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Kailey always makes time to supervise in the kitchen when I am cooking or washing dishes.

Daily Dog Challenge: 1849. 11/22 "Helping"

African braids with a hint of abstract

Braids before school and braids after school.

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Dracaena braunii is a species of the genus Dracaena. It is also known as Dracaena sanderiana, after the German–English gardener Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920). Common names include Sander's dracaena, ribbon dracaena, lucky bamboo, curly bamboo, Chinese water bamboo, friendship bamboo, Goddess of Mercy plant, Belgian evergreen, and ribbon plant.

It is marketed in the developed world as a Chinese decorative plant "lucky bamboo" (although unrelated to bamboo and not native to Asia), propagated from short cuttings, usually in water. Dracaena braunii has long been associated with the Eastern practice of feng shui. Lucky bamboo is believed to be an ideal example of the thriving wood and water element, with the addition of a red ribbon sometimes tied around the stalks which is believed to "fire" the positive flow of energy or chi in the room. The number of stalks also has meaning: three for happiness; five for wealth; six for health. (Four stalks are avoided since the word 'four' in Chinese sounds too similar to the word for 'death'.)

Keeping lucky bamboo inside house and business places is believed to bring happiness and prosperity and this belief has promoted a huge sales of lucky bamboo shoots grown in decorative pots.

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Our braided ficus tree, which I had been wanting for a long time.

4th of July Parade, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA

The Waimakariri River threads its way east past Cora Lynn.

This is how my hair looks after I undid the braids

BSM15 - Braid Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

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Hair designs by Katje Sabin, Crowning Glory Braids, Chicago IL, www.braidglade.com, 816-456-9014

braided fishtail bun

PTM 52 -- Beauty in the everyday details.

A messy braid at the end of the school day...unexpected beauty.

4th Ave, Tucson, AZ.

Right strand B passes under left strand A.

My second oiled french braid.

Mack loves the Katnis braid (Hunger Games) and she has the perfect hair for it!

Left strand B crosses over the top of right strand A.

Horrible webcam photos. Lost my camera, so this is what I have to resort to.

Micro braids, self installed 6-8 hours, all natural hair, no extensions. Braids braided together to look curly.

she's at the cover the giggles stage.

bob nanna.

Emma waited patiently for an hour while Grace did her homework after school. When she still hadn't finished, Emma asked to braid her hair while she worked.

First comes the picking; about 2 hours. Then the sorting; another 3 hours. Then the fun part; the braiding; about 3 hours. I braid it fresh to get the tight braids.

a braid my friend did for me

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Two old ambulances just off Mount Vernon Road with Salisbury Crags in the background

First comes the picking; about 2 hours. Then the sorting; another 3 hours. Then the fun part; the braiding; about 3 hours. I braid it fresh to get the tight braids.

It takes about 45 minutes to do. It is nine small braids, braided into three medium braids, which are then braided into one big braid!