Yi Ma

Yi Ma - showing me what she wants her photo to look like

Da Jiu ( mama de biao ge) with his granddaughter

In front of thier new house that they built themselves by hand over this past year: JiuMa, TingTing's son, LingLing, XiaoLing, JiuMa de BaBa, YaoJiu, and my godson ChenChen

XiaoYi & her daughter, Valorie, Daisy, Brian, XiaoLi, LuoWei, DanDan, and LouWei de tai tai

hiking at Cold Water River in Jin Sha

JingJi

Book writing girl - Baba's paintings of pretty girls are better than his paintings of birds

Baba's paintings of pretty girls are better than his paintings of birds

XiaoLi de Nuer, LuoYi

On the long dirt road to PingLiang

PingLiang, ShiLi GuXia

the bridge at ShiLi GuXia

looks taisty - ShiLi GuXia market

there is a pig in there

Miao minority lady selling yarn at ShiLi GuXia market

PingLiang, ShiLi GuXia market

Lang De Xiang Zai ( a Miao village where we lived for a few days)

These two government accountants are checking property ownership papers in the village. The man wearing glasses still has label in the right side of his glasses which does not matter because he has borrowed his colleague's glasses; and notice that his colleague is missing a right eye altogether.

cooking spinach soup on a coal fire for the pigs

A tough day at work for a cow. A cow and a chicken are sacrificed each year to appease ghosts and avert fires in this village of pine-wood houses.

Shi Tiao Cun is a Miao village famous for producing handmade paper

Baba's paintings of pretty girls are better than his paintings of birds