Art Show :)

Opening Thursday, December 2nd, 5-7 p.m.
runs November 15, 2010 - February 28, 2011
"Art Solutions"
Wells Fargo Advisors
1201 3rd Ave 35th floor
(adjacent to Benaroya Hall)

Click here for Facebook invite

Hours: Monday - Friday
7 a.m. - 4p.m.
(206) 464-8200

Artists:
Elizabeth Scallon
elizabethscallon.blogspot.com
Gail Howard
gailhowardart.com
Deborah Scott
deborahkscott.com

All of my profits will go to Pygmy Survival Alliance

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photos + stuff

All,

Well I made it home in one piece, as you may know! :)
I have over a thousand photos to go through, but I decided to start off by adding the pictures of Sylvie and Ian and the kids they teach.

Click here to find more photos of their class, and stay tuned for more photos, videos and thoughts :)

XO
L

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let the voyage begin

Leaving Zanzibar by boat, waiting for the flight... this will take hours. Longer than before. First Amsterdam, then Seattle. I wonder who will I be next to now.. on the ship I already sat next this cute little boy who just wanted to sing.. he asked if I sang.. and told him I would hurt his ears.. so he just sung for the both of us. he was a kind spirit..
Leaving Sylvie and Ian was hard. I will miss them both terribly. they are good souls.
I woke today to rain.. I mean RAIN. like heavy drops that flood city type of rain. so what do we do.. we play in it. we walk around in flip flops and rolled up pants..armored with rain coats.. I feel like it is Seattle calling me home. I feel grateful. grateful for the experience.. for all of them. the kids hold up underneath an awning.. smiling and waving at us. kids in the middle of the street playing in the rain. letting go and getting wet. enjoying nature at her best. and what do I see... but a local.. wearing a Seattle Seahawk's hat.. like a lighthouse in the dark for me, letting me know.. you. reminding me of home.. letting this adventure begin anew. a new me. refreshed.

I arrive late on Monday.. so I won't be much active on responding for a bit. i work on Wednesday. I will need the time before work. to adjust back. just know I love you. I will want to see you. but I will need some time. understandable. be patient with me :) I love you.

I am excited. excited to be home. excited to go to work. excited to see all my friends. excited the most to see my family. We can meet a bunch of people.. we can even see have great adventures with them.. but the longest journey i will ever have .. will be with my family.

okay.. well I love you. and will see you soonish. till then.. have a blast. I can't wait to hear what you have been up to.

I LOVE YOU!
Lizzie

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zanzibar zanzibar zanzibar

The dictionary word of the day: ineffable. It's definition is basically the inability to express something in words.. i found this word in middle school and fell in love with it for obvious reasons.

ineffable.. yup.. my trip for sure.


we arrived in Zanzibar on Thursday morning... via a taxi from bagamoyo and a ferry from Dar. the adventure over to the island .. a bit uneventful.. the taxi driver talked a bit to me...he is studying engineering.. more specifically ..auto mechanic... the ferry to Zanzibar.. was hot, long .. and tiring.

we get off the boat.. and walk around looking for a budget hotel.. with three beds.. we went in a few before settling on one in stone town.. it is clean, has a bathroom, has hot water (very very hot water), has AC and a fan.. WOOHOOO.. it is paradise.. and NO BUGS :) I am a happy camper..

we leave the hotel and head out to explore this beautiful town. i mean beautiful. old concrete buildings with the open windows, the beach, the ocean.. breath takingly beautiful.
so we arrive.. and we are walking and sylvie runs into someone she knows.. (she lived her 2.5 years ago volunteering..for about 3 months.. so she knows the place a little and knows some good people).. he is so excited to see her.. and they just talk.. and he starts showing us around a little.. takes us to a cafe and have a wonderful iced latte.. yup a latte.. ohh man how much i love these things. we have our coffee and then walk around a bit more.. we go and eat at the outside food market.. it is so much fun.. and they have Zanzibar pizza..which was the best pizza i have ever had.. and no it is not like Italian pizza at all.. hmm look it up.. egg.. fried ... pocket kind of thing.. with veggies.. ..just darn good.. i mean GOOD! :)

anyway.. so we meet up with more of Sylvie's buddies.. (it is an island.. so you just bump into people.. i like that a lot. ) ... so we hang out.. they show us some places.. Sylvie revisits some of her fav places.. and it is a good night getting acquainted with zanzi life.

yesterday ... we woke up.. had breakfast on the roof top of our hotel.. overlooking the fish market.. the buildings.. the city.. we chill for a bit and then head to prison island. where we see turtles. old old turtles. older then any living creature i have ever touched. the turtles on the island are on the verge of extinction.. .. .. . to get there we took a dhow (wooden boat).. we saw the turtles..we saw the beach.. and we swam... :) swimming in the hot indian ocean.. feels rejuvenating.. feels like the salt just purifies you in a way..
we arrived back the main land of Zanzibar.. to stone town.. and then went to dinner.. INDIAN FOOD..DAAL (YUM YUM YUM) such a great great dinner.. real food. real good food that actually nourishes. Zanzibar is a huge spice town.. they are on the old spice route from south Africa to India.. so Zanzibar is a bit more of multicultural melting pot then other spots. (one indicator of this.. is that i don't hear mzungu (foreigner/white person) every time i walk around.. i really appreciate this). then we went out to the Livingstone and watched live music.. and danced. and saw the stars.

today.. :) well it is already a good day.. breakfast on the roof tops.. beautiful emails and messages from my loved ones. and then we head up north to go to another beach town.. hang out ..have dinner. :)

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

Love
Lizzie

PS. my homesickness will be cured soon ;) I really really love you all very very much!

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Winding down the trip.. but not the experiences..... :)

My time here has been magical.. we are leaving bagamoyo in the morning.. and heading to zanzibar. i am so excited to get off the main continent and play on an island.
Sylvie and Ian have a holiday tomorrow and friday.. so we get a 4 day weekend!! I am so excited. I am unsure of what the weekend adventures will be.. maybe seeing the dolphins on my bday (saturday). heck yeah.. sounds like fun.
It is always funny for me to think of getting older.. you know ..does it mean getting wiser? i am unsure of that. In some people's opinion.. you could say i was a bit of a kid... you know taking my laundry over to my parents, never cooking at my place, etc etc..
maturity for me though.. is real simple. the definition for me = to take care of what you have. maturity.
I think this trip has been so eye opening for me in so many ways.. ways that i still can't digest down on a blog. I guess though as each year passes, i am learning more and more of taking care of what I have.. And as i would go face to face with locke.. i would argue that the only thing that we truly have is being apart of life and part of this earth.. so another year passes and i learning how to do my part in taking care. maturing.

I love you! And see you soon!

Lizzie

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