You look so pretty Janine! I love your hair, it is the most beautiful color.
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You look so pretty Janine! I love your hair, it is the most beautiful color.
Hey. I just found this thread. I hope this is OK and won't break any of your monitors. This was from a trip we took to WV for a family weekend. All of the kids are spread out from Florida, Georgia, and Oklahoma, and this was the first we had all been together in three years. The boys are in the service and had been deployed over the last few holidays. It was a great time.
Wow....another family picture....Nice picture. Are you on the extreme left??
Janine -- you have warm smile and sparkling eyes.....:nod:
Pleased to see you both, Janine and Gordon!!
You look great Janine! Such a sparkling and happy face. Glasses look great. I like large glass frames but alas the style has gone by.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
huh..well everything is said I guess.
Just look at them cookie Pen and Mrs pen are probably kept very busy chasing away hoards of girls..in fact Im suprised you have time to come online :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
Id say very mediterainian looking,:nod:, you do look like a friendly uncle. And Brandi, well she looks nice enough for me to want to meet despite my phobia of dogs, even though I know the minute I get within 20 feet of her Ill freeze up :rolleyes: .Quote:
You do look very Italian, which is nice :nod:. Don't worry about grey hair in between your dark, it's now Ebenholz und Elfenbein (ebony and ivory), as we say in German ;)
Thanks Night. Yes Mediterrainian. Italy is in the center of the Med. Lord knows I probably have Middle eastern, Greek, Spainish, French, Egyptian, North African DNA all mixed together. That's to my advantage. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
Yeah, we do!!:lol: Well, what can I say. Either she's becoming more human like or I'm getting a dog face. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by dramasnot6
Well like Im always saying a pure egyptain doesnt exsist because we were ruled by both greeks and romans in fact Im pretty sure us meds have got so muddled up over the last 4 centuries you cant really seperate us...hey even our feeding habits are similar ( as in always feed guests) :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Four centuries? You mean four millinenia. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
:lol: Definetly she's more human like. I wish all humans had the wonderful, forgiving personality of a canine companion!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Yuppp thats it I alwasy think millinenai is a million :rolleyes: :blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
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Originally Posted by Virgil
Hey, Virgil, either you need to reset the date on your camera or those photos are 11 years, 10 months and 15 days old! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
And grey hair is surely better than no hair? I know many men who would be very willing to cover their heads with grey hair! :D
There are so many wonderful new additions to this thread that I will have to go back and keep editing the links! :)
Thanks on the hair. No the pictures were taken sometime this year. The wrong date was on the camera. Actually I don't like those date things. It was never set and never turned off apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Virgiiiil!! I was really excited about seeing you!
You all look good xD I like all of you.
I need some encouragement to post my pix, tho I don`t take shots (I barely take pictures of myself).
I will try as soon as possible post pix of me..
*Editted*: I didn`t mean YOU encourage me, sorry.. I just need to talk to myself for sometimes :P
Oh thank you poetess. Please post your picture. I'm sure you're quite attractive, and unlike what your avatar says we won't hate you. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Poetess
Yes, poetress - do post you photo...a real one. I was super shy at first to post one. Now I might post another later from a different perspective. Everyone on Lit Net makes me feel so at home that I just decided I had to be honest and post one. Try taking the photos yourself. I did that...it is a little tricky but can be done. You can play with the camera and get a lot of bad ones, but eventually you will get one that will turn out in the end. I had to delete a lot before this one. I hate pictures of myself. I always seem to smile funny but this one I got ok. So far I have gotten good responses. So poetress I am sure you are pretty...not to be hated at all....:)
***Thank you, everyone for your nice compliments!***
:D Hey, Virgil how many times now has your photo showed up on this thread? Quite a celeb you are! Everyone is quoting you, and alas - the photo pops up again and again. Yes, I agree with someone who said "better to have hair with gray, than no hair at all"...many men are losing theirs at your age. You are fortunate.
Drama, my hair is not really 'reddish' as the photos shows...more light brown, and now it is a little shorter, too. BTW, Virgil, my old hair also has many thin white hairs mixed into it...and V ..glad you like big glasses, but actually these are not as big as they seem to appear in the photo. Maybe photos fatten things up..who knows? They always fatten my body up -ha!:lol:
So...you 'non-picture posters' don't be shy. If I posted, and so can you!
Hi Madhuri.....I Forgot to thank you for your sweet compliment. Happy to meet you, Madhuri! I love your photo in your profile...such a big smile...lovely....eyes. You have to post one in this post. You are so pretty and stunning!Quote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
I liked the photo of the guy, with his family in WV - such a great picture! :)so sorry, I forget your user name (think it is Gordon)...... so glad to see you and meet you! My son is 33 and I will have to post one of the two of us at his wedding or one of him and his wife...such a cute couple. These family photos are really nice. I like Pen's of his boys...great.
Drame is right. You and Brandi both have the same expression! ;) That's not bad; considering the both of you are cute and adorable. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Wow, you're incredible, Uncle Pen! Hooks! That's my forte...hehe...But I can't do a decent lay-up. :( And 70% on-the-rainbow-country shot rate was amazing. Can't say more, Uncle Pen...You're beauty, brains and BRAWN...Harharhar...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
Finally Janine! You are prettier than I expected you to be! I sort of imagined you to be a little chubby because of your avatar... ;) You're beautiful! I like thr color of your hair! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
:) Lainy, my hair is not that reddish, but thanks anyway. It looks different in different lights, I suppose. Now it is getting lighter all the time (due to mixed in white hairs, don't tell anyone - haha - I am getting to that age you know). This is one of the rare occasions I took a photo and liked it... of myself. Had to trash a lot of them, and not easy taking one's own photo. Thanks for the lovely compliments. Good you can't see my waist and hips - they are chubbier than I would like them to be. I am only 5' so can't put on any weight without it showing. Just how did my avy make you think I was chubby...just curious to know?
Hey, now I am popping up all over again (like Uncle Virg) - see that's the thing with posting photos of yourself - you have to see yourself coming and going!:lol:
Anyways, it is still lovely. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Haha! Well, your avy made me think of a balloon skirt, a REALLY big one, so I assumed that THAT is the image that stuck with me. Discombobulated, yeah. Lain is mental. :pQuote:
Just how did my avy make you think I was chubby...just curious to know?
Hey we don't mind seeing you! It's actually good so we can refresh our memory of how you look...;) Beautiful...:thumbs_upQuote:
Hey, now I am popping up all over again (like Uncle Virg) - see that's the thing with posting photos of yourself - you have to see yourself coming and going!:lol:
Virgil, I love those hardwood floors and I can see your computer in the background near the sofa. Pretty quilt and pretty sofa, too...what I can see of it. And a pretty 'twosome' on the sofa... of course!
Lain, it is a photo of a man floating in space - a Christlike figure. Actually it may be Dali's idea of himself, not sure, but above him is his real wife looking down on the floating naked figure with hands outstretched...sort of a sunflower/sun behind him - of course all is open to interpretation!
I can't see where their heads are. Looks to me like someone is wearing a BIG balloon skirt and is floating on the water with lilies and water plants around him. All I can see human-like are outstretched hands and feet.
Sucks I don't see the real thing. :(
http://www.dali-gallery.com/images/works/1958_26.jpg
There you go Lain. The painting is called The Ascension of Christ and made in 1958. :) by Salvador Dali.
I thought it was called Pieta. Wow, am I off a bit. Thanks, Aim, for providing that wonderful large detailed picture. I saw it in person in the Philadelphia Dali Exhibition and was stunned by it. Really amazing!!!
Pieta is a term used for an artwork that depicts the virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. It's can apply to both painting and sculptures.
...At least, I think, I'm not 100% certain on this. :)
Yes, that is the definition of the term. But now I have gone to my friend's Blog to check out the painting. Here is what he has listed:Quote:
Originally Posted by AimusSage
#170. Pieta (formerly "Ascension"), 1958
Oil on canvas, 45.3 x 48.4 in, 115 x 123 cm
Coleccion JAPS, Mexico
So it seems we are both correct. The title now is Pieta.
It looks like his wife, Gala, overlooking the figure. One wonders if Dali saw himself in a heavenly light as Christ. Of course this is all open to interpretation. At any rate it is a magnificent painting. To stand in front of it one is in awe. I was there and I know.
Wow, now that I understand it, it's a wonderful painting.
I guess I've been popular these last few days. :blush: I'm thankful for my hair. Most of my childhood friends have either thinned out or are completely bald. Except for one friend who looks forever young, I might be the youngest looking out of the bunch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Virgil, :thumbs_up good for you looking young. Yes, you have been "in the news" quite a bit this past week on Lit Net! I know a lot of guys your age that are balding and receeding and some even have white hair. I think you do look young, but then I am 10 yrs plus older than you, so I don't think of your age as old at all...I would trade ages with you any day....age is all relative, V. Thought you would tell me that I don't look nearly 56 (soon to be 57). Yikes -I can get senior citizens discounts some places. AARP keeps sending me applications and I tear them up. I think of myself as not much older than a college girl.....well mentally, anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Is that Dali painting something wonderful or what? I saw it in person and it was quite large - really awesome and impressive and evokes deep emotion. I could not stop staring at it, but I was familiar with the painting from my friend's blog and so had studied much of Dali's work before attending the show. I still was mesmerized with this particular painting. I love the expression in the hands. This painting is glowingly beautiful! I think it is my favorite of his.
:santasmil I am decorating our Christmas tree right now, so have to go...some Haiku... maybe later... Bye....J:wave:
Oh, Janine, I do not think you look 56 at all. You look at least my age if not younger. You can easily pass for someone in their 30's.
Virgil, are you pulling my leg - me - in my 30's? Maybe 40's, but not sure about 30's. My son, Sean is 33! :lol: Thanks anyway for the compliment since,...... I was sort of fishing for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Haha!:D
I agree with Virgil Janine, you do look much younger then you "claim" to be! :D How many kids do you have? Post up a family photo! I'm sure they all look as wonderful as you :)
No really I'm not pulling your leg. From the picture I see no wrinkles and no grey hair. I see nothing there to indicate 50s. 30s/40s, if you have no grey, how can one tell the difference. Maybe you ladies are better at that sort of thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
:lol: Reminds me now of a scene in Antony and Cleopatra. Cleo asks a messenger from Rome how old Antony's wife looks and he answers thirty, which makes Cleo stop in her tracks because she is older. Hahaha.
Drama, dear, I think I am old enough to be your grannie :lol: My only son, Sean, is 33; he got married last year...been with his girl now for 9 yrs. They both are such a handsome/pretty couple. I am hoping for a grand-baby - maybe next year - my figures are crossed.Quote:
Originally Posted by dramasnot6
:) Thank you for the compliments....both you and Virgil. It's true that I don't have a lot of wrinkles (took after my mom that way), but up close I do have tiny white hairs mixed into the light brown. My hair is layered more now and it just makes it look lighter - so I am lucky that way. If it goes all white I might consider dye or a rinse, but for now I like it lighter. I will try to post a photo from my sons wedding. I have to find one I really like - we have tons of pictures.
Hey, Virgil, you said you use Photobucket. If so, what format do you pick to post a picture? I tried all three, one at a time, to put the Nutcracker card back into my Signature and it keeps saying weird things about "invalid file" or "file too big". The photos is under 100 KB - in fact around 46KB. I can't figure out what the problem is. I want it to be about 2 or 3 times larger than it is. At this point I am frustrated with it and my. :crash:
There was a choice that said for forums. I don't know if it can work in the signature space. I'm no expert, not even competent, so I'm probably the wrong person to ask. Have you asked Logos?Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I haven't seen Logos around lately. I tried searching for her and can't seem to find her. Do I just email her? I did use the format for forums and copied the address down and pasted into the URL space but it did not work. Can't figure out why. I will try tomorrow to email Logos, I guess.
Yes PM her. She should be around tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I'm often around, you just can't always see me ;) Janine, are you having problems posting a picture in a post? or a picture in your signature line?