I guess I’m back to Saudi pictures since I have pretty much run out of images from Washington, that is until I manage to get out of here with a camera. Because I have to work on Saturdays, I end up missing a lot of things going on around town, unfortunately.

This is Tim and some of his colleagues attending a graduation ceremony for officers at King Fahd Security College. Although I wasn't invited, he managed to get some nice pictures with his cell phone, some of which I’ll include. As you can see, there are no Saudi women working for this joint Saudi-US project, and American women aren’t required (in fact are told not to) to wear an abaya and headscarf while performing their professional duties.

I have a closer picture of this group, but I did like the Saudi photographer here. Maybe I’ll post the close-up, too. Tim is center right, and the US deputy chief of mission is next to him. His deputy is the tall black woman to the left of them.

Animal Welfare Rated, posted earlier: