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second morning in Fort Lauderdale… and getting home the night before

My second morning in Fort Lauderdale…and finishing my story of the night before.

…. I woke thinking to myself…..’Some Americans are SOOOOO noisy’. 5.30am and they slam their doors and talk loudly down the hallway…..and knock on other peoples doors to wake them up and call out of the room to people in the hallway. After about half an hour of this I got up – wrapped a towel around me and with my cockatoo hairdo stood at my open doorway and said to them quite politely…. “……

Read the rest of the story here by clicking this link (bold doesn’t seem to work so just click the following Italic words. – SECOND DAY IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

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I am a Journeywoman. I live my life as an explorer. An adventurer. An Observer. An Artist. There is no differentiation between how I live my life and the art that is an expression of it. It is through my experience adventuring the unknown, that I learn more about myself. My aim through this connection is to live where my expression is fully in alignment with the essence of who I am. “In the field of Fine-Art Photography, Julie stands apart from others with the way she sees the world and expresses her connection within it. Julie Stephenson’s photographs are sublime. Her work is an expression of her deep connection; and a gift to the world.”
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