adventure out a few times to see the fall colors starting to change in the mountains, although the fire and smoke made some days not so fun.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Lili Armstrong (@liliontheloose) September I was mostly just busy

27 01, 2017

Firebreather

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Harry Potter Celebration in Orlando kicks off today. I've always wanted to go, but at least I got to visit Diagon Alley last year for a quick day trip! Although it took me ages to get this photo. Each time the dragon breathed fire I could never get my camera ready in time! Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

24 06, 2013

Travel Missteps: I’m on Fire!

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Fireworks while camping. As I've written before, in the summer of 2004 I went to Japan through a Sister Cities student exchange.  The bulk of the trip was spent with a host family in Chino, Nagano Prefecture.  This period in late August is during the Obon festival where Japanese honor the spirits of their ancestors. Its sort of like if you combine the American aspect of Thanksgiving where everyone goes home, Mexican Dia de los Muertos, and every possible firework related holiday. There are many components of the Obon festival. One key piece is the Bon Odori dance, that is danced by