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  From Phnom Pehn, Cambodia For Monday Murals this week I'm sharing a mural I saw at the main temple in Phnom Penh. The women look so serene. The tiger looks like a puppy with that smile. To see more murals, click here . 

 

  This week Sepia Saturday has challenged bloggers with the photo above of a woman with her bicycle.  I've foraged around the Library of Congress to find some photos to share of women and their bikes. Enjoy! Opper, Frederick Burr, Artist.  The "new woman" and her bicycle - there will be several varieties of her / F. Opper . , 1895. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648801/. Penfield, Edward, Artist.  Ride a Stearns and be content / J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bld'g, N.Y . , 1896. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99471807/. Chéret, Jules, Artist.  L'Etendard français, bicyclettes et tricycles / J. Chéret, 91 . France, 1891. Paris: Imp. Chaix Ateliers Chéret, 20, rue Bergére. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004675012/. Ehrhart, S. D. , Approximately , Artist.  The bicycle - the great dress reformer of the nineteenth century! / Ehrhart . , 1895. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, August ...

  If we were having coffee, I'd say it sure had been a long time. With my former job, which required we work 60 hours a week, I had no time for coffee or catching up with friends. Originally, I thought the 10 per day 6 days a week would last 90 days, but it went on and on. Some had been putting in those hours for 4 years. Yikes. When we were forced to work on Saturdays rather than choose to work either Saturday or Sunday and my back, neck and wrist were starting to hurt, I decided to leave. This is my second week of freedom! I'm happy to say my neck, wrist and even back feel a lot better. I was able to visit the Chicago Botanic Garden on Tuesday. I took my aunt and uncle to see Orchid Show: Untamed. It was my second visit and I'm taking my friend Patti next week. The garden did a wonderful job of displaying thousands of orchids and lots of facts about this unique flower that grows on every continent except Antartica. Did you know there are orchids in Siberia? Yep. There are...

  It may look like a dead end, but it's still a "way." I took this photo when I was in Kathmandu, Nepal. You probably would like to see more ways, and you can if you click here. (Link forthcoming.)

Kathmandu, Nepal Welcome! Come on in. It's the Thursday Door Challenge, hosted by Dan. My door is in Kathmandu. To see where the others are from, click here .  

Letter D - At the Start or End   This week Cee's challenging bloggers to share a photo of a subject that begins or ends with the letter D, hence the orchid above.  To see more D posts, click here.

  Beijing Sami of Colourful World challenges bloggers to share a mural every Monday. My mural this week was seen in Beijing. I wish it were framed better. To see more Monday Murals, click here . 

 

In  Zhujiayu, Shandong, China To see more wonderful ways, click here . That'll take you to the home of this challenge, Alive and Trekking.

Woodworking This week bloggers are challenged to share images inspired by the photo above. First I found a similar photo of high school students at a Chicago school. I love that these boys are wearing ties. Lane Technical School, Chicago. Woodworking Applicators. Sandpapering and notching . United States Illinois Chicago, 1919. [19 February date received] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017669097/. Woodworking class at work, Harrison Technical High School, Chicago, Ill . Illinois Chicago, 1929.  Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018649072/. Woodworking class at work, Altgeld School, Chicago, Ill . Illinois Chicago, ca. 1929. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006682641/. If you want to delve deeper into these old classes, check out the video below. It seems the narrator has a voice I've heard a millions times. 

 

  Once a month for Cee's Midweek Madness Challenge she offers a photo for inspiration. The March photo is above and it inspired me to share a tree photo from Tasmania. To see more inspired CMMC photos, click here . 

 Bridge This week Cee challenges bloggers for Cee's Fun Foto Challenge to share photos of bridges. I've chosen a Chicago River bridge.  You can see more wonderful bridges by clicking here . 

Paris My mural for this week was seen in France. It's a pity someone sprayed some graffiti here. Still the smiles are tres jolie. Clicking here will get you to the home blog in Australia and from there who knows where you can go.

 

 

  This week Sepia Saturday bloggers are invited to post photos inspired by the grand illustration above. Ah, I remember travel. In pre-COVID times I stayed in many. Some elegant, most not so much, but still inviting. Here's some hotels of long ago. You can see more inspired posts by clicking here .  Philadelphia's Indian Queen Hotel Indian Queen Hotel. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1831. Philadelphia: Childs & Inman. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670199/. Chicago, Auditorium Hotel and Michigan Ave . Illinois Chicago, 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018649191/. Kunishige, Artist.  Tsukiji Hotel . Japan Tokyo, None. [Japan: tsujiokaya, between 1850 and 1900] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002700198/. Palmer House Hotel, No. 1, burned in the Chicago Fire.  Potter Palmer gave it to his wife Bertha in 1870. Palmer House Hotel No. 2, Chicago, after the fire