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Song Bird
{K:1447} 7/7/2011
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Thanks again Saad...I enjoy talking with you too. My father had that kind of beauty inside him, he was, to me, a saint. He kept alot of heartache inside and noone knew, always optimistic and funny, always so self-sacrificing, stoic and kind. I wish I could be more like him. It would be nice to age gracefully if we are fortunate enough to see old age...one can only hope
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 7/7/2011
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live well bird,I have enjoyed this fine conversation with you so much,
one last thing to say since we have gone some distance in this ,the greatest beauty I guess is that which shines from the inside ,that one which last till the last moment,and I am sure you have got that.
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Song Bird
{K:1447} 7/7/2011
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You're being very generous Carmen...I'd say it's more I was simply "young" rather than "gorgeous!"
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Song Bird
{K:1447} 7/7/2011
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You were correct in thinking I did NOT take your comment about my looks the wrong way. Some women would, but that's their problem. Let's face it, I think most of us look better when we're young, though some do seem to improve with age (mostly men!) I'm sensible enough to know I can't look 22 forever, but for an "old gal" I'm not doing too badly :)
Anyway, I now live in another place frequented by tourists, and most of the ones that come through my part of the US seem to be Americans from other parts of the country. But we also do see alot of Europeans, especially English and Germans, who love to come here for the mountain sports. There is much skiing in the winter, and we have hundreds of lakes. The terrain here is very much like the English Lake District but the climate is much more severe with temps going as low as 30 below zero in winter, worse atop the mountains. Thanks so much for your thoughtful comments Saad...they are always appreciated!
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 7/7/2011
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thank you so much Bird,.
After I wrote that reply yesterday ,I have started to think if I wrote it in a bad way,you know about the English barrier,I thought for a wile if she (you )will mis understand it ,she will say that he said I was lovely at that time ,and now I am not he mean (pure Iraqi thinking of woman as I understand them ,just put in an English words).
thanks heaven you do not .
My limited general Knowledge that have let me ask that ,what I know that the English that goes to America for settlement far more than the American that came to England for settlement.
I always able to tell the ethnic groups and sometimes the religion of the person who walks in my city,not from their clothes but even from their faces ,the former may be easy to understand but I could tell you about the religion,the interbred of certain minority groups lead to some characteristics of the face and body to be endemic in those groups ,and that what my keen eyes are able to tell.
stay well.
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vehbi dileksiz
{K:37355} 7/7/2011
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Excellent portrait work Song.
I like it so much.
My best....
vehbi.
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Nanda Baba das
{K:78053} 7/7/2011
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Excellent shot.
My best wishes,
Nanda
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Carmen Fuchs
{K:6967} 7/7/2011
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you were gorgeous! i love this. glad you posted it. =)
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Song Bird
{K:1447} 7/6/2011
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You're very kind to say that Saad. YES I am most definitely an all American gal, red white and blue through and through...though some seem to think it's awful to be so patriotic...I am very proud to be an American. What I meant was that after you are in another country for awhile, you begin to be able to pick out the tourists from certain countries. For instance, German tourists stood out differently from Americans. Americans were always asking where the nearest hamburger stand was which made me laugh because there were none! Although I enjoyed most English food, the coffee and meats were horrible! You couldn't find a good burger in the Lake District if your life depended on it! Also, the older American tourists back in the early 1970's always wore colorful pants and had their cameras swinging from their necks. Don't misunderstand, I loved seeing them and talking to them. After 4 years in England I became somewhat "Anglosized" but never considered myself anything but an American and still hung my flag out every July 4th, much to the dismay of my English husband who liked to refer to us Yanks as "damned colonials."
The flag attracted even more Americans right to my cottage! It was great!
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 7/6/2011
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I will dare to say you were to lovely and nice looking at the time (my first ever),
puzzled a little ,you are speaking about American as if you are non American ,my present knowledge is that you are American,and that should be nothing for you .
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Song Bird
{K:1447} 7/6/2011
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Yes that's me, around 1973-74. I'd like to find out if the people I worked for are still alive. I love antiques, always have, but the really fun part about the job was meeting the American tourists who came through our town each year. It's a very touristy part of the country even today. It brought alittle bit of home back to me and I truly enjoyed meeting them all. What was funny too is that I could spot an American tourist a mile away :)
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Saad Salem
{K:89003} 7/6/2011
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I guess that is you.
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