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For the 2007 Garden Tour in Napa Valley, I shot portraits of the six Master Gardeners who will each feature a garden that show "individual design style and good gardening practices." I did the portraits using natural light in a shaded area of a barn that had green doors at Connolly Ranch. The story will be in Saturday's Home and Garden section.
Reporter Julissa McKinnon and I went to Guatemala the week of Latin America's Mothers Day, May 10, to report on some stories on the topic of women. We returned with two compelling portraits: 3 Honduran sisters, ages 10, 18, 32, seeking to reunite with their mother who is working in LA; and survivors of domestic violence living in a shelter/safehouse in the mountain city of Xela. Here are four pictures that sort of depicts the scope of what we reported on:
Catholic residents of Tecun Uman carry the Virgin Mary in a street procession on Mother's Day -
Two women walk down a busy street in the border town of Tecun Uman -
At Casa del Migrante in Tecun Uman, Carmen, center, reacts when her older sister, Sharon, decides to cross the river into Mexico with other migrants leaving her two sisters to return to Honduras -
A survivor of domestic violence tells the story of her turbulent past at a women's shelter -
Seven-year-old Michelle kicks it with Lightening as horse wranglers set up corals and pens to unload mustang horses for "Meet the Mustangs Day" an adoption day for wild horses and burros.
Hello friends,
I just got back from an incredible 10-day trip to Guatemala. We spent half of our time in the sketchy border town of Tecun Uman along Rio Suchiate that borders Hidalgo, Mexico. Its a bustling town where people are coming and going, hustling, moving, migrating, etc. The first thing we heard when we arrived was "Van a Mexico?" by the drivers of tricyclettas. There is no border in Tecun Uman. Immigration is only controlled at the bridge. People cross the river by raft day and night for a number of reasons. Some go for the day to visit family or friends; goods or food are sent back and forth across the river as well as drugs. Coyotes transport people and migrants cross with just a backpack. I have much to edit but wanted to share a picture. A man loads a truck with a container of diesel that came from Hidalgo, Mx, across the river.
