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  • Festus, Missouri: Exterior view of Curtis Sleeper's home inside a cave. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: Exterior view of Curtis Sleeper's home inside a cave. 3/30/09. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Los Angeles, California: Jorge Pardo's house and garden has interior spaces that extend to the outside, and outdoor "rooms" created in the garden which uses native plants and succulents. Garden design by Judy Kameon.
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  • Los Angeles, California: Jorge Pardo's house and garden has interior spaces that extend to the outside, and outdoor "rooms" created in the garden which uses native plants and succulents. Garden design by Judy Kameon.
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  • Los Angeles, California: Jorge Pardo's house and garden has interior spaces that extend to the outside, and outdoor "rooms" created in the garden which uses native plants and succulents. Garden design by Judy Kameon.
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  • Los Angeles, California: Jorge Pardo's house and garden has interior spaces that extend to the outside, and outdoor "rooms" created in the garden which uses native plants and succulents. Garden design by Judy Kameon.
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  • Festus, Missouri: The orphan glass sliding glass doors which make the front of the house as seen from the back of the cave along the second-floor hallway. This walkway connects the three bedrooms of the Sleeper "cave house." It is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis. (Photo: Ann Summa)
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Antonio Nolasco is laying the brick floor for his neighbors' new house. Sebastian Rios Mora, the boy who is going to live here, is helping. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Charles Cunlliffe, Head of Construction, Casita Linda, with the basic plans for their adobe houses which were designed by RISD students. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Soroa, Cuba: The original house of Felipe Camacho, a Spanish lawyer, who built this lush garden with paths carved in stone in memory of his daugther who loved orchids.Giant philodendron,  orchids, dragon fruit, breadfruit, bromeliads and air plants grow in profusion in the Cuban Botanical Orchid Garden or Jardín Botánico Orquideario Soroa (JBOS) has 25,000 orchid species. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site 90 kilometers from Havana, Cuba. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: The staircase from the bedrooms to the first floor living area adjoins the cave wall of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home. It is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • Festus, Missouri: Kian Sleeper cuddles Garfield on the balcony/hallway outside of her bedroom. Her house is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis. (Photo: Ann Summa)
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The next family who is having a new adobe house built for them by Casita Linda includes Beatrice Yolasco, who is pregnant, and living in this shack created by using blankets. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Soroa, Cuba: Views of the Sierra de Rosario mountains from the original house of Felipe Camacho are framed by the firecracker plant. The valley has tamarind trees, norfolk pines, bromeliads growing everywhere; mockingbirds, warbler, Cuban braswick bird,  and hummingbirds populate the trees. Camacho was a Spanish lawyer who built this lush garden with paths carved in stone in memory of his daugther who loved orchids.Giant philodendron,  orchids, dragon fruit, breadfruit, bromeliads and air plants grow in profusion in the Cuban Botanical Orchid Garden or Jardín Botánico Orquideario Soroa (JBOS) has 25,000 orchid species. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site 90 kilometers from Havana, Cuba. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Soroa, Cuba: The original house of Felipe Camacho, a Spanish lawyer, who built this lush garden with paths carved in stone in memory of his daugther who loved orchids.Giant philodendron,  orchids, dragon fruit, breadfruit, bromeliads and air plants grow in profusion in the Cuban Botanical Orchid Garden or Jardín Botánico Orquideario Soroa (JBOS) has 25,000 orchid species. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site 90 kilometers from Havana, Cuba. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Soroa, Cuba: Views of the Sierra de Rosario mountains from the original house of Felipe Camacho are framed by the firecracker plant. The valley has tamarind trees, norfolk pines, bromeliads growing everywhere; mockingbirds, warbler, Cuban braswick bird,  and hummingbirds populate the trees. Camacho was a Spanish lawyer who built this lush garden with paths carved in stone in memory of his daugther who loved orchids.Giant philodendron,  orchids, dragon fruit, breadfruit, bromeliads and air plants grow in profusion in the Cuban Botanical Orchid Garden or Jardín Botánico Orquideario Soroa (JBOS) has 25,000 orchid species. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site 90 kilometers from Havana, Cuba. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: The exterior of the Sleeper cave house at dusk shows how Curt and Deborah Sleeper built a 2,000 square foot home inside a 17,000 square foot cave. There is a forest (and a neighbor's home) on part of the top of their cave. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: The exterior of the Sleeper cave house, where Curt and Deborah Sleeper built a 2,000 square foot home inside a 17,000 square foot cave. There is a forest (and a neighbor's home) on part of the top of their cave. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: The bathroom of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home, lit be candles (there is electricity). There is a second bathroom in the "middle chamber;" the house is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • Festus, Missouri: Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • Festus, Missouri: Curt Sleeper looks at the cave ceiling and walls from the third floor office and storage space. His house is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis. (Photo: Ann Summa)
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  • Festus, Missouri: Looking from the back of the cave along the second-floor balcony/walkway outside of the three bedrooms of the Sleeper "cave house." It is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis. (Photo: Ann Summa)
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  • Festus, Missouri: Curt talks to his son Perry, while Deborah makes tea, in the kitchen of their 2,000 square foot home which is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave. It is heated and cooled by  passive geothermal and solar power. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: Curtis Sleeper in front of his home, which he and his wife built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis. (Photo:Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: The exterior of the Sleeper cave house, where Curt and Deborah Sleeper built a 2,000 square foot home inside a 17,000 square foot cave. There is a forest (and a neighbor's home) on part of the top of their cave. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: The hallway outside the bedrooms butts up against the cave wall of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home. It is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • Festus, Missouri: Looking from the back of the cave along the second-floor balcony/walkway outside of the three bedrooms of the Sleeper "cave house." It is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis. (Photo: Ann Summa)
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Antonio Nolasco and his family, l-r: wife Consuela Ramirez Nolasco, with grandson David, Antonio, daughters Maria del Carmen, Gloria on ladder, daughter-in-law Brenda Yanez, daughter Veronica Ramirez Nolasco, int the home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda134.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda130.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family includes  Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica in their home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Adrian and Paloma Isabel Vasquez "helping" their mother at the volunteer building site. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Isabel Vasques is making breakfast  for the volunteers and neighbors who are helping to build a new home for her neighbor, Maria Delores and Sergio Rios Mora. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Antonio Nolasco and his family, l-r, upstairs: Veronica,  Gloria, Maria del Carmen, downstairs: daughter-in-law Brenda Yanez, wife Consuela Ramirez Nolasco, with grandson David, Antonio, in the home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda133.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Workers and volunteers (l-r): Florencio, Charles Cunliffe, Manuel Barcenas de la Vega, Antonio Nolasco, Miguel , Steve Carlson, Saul Whynman, John Janak, Jeff Castner and Terry Weathers for Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Sebasian Vasquez plays at volunteering for Casita Linda,  a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Saul Whynman helps Manuel Barcenas lay out wire prior to plastering the new adobe home they are building. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Antonio Nolasco lays the brick floor with Sergio Rios Mora in the ??Casita Linda? home they are building for Mora, while his son Sebastian Mora, and neighbor Adrian Vasquez, look on..Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Antonio Nolasco lays the brick floor with Sergio Rios Mora in the ??Casita Linda? home they are building for Mora, while his son Sebastian Mora, and neighbor Adrian Vasquez, look on..Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Antonio Nolasco lays the brick floor with Sergio Rios Mora in the ??Casita Linda? home they are building for Mora, while his son Sebastian Mora, and neighbor Adrian Vasquez, look on..Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Adrian Vasquez (on bicycle) helps his friend Sebastian Rios Mora ?deliver? a PVC pipe to the workshite of Sebastian?s new home..Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel and Mario Casarez-Guerrero on the bed they share in their home, which was built by Casita Linda. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family includes  Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica in their home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Jean Gerber delivers mattresses stuffed with recycled plastic bags to Florencio Cazares. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty. Here Manuel Barcenas peeks out from behind an adobe arch he is laying. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty. Florencio, left, mixes concrete for Miguel on the roof.  (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family includes  Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica in their home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda010.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family includes  Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica in their home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda009.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family includes  Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica in their home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda007.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family includes  Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica in their home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Sebastian Rios Mora is having a new home built by Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda139.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Antonio Nolasco lays the brick floor with Sergio Rios Mora in the ??Casita Linda? home they are building for Mora, while his son Sebastian Mora, and neighbor Adrian Vasquez, look on..Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Veronica and Jennifer Casarez-Guerrero sit on the bed which they share in a home built for them by Casita Linda.. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family is (l-r): Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica..Here they sit on the porch of the home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family is (l-r): Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica..Here they sit on the porch of the home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda052.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: The Miguel Casarez-Guerrero family includes  Mario, Juan Carlos, Maria Guadalupe, Veronica, Miguel, Jorge, Miguel (father), wife Maria de los Angel holding Jennifer, and Monica in their home which was built by Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Jean Gerber, Executive Directyor of  "Casita Linda," a Mexican non-profit organization which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: The interior of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home as lit at night. Shot from the back of the cave, the bedrooms are seen above the kitchen in the middle, and office/living room in front. To the left is an open area where sand filters to the floor; to the right is the back storage area and holding tank for the 150 gallons of water which drop daily from the underground spring which is above their home. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: Detail of the limestone ceiling of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • Festus, Missouri: Curtis Sleeper in front of his home, which he and his wife built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis. (Photo:Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Charles Cunlliffe, Head of Construction, Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Charles Cunlliffe, Head of Construction, Casita Linda. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Miguel Casarez-Guerrero works laying adobe for Sergio Rios Mora?s new home..Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: David Nolasco and Brenda Yanez with their infant son David in front of the home built for them by Casita Linda..It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Gloria Sanchez  (mother) son Leo (lying on bed), and her daughter Cristina, are part of a 3-generation 8-person family living in this home built by Casita Linda..It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda069.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Gloria (mother) Sanchez, son Leo (lying on bed), and her daughter Cristina, are part of a 3-generation 8-person family living in this home built by Casita Linda..It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda068.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Gloria  Sanchez  (mother) son Leo, and her daughter Cristina, in the living room of the home built by Casita Linda. They are part of a are part of a 3-generation 8-person family living together in this one open space. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Miguel Casarez-Guerrero added this conch shell detail, mirroring the back window of their home which was built by Casita Linda. He will paint it to look like cantera stone. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Jean Gerber, Executive Directyor of  "Casita Linda," a Mexican non-profit organization which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: The bathroom of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home, which  is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • Festus, Missouri: Looking down fron the third floor to the "hallway" on the second floor, and below to the living area of the first floor, of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home. The umbrella keeps the sand that sheds from the cave walls off a tale and chairs. The home is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • Festus, Missouri: Kian Sleeper's bedroom, left, is above the staircase leading to the living room and kitchen of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home. It is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • Festus, Missouri: An antique armoire and rocking chair seem incongurous next to the cave walls of Curt and Deborah Sleeper's 2,000 square foot home. It is is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis. (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: Curt talks to his son Perry, while Deborah makes tea, in the kitchen of their 2,000 square foot home which is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave. It is heated and cooled by  passive geothermal and solar power.(Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Festus, Missouri: Perry Sleeper practices French horn after school in the "living room" of his 2,000 square foot home. It is built inside a 17,000 square foot cave in this small town south of St. Louis.
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Sergio Rios works with volunteers from "Casita Linda" in building a new adobe home for his family.Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08:  The current Rios Mora home is a tin and cardboard structure where 5 people live, sleep, eat and work. They are building their new adobe home with the help of Casita Linda, a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Florencio Cazares works welding iron in the Casita Linda ?storage yard.?.Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: David Nolasco and Brenda Yanez with their infant son David in front of the home built for them by Casita Linda..It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Gloria Sanchez(mother, standing) son Leo (sittng on bed), and her daughter Cristina, (in loft) are part of a 3-generation 8-person family living in this home built by Casita Linda..It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
    Casita_Linda070.jpg
  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Gloria Sanchez (mother) son Leo, and her daughter Cristina, in the living room of the home built by Casita Linda. They are part of a are part of a 3-generation 8-person family living together in this one open space. Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Exterior of Antonio Vasquez Sanchez and Maria de Los Angeles Murillo's (with daughter Gloria and grandchildren)  Casita Linda home. The hole on the left is where they will put their bathroom.  Casita Linda is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Jean Gerber, Executive Directyor of  "Casita Linda," a Mexican non-profit organization which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Jean Gerber, Executive Directyor of  "Casita Linda," a Mexican non-profit organization which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Volunteer Steve Carlson talks on his cellular while helping out "Casita Linda" volunteers. It is a Mexican non-profit organization, started and run by North Americans, which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8/29/08: Jean Gerber, Executive Directyor of  "Casita Linda," a Mexican non-profit organization which builds adobe homes for families in extreme poverty (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico: The corner of the Allende House, with a statue of the Captain, and the Parroquia Church is a historical monument in San Miguel de Allende, one of the historical stops on the Ruta 2010 (Independence route). (Photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Mazatlan, Mexico: The Melville Suites are housed in a 19th-century former nunnery which has been renovated into 20 suites with kitchens. It is in the heart of the downtown area, or Centro Historico, of this Sinaloan seaside resort. The historical Colonial architecture houses restaurants, clubs, markets, art museums, galleries, and churches. Off the beaten tourist path of the "Golden Zone" to the north, it is an ideal place to stroll and experience "real" Mexico. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Mazatlan, Mexico: The Melville Suites are housed in a 19th-century former nunnery which has been renovated into 20 suites with kitchens. It is in the heart of the downtown area, or Centro Historico, of this Sinaloan seaside resort. The historical Colonial architecture houses restaurants, clubs, markets, art museums, galleries, and churches. Off the beaten tourist path of the "Golden Zone" to the north, it is an ideal place to stroll and experience "real" Mexico. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Blas, Oaxaca, Mexico: The small town of San Blas, Mexico, has a high percentage of muxes, or the "third sex"; i.e. men who feel they are women.  Chela (Raciel Orozco Ortiz) in his house, San Blas, Mexico, has fun on a rainy day. Muxes are very common, and accepted, in this Southern Oaxacan region of the Isthmus, which claims to not discriminate against gays. The matriarchal society is still driven by women but in flux in the machismo culture of Mexico. Nov. 29, 2008. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • San Blas, Oaxaca, Mexico: The small town of San Blas, Mexico, has a high percentage of muxes, or the "third sex"; i.e. men who feel they are women.  Chela (Raciel Orozco Ortiz) in his house, San Blas, Mexico, has fun on a rainy day. Muxes are very common, and accepted, in this Southern Oaxacan region of the Isthmus, which claims to not discriminate against gays. The matriarchal society is still driven by women but in flux in the machismo culture of Mexico. Nov. 29, 2008. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Mazatlan, Mexico: The Melville Suites are housed in a 19th-century former nunnery which has been renovated into 20 suites with kitchens. It is in the heart of the downtown area, or Centro Historico, of this Sinaloan seaside resort. The historical Colonial architecture houses restaurants, clubs, markets, art museums, galleries, and churches. Off the beaten tourist path of the "Golden Zone" to the north, it is an ideal place to stroll and experience "real" Mexico. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Mazatlan, Mexico: The Melville Suites are housed in a 19th-century former nunnery which has been renovated into 20 suites with kitchens. It is in the heart of the downtown area, or Centro Historico, of this Sinaloan seaside resort. The historical Colonial architecture houses restaurants, clubs, markets, art museums, galleries, and churches. Off the beaten tourist path of the "Golden Zone" to the north, it is an ideal place to stroll and experience "real" Mexico. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Mazatlan, Mexico: The Melville Suites are housed in a 19th-century former nunnery which has been renovated into 20 suites with kitchens. It is in the heart of the downtown area, or Centro Historico, of this Sinaloan seaside resort. The historical Colonial architecture houses restaurants, clubs, markets, art museums, galleries, and churches. Off the beaten tourist path of the "Golden Zone" to the north, it is an ideal place to stroll and experience "real" Mexico. (photo: Ann Summa).
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  • Mazatlan, Mexico: The Melville Suites are housed in a 19th-century former nunnery which has been renovated into 20 suites with kitchens. It is in the heart of the downtown area, or Centro Historico, of this Sinaloan seaside resort. The historical Colonial architecture houses restaurants, clubs, markets, art museums, galleries, and churches. Off the beaten tourist path of the "Golden Zone" to the north, it is an ideal place to stroll and experience "real" Mexico. (photo: Ann Summa).
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