Leaf: Namtan making delicious things in her new cafe. (Pai, Thailand)

Rae: A couple takes in the view as we leave the islands in the Georgia Strait. We took this ferry and then drove to the border, so this was our farewell to Canada. I love my home country with all my heart. (Georgia Strait, Canada)

Leaf: I was sitting in a cycle rickshaw on the way to the tailor. The weather is so hot now that around 5pm everyone goes out to run all their errands at the bazaar, so that means lots of traffic! (Varanasi, India)

Rae: It's always funny to find a throwback to my childhood in a second hand market in Thailand. Tim Horton's is a donut shop from Canada, and what I remember most about them is how their donuts smelled at 3:00 in the morning when I drove by while working the graveyard shift. Or smoking (inside!) as a highschooler, drinking coffee and eating cruellers with my friends. All these memories from one t-shirt in a hot outdoor market. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Leaf: I met this guy whilst drinking a fresh sweet lime juice on the side of the road. I love Indian marching bands! (Varanasi, India)

Rae: I had a little porch time with a cup of chai and my journal today. This entry was from a few days ago, but it caught my eye. A bit of a paraphrase because the actual quote says "shall" be well. Nonetheless, calming to the soul. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: Welcome to the little dancing baby in my womb. Welcome. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: My kids wait all year for Song Kran, and the festival just ended. We had three days of water play: buckets of ice water thrown on us by groups of Lisu tribe women in the backs of trucks, ice water thrown by sweet old Thai ladies, water gun fights with Thai kids and travelers, water thrown over a temple wall by a young monk, and water in my face while I was driving my scooter.

Leaf: Drinking chai in his fanciest wedding outfit. You should have seen him dance later on! (Varanasi, India)

Rae: My porch in the morning. I love writing here when I get the chance. (Not often these days, with a very busy Isaac.) (Arambol, India)

Leaf: This is us in the future on our art retreat in Paris. (Imagining Paris while in Thailand)

Rae: Today is about undeserved grace. I was kind of a jerk to Chinua this morning because I felt like my desk had been "appropriated" for other purposes and I didn't have my own workspace. I spoke unkindly and with much griping and then went off to work at a coffee shop. When I got home he had moved another desk into the studio, complete with the dove you gave me, my books, and a rose. (Pai, Thailand)