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Author Archives: mvaden1948
Un dolce pomeriggio con il ragazzo dei cavi
Yes, that does say “a sweet afternoon with the cable guy”. And for a certain percentage of you (you know who you are) it’s not what you think. And the pictures are only for entertainment and have nothing to do … Continue reading
Posted in Cable Guy, Cancer, Cappuccino, Cats, Chemo, flowers, fotografia, friends, Hawaii, Home, Life is good, me, TV
Tagged Books, Cancer, Friends
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A Christmas Surprise…
And a wish for peace in the world. For all my visitors a wish for a wonderful holiday season and a wonderful New Year. I begin with a collection of photos of Venice in December. I usually go there in … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Christmas tree, fotografia, Peace, Photography, Uncategorized, Venezia, Venice
Tagged Cancer, Cats, cooking, fotografia, Friends, Travel, vaporetto, Venezia, Venice
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Waiting…
It seems to have taken forever for October to get here. Okay, I know it is now November but I just haven’t been up to blogging for quite some time and I have been waiting until I have actual news….like … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Autumn leaves, Beautiful Day, Cancer, Cats, Chemo, Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Cyberknife, Diavolo, flowers, fotografia, friends, Gardens, Hair, Hawaii, Home, me, Photography
Tagged Autumn, Cancer, Cats, Chemo, Friends
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Chemo Curls
Yes, there is a name for that. Those of you who know me personally know that prior to my cancer diagnosis I had curly hair. I had curly hair because about every four months or so I paid a stylist … Continue reading
I fiori è il gatto
I’ve promised several friends an update from my last post and here it is. These photos were taken on my patio on a very rainy, record breaking rainfall day just last week. It was day long great big drops. Diavolo … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Cats, Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Cyberknife, Diavolo, flowers, Hair, Home, me, Photography, Radiation Therapy, Travel
Tagged Cancer, Cats, Flowers, fotografia, photography
12 Comments
At last…Spring 2017
Yes, at last Spring, which has been a long time coming to the Pacific Northwest, is showing more signs of its arrival. I’ve been watching the rhododendron hedge along the walkway between my apartment and the pool. It’s had buds … Continue reading
Final farewell
April 1, 2017, the city of my dreams put on a wonderful show to wish me a final farewell. I don’t usually use my camera for photos but this worked fairly well. I’m just going to show you all of … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful Day, City of My Dreams, Farewells, fotografia, friends, Golden hour, Home, Memories, Photography, Travel, Venezia, Venice
Tagged fotografia, photography, Venezia, Venice
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Arrivederci, Venezia
The evening of March 31, Max and I planned to meet for dinner at La Calcina where we have dinner reservations at 7:30. I’m early and I’m waiting in that lovely room. This man will be our waiter. I zoomed … Continue reading
Posted in City of My Dreams, Farewells, food, fotografia, friends, Gelato, Memories, Photography, Travel, Venezia, Venice
Tagged food, fotografia, Friends, photography, Venezia, Venice
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Sitting in the sun and paying too much for cappuccino….again
March 30, 2017 is an anniversary for me. It is exactly one year since I began chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of pelvic cancer. The day does need a special commemoration and it began with “brunch” at Grancaffè Quadri in … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful Day, Birds, Bridges, Cancer, Cappuccino, Cats, Chemo, City of My Dreams, food, fotografia, friends, me, Palazzo, Photography, Travel, Venezia, Venice
Tagged food, fotografia, Friends, photography, Travel, Venezia, Venice
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Trattoria da Jonny
Last evening, March 30, I had promised Max a back calle tour of my old Castello neighborhood on the way to dinner. We met at our usual Zattere vaporetto stop, walked through to Accademia and caught the No. 1 to … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful Day, Bridges, City of My Dreams, Farewells, food, fotografia, friends, Home, House cleaning, Italian Lesson, learning Italian, Life is good, me, Memories, Moon, Photography, Travel, Venezia, Venice
Tagged Cats, Chocolate, food, fotografia, Friends, Italy, photography, Venezia, Venice
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