<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372</id><updated>2011-11-13T09:02:56.015-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Création &amp; Design Benelli - SITA WRITER'S PAGE</title><subtitle type='html'>Exclusive Lingerie and Sexy Wear for the woman with discriminating taste</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-399590326191827571</id><published>2011-07-05T06:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-05T08:39:29.806-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Languid Sensual Fionia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W40zRzPERuU/ThMcV4rqaGI/AAAAAAAAAEU/CKWJWlj9Lwg/s1600/Snapshot_008.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W40zRzPERuU/ThMcV4rqaGI/AAAAAAAAAEU/CKWJWlj9Lwg/s400/Snapshot_008.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625871521834231906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. X took me on an expedition into the primeval forest -- an ancient forest of great beauty... the air was warm and lightly scented with jasmine and the landscape was punctuated by languid rose and plum colored vines of wisteria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walking along a forest path -- we came to a magical pool with a sacred lotus floating and swaying in the middle -- it seemed to be beckoning me to explore its gentle blue silk like tentacles.  Mr X whispered to me -- "Sita --go to the lotus -- there is a surprise waiting for you...."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I stood on the lotus and was engulfed... slowly to emerge from its glowing center -- I was transformed and dressed in a new creation by CD -- I felt as though I was Aphrodite emerging from the ocean in all her sensual splendar.  CD's new creation, Fiona &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_FyuuJLpvM/ThMXFx6sLOI/AAAAAAAAAD0/2rp0N9Qpndc/s1600/Snapshot_007.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_FyuuJLpvM/ThMXFx6sLOI/AAAAAAAAAD0/2rp0N9Qpndc/s400/Snapshot_007.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625865747582168290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; consists of  a resplendent black lace silk jacket -- sensual silk stockings replete with lace --silken  garders framed my legs and the smallest lace  mini skirt I have ever seen was draped around tight black leather thongs.... complimented by a corset of leather with a zipper conveniently placed --- running down my ample chest... leather and lace --potent primeval sensuality....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Liuov9_mtUA/ThMY5c-75VI/AAAAAAAAAD8/3gAOoXjjIjI/s1600/Snapshot_016.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Liuov9_mtUA/ThMY5c-75VI/AAAAAAAAAD8/3gAOoXjjIjI/s400/Snapshot_016.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625867734827656530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. X took me by the hand and we strode through this magical forest of sensuality...exhausting ourselves in excesses of all kinds, seeking every pleasure known to lovers, fired by images, and words and descriptions, of touch and taste and smell.....&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-esNf0ApXLU0/ThMaJSNg9JI/AAAAAAAAAEE/gjCV3ftVEP8/s1600/Snapshot_011.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-esNf0ApXLU0/ThMaJSNg9JI/AAAAAAAAAEE/gjCV3ftVEP8/s400/Snapshot_011.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625869106325550226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silk again, silk under the fingers, silk between legs, silky shoulders, neck, hair.  Lips of silk under trembling fingers. In the forest -- it was like a night at an opium den, the caresses lengthened, the suspense preciously sustained... Mr. X it has been so long -- as fireworks implode...i surrender to your touch......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WfuVP_G4Qfk/ThMbqphDn4I/AAAAAAAAAEM/mCT3Tl5PlpM/s1600/Snapshot_021.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WfuVP_G4Qfk/ThMbqphDn4I/AAAAAAAAAEM/mCT3Tl5PlpM/s400/Snapshot_021.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625870779028840322" border="0" /&gt;Sita Writer.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-399590326191827571?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/399590326191827571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=399590326191827571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/399590326191827571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/399590326191827571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2011/07/languid-sensual-fionia.html' title='Languid Sensual Fionia'/><author><name>Sita Writer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10534438840308290740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/SyVWiuVyM3I/AAAAAAAAABU/Yzy--AOaWTs/S220/sita+alana+3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W40zRzPERuU/ThMcV4rqaGI/AAAAAAAAAEU/CKWJWlj9Lwg/s72-c/Snapshot_008.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-3251662212372611267</id><published>2011-02-13T10:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T12:57:09.457-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sensual Sense…</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jQJFJ4ycyvw/TVgwexvLzeI/AAAAAAAAADA/2e3s2Z96E8I/s1600/Snapshot_006.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jQJFJ4ycyvw/TVgwexvLzeI/AAAAAAAAADA/2e3s2Z96E8I/s320/Snapshot_006.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573257844176440802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;style&gt;@font-face {   font-family: "New York"; }@font-face {   font-family: "ＭＳ 明朝"; }@font-face {   font-family: "ＭＳ 明朝"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 14pt; font-family: "New York"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-size: 10pt; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }&lt;/style&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In the garden of my palace, a wide platform swing sways gently under two enormous mango trees…cicadas drone outside the garden walls beneath the rising sun….&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;slowly – shadows and sunlight dance around me – I feel adrift, tetherless, suspended, in the growing light.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A glimmer of red and pink catch my eye – a beautiful gift box has been lain at my feet --- feeling a surge of excitement, I wonder what CD has created this time……LOLA it says and as I open the box, I see one of CD’s most sultry designs to date.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Trying on the sheer body suit – it embraces my soft skin warm and scented with amber, patchouli and musk – I felt as one with this &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gnmb9e-26t8/TVg9gO-zDjI/AAAAAAAAADQ/RkN087gQ-BM/s1600/Snapshot_011.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gnmb9e-26t8/TVg9gO-zDjI/AAAAAAAAADQ/RkN087gQ-BM/s320/Snapshot_011.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573272162857586226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;sexy design… as it coils around me – like a saffron colored silken snake --- deadly delicious – decadent and hypnotically beckoning…it curls around my nipples as hard as sea pearls offering oceans of delight…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Wearing this exquisite sheer lingerie is reminiscent of erotic scents that are edible, like succulent fruits, spices, vanilla, nutmeg, mango, --- they make you want to savor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; each luscious lick.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Thinking of Mr. X – I realize that some of his wisdom resides in pl&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8niTqYTBQMk/TVhEAFNkCeI/AAAAAAAAADo/PVy_qqDV9KI/s1600/Snapshot_010.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8niTqYTBQMk/TVhEAFNkCeI/AAAAAAAAADo/PVy_qqDV9KI/s400/Snapshot_010.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573279307060742626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;aces where I did not initially think to look--- the the tips of his fingers and palms of his hands, in the dark hair that curls on his chest…sometimes his wisdom is not in words – but in touch; a poetry of stroking, of fondling, of embraces, of caresses dry and wet.&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Echos of passionate memories cascading........ his hands tingle against me smooth, relentless, searching----  finding---- every flash point.... like this citron colored twisting  silk--- that winds around me binding like rope – awakening the senses.......stoking a deep fire within.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sublime in detail with shimmering veils of radiance--- I wait for him.  In a secret place where time does not exist…and where desire makes us slaves.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yU6ozhnWQUs/TVhClf5fA_I/AAAAAAAAADg/CIg4QWFc-CA/s1600/Snapshot_015.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yU6ozhnWQUs/TVhClf5fA_I/AAAAAAAAADg/CIg4QWFc-CA/s400/Snapshot_015.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573277750856188914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-3251662212372611267?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/3251662212372611267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=3251662212372611267' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3251662212372611267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3251662212372611267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2011/02/sensual-sense.html' title='Sensual Sense…'/><author><name>Sita Writer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10534438840308290740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/SyVWiuVyM3I/AAAAAAAAABU/Yzy--AOaWTs/S220/sita+alana+3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jQJFJ4ycyvw/TVgwexvLzeI/AAAAAAAAADA/2e3s2Z96E8I/s72-c/Snapshot_006.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-3787632181889834925</id><published>2010-10-15T14:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T20:31:17.886-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SUvFegdLMMI/AAAAAAAAAqY/-Jr1xDVHwyw/s1600-h/bells.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPZmQV2rC6I/AAAAAAAAAkA/cwdKSSpkxRk/s1600-h/ideasforanewworld.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 195px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPZmQV2rC6I/AAAAAAAAAkA/cwdKSSpkxRk/s400/ideasforanewworld.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257502045932030882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPZn9dTnziI/AAAAAAAAAko/EX0KhzhAa2s/s1600-h/ideasforanewworld.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-3787632181889834925?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/3787632181889834925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=3787632181889834925' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3787632181889834925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3787632181889834925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPZmQV2rC6I/AAAAAAAAAkA/cwdKSSpkxRk/s72-c/ideasforanewworld.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-7977745016040974954</id><published>2010-07-18T12:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-29T16:10:12.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lavender -- Lace &amp; The Khamsin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/TENXxYgjktI/AAAAAAAAACQ/2FgDLlqvodw/s1600/Snapshot_005.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/TENXxYgjktI/AAAAAAAAACQ/2FgDLlqvodw/s320/Snapshot_005.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495332476226343634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is that time of year again -- when the land becomes hot and dry --- a khamsin wind sweeping the land.... at sunset it turns the sky red with the dust creating -- afterglow ...bringing back memories of lovemaking -- for hours -- as the sun sinks into the river and twilight emerges with her purple sirens softly beckoning the cool caressing winds of midnight. Outside my tent I wait for Mr. X to arrive --- I cannot wait for his warm embrace and to submit to him in an erotic celebration of us…so wanton… perfect…so enticingly hot…submission to passion is joy….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/TENbcFWv9DI/AAAAAAAAACo/md2bcV10zGY/s1600/Snapshot_007.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/TENbcFWv9DI/AAAAAAAAACo/md2bcV10zGY/s320/Snapshot_007.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495336508354196530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What shall I wear to beguile... I look to Gwen a new design by CD and one of his best yet....I feel like an enchantress in the sheer lace silk top with strategically placed roses  adorning my breasts and the elegant lace skirt sheer and sexy that is shot with lavender and silver that flows around   soft silk stockings with beautiful lace accents. Gwen evokes a beautiful, sexy silhouette. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I wait for Mr. X  I  imagine kissing him– amid a fragrant sea of lavender flowers ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gently he tugs at the silvery lace of my skirt…he whispers that he loves the way it falls at my ankles like a cluster of hyacinths...softly he takes me in his arms...and is amazed by the sultry silken silver threads of my camisole ---he whispers... this my darling is an outfit made for a night of passion... hot, carnal...essential...eternal like the winds of the Khamsin....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/TENYGET7A0I/AAAAAAAAACY/pUlBk_MaKU8/s1600/Snapshot_008.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/TENYGET7A0I/AAAAAAAAACY/pUlBk_MaKU8/s320/Snapshot_008.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495332831581897538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-7977745016040974954?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/7977745016040974954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=7977745016040974954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/7977745016040974954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/7977745016040974954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2010/07/lavender-lace-khamsin.html' title='Lavender -- Lace &amp; The Khamsin'/><author><name>Sita Writer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10534438840308290740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/SyVWiuVyM3I/AAAAAAAAABU/Yzy--AOaWTs/S220/sita+alana+3.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/TENXxYgjktI/AAAAAAAAACQ/2FgDLlqvodw/s72-c/Snapshot_005.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-2608605733838677247</id><published>2010-06-27T13:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T13:52:32.791-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Full Moon Over Kilimanjaro</title><content type='html'>Full Moon Over Kilimanjaro&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the most amazing things I have done with Mr. X this month is to awake in the cold pre-dawn camp lovingly referred to by many trekkers as Campi ya Kanzi, one of the world’s best places to escape everything….  The camp is romantically situated in the crater of Mount Kilimanjaro.  Awaking to a mist shrouded rose colored dawn I looked for Mr. X --- only to find him cooking breakfast for us over hot coals…that gleamed in the breaking rays of sunshine like the shafts of gold in his glacier blue eyes.   After breakfast he asked me if I was up for a stroll in the mountains with him -- how could I resist !  He hoisted a daypack of goodies across his wide shoulders and we headed out into the cool mountain air for a day of discovery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we strolled along, hand in hand, we talked of life and love and the changing tide of feelings and emotions.  Although we have drifted apart, he will always be in my heart and I treasure the time we spend together.  This day was particularly grand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We took our time reaching the summit of this glorious asteroid- sized mountain – with views that endure a lifetime. Mr. X packed a fabulous dinner and we dined on a variety hot curries, rice and finished off the feast with my favorite -- chai masala.  I snuggled into the fur coat that CD gave me as a good luck gift for my mountain ramble.   Ah CD I made it --- to the very pinnacle --- in style bursting with happiness and the sweet taste of success – and chai masala!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That night, the moon, was like a great white opalescent compass -- a beautiful silvery orb  that showed brilliantly as we descended the mountain to return to camp….tired and fulfilled.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-2608605733838677247?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/2608605733838677247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=2608605733838677247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/2608605733838677247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/2608605733838677247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2010/06/full-moon-over-kilimanjaro.html' title='Full Moon Over Kilimanjaro'/><author><name>Sita Writer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10534438840308290740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/SyVWiuVyM3I/AAAAAAAAABU/Yzy--AOaWTs/S220/sita+alana+3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-3581176860670596900</id><published>2010-01-28T19:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T19:48:14.895-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sita and Mr. X - :(</title><content type='html'>Sometimes sl catches you by surprise -- and  puts u in a whirlwind of  emotion... the X factor -- left me dissolving and sad by underhanded non communication -- it was  brilliant... and well played... I was not the goal....  But....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am here to be found...... I wear   cd's Daniella in red... and think....of X and of course forget him-- and look to spring and CD's new line --- sexy  -- fabulous --- he designs for women of  taste -- we evoke and are the essence of sensuality.... and then -- there is the one we always leave behind or are left behind ---- tears...  Mr. x I wonder....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HOW IS IT THAT WE SHALL MEET AGAIN?&lt;br /&gt;         ON A GENERIC STREET&lt;br /&gt;                  IN SOME NAMELESS CITY&lt;br /&gt;                 OR&lt;br /&gt;IN THE CRUSH OF THE CROWDS&lt;br /&gt;         IN MIDTOWN AT NOON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WILL IT BE AFTER WE HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE STAR STUDDED VOID OF ETERNITY…….&lt;br /&gt;         OR ON A REMOTE TROPICAL ISLAND --&lt;br /&gt;                     SULTRY AND SUNRIPENED….&lt;br /&gt;ON WHAT PAGE --- ---OR BOOK –&lt;br /&gt;IN WHAT FRAGMENT OF A MELODY -----&lt;br /&gt;     LOST IN TIME...HOURS &amp;amp; MINUTES....&lt;br /&gt;         WE HAVE WASTED YEARS&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS IT WILL BE IN THE LABYRINTHINE STREETS&lt;br /&gt;OF A COLORFUL CHOWK IN INDIA --                             FRAGRANT WITH THE SPICES OF THE ORIENT…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OR IN THE FLEETING GLINT OF ANONYMOUS EYES …&lt;br /&gt;WITH YOUR SMOLDERING INTENSITY....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SHALL IT BE IN A DIONYSIAN DAYDREAM --&lt;br /&gt;          INDUCED AND RECALLED ONLY&lt;br /&gt;             TO FADE&lt;br /&gt;     LIKE THE MORNING MIST SURROUNDING&lt;br /&gt;                  ANCIENT JAVANESE TEMPLES….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TONIGHT I THINK OF YOU -------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DISTANT ----&lt;br /&gt;          A PENUMBRA&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;HIDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MY MIND LIKE THE&lt;br /&gt;BRIEF MEETING OF IMPASSIONED LIPS ---&lt;br /&gt;ELEMENTAL AND ABSOLUTE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PERHAPS,&lt;br /&gt;  WE SHALL SIMPLY AWAKEN FROM AN ENCHANTED SLEEP,&lt;br /&gt;     BODIES ENTWINED --- STILL LOVERS&lt;br /&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;FROM THE MYTHS OF THE AGES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SEARCHING FOR THE GOLDEN THREAD OF ARIADNE&lt;br /&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;LEADING DEEP INTO THE LABYRINTH….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I await  cd's newest creation...  I always feel alluring - sensual --  kiss CD for all you do...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sita Writer....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-3581176860670596900?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/3581176860670596900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=3581176860670596900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3581176860670596900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3581176860670596900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2010/01/sita-and-mr-x.html' title='Sita and Mr. X - :('/><author><name>Sita Writer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10534438840308290740</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='18' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ef3GNLUnmG4/SyVWiuVyM3I/AAAAAAAAABU/Yzy--AOaWTs/S220/sita+alana+3.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-4321886556185860714</id><published>2009-12-16T20:30:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T22:14:27.987-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Alps… and Mr. X</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;As I emerged from my steamy bath of lavender, jasmine and sandalwood – Mr. X stepped out of a cloud of steam with the softest most luxurious towel…as he enfolded me in the towel and then his arms – he kissed my neck and told me I smelled delectable – like the scent of his favorite childhood memory. Ah Mr. X, the sense of smell is so important – and sometimes a sense that we take for granted and do not often think about. He smiled at me as he always does, pulling me closer to him – he whispered let me take you to a place where the scent of the air is as fresh as the beginning of time itself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Dressed in one of my all time favorites. Dentella in white lace I awaited Mr. X’s tp….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/ST1W2peJPGI/AAAAAAAAAoI/KeyETnU05_o/s1600-h/PETA+Mink+Vendor.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 337px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/ST1W2peJPGI/AAAAAAAAAoI/KeyETnU05_o/s200/PETA+Mink+Vendor.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277469835193302114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;The air was crystalline cold, the sky a deep sapphire blue as I gazed upon a primordial deep lake of diamantine clarity surround&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ed by the Swiss Alps…Mr. X transported me to the fairy tale village of St Moritz…and I was freezing in my white lace…. True to form Mr. X handed me a large box --- he said Sita my love – wearing this you will outshine the northern lights…shaking from the cold I opened the package to find the most beautiful PETA approved fur coat I have ever seen – the blend and balance of furs and leather – soft – warm – sensual was perfection… it seems that CD has outdone himself with this decadent fur coat….sexy and warm. As Mr. X helped me put the coat on….I felt like an alpine queen as I gazed around at this frozen landscape that is alive and majestic – not comparable to anything, not repeated anyplace --- aware of its own ancient place and its own life force – I felt alive and invigorated as Mr. X took my hand and led me to a sleigh…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/ST1WoIAX6SI/AAAAAAAAAoA/L39FNYJ_wh8/s1600-h/15.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 346px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/ST1WoIAX6SI/AAAAAAAAAoA/L39FNYJ_wh8/s200/15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277469585691896098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/ST1Wbkb1AZI/AAAAAAAAAn4/iHp1-j8DVlk/s1600-h/11.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 353px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/ST1Wbkb1AZI/AAAAAAAAAn4/iHp1-j8DVlk/s200/11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277469369984942482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;I wrapped my fur around me as the sleigh cl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;imbed the majestic Alps --- their peaks soaring higher and higher, presenting spectacular scenery of textured whites blended with grey and lush forest green….here amidst the awe-inspiring peaks, we found a special place of solitude where we reflected upon the world below and of our love of adventure, glamour and beauty…..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-4321886556185860714?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/4321886556185860714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=4321886556185860714' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/4321886556185860714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/4321886556185860714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/12/as-i-emerged-from-my-steamy-bath-of.html' title='The Alps… and Mr. X'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/ST1W2peJPGI/AAAAAAAAAoI/KeyETnU05_o/s72-c/PETA+Mink+Vendor.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-3307795487792129488</id><published>2009-08-17T18:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T18:17:45.644-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X in the land of Komodo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son92Yke8gI/AAAAAAAAA7o/rPaLhh-v4Fs/s1600-h/Red+Dragon+05.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son92Yke8gI/AAAAAAAAA7o/rPaLhh-v4Fs/s320/Red+Dragon+05.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371103141366264322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Mr. X stepped out of a rainbow onto my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son-E7D7PBI/AAAAAAAAA7w/EwD817YSAnk/s1600-h/0207+skylei_096+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son-E7D7PBI/AAAAAAAAA7w/EwD817YSAnk/s320/0207+skylei_096+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371103391143115794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;dancing deck – it had been so long since I felt his warm embrace…how I have missed his wise consul.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Sita – let us drift and explore forgotten kingdoms of silk and gold, revel with firewalkers, pearl divers and pirates…dance w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;ith silk turbaned villains and bejeweled courtesans…. As he took my hand he told me that we would follow the monsoon trading cycle in search of fragrant spices, rare animals, exotic butterflies, and iridescent flora and fauna.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;He handed me a beautiful black box with a golden ribbon – inside was a splendidly &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;soft silken outfit called Red Dragon… the crimson slacks were emblazoned with gol&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;den dragons… the top was intricately and erotically woven with diamonds that sparkled up the afternoon. It was so beautiful that I couldn’t wait to wear it --- I felt like a dragon queen ready to pounce on the next adventure….. Mr X said one word….Komodo. I was ready.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;We approached Komodo island's steep jungled hillsides to see the giant mythical Komodo Dragons… the largest lizards in the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son_CXdPdWI/AAAAAAAAA8I/_UqgrH48Xlw/s1600-h/0207+skylei_087+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son_CXdPdWI/AAAAAAAAA8I/_UqgrH48Xlw/s320/0207+skylei_087+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371104446737511778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt; world &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son-kzJXY4I/AAAAAAAAA8A/TmkbSV0-RDY/s1600-h/0207+skylei_094+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son-kzJXY4I/AAAAAAAAA8A/TmkbSV0-RDY/s320/0207+skylei_094+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371103938774262658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;with fire tongues and powerful tails… they are one of the largest predators – known for their stealth – their powerful jaws, serrated teeth and toxic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;saliva that causes lethal infections once bitten.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;Perched on a rocky outcrop high above the azure ocean we watched these large beasts as they hunt. It is an incredible spectacle of power, stealth and cunning.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;As we wandered this idyllic island – we heard a soft wailing—and whimpering sound…slowly we approached a cave --- only to find an ailing wounded dragoness. Much like Androcles, the mythic hero, Mr. X went to her and gently pulled a large thorn from her footpad, and bandaged it. As a result, the Dragoness with her yellow fire tongue, much like the golden color of the dragons on my pants became our escort providing safe passage for Mr. X and me throughtout the magical kingdom of Komodo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-3307795487792129488?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/3307795487792129488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=3307795487792129488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3307795487792129488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3307795487792129488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/08/mr-x-and-land-of-komodo.html' title='Mr. X in the land of Komodo'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Son92Yke8gI/AAAAAAAAA7o/rPaLhh-v4Fs/s72-c/Red+Dragon+05.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-6486861434348111742</id><published>2009-06-15T11:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T12:07:18.181-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and the Reflecting Pools….</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sometimes we do silly things… other times downright stupid things. Upon our return from the “Emerald Isle” Mr. X decided to make a romantic garden…for u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;s…to enjoy. He laid down the most elaborate reflecting pools of pink marble. Between the two pools, he made a marble mosaic that picked up the colors of the water and marble reflecting pools. He artfully placed a beautiful three tiered fountain in the Moroccan style made by Satir De Cuir on the marble mosaic creating a beautiful c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaW9Idc28I/AAAAAAAAA6w/G3xfzz3l75w/s1600-h/snap_002.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaW9Idc28I/AAAAAAAAA6w/G3xfzz3l75w/s320/snap_002.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347627584536239042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;enterpiece for the pools.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaXOGGKY4I/AAAAAAAAA64/8aKFQPMquQs/s1600-h/snap_007.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaXOGGKY4I/AAAAAAAAA64/8aKFQPMquQs/s320/snap_007.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347627875959464834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Strolling around the reflecting pools, Mr. X &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;designed elaborate pathways that led to our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;large roman pleasure pool. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;As we sat on the high terrace of the pool looking across the landscape – we saw an azure ribbon of water to the sea. In a quite moment, Mr. X suggested that the landscape needed a meadow of flowers… rare rhododendrons, heritage red roses, perhaps a secretive path&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; that would wind down past &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;limestone cliffs and offer glimpses of a river, lily ponds and a wild meadow beyon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;d…. I called on my Celtic friend Kittie to help me design a landscape of flowers from a dream… unmanicured, informal, intimate and romantic all at once…..as I believe the very essence of romance is its uncertainty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Standing in a sea of roses punctuated by brightly colored butterflies watching the moonlight silvering the dark foliage of the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; orange trees….a gentle wafting breeze …. the fragrance of orange, lemon, honeysuckle and plumeria -- a mockingbird singing…..I wait for Mr. X. In the distance, I see night blooming jasmine, moonflowers, spring rice, and butterfly ginger that look like luminous butterflies in the deepening dusk of night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaXo-p__OI/AAAAAAAAA7I/BZY5iBjQlfE/s1600-h/snap_018.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaXo-p__OI/AAAAAAAAA7I/BZY5iBjQlfE/s320/snap_018.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347628337818762466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaXZ40DPYI/AAAAAAAAA7A/Yf5zek3GKDI/s1600-h/snap_012.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaXZ40DPYI/AAAAAAAAA7A/Yf5zek3GKDI/s320/snap_012.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347628078552268162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I decided to put on one of my favorites from CD’s ever growing collection… Celtic Cindy…. luxuriantly green, soft and supple silk with white lace gloves and stockings…crowned by a floral C&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;eltic symbol on the back of the sheer silk shirt… it is perfect for a languorous evening stroll and da&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;nce under the stars. It makes me feel alluring as I stand in this romantic garden looking at all the beauty reflected in the pools….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Looking around… I noticed a swan landed in the reflecting pool…hmmm I thought – the swan does not belong there… so I took it… along with the entire reflecting pool… I could not believe my eyes… gone in a poof…don’t you just hate when you do that!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Within minutes, like my knight in shining amour, Mr. X appeared with a w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaYG-b_JbI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/YjQjX91jWgo/s1600-h/snap_017.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaYG-b_JbI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/YjQjX91jWgo/s320/snap_017.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347628853156062642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;iry smile, he said, I think I have something you may want back…and with great flourish &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaX3MbdHdI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/R_KPnYpekUo/s1600-h/snap_021.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 246px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaX3MbdHdI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/R_KPnYpekUo/s320/snap_021.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347628582034021842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;the reflecting pool appeared again… Mr. X, can you please lock it…. He smiled and said I already did!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sita Writer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjabNdFqUJI/AAAAAAAAA7g/uFFRKlkxan4/s1600-h/vendor+pic+copy.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjabNdFqUJI/AAAAAAAAA7g/uFFRKlkxan4/s320/vendor+pic+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347632262998020242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-6486861434348111742?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/6486861434348111742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=6486861434348111742' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/6486861434348111742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/6486861434348111742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/06/sometimes-we-do-silly-things-other.html' title='Mr. X and the Reflecting Pools….'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SjaW9Idc28I/AAAAAAAAA6w/G3xfzz3l75w/s72-c/snap_002.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-9212406308073996945</id><published>2009-04-29T18:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T18:18:50.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and Opalescent Night</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj7Yl96O-I/AAAAAAAAA5o/3CTXnp7m4G0/s1600-h/Snapshot_005.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj7Yl96O-I/AAAAAAAAA5o/3CTXnp7m4G0/s320/Snapshot_005.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330286558920195042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj7PX1rSKI/AAAAAAAAA5g/jlzCIvrosMg/s1600-h/Snapshot_001.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj7PX1rSKI/AAAAAAAAA5g/jlzCIvrosMg/s320/Snapshot_001.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330286400508741794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Mr. X asked me to join him for dinner and a romantic dance under the star studded sky… on beautiful Lake Pichola…. He tped me to a magnificent jetty where a gold barge &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;with red sails was waiting to transport us to what seemed to be a sparking opal in the moonlight --- the Lake Palace on Jag Niwas island… it’s allure is enchantment and romance that is unforgettable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The entrance is made of the whitest marble I have ever seen and its courtyards are lined with columns and pillared terraces, fountains &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;and gardens.  Oh Mr. X – this is so regal – he smiles at me and says, my darling do you think I would forget your birthday ?    I want this night to be of splendors most people dream about.  He takes my hand and leads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; me to the upper &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;terrace that is a perfect circle – the floor is inlaid with black and white &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;marbles from the most treasured quarries and the walls are richly ornamented with niches and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;decorated with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;arabesques of different colored stones…layers of patterns…..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;On the terrace Mr. X handed me a beautiful box wrapped in colors of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj76Bkkp7I/AAAAAAAAA54/V6iGKTxobJ4/s1600-h/Snapshot_002.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj76Bkkp7I/AAAAAAAAA54/V6iGKTxobJ4/s320/Snapshot_002.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330287133265799090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;night – Mr. X said – please open it – a gift fit for my princess… inside was CD’s Daniela --- the blouse a dream of sheer silk – richly patterned with arabesques – subtle and sexy --- richly accented with buttons and enhanced by a beautiful collar to show off the neckline…. And a simple black heavy silk skirt edged with a ribbon of color – that swirls a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj7gWuBi_I/AAAAAAAAA5w/Vdm6711ZuMs/s1600-h/Snapshot_003.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj7gWuBi_I/AAAAAAAAA5w/Vdm6711ZuMs/s320/Snapshot_003.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330286692265987058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;nd sways sensuously against my legs ---- it is pleasure to touch…. Mr. X this is exquisite… he smiles at me as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;he always does……&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;After I slipped it on – I noticed that the richness of the marble walls of this magnificent palace are reminiscent of the swirls in my blouse – Mr. X drew me close to him – his strong arms around me caressing the sheer silk ---- we began to dan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;ce under the opalescent moon in the gleaming white marble palace – I did indeed feel like a beloved princess...looking forward to a horizon of possibilities that flow between Mr. X and I -- a current &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;endlessly intriguing.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sita Writer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj8CTwpkCI/AAAAAAAAA6A/5yfPRTcLGbw/s1600-h/Snapshot_006.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj8CTwpkCI/AAAAAAAAA6A/5yfPRTcLGbw/s320/Snapshot_006.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330287275587244066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj8P-ICivI/AAAAAAAAA6I/48QnCr_59JM/s1600-h/Snapshot_003.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj8P-ICivI/AAAAAAAAA6I/48QnCr_59JM/s320/Snapshot_003.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330287510297938674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-9212406308073996945?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/9212406308073996945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=9212406308073996945' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/9212406308073996945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/9212406308073996945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/04/mr-x-and.html' title='Mr. X and Opalescent Night'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/Sfj7Yl96O-I/AAAAAAAAA5o/3CTXnp7m4G0/s72-c/Snapshot_005.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-3696219101760110454</id><published>2009-04-14T12:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T12:13:39.527-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sita and The "E" Factor...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeToaG4-cBI/AAAAAAAAA5A/xH868t37Nc4/s1600-h/Snapshot_002.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeToaG4-cBI/AAAAAAAAA5A/xH868t37Nc4/s320/Snapshot_002.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324636194682597394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeToQLQuuiI/AAAAAAAAA44/N17NkWb_7d0/s1600-h/Snapshot_004.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeToQLQuuiI/AAAAAAAAA44/N17NkWb_7d0/s320/Snapshot_004.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324636024057281058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I decided to apply for a promotion…. I w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;orked hard and thought it was time to bring my status up in regard to my relationship with the company that I had been working on for a long time --- well over a year --- Evasion INC. I decided to "doll" myself up --- but --- what to wear? I know, the hottest executive wear on the grid ---- CD’s incomparable “Barbara”. .. sleek – modern – all business with a hint of seduc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;tion… elegant and professional. The jacket is understated and perfect -- with undertones of seduction like a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;beguiled memory --- always changing as the river of life and love ----hopes and dreams... continually flowing. I put it on and --- I looked at myself and I thought -- evade this --- Mr. "E"!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I strolled into "Mr. E’s" office overlooking the city skyline – grant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeTo3pKgLkI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/Vx-u0ZLk20U/s1600-h/Snapshot_003.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeTo3pKgLkI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/Vx-u0ZLk20U/s320/Snapshot_003.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324636702099123778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;ed, I was nervous --- this promotion involved so &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeTola69MOI/AAAAAAAAA5I/LzxwSh0QQ4w/s1600-h/Snapshot_001.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeTola69MOI/AAAAAAAAA5I/LzxwSh0QQ4w/s320/Snapshot_001.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324636389038174434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;many abstract ideas – and concepts – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I wondered how he would like the presentation.... Personally, I don't think Mr. E likes abstractions that involve too many strokes of the keyboard. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;How can I hold myself back thinking about what I would like to stroke ---- he does enjoy looking at the plunging neckline of my soft silk shirt.... I see a gleam in his eyes... he values relationships... and ... partnerships &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;are so important........in terms of growth.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I have to make this presentation, short and sweet just like the black skirt I am wearing that CD designed.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Mr. E is so kind and so elusive --- and yet --- I think Barbara’s b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;lack silk and lace jacket with it's innocent pink shirt and plunging neckline will entice Mr. E to bring me into the partnership of the company…. Mr. E likes cat and mouse --- and he is sweet and looks at me and our work profile with respect and nods and smiles --- connection! I feel the fresh breeze of spring knowing we are twins of spirit no matter what we forsake....&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sita Writer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeTpKtZ4vNI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/p4kveWzljCc/s1600-h/Barbara+Vendor+no+text.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeTpKtZ4vNI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/p4kveWzljCc/s320/Barbara+Vendor+no+text.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324637029654904018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-3696219101760110454?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/3696219101760110454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=3696219101760110454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3696219101760110454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/3696219101760110454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-decided-to-apply-for-promotion.html' title='Sita and The &quot;E&quot; Factor...'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SeToaG4-cBI/AAAAAAAAA5A/xH868t37Nc4/s72-c/Snapshot_002.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-8185884156805283394</id><published>2009-03-13T09:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T09:25:00.471-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and the Slender Virgin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqGjYhRUsI/AAAAAAAAA4I/IGRw70UUWmg/s1600-h/Snapshot_023.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqGjYhRUsI/AAAAAAAAA4I/IGRw70UUWmg/s320/Snapshot_023.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312706652872463042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqF_6RgcZI/AAAAAAAAA4A/VS0toz5KyVM/s1600-h/Snapshot_011.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqF_6RgcZI/AAAAAAAAA4A/VS0toz5KyVM/s320/Snapshot_011.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312706043457859986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;As Mr. X and I joined Princess Alana we heard the tale of the Temple of Prambanan and the Prince…her true and fatal love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;.  She led us through a labyrinth of connecting corridors--- levels of clear blue water --- gilded green grottos of falling water ---surrounded by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;richly carved walls of black lava -- this place is  like a dream --- of black, aqua and pink– r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;eminding me of Cd’s Bertha --- sensual tight black latex  with sweet aqua and spandex pink socks --- so alluring… i love the aqua spandex top -- tattered and torn in all the right places -- and a sexy black skirt that swirls  back and fort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;h as I follow the princess &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;through the corridors of the taman sari water palace.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;As the incense spiraled she began to spin her tale of the legend of Prince Bandung  who fell in love with Princess Lara Jonggrang, the daughter of King Boko.  The princess rejected his proposal of marriage because Prince Bandung had killed King Boko and ruled her &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqG0U1_2LI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/2RkR_xkK9fw/s1600-h/Snapshot_016.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqG0U1_2LI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/2RkR_xkK9fw/s320/Snapshot_016.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312706943943432370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;kingdom. Prince Bandung insisted on the union, and finally Princess Lara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqHFMWvHFI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/7bXMcb8hvTs/s1600-h/Snapshot_037.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 109px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqHFMWvHFI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/7bXMcb8hvTs/s320/Snapshot_037.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312707233722604626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; Jonggrang was forced to agree to marry the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;prince.  Trying to think of a way to avoid the marriage the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; Princess posed on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;e impossible condition: that Prince Bandung must build her a thousand temples in only one night.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The Prince entered into meditation and conjured up a multitude of spirits and demons from the heaven and hell. Helped by these supernatural beings, the Prince succeeded in building 999 temples by the time the sun rose. When the prince was about t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;o complete the condition, the princess woke and ordered her palace maids to begin pounding rice --- the maids  set a fire to  the east of the temple being built by the Prince, attempting to make the prince and the spirits believe that the sun was about to rise.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;As the cocks began to crow, fooled by th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;e light and the sounds of mornin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;g, the supernatural helpers fled back into the ground, leaving one more temple to be built.  The prince was furious about the trick and in revenge he cursed Princess Lara Jonggrang &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;to stone.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The princess  became the last and the most beautiful of the thousand statues built by the prince.  According to the traditions, the unfinished thousandth temple created by the demons become the Sewu temple  (Sewu me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;ans "thousands" in Javanese), and the Princess is the image of Durga in the north cell of the Shiva temple at Prambanan, which is still known as Lara Jonggrang or Slender Virgin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqH4EYWE-I/AAAAAAAAA4o/H0sLeukKaTE/s1600-h/vendor+no+text.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 181px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqH4EYWE-I/AAAAAAAAA4o/H0sLeukKaTE/s320/vendor+no+text.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312708107755197410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqIIkwE2WI/AAAAAAAAA4w/5mYWiVtXAAk/s1600-h/Snapshot_038.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqIIkwE2WI/AAAAAAAAA4w/5mYWiVtXAAk/s320/Snapshot_038.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312708391322573154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqHeU0aUzI/AAAAAAAAA4g/JSKaLLl0mug/s1600-h/Snapshot_036.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 91px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqHeU0aUzI/AAAAAAAAA4g/JSKaLLl0mug/s320/Snapshot_036.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312707665491284786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-8185884156805283394?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/8185884156805283394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=8185884156805283394' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/8185884156805283394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/8185884156805283394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/03/mr-x-and-slender-virgin.html' title='Mr. X and the Slender Virgin'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SbqGjYhRUsI/AAAAAAAAA4I/IGRw70UUWmg/s72-c/Snapshot_023.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-4811867621279696381</id><published>2009-02-11T19:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T19:20:03.607-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and Princess Alana</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOSDXtmDHI/AAAAAAAAA04/Jcekn9rZqhs/s1600-h/Snapshot_067.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOSDXtmDHI/AAAAAAAAA04/Jcekn9rZqhs/s320/Snapshot_067.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301741772947721330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Monk told us that we would find Princess Alana at Pranbanam, so in the late afternoon Mr. X and I began our journey to Pranbanam to seek an audience with Princess Alana.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOSSFqSMyI/AAAAAAAAA1A/3GF5UT2vYeY/s1600-h/Snapshot_011.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOSSFqSMyI/AAAAAAAAA1A/3GF5UT2vYeY/s320/Snapshot_011.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742025800037154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We strolled along a broad country road, passing homes made of beautifully carved stone.  Colorful piles of exotic fruits lined the road…crimson rambutans, bell shaped rose apples, pink dragon fruit with their creamy centers and delicate aroma and our favorite--- purple mangosteens whose pulp melts away in your mouth like a ripe peach or strawberry-- and has a taste which nobody can describe any more than one can tell how a canary sings or a rose smells.  The road was shaded by large banyan trees draped with flowering vines.  As the road curved there was a break in the wall of trees --- it was then that we caught our first glimpse of Pranbanam… home of Princess Alana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three wide avenues lined with reflecting pools and framed by lush plantings of red hibiscus are surrounded by four rows of 224 intricately &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOShEJCzbI/AAAAAAAAA1I/LR2yTdkDUmU/s1600-h/Snapshot_033.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOShEJCzbI/AAAAAAAAA1I/LR2yTdkDUmU/s320/Snapshot_033.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742283090218418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;carved shrines.  Beyond, rising like a fantasy in stone on a central platform are the main shrines of Pranbanam… the Candi of Shiva the Destroyer, Vishnu the Preserver and Brahma the Creator.  In the center of this &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOS5mH1jdI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/yf_BUYnL7CY/s1600-h/Snapshot_035.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOS5mH1jdI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/yf_BUYnL7CY/s320/Snapshot_035.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742704528821714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;massive fortification of sand and limestone, we were told to wait for the princess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Princess Alana arrived resplendent before us accompanied by the sweet haunting sound of a gamelan orchestra – composed of metallophones, drums, flutes and other instruments whose wondrous music is pure and mysterious – like moonlight -- and always changing like flowing water.   Princess Alana was wearing her namesake, "Alana" – a stunning ensemble of midnight reflected with moon glow – her skirt reflects 100,000 hours of desire --- Alana is on the wind… in the air… the scent of  allure… the motion of a ship under full sail -- confident --- sexy --- tantalizing -----  a siren of the sea --- racing  -----toward the heart of the horizon… a dream disloving in the lace intimacies of midnight yearning...the essence of passion...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOTIzXRXPI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/xr1vcIVsgxU/s1600-h/Snapshot_026.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOTIzXRXPI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/xr1vcIVsgxU/s320/Snapshot_026.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301742965781257458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We asked her how this fabulous fantasy of stone was built --- she invited us to join her at Taman Sari -- her water palace to hear the tale of Pranbanam......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOTdUx8uSI/AAAAAAAAA1g/J2a8G9lYNsw/s1600-h/Snapshot_001.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOTdUx8uSI/AAAAAAAAA1g/J2a8G9lYNsw/s320/Snapshot_001.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301743318348904738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sita Writer&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOTzPZf0tI/AAAAAAAAA1o/-0hZfpPVqtc/s1600-h/Alana+Vendor+1for+blog.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOTzPZf0tI/AAAAAAAAA1o/-0hZfpPVqtc/s320/Alana+Vendor+1for+blog.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301743694861292242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-4811867621279696381?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/4811867621279696381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=4811867621279696381' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/4811867621279696381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/4811867621279696381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/02/mr-x-and-princess-alana.html' title='Mr. X and Princess Alana'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOSDXtmDHI/AAAAAAAAA04/Jcekn9rZqhs/s72-c/Snapshot_067.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-1088506168293570566</id><published>2009-01-31T13:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T19:04:24.205-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and The Monk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOQSZ_GfOI/AAAAAAAAA0g/6VN8q6JouZI/s1600-h/Nathalia+long+skirt+.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOQSZ_GfOI/AAAAAAAAA0g/6VN8q6JouZI/s320/Nathalia+long+skirt+.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301739832232803554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Reaching the summit of the temple, we were &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;surrounded by 72 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;stuppas, each one embellished by silver and gold lattice that shown as brilliantly as the sun itself.  I felt we had reached another universe or dimension.  Inside each stupa sat a serene Buddha of the darkest ston&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;e – looking outward toward Mount &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOQde6p4cI/AAAAAAAAA0o/N3arkGjb-Iw/s1600-h/Nathalia+in+Stockings.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOQde6p4cI/AAAAAAAAA0o/N3arkGjb-Iw/s320/Nathalia+in+Stockings.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301740022534889922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Meru with the eternal smile of serene confidence.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sitting alone surrounded by this sumptuous monument was a small man bent and wizened.  He wore gracefully &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;draped saffron colored robes.  He smiled and invited us to sit with him.  He looked at me dramatically attired in Marquis in Green – he smiled &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;and said, Princess you are like a goddess of fecundity…. in that luscious green and black… satin and leather gown accented b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;y lace and crowned by flowing black hair.  He thought I &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;looked like a living  Apsara, a celestial maiden – pleasing to the Gods bringing joy and love to the temple and landscape…Marquise in green is like a magnificent emerald  rare and treasured --- unforgettable as the lush landscape that surrounded us. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;In the elegance of Nathalia's flowing red and silver my eyes meet Mr. X's-- in the sweet bliss of acknowledgement  that  that a little part of me in Mr. X will be there always -- cherished....&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The monk began to tell us a tale of a city…. He asked --- "can &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;you imagine a white city, rising up majestically at the estuary of a river, a city whose history goes back to the dawn of time… a city whose beauty and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;culture was enhanced over the centuries by kings and queens, nobles and merchants… a royal city…."&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;He told us that we sat in the very heart of that once great &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;city …  As we listened to the cadence of his voice -- under the hot tropic sun  and gentle spice breeze  -- he began to weave a spell ---- that left us sitting in rapt amazement as  he continued  to tell the tale of the prince and princess………….&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZORPi9ejtI/AAAAAAAAA0w/A7fYkTk3g4o/s1600-h/skylei+in+nathalia.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZORPi9ejtI/AAAAAAAAA0w/A7fYkTk3g4o/s320/skylei+in+nathalia.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301740882613931730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sita Writer....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-1088506168293570566?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/1088506168293570566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=1088506168293570566' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/1088506168293570566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/1088506168293570566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/01/reaching-summit-of-temple-we-were.html' title='Mr. X and The Monk'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SZOQSZ_GfOI/AAAAAAAAA0g/6VN8q6JouZI/s72-c/Nathalia+long+skirt+.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-2123174465245472203</id><published>2009-01-21T13:34:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T12:39:19.401-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X  Explores Borobudor</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;After hearing the tale of the bewitching princess, Mr. X and I headed out into the steamy rose- colored dawn to explore this edifice built in hope of winning the love of a beloved princess.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SXt7kRPQqdI/AAAAAAAAAx0/-7-MRGbzkZk/s1600-h/ST-MBWO001%40Demise_Dictator.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SXt7kRPQqdI/AAAAAAAAAx0/-7-MRGbzkZk/s200/ST-MBWO001%40Demise_Dictator.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294961649937066450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;This massive temple is exquisitely set amid a verdant plain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;surrounded by rice fields and wave upon wave of multi colored flowers that dazzled the ey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;e to the hibiscus blue horizon.   As we approached the temple, Mr. X thought it looked like a colossal wedding cake of relief’s… I thought ---how fitting… for the love of a sweet prince for his princess.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;We began our ascent up a black lava staircase adorned with graceful gold gilded Apsara’s and turned onto a seemingly endless corridor of relief’s depicting festivals and celestial ceremonies, journeys and adventures –and of course scenes of passionate embraces and midnight rendevous.  I loved the relief’s where the prince offered the princess her choice of a vast array of priceless jewels, precious porcelain, richly colored carpets and embroidered silks truly a treasure trove of delight…. and of course a caravan of fashions inspired by CD &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Benelli.  As they walked hand in hand gentle kinari’s strewn -- flower petals around their feet and precious incense swirled like gentle rain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SXt8E-ioWPI/AAAAAAAAAx8/R8CL6Iue6Rw/s1600-h/thanksmom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SXt8E-ioWPI/AAAAAAAAAx8/R8CL6Iue6Rw/s200/thanksmom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294962211853719794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Corridors lead &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;to hidden courtyards of ivory and ochre—stairways and hidden passageways lead to more relief’s and stairs….Mr. X &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;took my hand as we explored this maze of marvels that celebrated the lives of the prince and princess  -- tales  unfurling before us like a toreador’s cape...dramatic -- sedate -- passionate --- a life carved in stone... memories built for eternity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Climbing the first and second terraces of this great temple hand in hand – I fell in love all over again with my Prince, Mr. X – thankful for the adventures we have had and looking forward to the ones to come.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Together we wonder how the Prince and Princess will meet again...in what city... on what street or bazaar... perhaps it shall be at a sumptious banquet or in a quiet garden under the naked brilliance of the night sky..........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sita Writer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-2123174465245472203?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/2123174465245472203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=2123174465245472203' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/2123174465245472203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/2123174465245472203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2009/01/mr-x-explores-borobudor.html' title='Mr. X  Explores Borobudor'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SXt7kRPQqdI/AAAAAAAAAx0/-7-MRGbzkZk/s72-c/ST-MBWO001%40Demise_Dictator.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-7302123297939068724</id><published>2008-12-23T18:57:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T19:35:15.620-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and the Tale of Borobudur</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGtVKQ1ulI/AAAAAAAAAqo/vqGxj8021ag/s1600-h/Snapshot_138.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGtVKQ1ulI/AAAAAAAAAqo/vqGxj8021ag/s200/Snapshot_138.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283194416926145106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGs4_J652I/AAAAAAAAAqg/mSMrb63HKek/s1600-h/Snapshot_144.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGs4_J652I/AAAAAAAAAqg/mSMrb63HKek/s200/Snapshot_144.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283193932907997026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I remember the first still, long lotus night in the passagragan’s portico – I was awake as Mr. X slept—so peacefully.   As dawn arrived with her rose colored legions not a sound broke the stillness save the slow occasional rustle of palm branches and the song of birds.  From the portico we had a splendid view of the terraced temple called Borobudur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;At breakfast the hostess told us a tale of the temple that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;arose before us – a multi layered epic of unrequited love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The temple rose over night at the bidding of the King of Boro Boedor.   It was not built by human hands, but by the King’s son, a god in his own right, in expectation of his princess bride.  The prince built the temple to perfection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The princess shaded by a golden umbrella spreading from a jeweled staff came to inspect the great work of art, with her royal retinue.  She was a dream dressed Nelly Blues.   She floated on the scent of clean citrus fruits and florals --- warm wood musk that enveloped the spirit of th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;e Prince embracing him in the sensuality of the blues, sea greens, and golds of her oceanic spirit.  Her gown was layered in brilliant tropic colors o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGtr3uojxI/AAAAAAAAAq4/OD2rlIAino8/s1600-h/Nelly+Short+Straight+Mini.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGtr3uojxI/AAAAAAAAAq4/OD2rlIAino8/s200/Nelly+Short+Straight+Mini.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283194807087828754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;f the sea and sand… aqua melting to sea green and gold accented by exquisite tonal embroidery of silver and opalescent pearls of the rarest quality.  How could he resist the Princess dressed in Nelly Blues…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The Princess gazed at this three- tiered temple in awe and reverence and spent hours admiring its walls and balustrades decorated with exquisitely carved bas- relief’s.  Climbing the terraces she saw hundreds of statues serenely looking to Mount Meru.  Reaching the summit of the temple, hand in hand with the prince she s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGtb2iPDQI/AAAAAAAAAqw/wmqmDAlqw7w/s1600-h/Snapshot_145.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 72px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGtb2iPDQI/AAAAAAAAAqw/wmqmDAlqw7w/s200/Snapshot_145.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283194531889483010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;aw 72 openwork stupas, each containing a statue of the Buddha. She proclaimed the images and statues the most beautiful she had ever seen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sadly, she told the prince she could no more love him than the statues could love him as the beauty he created for her was for the pleasure of the Gods of Mount Meru and would take a lifetime to understand and appreciate. The Prince told her they had time enough.   Flashing an irresistible smile, she turned and left the prince to brood upon the puzzle of the Eternal Feminine.  He watched her depart in a swirl of the ocean aqua, blue, green and gold dressed in the color of a rainbow ---- Nelly Blues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sita Writer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-7302123297939068724?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/7302123297939068724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=7302123297939068724' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/7302123297939068724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/7302123297939068724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/12/mr-x-and-tale-of-borobudur.html' title='Mr. X and the Tale of Borobudur'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SVGtVKQ1ulI/AAAAAAAAAqo/vqGxj8021ag/s72-c/Snapshot_138.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-9093870895768402222</id><published>2008-11-30T17:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-30T17:55:45.227-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and the Land of Waking Dreams</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;A friend of ours --- recently got married and went on a cruise.  As Mr. X and I were curled up in our new grotto listening to the gentle falling water splash &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNCgje5CWI/AAAAAAAAAnA/S3W5aLqCLTk/s1600-h/green+2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNCgje5CWI/AAAAAAAAAnA/S3W5aLqCLTk/s200/green+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274632715629037922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;over moss colored rocks – we decided that we would get terribly bored on a cruise…. With one exception…a cruise to the land of waking dreams – to the islands in the ring of fire.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;   We arrived at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;dawn.   As the sun rose we stood hand and hand watching gray blue mountains rise from the sea, grow in height, massive volcanic peaks of the most lovely &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNCwBwd9jI/AAAAAAAAAnI/NF2MMPQaOp0/s1600-h/green+2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNCwBwd9jI/AAAAAAAAAnI/NF2MMPQaOp0/s200/green+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274632981453862450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;proportions, dominating the purest, pale-blue sky.   Soft clouds floated up and clung to the summits; the blue and green at the water’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;edge merged into groves and lines of palms; and over the sea and sky.  Mr. X told me that the wonderland before us had all the elements of the dewy freshness of dawn in Eden.  Sita smiles, he always takes me to such profoundly beautiful places.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;   A skyline of tall areca palms, massed flame trees, and tamarinds, with vivid-leafed bougainvillea vines pouring down from one tree top and mantling two or three smaller trees filled the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; immediate view from the great portico hall where we sat drinking our morning tea.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;   Suddenly a flurry of brilliantly colored butterflies flashed like tongues of flame across our view followed by scarlet minivers, and crimson and black orioles.  A soft whistle from Mr. X brought a flock of azure and iris winged pigeons that settled before us in all the sheen and beauty of their plumage.  Just beyond were more butterflies flashing amid the flowers with intense prismatic blues—like gleaming &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;sapphires amid the emerald green forest that was overpowering with fresh sweetness.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;   At that moment Mr. X gave me Nubria in Green– a sensually sheer skirt accented with delicate green &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNC730h-3I/AAAAAAAAAnQ/CICs2jb0npw/s1600-h/green+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNC730h-3I/AAAAAAAAAnQ/CICs2jb0npw/s200/green+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274633184944978802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;lace around the bottom edge of skirt, drawing attention to finally detailed stockings.  The top is made of the sheerest black silk with hints of green to keep me cool in the tropic &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNDN4Cr7tI/AAAAAAAAAnY/Am38wsKJn5s/s1600-h/green+s+1+copy.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNDN4Cr7tI/AAAAAAAAAnY/Am38wsKJn5s/s200/green+s+1+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274633494241996498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;heat.  As I admired the shirt, I saw two delicately colored butterflies on each arm in scintillating greens and pinks and yellows.   Turning the top over, I saw the most elegant butterfly intricate in its beauty emblazoned on the back of the shirt. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;   Thanking Mr. X  -- I looked deep into his eyes knowing that our adventure renews itself endlessly as our relationship continues to grow into an epic love that will be treasured like the fragile beauty of a butterfly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sita Writer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-9093870895768402222?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/9093870895768402222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=9093870895768402222' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/9093870895768402222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/9093870895768402222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/11/friend-of-ours-recently-got-married-and.html' title='Mr. X and the Land of Waking Dreams'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/STNCgje5CWI/AAAAAAAAAnA/S3W5aLqCLTk/s72-c/green+2.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-7025101529659173651</id><published>2008-11-11T16:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T16:52:08.335-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr X and Dentelle Dream....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SRonV4Z1eiI/AAAAAAAAAmo/IErlkAMJLp4/s1600-h/DentelleDream+Skylei+2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SRonV4Z1eiI/AAAAAAAAAmo/IErlkAMJLp4/s200/DentelleDream+Skylei+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267565971034700322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I have had better weeks -- in RL the flu -- whatever you do --- don't get it !!  In SL, sadly, I only saw Mr. X for five minutes.  It seems he has the flu as well   ---- could it have been all those fabulous virtual kisses  :))))  oh la la!&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Tonight, I think of Mr. X with great tenderness.  I am lounging on the balcony of my Moroccan Palace designed by Satir DeCuir dressed in CD’s alabaster &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SRom5_TsI5I/AAAAAAAAAmg/6dBIJEk7gCA/s1600-h/eloise_009.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 176px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SRom5_TsI5I/AAAAAAAAAmg/6dBIJEk7gCA/s200/eloise_009.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267565491851633554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Dentelle Dream -- a delicately sensual sheer white floral fantasy.  If only Mr. X could be with me now….&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The sheer lace camisole – &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;so soft against my skin, it is a form fitting floral alabaster mosaic creating images of fire ---- and luxurious indulgences.  The white lace thong is delectable -- the transparent stockings are made of the finest silk accented by a border of cream white lace.  When the camisole, stockings and thong  are combined with CD’s exquisitely detailed garter belt the entire ensemble is transformed into an exquisite dream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SRomhvXCn6I/AAAAAAAAAmY/yzyY_YB2yIE/s1600-h/DentelleDream+Skylei+0.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SRomhvXCn6I/AAAAAAAAAmY/yzyY_YB2yIE/s200/DentelleDream+Skylei+0.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267565075253862306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; of textured alabaster.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;To pass the time until Mr. X steps out of moon glow, I will write a poem for him on a note card and drop it in his profile --- he will find me waiting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;for him  ---adorned in  a mix of textured alabaster lace – soft and  alluring – Dentelle Dream….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Everyone is sleeping. Nothing wakes. The woods&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;are motionless.  The wind is down to a whisper.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sleep hums like current -- yes, audibly --- through the night.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The evening star rises like a flaming wick.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Hills fit into hills like lovers, their great straddling thighs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;clasping still greater darkness where they meet.  A star breaks,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;arcs down the night --- like&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; God striking a match across the cathedral ceiling.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Therefore I wish: see my lips move: making your name.  It is so still.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I am sure that you must hear me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sita Writer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-7025101529659173651?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/7025101529659173651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=7025101529659173651' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/7025101529659173651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/7025101529659173651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-have-had-better-weeks-in-rl-flu.html' title='Mr X and Dentelle Dream....'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SRonV4Z1eiI/AAAAAAAAAmo/IErlkAMJLp4/s72-c/DentelleDream+Skylei+2.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-703521233396862136</id><published>2008-10-27T17:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T17:13:32.812-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and Gold Temptation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZUzhaXSxI/AAAAAAAAAlw/haZM1wyDqgs/s1600-h/eloise_056.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZUzhaXSxI/AAAAAAAAAlw/haZM1wyDqgs/s200/eloise_056.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261986458748013330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZVSpzelLI/AAAAAAAAAl4/-9BwN8sKh7w/s1600-h/sita+in+gold+temptation.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZVSpzelLI/AAAAAAAAAl4/-9BwN8sKh7w/s200/sita+in+gold+temptation.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261986993576776882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Did you ever wonder &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;about the mysterious &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;essenc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;e of events &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;that make up your life?  Some are &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;pale, weak not lasting; others so vivid.  What causes the choice of memory?  What causes certain events to fade and others to gain flawlessness and spice?&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I sit and recall an especially vivid memory of Mr. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;X.  I wore ----- "Gold Temptation" – a stunningly sheer golden gown iridescent in the midday sun embellished by the finest cream colored lace.  The silky sheer top is perfectly cut to accentuate my figure in a softly sensual and feminine way --- making me feel like a golden &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;goddess !   Smiles at CD’s genius… he always knows how to make a woman feel her best.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;My mind drifts down the sweet lane of memories to the last time I saw Mr. X – I was sitting on my golden chair, Egyptian in style on the highest level of my opulent Roman styled pool designed by Satir DeCuir.  The pool is elegantly &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZVwmc5w8I/AAAAAAAAAmA/PgtEpapTUcQ/s1600-h/sita_008.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 283px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZVwmc5w8I/AAAAAAAAAmA/PgtEpapTUcQ/s200/sita_008.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261987508072858562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;graced with marble columns, swathed with gold gilded wreaths and fountains that circulate the water.  There are places to sit and float to relax and dream among its terraces.   As I contemplated the view to the sea, Mr. X stepped out of a rainbow  -- his face is astonishing --- the fine clear lines of his cheekbone, his full sensuous mouth, intense blue eyes like the deepest part &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;of the ocean at dawn and his tousled golden hair shinning like moon glow – he is very image of what mystics or poets – - or technical wizards should look like.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Together we sat gazing across the sand to the sea of possibilities beyond.  I recalled the universe Mr. X made me ---it has inspired a constellation of ideas…..  “Mr. X, I think we need a series of marble reflecting pools that will form a ribbon of blue water all the way to the ocean”  Mr. X as always smiled and said – how can I refuse you --- my golden goddess in that lovely dress… you outshine the sun herself.”   (sita thinks -- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZWmmEOPKI/AAAAAAAAAmI/kQp8wZJ8NF8/s1600-h/GoldTemptation+03a+copy.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZWmmEOPKI/AAAAAAAAAmI/kQp8wZJ8NF8/s200/GoldTemptation+03a+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261988435682278562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;thank -you CD)&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;As we sat and talked – on the upper terrace -- fanned by two slaves – the most miraculous pools began to appear…  pink marble – azure blue water  a fabulous fountain – a gift from Satir DeCuir placed on an amazing mosaic tiled floor.   “Mr. X I exclaimed – this is what golden dreams are made of – I can’t believe you have done all of this!”  He smiles at me and said, “ My golden goddess, as we stroll along these pools – they will reflect you in your golden  glory – you look beautiful -- a "golden temptation"--- it is as warm and kind as your soul.”  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;My golden one you are the flower of everything, you’re stylization, the perfume and essence of my universe.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Golden Temptation ... Sita Writer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-703521233396862136?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/703521233396862136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=703521233396862136' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/703521233396862136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/703521233396862136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/10/mr-x-and-gold-temptation.html' title='Mr. X and Gold Temptation'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SQZUzhaXSxI/AAAAAAAAAlw/haZM1wyDqgs/s72-c/eloise_056.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-7570912596351799566</id><published>2008-10-20T19:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-20T19:45:16.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and the Stars.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SP1AC5aA5GI/AAAAAAAAAkw/3mtC9AyvFLE/s1600-h/sita+diana+oct+1+08.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SP1AC5aA5GI/AAAAAAAAAkw/3mtC9AyvFLE/s320/sita+diana+oct+1+08.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259430358352454754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;It is close to midnight and I was so sleepy…. Until Mr.X’s name appeared with his usual &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;greeting… and an invitation to float with him in space.  Drifting entwined in his arms we floated in a brilliantly illuminated sky amid planets of fabulous fuchs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;ia, magnificent magenta, radiant red and vivid &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;vermillion.  As we floated Mr. X pulled me closer to him and whispered you in my arms – like liquid moonlight and your eyes outshine the stars.  Sita sighs… he is so romantic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Mr. X this is so beautiful – wouldn’t it be nice to have a mural of the universe in my gazebo – so when we danced there we could dance and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SP1AcD7DFeI/AAAAAAAAAk4/0VD0QiZD368/s1600-h/ANABELLE+NEW_013.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SP1AcD7DFeI/AAAAAAAAAk4/0VD0QiZD368/s320/ANABELLE+NEW_013.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259430790672094690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;gaze up at our own private universe.  He smiled at me and said, let me think about that --- as he gently kissed me goodnight. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The next morning, in front of my Moroccan Palace, I found a beautiful black box from CD &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;with a note on it.  Mr. X asked me to meet him at the hilltop gazebo overlooking the ocean at 9.  I couldn’t wait to see him!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Opening the box was one of the most splendid dresses I have ever seen –Diana. Breathtakingly beautiful Diana is periwinkle blue ingeniously embellished with a constellation of glowing white light – evoking the starlight of the milky way. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The day passed so slowly as I waited to meet Mr. X at t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;he hilltop gazebo – hoping to tantalize him wrapped in the cosmos.   In fact, he has tantalized me as he takes my hand and leads me to the gazebo to dance under the universe he has made for us to enjoy….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sita Writer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SP1A-bQnPUI/AAAAAAAAAlA/YBMa6hZycLk/s1600-h/ANABELLE+NEW_002.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SP1A-bQnPUI/AAAAAAAAAlA/YBMa6hZycLk/s320/ANABELLE+NEW_002.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259431381052112194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-7570912596351799566?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/7570912596351799566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=7570912596351799566' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/7570912596351799566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/7570912596351799566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/10/mr-x-and-stars.html' title='Mr. X and the Stars.....'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SP1AC5aA5GI/AAAAAAAAAkw/3mtC9AyvFLE/s72-c/sita+diana+oct+1+08.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-1739377862235272381</id><published>2008-10-11T12:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T13:03:57.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and the Cherry Blossoms</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPEE9lAWkuI/AAAAAAAAAjY/OUGNBVrGa-M/s1600-h/eloise_178.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPEE9lAWkuI/AAAAAAAAAjY/OUGNBVrGa-M/s200/eloise_178.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255987696070202082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Inside every story, there is a beautiful journey. Today Mr. X invited me to his Rokujo Mansion a resplende&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;nt establishment set amid mountains and rivers, waterfalls and stone pathways surrounded by spring gardens. Low forests of dwarf pines mantled the hills and islets and fringe the sho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;res of ponds. The growth of these trees had been fashioned so that their branches leaped and coiled, suggesting the undula&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;ting, animated play of dragons. Winding pathways &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;bordered by clustered growth of low bamboos, camillas and various shrubs and stones lead to vantaged viewing points. Mr. X is man of great aesthetic sensibility...as I have come to see more and more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPEFaw5QPYI/AAAAAAAAAjg/bQ8AYKQBrxU/s1600-h/eloise_182.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 253px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPEFaw5QPYI/AAAAAAAAAjg/bQ8AYKQBrxU/s200/eloise_182.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255988197477858690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;We meandered along a path strewn with cherry blossoms to a beautiful garden punctuated by flowing shrubs chosen for springtime enjoyment – red plum, cherry, wisteria, azalea. In the center of the garden was a simple bamboo Tea House that overlooked a beautiful waterfall and rock garden whose sand was raked like waves of the sea. It was so serene and peaceful listening to the flowing water and looking deeply into his eyes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The room was devoid of any decoration except for a scroll painting selected by Mr. X that revealed the theme of the tea ceremony. The scroll was a beautiful painting of cherry trees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; and gently falling blossoms over an idealized landscape of indescribable beauty. He smiled at me as he whisked the tea and ladled the hot water from the kettle into the tea bowl. The tea was delicious. As the afternoon sun began to fade, he presented me with a lovely scrolled tied with a pink ribbon…tears filled my eyes when I read his words…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;yumeji ni wa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;ashi mo yasumezu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;kayoedomo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;utsutsu ni hitome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;mishigoto wa arazu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Though I go to you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;ceaselessly along dream paths,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;the sum of those trysts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;is less than a single glimpse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;granted in the waking world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPEFmwlVF5I/AAAAAAAAAjo/ZbFoY7G7cy0/s1600-h/Thong+Cherry+3.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 449px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPEFmwlVF5I/AAAAAAAAAjo/ZbFoY7G7cy0/s200/Thong+Cherry+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255988403552720786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Attached to the scroll, was a gift box from CD – Marylynn ! It captured the spirit of the day perfectly with its sleek and shimmering colors of lush cherry blossom pink silk with artfully woven grey blue accents that give it depth and sensuality. Marylynn will always remind me of this day spent with Mr. X and the Cherry Blossoms--- I treasure it and so will you....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;In this world&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Temples of the soul built&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;As Spirit houses on the water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Caressing,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Soothing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Fulfilling our inner sprits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I cannot wait to see Mr. X again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sita Writer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-1739377862235272381?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/1739377862235272381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=1739377862235272381' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/1739377862235272381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/1739377862235272381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/10/inside-every-story-there-is-beautiful.html' title='Mr. X and the Cherry Blossoms'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SPEE9lAWkuI/AAAAAAAAAjY/OUGNBVrGa-M/s72-c/eloise_178.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-5748577473715662637</id><published>2008-10-01T13:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T14:01:43.448-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. X and the Angel Fish</title><content type='html'>Mr. X, my beloved took my hand and led me to the edge of the crystalline waters of the bay --- slowly we descended deep into the sapphire depths of the &lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SOPkG1xmc5I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/6HxlGMTnzO0/s1600-h/Snapshot_082+copy.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SOPkG1xmc5I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/6HxlGMTnzO0/s200/Snapshot_082+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252292396609598354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SOPjLFOMu3I/AAAAAAAAAiI/VRMTwN1x578/s1600-h/Marquise+Yellow+Statue+Joie.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SOPjLFOMu3I/AAAAAAAAAiI/VRMTwN1x578/s200/Marquise+Yellow+Statue+Joie.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252291369963928434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;sea—drifting down slowly to his underwater palace and garden… it was beautiful --- the silence and the indigo all around us… we spoke of many things that evening – life and luck -- and the lattice of coincidences that brought us together… suddenly in the distance, a bright yellow and black swirl of angel fish emerged –luminous in the cerulean depths --- I smiled and said – Oh Mr. X look at those beautiful angel fish  aren’t they glorious  they illuminate the depths – he looked at me smiling and said, my darling you are my angel fish dressed in yellow and black – sitting here lighting up what has been dark for so long….. Looking down, I realized I was wearing marquis in yellow and black… whimsical and exotic a vibrant glow for an enchanting evening under the sea….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be continued.....&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SOPkTbecM1I/AAAAAAAAAiY/rr-elYwa_2s/s1600-h/Snapshot_086+copy.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SOPkTbecM1I/AAAAAAAAAiY/rr-elYwa_2s/s200/Snapshot_086+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252292612888212306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sita&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-5748577473715662637?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/5748577473715662637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=5748577473715662637' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/5748577473715662637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/5748577473715662637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/10/mr.html' title='Mr. X and the Angel Fish'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SOPkG1xmc5I/AAAAAAAAAiQ/6HxlGMTnzO0/s72-c/Snapshot_082+copy.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-1538398515700683967</id><published>2008-09-26T09:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T11:46:52.679-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Blues....Smoking Hot</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Tonight,  my sweet prince told me  -- he has the blues... so  I am thinking of taking him to a smoke filled blues &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0tFQm6jwI/AAAAAAAAAgo/wFzLZVxMh_M/s1600-h/eloise_119.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0tFQm6jwI/AAAAAAAAAgo/wFzLZVxMh_M/s200/eloise_119.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250402308964650754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;club where the music seers your soul  and your body tingles with that slow southern beat -- that is so elemental... and uplifting! Now, what to wear to  tantalize my sweet one... to warm his thoughts...    Marquis in Red and Black -- Steam Punk and sexy comes immediately to mind to clear away the blues!   Putting it on I  feel like a heroine rescuing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0tue4F-BI/AAAAAAAAAgw/97tCbgbBHnw/s1600-h/eloise_123.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0tue4F-BI/AAAAAAAAAgw/97tCbgbBHnw/s200/eloise_123.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250403017169434642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; him &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;from  "the blues"  in red and black.... that bespeaks  of romance and secret rendezvous..... The top top  will pamper his senses with daring details like the crisscross front lacing and  the stretchy, caressing fit...so suggestive... as we dance he comments on the the belt and fishnet stockings -- he loves them  and of course  the gloves  that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;adorn my arms... The mini  skirt is a sensation that  flourishes in the  wee witching hours of dawn--- think of all the enchantments that will reveal themselves --- when wearing Marquis in Red and Black --- smoking hot to chase away the blues......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Sita&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/"&gt;klick here for more stories form Sita's Second Life &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-1538398515700683967?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/1538398515700683967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=1538398515700683967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/1538398515700683967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/1538398515700683967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/09/tonight-my-sweet-prince-told-me-he-has.html' title='The Blues....Smoking Hot'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0tFQm6jwI/AAAAAAAAAgo/wFzLZVxMh_M/s72-c/eloise_119.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596390449967502372.post-1712775911753435850</id><published>2008-09-23T09:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T11:55:37.910-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eye catcher.... !</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;It was a typical sl night -- last evening as I went to my favorite club -- without any real expectations...but I was hoping that there was a hint of romance in the air. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0vdvHF-SI/AAAAAAAAAg4/q_GO9NajOgo/s1600-h/Snapshot_162+copy.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0vdvHF-SI/AAAAAAAAAg4/q_GO9NajOgo/s200/Snapshot_162+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250404928492796194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Out of a ray of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0vvogTrkI/AAAAAAAAAhA/UImd-d0yqVE/s1600-h/Snapshot_153+copy.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0vvogTrkI/AAAAAAAAAhA/UImd-d0yqVE/s200/Snapshot_153+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250405235957149250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; light -- a most handsome gentleman asked me to dance and I accepted. As we swayed and swirled around the dancefloor under full moon -- I asked him -- how he choose me to dance with -- as there were so many beautiful women lingering at the club. He told me he noticed what I was wearing and thought the combination of colors and textures was alluring and beautiful as the woman &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;wearing it....omg how much better can it get??? Ladies, I was wearing Nelly Ocra-- the elegant long skirt with its the flowing colors of yellow and coral streaked with silver lace -- and the sheer multi colored top set off by a delicate lace collar..... This stunning outfit is a real "eye catcher "--- get Nelly Ocra and find out just how eye catching you can be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We parted as friends... I do hope to see him again......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0v680l_0I/AAAAAAAAAhI/JsTqGt_s2ec/s1600-h/Snapshot_157+copy.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0v680l_0I/AAAAAAAAAhI/JsTqGt_s2ec/s200/Snapshot_157+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250405430389505858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;To be continued.......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sita Writer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SNk8QMIXSeI/AAAAAAAAAe8/XJH9syFYFp4/s1600-h/Nelly+Ocra+Vendor+Aug+08+copy.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1596390449967502372-1712775911753435850?l=cdbenellisita.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/feeds/1712775911753435850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1596390449967502372&amp;postID=1712775911753435850' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/1712775911753435850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1596390449967502372/posts/default/1712775911753435850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cdbenellisita.blogspot.com/2008/09/it-was-typical-sl-night-last-evening-as.html' title='Eye catcher.... !'/><author><name>CD Benelli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07409899243980222397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SDsW2P4fOzI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/stLk4C3FP8A/S220/Yo+painted+with+frame+copy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IRgmBQcnUuc/SN0vdvHF-SI/AAAAAAAAAg4/q_GO9NajOgo/s72-c/Snapshot_162+copy.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
