204 / slow fade..

In San Miguel de Allende, I stayed 2 summers in 

this beautiful hotel, the Posada Carmina.

A wonderful old Spanish lady ran it. I had a room with this outlook,

& also a corner room overlooking the street.

I was in my room a lot, painting, & came to love the building,

& Carmina

There was a restaurant below, & a cantina next door.
There is a place named Hotel Posada Carmina,
am doubtful it could still be her; it has been 'upgraded',
unfortunately. It was over 30 years ago..

So was the trip down the Yangtze. The print has been a pinkish brown

all that time (dirty chemicals I suppose) so even photos

reflect the unreliability of memory.

I also enjoy to make changes in memory:
more recently, for the 2nd edition of A Recipe for Dreaming,
I used this as part of one illustration.
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