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We all have old love letters that we have hidden away and occasionally bring out to read again. Since the love in these letters has bloomed into marriage, I won...
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We all have old love letters that we have hidden away and occasionally bring out to read again. Since the love in these letters has bloomed into marriage, I wondered why should they be hidden away. Instead, through the art of Origami, I changed my old love letters into a flower whose 5 petals carry the words that stole my heart.
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NIKON D3200

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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 110 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 86/1

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May, 2015

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LOVELY ENTRY FOR PEN AND PAPER ...Love it...I do calligraphy for fun....Voted

Thanks. I've always wanted to try calligraphy, but haven't got around to it yet. My favorite is origami

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I had nuns teach me too....they were very fierce on writing and spelling correctly!

I remember those pages and pages of homework ! lol!

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