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Thursday Thirteen: Happy Anniversary Edition!

27/2/2014

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Ciao a tutti! Hi, everybody! It's that time again, and this week, I've prepared a special little tribute to my hubby of ten years - and tomorrow, that number is official! That's right, our tenth wedding anniversary is Friday the 28th, and I thought I'd "celebrate" a bit by sharing some of my favorite photos of my hottie hubby, Alessandro, taken over the years.

So now, please allow me to share with you:

Thirteen Photos of My Hubby!

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1) August 2003, when we first met in person after a months-long "courtship" on the internet and telephone.
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2) 2004 - Our first (and so far, only) Christmas in Tennessee. The weather was remarkably warm that year.
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3) 2004 - Alle in his Green Cross gear. (Gotta love a man in uniform, eh?)
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4) 2006 - Alle tries to persuade Santa that we'd both been very good that year. Santa wasn't buying it, though.
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5) 2005 - Our first trip to Ferrara for Easter Monday.
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6) 2004 - A stop in Lucca on our honeymoon trip.
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7) The photo Alle sent me in 2003 which made me fall head over heels for him. Taken in Ireland.
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8) 2004 - Alle clowning around in Siena during our honeymoon trip.
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9) Alle (on the right) poses with his friends during a rest break on a ride. (I think this was 2006 or 2007, but I'm not sure.)
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10) Alle with his newborn niece, Mia in 2008.
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11) Alle poses for me in Fontanellato in 2006.
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12) Alle and me, in Pisa (of course) in 2006.
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13) Alle has some Daddy-Daughter Bonding Time with Doodle in 2008.


And there you have them: Thirteen Photos of My Hubby!






I think you'll agree he's a cutie, eh?










And since this is a special edition of my Thursday Thirteen, I've prepared an equally special final photo for you all.
















It's a little different from the usual fare (to say the least), but...























I sure hope you don't mind!
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Squeeeee! Baby Alle!
Ciao for now! :)
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Thursday Thirteen: 13 Photos I *Didn't* Take - But I Wish I Had!

7/2/2013

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Ciao a tutti! Hi, everybody! Welcome back! This week, I've been perusing the 'net (as usual), and a lovely idea for a post struck me. So this week, I'm sharing with you:

Thirteen Photos I Didn't Take -
But I Wish I Had!

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From the Parco Nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco Emiliano site on Facebook. Caption reads: "Appennino Reale : battuti i tracciati dall’Abetina Reale, Febbio, Pianvallese, Rescadore e tra Abetina Reale e Piandelagotti."
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View of Pietra di Bismantova, province of Reggio Emilia, Italy. Shared on Facebook.
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Fabian Cancellara prepares for the Team Time Trial in the Tour of Qatar. Mercy. You *know* I'd like to grab that, uh, shot myself.
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Webcam view of sunset beyond Pietra di Bismantova, looking out from Felina, Italy.
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John Northrup's photo taken from Mt. LeConte, Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
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Trees in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee; photo by Brian Shults.
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View of Pietra di Bismantova from Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy. Shared on Facebook by Stefano Guerri.
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Torrechiara Castle, province of Parma, Italy. Shared by Emilia-Romagna Tourism on Facebook.
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Statue of Neptune, Bologna, Italy. Shared by BOLOGNA on Facebook.
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Cabins on Mt. Le Conte. Photo by Josh Branson, shared on Facebook.
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View captured on Hwy 441 by Tre Cunningham Dossey. Shared on Facebook.
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Gary Wilson of Great Smoky Mountains Association shared this photo of a sunset on the snow covered peaks taken from right under Cliff Tops on Mt LeConte. (via Facebook)
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Photo from my mother's porch. Taken by my darlin' friend, Cristy Worley.



And there you have them: Thirteen Photos I Didn't Take - But I Wish I Had!

I hope you've enjoyed them all.




















They make me aspire to greater photographic achievements whenever I look at them.


















They make me yearn to learn more about the craft of photography.






















They make me want to work harder to get unforgettable shots.
























But, you know...

















There's magic in those everyday moments, too.

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Ciao for now!
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Wordless Wednesday: Lago di Como, Italy, October 2012

6/2/2013

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Thirteen Photos Currently Inspiring Me

4/3/2010

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Hello, all! Thanks for coming by this week.

Once again, cycling is the theme of this Thursday Thirteen. Next week I hope to have a different subject for you, but this week, I'm sticking with the tried-and-true. I hope you'll bear with me, 'cause I've got my WIP, 27 Stages, on the brain. That's a good thing, right?

And so, I present to you:

Thirteen Photos Currently Inspiring Me




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1) Fabian Cancellara, waiting as an official counts down at the start of a time trial. This was actually a key source of inspiration for the first Stage of the story.

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2) Inside the SaxoBank team bus. Very inspiring, particularly when writing scenes showing the team traveling in-between stages.

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3) Fabian Cancellara's leg. Umm...yeah. I think the pic says it all, really. Quite inspiring.

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4) Cyclists on holiday, sporting their "Cyclists' tan lines." I find this shot incredibly endearing. And inspiring.

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5) God bless Tim de Waele. He got this shot of Fabian Cancellara during the Tour of Oman. (Did you know there was a Tour of Oman? Now you do. It started this year.) Very, very inspiring. ...sigh...

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6) Fabian Cancellara, again. (Have you spotted a trend, yet?) Here he's toting his stuff around. Ah, yes... He's a down-to-earth kinda guy. And that's inspiring, no?

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7) Fabian Cancellara (center) during a rainy stage. (I believe it might have been a Tour of California a couple of years ago, but I'm not entirely sure.) Nevertheless, I find the smiles here very inspiring.

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8) Fabian after winning the maillot jaune in a stage of the Tour de France last year. Endearing, and exceptionally inspiring.

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9) Jimmy Engoulvent (in green) takes a fall during le Tour in 2008. He got up to finish the stage on a new bike. I find that inspiring.

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10) Daniele Bennati, sprinter. Darned inspiring. heh.

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11) Now that's a tuck, y'all! Maximum aerodynamics at work, here. When I see cyclists riding this way, it always makes me nervous. And yes, it inspires me to write scenes in hopes of making them just as nerve-wracking to read. (I hope I can do it.)

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12) This shot brings to mind the scenes in Reus, Spain, where there are several accidents in the final kilometers of the stage. The original inspiration was provided by using GoogleMaps and their 360-degree views of the city. Very useful. Very inspirational.

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13) Cancellara, yet again. Look at his leg!!! Very, very inspirational. Heh.

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14) Fabian Cancellara, post-World Championships road race in 2009. By the time he finished, he basically had nothing left to give. He made his goal of winning the Time Trials competition a couple of days before, but missed out in placing in the Road Race. It was a bad call on his part - he "went for it" too soon - and Cadel Evans took the title instead. But the photos of Fabian post-event are exceptionally inspirational for me. (And the photos of him with his family after this are heartbreaking, in my opinion.)

And now, a change of pace, of theme, of location.










Because, ya know, variety is the spice of life, they say.












And who am I to say they're wrong?









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Sorry, ladies. No name for this pic. My bestest-best friend Anthony took this one while on vacation in Puerto Rico last week. Anthony has a talent for finding the hotties, I must say... WRAWR!!!
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