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A real beginner...I enjoy capturing the world from my point of view.

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Hi to all,

Sorry about the big break....I moved and it took a while to settle down in the new home and start taking photos again!

Am impressed with the lovely photos that have been posted in my absence!

Keep up the great work!

Iris

Posted on October 25, 2007 at 3:48pm — 3 Comments

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At 12:08am on January 21, 2009, Orrin said…: haven't heard form you in a long time ... drop me a line...:)

At 9:23am on November 25, 2008, roknrolhrt said…: My "old" photo of the boy playing the accordion made me think of all the orphaned children who wandered the streets of Naples after WWII--this was the most heavily bombed Italian city during that war and thousands of children were left parentless and homeless. I wanted to title the photo with the Neapolitan dialect word used to describe those children but I had never seen it writ--only heard it spoken. So, I enlisted the help of my Italian "niece" and her grandma (my Italian mama) to determine the correct spelling of the word. It is SCUGNIZZO for a boy and SCUGNIZZI for children. The plural is pronounced skoo-nyeez-zee.

Better late than never.

I was "adopted" by this family when I worked for NATO and lived near Naples nearly thirty years ago. The family has a very colorful history and "mama" was actually rescued by American GIs when they entered her town as she was being interrogated by Nazi agents. Her late husband was part of the Italian resistance. Scugnizzo is a word a great gravitas to the WWII era Neapolitans so I wanted to be sure to use it correctly.

And, now, you know "the rest of the story."

At 12:19pm on November 23, 2008, roknrolhrt said…: "When you are ready to go to Africa, I will gladly provide you with some tips!"

Thank you very much--we'll need all the input we can get. By the by, I sent you a "friend request." I hope you don't mind.

At 12:01am on November 23, 2008, roknrolhrt said…: Thank you so much, Iris, for your kind words about my photos. I have been enjoying some of your ethnic photos a great deal. We are hopng to make a trip to Africa within the next couple of years--it's my wife's life-long goal. Thank you, again.

cin cin,

dick

At 10:15pm on September 9, 2008, Iris C said…: Actually we are experiencing some beautiful weather now but yes, the nights are getting a bit chilly. Days are between 60-76 and sunny. Enjoy the last days of summer...

At 9:58pm on September 9, 2008, Orrin said…: your in Canada? how is the weather up there? I bet its getting chilly like it is here in Montana...

At 12:42am on September 6, 2008, Kiska said…: Thanks, Iris~seems you've a pot of gold, too.
Beautiful rainbow photos on your site. (and so many others)

At 5:20pm on September 4, 2008, Patricia said…: I was invited to a family campout on Salt Spring Island this upcoming weekend to celebrate the one year anniversary of Marianna's death. I will bypass it and pet sit instead with short forays to get pictures of something or other. My current task is Waterfalls.

At 5:07pm on September 4, 2008, Orrin said…: I got it ... I didn't, I was camping this last weekend and it started raining very heavily so i got busy trying to get home and getting things all dried out so I wasn't able to get back online and then work... well thats another story... so now I am back to the other weekend coming wheeew
take good care ..

At 8:26pm on August 31, 2008, Patricia said…: Well mine is A- and I've got to say that while I have a wicked sense of humor I tend to jump to the negative and worry too much.