These beautiful children were accompanying their Grandfather one pleasant afternoon in Gereshk.  The grandfather was gracious to pose with me and this brood later as well, but this image captures both the haunting beauty and the desperate plight of so many of the children in Afghanistan.  They just break your heart.

Another young man tending the shop – this time a butcher shop selling extremely fresh meat – in Marjeh.

I saw this little guy being yanked back out of the path of oncoming traffic along the main street in northern Marjeh one hot afternoon.  Scared me to death.  The afghan military officer who grabbed him in the nick of time smacked him on the back of the head, just to drive the lesson home.  It brought a tear to his eyes momentarily, but I believe the little guy won’t wander into another street without thinking.  Then I saw a the soldier smile softly as he turned away.

I met this little fellow in a tractor repair shop in northern Marjeh.

Kids follow you around in these villages hoping you will take their photograph.

One of many little guys who staff the produce shops for their fathers in Marjeh.

Grabbed this shot of Major Jimmison kicking a soccer ball around with a local boy walking around the compound in Marjeh.

Cars flow in a bright river over rainy Paris streets, looking toward the Arc de Triumph.

Another shot from a street corner in downtown Paris that I liked a lot – love the golden colors of the setting sun sparking off the domes and obelisks of the city.

A closer aspect of the oversized clock face embedded in one of the buildings downtown Paris.