Brazil, the Beauty, and the Passport Picture

Because the US requires an expensive and difficult process for getting visas to enter this country, those countries require a similar process for US citizens to visit their country. To get a visa to enter Brazil, a US citizen must pay $160 and submit an application with a passport photo attached. So tonight we went to Walgreen's and for $9.99 apiece let the happy photo manager snap a digital picture, play with it on his screen, and print out the photos precisely sized to please the Brazilian consulate.

Actually, we went twice. The first time we showed up, the setting sun was shining through the plate glass window and making funky shadows on that white screen. So we had to come home and return after 9:00. The photo manager was changing the trash can plastic liners in the parking lot when we arrived, but he finished quickly to come serve our needs.

Evelyn looked over my shoulder as I was typing this and let out a guttural oath. I think she looks cute, but that's not the word she would choose. You know what they say about beauty and the beholder's eye.