Austrian Retriever Club Show - 1 May 2009-

This is Wellington in the ring. Who is handling him...? Not me, I was still in the other ring with Madison...
Questo e' Wellington nel ring. Chi lo sta presentando? Non io, ero ancora nel ring con Madison...

Mistery revealed! Our friend Gino is kindly handling Wellington and, strange enough, my boy is behaving!

Scoperto il mistero! Il nostro amico Gino lo sta gentilmente presentando, e il mio ragazzo, stranamente, si sta comportando bene!

Role change: while I am in the ring with Wellington, Gino and Sandra are taking few pics of Madison.

Cambio di ruolo: mentre sono nel ring con Wellington, Gino e Sandra fanno qualche foto a Madison.

Gino e Sandra are the proud owners of Wellington grand-sire Hogar (aka Multi Ch. Ritzilyn Chancellor) and the Terra Magica Goldens. Thank you for your help!

Gino e Sandra sono i fieri proprietari del nonno di Wellington, Hogar (Multi Ch. Ritzilyn Chancellor) e dei Goldens Terra Magica. Grazie per il vostro aiuto!

Under the Italian Sky...

Here we are again, the 1stClass Goldens and their humans resurfaced on Italian ground. The USA were great and that's where 50% of our heart is, but we are so very happy to be back in old charming Europe! Living in Italy can be challenging, and sweet at the same time, we'll make the best out of it!

Rieccoci, i Goldens 1stClass e i loro umani sono riapparsi in Italia. Gli USA sono fantastici e meta' del nostro cuore sara' sempre al di la' dell'Oceano, ma siamo cosi' contenti di essere nella vecchia Europa! Vivere in Italia e' una sfida continua, ma e' anche molto piacevole, ce la gusteremo al massimo!

WELCOME TO A NEW ERA

The week of celebration has officially started

It was veeery difficult to concentrate on what he was saying , SO handsome!

What were The Dubliners doing here...???

Tom Hanks speaks.

Shakira, Stevie Wonder and Usher

The Final

Enjoying the concert.

View of the Mall from Washington's Memorial

"WELCOME TO THIS CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN RENEWAL"

"And yet, as I stand here tonight, what gives me the greatest hope of all is not the stone and marble that surrounds us today, but what fills the spaces in between. It is you - Americans of every race and region and station who came here because you believe in what this country can be and because you want to help us get there. It is the same thing that gave me hope from the day we began this campaign for the presidency nearly two years ago; a belief that if we could just recognize ourselves in one another and bring everyone together - Democrats, Republicans, and Independents; Latino, Asian, and Native American; black and white, gay and straight, disabled and not - then not only would we restore hope and opportunity in places that yearned for both, but maybe, just maybe, we might perfect our union in the process."

I am SO proud to be an American today!

MR. PRESIDENT

4 NOVEMBER 2008

YES WE CAN!

Our democrat friends enjoying the victory!

I nostri amici democratici fanno festa per la vittoria!

Andrew, my boss, giving a very emotional speech after the victory.

Andrew, il mio capo, molto emozionato cerca di mettere insieme un discorso dopo la vittoria .

Andrew and Blanca.

Finally smiling after rivers of tears!

Finalmente dei sorrisi dopo fiumi di lacrime!

Can you all see my tears? I was mesmerized, and elated, and very very emotional!

Si vedono le lacrime? Ero in schock, estatica, e molto molto commossa!

BARACK OBAMA 44 PRESIDENTE DEGLI USA!!!!

Solo oggi, a 5 giorni dalle elezioni, mi comincio a riprendere. Il 4 Novembre 2008 Sen. Obama e' stato eletto 44esimo presidente degli USA. La sua vittoria e' stata devastante, una valanga che ha ribaltato il colore dal rosso al blu per molti stati tra i quali la Florida e la Virgina, per non parlare dell'altalenante Pennsylvania! I seggi in PA chiudevano alle 20, neanche 5 minuti dopo la TV annunciava che la Pennsylvania era blu, terra di Obama! E da questo momento ho cominciato a piangere, il nostro lavoro nei mesi passati stava finalmente facendo vedere i suoi frutti, e che frutti! Mentre i risultati continuavano ad arrivare, io continuavo a piangere. Una pagina di storia veniva scritta e io ne sono stata parte, solo una piccola formichina, ma c'ero!

BARACK OBAMA 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE USA!!!!

5 days after the election, I am just now starting to get myself together. On November 4 2008 Sen. Obama was elected to be the 44th president of the USA. His victory was a sweeping one, he was able to win republican states like Florida and Virginia, and the swinger Pennsylvania of course! The polls is PA closed at 8PM, not even 5 minutes later the TV reported that PA was Obamaland, and that's when I started to cry. All the hard work we put in, during the past few months was finally showing its results, in the most beautiful way possible. While the results were still coming in, I could not help myself, I was crying like a baby. A page of history was being written and I had been a part of it, a small tiny ant, but I was there!

GOTV

GOTV o Get Out The Vote (letteralmente "fai uscire il voto"), questo e' stato il motto degli ultimi quattro giorni della campagna presidenziale. Abbiamo lavorato duro in questi mesi della corsa finale, ma e' durante gli ulti mi quattro giorni che la somma di tutti i nostri sacrifici condurra' i votanti alle urne nella speranza di eleggere un nuovo presidente. La Pennsylvania, ancora una volta, e' nell'occhio del ciclone, la strada per la Casa Bianca passa di qui, e' per questo che i Repubblicani, ultimamente, vi hanno concentrato i loro sforzi, specialmente nelle aree rurali. Ma i nostri volontari sono forti, gasati, pronti, e con i volontari locali che aumentano di giorno in giorno, abbiamo volontari che arrivano da altri stati, specialmente da New York, considerata la vicinanza e il viaggio poco impegnativo. Noi abbiamo ospitato due fantastici volontari da NYC, Edward e Phillip, ieri e' arrivata Jada da Washington DC e si e' immediatamente sentita parte della squadra, andando a bussare porte con Keith, un eccezionale volontario di Lebanon, la cui expertise nei luoghi si e' rivelata una vera benedizione! Abbiamo lavorato duro, percorso interi vicinati, bussato su piu' porte che possiamo ricordarci, abbiamo fatto cosi' tante telefonate che le batterie dei telefoni si sono esaurite!Ma la cosa piu' importante e' che ci siamo divertiti!! CNN ha appena annunciato che i volontari di Obama in PA hanno bussato a un milione di porte ieri. Che traguardo, sono molto orgogliosa di averne fatto parte!

GOTV

GOTV or Get Out The Vote, this has been the motto of the last four days of the campaign. We've been working hard throughout the final few months, but it is during the last four days that the sum of all our efforts will bring the voters out to the poll to elect our new president. Pennsylvania is once again in the eye of the cyclone, the road to the White House has to pass through PA, that's why the GOP has concentrated their efforts here, especially in rural areas. But our volunteers are strong, wired and ready, and not only the Pennsylvanians are volunteering more and more, but we have volunteers arrived from other states, especially from NY, being the Empire State so close for people to travel. Two terrific guys from NYC, Edward and Philip, stayed at my house for the past three days, Jade from DC arrived yesterday and blended into the team immediately, going out to knock on doors with Keith, a terrific local volunteer that with his knowledge of the area has been a real blessing to the team. We worked hard, we canvassed entired neighborhoods knocking on more doors we can remember, we called so many people the batteries of the phones died, and, most important of all, we had great fun! CNN just said that the Obama volunteers knocked on a million doors in PA alone yesterday. What an accomplishment, I am so proud to have been part of it!