Leaf: Today I bought this candle boat. I paid double the usual price (10 rupees instead of 5) because it was the most special one that the 9 year old boy who was selling it had made (as you can see it is beautiful). As I placed it in the Ganges River I prayed for my neighbour's cow who is pregnant (her last calf died), my sister (who is coming to visit me any day), you, and my friend Winnie. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: I loved this tree in the late afternoon light. (Pai, Thailand)