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Tag Archives: Learning Italian
L’autunno
La settimana scorsa quando io andavo verso la mia macchina, io ho veduto un bel paesaggio. L’autunno ha dipinto le foglie cremisi ed arancione. Il sole stava tramontando e ha gettato un bagliore dorato. Io sempre porto la mia macchina … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn leaves, Beautiful Day, fotografia, l'autunno, learning Italian, nature, Photography
Tagged Always carry a camera, Autumn, Beautiful day, fotografia, Learning Italian, leaves, photography
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Finalmente!
For some reason my camera does not want to read true red. It seems to always come out some strange shade of dark, hot pink. I have been trying to get a good photograph of my Mocha Cherry begonias for … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Cats, Diavolo, Flowers, fotografia, Learning Italian, photography
15 Comments
IL Bandito
Each week I have an assignment to write something in Italian for class. It can be something that happened during the week or something we made up. I did not make this up. (English translation follows). (Corrections made to the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Italian Lesson, Photography
Tagged Bandit, Beautiful day, Cats, Flowers, Learning Italian, Raccoon, Urban Wildlife
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Two Weeks That Changed My Life Forever
Come un sogno…..but much more than a dream. I think it was towards the end of 2005 that I started thinking about how I wanted to celebrate my 60th birthday although it was still three years away. When planning a big … Continue reading
Posted in Memories
Tagged Cats, Chocolate, City of My Dreams, Italy, Learning Italian, Love, Mist, photography, Solo Travel, vaporetto, Venice
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Reflections on Retirement
On November 22 it will be one year since I left my job of 24 years and did not look back. Have I missed working? Are you kidding? I love my freedom. Of course it helped that I left almost … Continue reading
Posted in Cats, City of My Dreams, Photography, Retirement, Venice
Tagged Cats, City of My Dreams, Flowers, Friends, Learning Italian, Retirement
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Mi dispiace di dover andare via cosi presto.
According to this lovely, huge Italian to English dictionary that no one but me probably uses here…the phrase above means “I’m sorry I have to go away so soon.” I truly am. But someday I’ll be back to stay…forever. I … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful Day, Cats, City of My Dreams, Photography, Travel
Tagged Beautiful day, bridges, Cats, City of My Dreams, Glass, Learning Italian, New Year, photography, Solo Travel, Venice
13 Comments
OMG!
Which I have discovered in Italian would be ODM! for O Dio Mio. This weekend I have gotten quite an “education”. With the idea of eventually moving to Venice I have enrolled in a beginning Italian class at the local … Continue reading