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Helenh68
May 4, 2007

The crocodiles wont eat you!

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This is the third LO for my African album. When I came to do this page I immediately went for the blue b/g with rugged corners. Upon completion I was not happy….something was not sitting right with me – too bold? This photo I treasure so much I just have to do it justice. I then reverted back to my original plan of using the same kit for all of my pages for the African album. Now, having both LOs, I am totally confused. What do you all think? I posted my first African LO again so you could see the colouring and style to help me make a choice. As to the photo itself: well I thought about journaling on these pages, however, these are LOs that will trigger memories and then the stories unfold. The story for this one is: I worked in Namibia with a girl from Colorado who was there through Peace Corps. We became firm friends in our adventures together. It would get so awfully hot over there and we were living right beside one of the world’s most magnificent rivers…..great….with the exception that it was full of crocodiles and bilharzias – which I later contracted! We were longing to go for a swim to cool down. The locals encouraged us to do so…..but I said how much I like my legs and did not want any crocodiles munching on them! They laughed and said in all seriousness, “The crocodiles won’t eat you – you’re white!” (the result of being a post-apartheid country). I looked amazed and said, “The crocodile doesn’t know you’re black and I’m white”. In the end the enticement of the refreshing water was too much and we were lucky to say we had many an enjoyable afternoon swimming in the river incident free and surrounded by loads of others I tried to ensure!


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