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Spent a very snowy Friday the 13th making Christmas cookies -- these must wait 18 hours before baking!
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A last look before going to bed
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What a surprise the next morning!
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The field next door
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
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That's a lemon tree bent over under the snow!
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And now, back to baking -- because I'm certainly not going out!
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The tree looks better against the snow
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Mid-morning the neighbor children are out, sledding down the driveway
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Yes, this is Jordan!
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After the snow came a big fluffy fog
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It was like being on a cloud
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It filled the wadi, white on white
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Spiced apple juice and mulled wine for the Christmas party
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Cookies, clementines, cheese and chocolate -- it's Christmas!
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Ready for guests
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I soon had a houseful
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Amy, Tammy, Brigitte & Megan
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Twas festive!
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Megan, Salwa, Ruth, Brigitte, Othman and Amy
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Othman & Brigitte
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After two years, visiting the Desert Castles again
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Lawrence of Arabia made Azraq his HQ in winter 1917
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Ta at Azraq
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Azraq architecture
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A ladder in the refectory -- or at least that's our story
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In the mosque
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Under the floor of the bath at Amra
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In Qasr Al-Kharana
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Another tough Scrabble game
