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LostArt
11-13-2006, 06:37 PM
LA thanks for the info. I'll try to apply it. I was playing all evening with Photoshop just to make these work. If my wife had sat down to do it she would have spent 30 seconds on each photo. .... Now she knows photoshop!

Take care, RWD

LOL! Don't look at me RWD! It's Swamp that knows how to photoshop! The irrigation pump was already down sized and I chose [img] when posting from photobucket. :D

Great pics buddy!!!
RWD
11-16-2006, 07:16 PM
William and Moses in the yard at the office
RWD
11-16-2006, 07:23 PM
This one is for LA you guys don't need to look
RWD
11-16-2006, 07:26 PM
This is the stuff we got in. It was packed in coils instead of reels and was stacked not packed. A large portion of the conductor was damaged on the outside laps.
RWD
11-16-2006, 07:30 PM
Elaine ... Marks wife Mark and Cuaja dan the goat. I built the cabinet behind them the last week Elaine was there.
RWD
11-16-2006, 07:34 PM
We had just cleaned out the line shack and the guys filed in for a picture. Moses, Hakeem, Hassen, Wani, and a groundman Whose name I think is robert.

Note the SeaBee ribbon on the locker. Go SeaBees!
LostArt
11-18-2006, 10:37 AM
This one is for LA you guys don't need to look

Why thank you RWD! :D That flower looks like it is in the family of the daylilies. Beautiful.

Just for your information the daisy is my favorite flower. I know, most women love roses. Roses are a beautiful flower, however, they are picky/feniky (sp). The daisy ........well, they just smile atchya and they are so refreshing. I also like blackeyed susans. I guess I love the flowers that florish in all types of weather and yet they return looking just as pretty, fresh and sweet each year. Yeah, I like the wild flowers. :D


Those are all great pics. Are you all caught up on your regular schedule now?
RWD
11-19-2006, 06:37 AM
I was messing around and found this site last night. It has many of the pictures I took from the first trip and many taken by Myk, Mark, Lupe, or some of the other guys I guess. I noted that the dates of the albums are not the correct dates but the pictures are there. I thought it neat to follow the progression of the water tower from bee killing to new tanks to now. (ok so the latest photo's are not on there.

Here is the Link! RWD

http://nrecainternational.smugmug.com/Sudan

Click on the photo's and albums will come up.
RWD
11-19-2006, 06:41 AM
These were a bit bigger than my hand and stayed fresh for a few days. They are actually from a tree like shrub tall and I think someone said filadendrum but I think the real name had fire in itn

RWD
LostArt
11-19-2006, 09:50 AM
These were a bit bigger than my hand and stayed fresh for a few days. They are actually from a tree like shrub tall and I think someone said filadendrum but I think the real name had fire in itn

RWD

A tree? Wow. Those are some awesome blooms on a tree!


Well, I went through the link you gave above. Those are some great pics! I love the Market ones and I want to tell you that those boxer briefs on the gate (with the brick) was hilarious! Actually those would make great pencil drawings.....and a good "tongue in cheek" conversation! :D

And I loved how things were progressing and how you guys took the time to teach those young men how to do each piece of linework, from the ground up and even having to improvise. But to me, as an artist, I loved the pictures of the native people in Sudan. In some of those photos, you really caught their personalities and their spirit.

For those of you that haven't clicked on that link, you really need to take the time and look at them. I'm sure glad I did.

Oh.....and RWD....I liked this one:

http://nrecainternational.smugmug.com/gallery/2075769/6/106956392

This sums it up for me in a nutshell.
RWD
11-19-2006, 06:11 PM
LA the one that opened up was from the second trip in. We were teaching how to put on armor rod. I'm not sure but I think you may be talking about the one next to it. It's in the market. There is a table with beans flower and other stuff. If you look back on the same page there is another photo of the same table but from a distance and from the back.

RWD
LostArt
11-19-2006, 07:14 PM
LA the one that opened up was from the second trip in. We were teaching how to put on armor rod. I'm not sure but I think you may be talking about the one next to it. It's in the market. There is a table with beans flower and other stuff. If you look back on the same page there is another photo of the same table but from a distance and from the back.

RWD

Nope, the one I said that summed it up was the one of you and two natives. I think you called that pic "spacer". That was the one I was talking about. And there is no table with you guys in it. The pic does look like it was cut off from the bottom though.

Oh, I looked at both albums there RWD......and I'm like the rest of us, just waiting to see all of the last trip. No, I ain't rushin' ya.....just jabbin' ya in the ribs a bit. :D
RWD
11-20-2006, 05:47 AM
That werent me ... That was Tyler. I wear a Beard.

RWD
LostArt
11-21-2006, 09:13 PM
That werent me ... That was Tyler. I wear a Beard.

RWD

Well.............crap. But THIS one is!!!!! :D

(oh, for everyone else...........he is the white guy in the picture. hehehehe...)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/LostArt99/110782797-M.jpg
RWD
11-22-2006, 12:07 PM
Caught me in the act!

RWD
LostArt
11-22-2006, 12:10 PM
Caught me in the act!

RWD

Sorry about that mistake R! LOL! I wasn't paying attention to beards at the time! :D
RWD
01-27-2007, 08:23 AM
But I'll start a new post I think. Leave around the 12th of Feb and Return around the 12th of April. Hmmmm I'll miss Our wedding aniversary.

Hmmm I'll have to make up for that one.

RWD
LostArt
01-27-2007, 09:53 AM
But I'll start a new post I think. Leave around the 12th of Feb and Return around the 12th of April. Hmmmm I'll miss Our wedding aniversary.

Hmmm I'll have to make up for that one.

RWD

Can you go ahead and treat her to something nice before leaving RWD? Heck, it wouldn't hurt to do it before and after you get back. :D

Well, I know we all will look forward to your writings RWD.
Swamprat
01-27-2007, 06:20 PM
But I'll start a new post I think. Leave around the 12th of Feb and Return around the 12th of April. Hmmmm I'll miss Our wedding aniversary.

Hmmm I'll have to make up for that one.

RWD

So soon....Damn time flys.
LA got me that other DVD. That's really incredible Bob. What a heck of a job you guys are doin over there. There's a bit more of YOU in this one. Great stuff!

Lookin forward to the new Thread. Take care, and please keep us posted. Really enjoy your posts, especially from "the field".
Be careful man.