Tag Archives: Irina Dimitric

Smoggy Day in Sydney – Haiku

Posted on November 19, 2019 by irinadim

❤ My heart goes out to the victims of devastating bushfires in Australia. The smog in Sydney today reached New Delhi levels. I had to keep the windows shut in the morning. Then I took a taxi, air-conditioned, luckily, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Photography, Poetry/Photography | Tagged Australia, form poetry, Haiku, Irina Dimitric, photography, photos, poetry/photography, Sydney | 5 Comments

Growing Up In The 40s – Pre-War Years in Ljubljana – WWII

Posted on November 12, 2019 by irinadim

Dear Readers, After four years I’m finally coming back to this memoir. I’d like to finish it while memories are still floating in my mind. At times I’m overwhelmed by panic that there isn’t much time left. I’m 84. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, memoir, WWII | Tagged Anton Tonejc, badnjak, Christmas Eve, Growing Up In The Forties, History, Irina Dimitric, Kavarna Evropa in Ljubljana, memoir, memories, Oma and Opa, photos, Slovenian traditional dress, Tavcarjeva palaca, Tivoli Park in Ljubljana | Leave a comment

Aloe Vera Blooms (haiku) – FOTD Challenge, 6 November 2019

Posted on November 6, 2019 by irinadim

❤ Good day all ! Aloe Vera is thriving in my garden. Those cheerful blooms are beautifully created, and they cheer me up, so I think they deserve a little poetic effort on my part. A splash of orange some yellow … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Nature, Photography, Poetry/Photography | Tagged aloe vera, Haiku, Irina Dimitric, medicinal succulent plant, nature, photo, photography, poetry/photography, succulent plant | 4 Comments

Looking Up and Looking Down (haiku)

Posted on October 21, 2019 by irinadim

❤ Birds and soft breeze sing Looking up and looking down Blue skies, ground bright green ❤ What a joy to be alive on a day like this! Had cataract surgery last Thursday, all good! Feeling blessed and grateful. Wishing … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku, Poetry/Photography | Tagged blue sky, garden, gratefulness, Haiku, Irina Dimitric, joy, nature, photos, poetry/photography | 4 Comments

Eucalyptus Sapling (haiku) – Doing our bit for the Environment

Posted on October 10, 2019 by irinadim

❤ Mother Earth cries out Plant a sapling in your patch Clean air for all life Recently, Mosman Council planted eucalypts all along our street. I’m glad to announce that only one sapling died, all the others are doing very … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiku | Tagged Australia, clean air, Doing our bit for the Environment, eucalyptus tree, form poetry, gumtree, Haiku, Irina Dimitric, nature, photography, photos, poetry, poetry/photography, sapling | 7 Comments

Growing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – Article 104 – WWII

Posted on October 9, 2019 by irinadim

Posted in History, Story, WWII | Tagged Dr Bogdan Stojic, Food parcels for POWs, Germany in WWII, historical memoir, History, Irina Dimitric, memoir, memories, POW in Germany in WWII, POW mates, Stalag VIIID TESCHEN, The Gestapo, WWII memoir | 6 Comments

Growing Up In The 1940s – Top Priority: Patients’ Welfare – WWII

Posted on October 6, 2019 by irinadim

Posted in History, Story, WWII | Tagged Dr Bogdan Stojic, Germany in WWII, Growing Up In The Forties, historical memoir, History, Irina Dimitric, medical care in a POW camp, memoir, memories, POW in WWII, wartime story, WWI memoir | 3 Comments

Growing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – The Kind Oberarzt (continued) – WWII

Posted on September 30, 2019 by irinadim

Posted in History, Story, WWII | Tagged Dr Bogdan Stojic, French prisoners, Germany in WWII, Growing Up In The Forties, historical memoir, History, In Captivity, Irina Dimitric, kind German Oberarzt, memoir, memories, photos, POW in Germany in WWII, Stalag VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR, Stalag VIIID TESCHEN, wartime story, WWII, WWII memoir | 6 Comments

Growing Up In The 1940s – In Captivity – The Kind Oberarzt – WWII

Posted on September 24, 2019 by irinadim

Posted in History, WWII | Tagged censorship, Dr Bogdan Stojic, Germany in WWII, Growing Up In The Forties, historical memoir, In Captivity, Irina Dimitric, Lambinowice, memoir, memories, photos, POW in WWII, Stalag VIIIB/344 LAMSDORF PRISONERS OF WAR, Stalag VIIID TESCHEN, WWII, WWII memoir | 12 Comments

Decluttering bit by bit… digging up memories

Posted on September 18, 2019 by irinadim

Could I pass off as Lawrence of Arabia? Perhaps, if I had blue eyes and was a tiny bit younger …? No, a lot younger! I found this headgear as I was decluttering the belly dancing drawer. Well, yes, I … Continue reading →