Ianniello Family Blog

winter flowers

2012-01-16T13:20:00.001-05:00

Barb scored some flowers yesterday ...

first snow

2012-01-12T16:22:00.000-05:00

Well it finally came ... but melting as it landed ...

boat

2012-01-11T21:03:00.000-05:00

Playing with Photoshop ... just some guy in some boat on the Mekong ...

angela update

2012-01-09T13:57:00.002-05:00

Angela has gotten some snow and has been doing a little cooking ...

flower tube

2012-01-06T13:38:00.000-05:00

Some flower shots with the extension tube at different aperture settings ...

isaiah's teeth

2012-01-06T13:00:00.000-05:00

Still playing with that extension tube. These are shots of a mold of Isaiah's teeth ...

50mm w/o tube @ f1.4

50mm w/ tube @ f1.4

50 mm w/ tube @ f6.3 (ISO1250)

extension tube

2012-01-05T12:41:00.004-05:00

I love taking photos ... I finally got around to using my Canon extension tube EF25 II. The first shot is as close as I could get with the 50mm lens at f1.4.

The same lens with the extension tube.

And just some other stuff ... I can see this will take practice but wow! talk about close-up ...

saigon streets

2012-01-01T10:00:00.000-05:00

When I have nothing else, more snaps from Saigon ...

denver bound

2011-12-31T07:11:00.002-05:00

Angela heading off to Denver ... we'll miss her a lot ...

barb studying

2011-12-30T17:20:00.001-05:00

Barb enjoying her Bible study ...

2011 christmas cards

2011-12-30T12:45:00.001-05:00

Some cards from family and friends ...

world travelers

Packer fans?

don pablo

2011-12-27T08:11:00.002-05:00

Barb and me at Don Pablo's yesterday ...

nicky

2011-12-27T08:10:00.003-05:00

My cousin Nick's Christmas gift (via FB) ...

2011 present opening

2011-12-25T20:17:00.005-05:00

Family fun opening our Christmas gifts ...

chinese christmas

2011-12-25T13:59:00.000-05:00

Our traditional Christmas meal ...

miss mom

2011-12-25T07:21:00.000-05:00

Thought of mom this morning ... I miss her.

masked bikers

2011-12-24T07:37:00.001-05:00

The masked bikers of Saigon ...

ok - except this guy

kathy's decor

2011-12-23T21:50:00.001-05:00

Went to a friends house after church service tonight ... love her decor ... and my 85mm f1.8 lens ...

grocery shopping in vietnam

2011-12-23T11:04:00.000-05:00

liu visit

2011-12-19T11:01:00.004-05:00

We had the Liu's over last night for dinner and some gingerbread house decorating ...

candle pyramid

2011-12-18T22:52:00.000-05:00

Some more of Barb's Christmas decoration and a flower she needed ...

awaited

2011-12-17T20:40:00.002-05:00

We went to see Awaited at CrossRoads Church ...

Michelle liked the indoor snow

enrico

2011-12-17T13:52:00.003-05:00

My great-grandfather Enrico who my dad and I are named after (sort-of).

rick senior

2011-12-17T08:34:00.003-05:00

My dad - looking good ...

1943 Jersey City

1944

mario restored

2011-12-17T06:58:00.000-05:00

Here is an example of a restored photo by Mario Ianniello (my father's cousin) of his father Mario (1941). The older Mario is who my brother Mario is named after.

before

after

jingle angela

2011-12-16T17:08:00.002-05:00

Angela babysitting at a friends ...

some holiday pics

2011-12-14T07:48:00.000-05:00

Some of you saw these on FB already but I still like them here. These are some snaps of Barb's Christmas decorating ...

Rauchen Mann

Angela never matches socks ...

healthy cooking

2011-12-13T17:48:00.001-05:00

Barb, Angela, and Isaiah have all been doing some healthy cooking around here ... that means I've been doing some healthy eating ...

1966 barb

2011-12-13T17:38:00.000-05:00

Barb finding fun in Great Bend, KS ... 1966 ...

1968 b-day

2011-12-13T14:46:00.002-05:00

Barb at her 5th birthday party in Willmar, MN.

tumbling barb

2011-12-11T20:30:00.000-05:00

The skinny gal on the far left is my girlfriend ... well, 4 years before I met her. Here's Barb with her tumbling twirlers in 1974.

little barb

2011-12-10T07:57:00.001-05:00

Barb celebrating Jesus' birthday (1965).

Barb in the Minnesota snow (1967).

niederman farm

2011-12-09T21:14:00.001-05:00

I took my girlfriend out to McAllister's tonight for dinner ... yeh, classy. Afterwards we went to the Niederman Family Farm to meet Tim DePriest, a friend from Cape Girardeau from many, many years ago. With that we were treated to some farm animals, a wedding (no idea who's), the West Chester Symphony Orchestra, and a Christmas light show.

wimber cosby

2011-12-09T13:43:00.001-05:00

It's cold ... Wimber has his Bill Cosby sweater on ...

christmas cookies

2011-12-09T13:21:00.001-05:00

It's beginning to look a lot like christmas ...

front yard barb

2011-12-09T08:26:00.001-05:00

Here's my sweetheart playing in her front yard (age 5) ...

smashburger

2011-12-08T13:54:00.001-05:00

Angela and me at Smashburger in Dayton yesterday ...

baking has started

2011-12-08T13:38:00.001-05:00

Barb and Angela have kicked off the Christmas season with baking ...

That's a lot of butter ...

Angela gets comfy

Twix candy bits

saigon cathedral

2011-12-07T15:18:00.001-05:00

This is the steeple of Notre Dame Cathedral in Saigon.

In contrast to this one in the Mekong Delta ...

scooter sleeping

2011-12-05T19:22:00.001-05:00

I was amazed to see how comfortable these people could be on their scooters ...

jackie o

2011-12-04T18:01:00.001-05:00

Barb at a '60s party ... I think she thinks she's Jackie O ...

she likes the buckles on the shoes - click to enlarge

power lines

2011-12-03T16:13:00.001-05:00

We saw many signs of an unreliable infrastructure in Saigon ...

power lines

trike

2011-12-03T07:06:00.001-05:00

Thinking about getting one of these for Isaiah for Christmas ...

Saigon Trike

got bananas?

2011-11-30T09:43:00.001-05:00

Bananas anyone? Here's the Saigon banana guy ...

refreshing coconut

2011-11-29T18:13:00.001-05:00

These sure looked good as I was sweating away in Vietnam ...

emilia and enrico

2011-11-27T17:07:00.001-05:00

This is a picture (1941) of my father's uncle Mario Ianniello with my great grand father and mother (father's father's father and mother), Enrico and Emelia. My father was named after Enrico and I after him ... but sadly the spelling got messed-up (Errico). The little boy is Peter, grandson of Enrico and Emilia through their daughter Anna (husband Salvatore aka Roy).

eli ice cream

2011-11-27T16:58:00.001-05:00

Apparently Eli is having good trip back home ... and it looks like he got a spot of cream on his nose ...

grandpa rest

2011-11-26T15:25:00.001-05:00

taking a break

wimber and sammy

2011-11-25T16:19:00.001-05:00

Wimber and Sammy getting attention from Madison ...

mario tennis

2011-11-25T11:33:00.001-05:00

Mario got locked in the neighborhood tennis court but I didn't get there in time.

dad and chillins

2011-11-24T17:36:00.001-05:00

My dad and brothers and sister ...

thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-24T15:00:00.001-05:00

Mason Ianniello

Eli Ianniello

Steve Ianniello

vietnam heat

2011-11-23T17:34:00.001-05:00

They didn't tell me this was a woman's hat ... and I was so hot I didn't care ...

Now this is more like it ... comfort on the Mekong ...

Ben Thanh Market

2011-11-22T20:09:00.001-05:00

Scenes from the market in Saigon ...

isaiah birth

2011-11-21T15:52:00.001-05:00

Isaiah just after birth, January 1990 ...

esther and steven

2011-11-20T20:02:00.001-05:00

My mother's mother and father, Esther and Steven Pesciotta.

saigon traffic

2011-11-19T22:04:00.001-05:00

Some of the traffic in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) this past week.

little ricky

2011-11-08T16:32:00.003-05:00

Me with my mom's mother, Esther Pesciotta, in Victorville, California in 1961.

military man

2011-11-08T11:59:00.002-05:00

My Dad in 2000 ... good looking fellow ...

football man

2011-10-30T19:53:00.000-04:00

Eli in his football uniform with Emrie's full support ...

cervantino

2011-10-28T18:41:00.002-04:00

I had the opportunity to go to the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico last night ... the band was great ...

burger queen

2011-10-22T12:30:00.000-04:00

Emrie at Burger King ...

kathy's cat

2011-10-15T22:19:00.002-04:00

Kathy's cat hangin' on her porch ...

dog's life

2011-10-15T15:05:00.001-04:00

It's a dog's life for Wimber ...

cooking office

2011-10-15T15:04:00.001-04:00

Barb in her cooking office ...

thanksgiving prep

2011-10-13T13:56:00.001-04:00

Barb is already beginning the Thanksgiving build-up ...

angela's view

2011-10-11T15:09:00.000-04:00

Angela's view in the morning ...

maryann baby

2011-10-09T19:52:00.001-04:00

Maryann (my sister), Newark, NJ, 1965 ...

neighborhood scene

2011-10-09T14:38:00.001-04:00

Snaps from around the neighborhood ...

warsaw

2011-10-08T07:39:00.000-04:00

Me and what I saw in Warsaw last week ...

banana

2011-10-01T06:38:00.003-04:00

Anyone care to guess who in Denver got this banana suit on upside down?

the pesciottas

2011-09-29T14:18:00.000-04:00

My grandfather Steve, my Uncle Joe on the left, Uncle Marshall on the right, and my mom Sandy.

my view

2011-09-28T09:20:00.003-04:00

This is my daily view ...

mushrooms?

2011-09-28T08:58:00.000-04:00

Barb has some visitors in her iris ... are they more iris or something more like mushroom?

little big ricky

2011-09-28T08:25:00.001-04:00

My dad at age 14 (1954). Dad - do you know the location?

And here he is again ... what year and location?

Good looking man ... it's easy to see where I get it from.

I was tempted to remove the colorization but that was the style then so I kept it.

mr coffee

2011-09-27T21:21:00.000-04:00

Man! Mister Coffee needs some cleaning ...

piano teacher

2011-09-27T06:46:00.002-04:00

My mom died far too young. I love her and still miss her very much. Here's a scan of a business card she had made after she and dad moved to KC ... she should have had a lot of years left to do this. I'm very proud of her. It says here she was a piano teacher ... she was much, much more.

Ok, stop crying [that was to myself] ... here's a photo that I'm guessing is her high school graduation picture. Does anyone know the city and date? I'm guessing 1958.

Update from dad: My sweetheart graduated in June 1959. She attended Weehawkin High School, located in Weehawken, NJ. Reason is that the town she live in, North Bergen, NJ, did not have their own high school.For the senior prom I took her to the Copacabana in New York City. My car was a 1957 Chevy, 4 door hardtop convertible, 8 cylinder, standard trans, copper color. We looked good in that car - by the way anyone driving behind us would have thought there was a two headed driver driving the car.By the way, she was not a piano player - she was a pianist - big difference.You are right, she left us at too young an age. I miss her very much - not a day goes by that tears don't come to my eyes when I think of her.

nightly snack

2011-09-21T22:23:00.000-04:00

Barb winding down for the evening ...

octoberfest 2011

2011-09-18T14:51:00.001-04:00

Isaiah at the Octoberfest ... more snaps here.

barb & beth

2011-09-17T21:41:00.000-04:00

Barb with Beth from PregnancyCare of Cincinnati.

little barb

2011-09-16T10:12:00.000-04:00

Barbara Sue (Dreher) Ianniello, 1975, Willmar, MN.

PS ... I started dating this beauty just 3 years (August 11, 1978) after this snap ...

1953 north bergen

2011-09-16T09:06:00.000-04:00

Here's quite a crew in North Bergen, NJ, 1953.

According to Uncle Joe (my mom's brother); Lower extreme right Richie Moore, Left of him Donnie (Augie and Ann's son). Behind Donnie is Ronnie Moore. Sandy is in the middle of upper row to the left of the girl with the big bow. Extreme left in the upper row is Patti (deceased - Augie's daughter).

marcello

2011-09-16T06:10:00.000-04:00

This Marcello Pesciotta, my mother Sandy's father Steven's father (1949). Does anyone know the location and who else is in the picture?

Update: the pigtail girl is my mom Sandy. This would put her at 9 years old.

isaiah at work

2011-09-15T10:22:00.000-04:00

Isaiah with some colleagues/friends.

luigi

2011-09-15T09:04:00.000-04:00

My grandmother Marianne's father Luigi DeNolfo, 1936, Jersey City, NJ.

phylicia

2011-09-14T11:50:00.002-04:00

Phylicia DeNolfo (my father's (Rick) mother's (Marianne) mother) in 1918 ...

mary, anna, and marianne

2011-09-12T21:36:00.000-04:00

On the left, Mary (Greco) Ianniello - wife of Mario Ianniello (Joseph's brother) and Salvatore Greco's sister. In the middle, Anna (Ianniello) Greco - Joseph's sister and wife of Salvatore Greco. And on the right, my father's mother, Marianne (DeNolfo) Ianniello - Joseph's wife.

Update: That's Antonia (Toni) Ianniello, daughter of Mario and Mary seated on the left. The location is Long Island, New York.

marianne

2011-09-12T07:57:00.001-04:00

Can anyone guess who that funny little boy is with Marianne Ianniello (my grandmother)? How about the year and city?

Update: Yep - Rick Sr. in Jersey City roughly 1944.

mom & dad

2011-09-11T15:50:00.002-04:00

My mom (Sandy) and dad (Rick) ... year unknown ...

esther and max

2011-09-11T15:41:00.004-04:00

Esther Pesciotta (my mother's mother) Paramus, NJ, 1953 ...

Max Tregub (Esther's father) ...

Update: thinking is that this is my mom with Max.

marcello

2011-09-10T16:56:00.000-04:00

My mom, Sandy, with her grandfather (father's father) Marcello in Hoboken, NJ.

pipe

2011-09-09T20:56:00.001-04:00

Some porch time with the boy ...

neighbors

2011-09-09T20:55:00.000-04:00

These lights went up about a week ago ... interesting culture ...

barb phone

2011-09-09T18:24:00.001-04:00

Barb chatting with Angela tonight ...

pietro

2011-09-09T10:00:00.001-04:00

I'm going to need someone to draw a family tree but as best I can tell, pictured here is Pietro Greco who is my father's (Rick) father's (Joseph) brother's (Mario) wife's (Mary?) father. And I do not know the year ... but I like the picture which was cleaned-up by Mario Ianniello - not my brother Mario - but the son of Mario (who my brother is named after) and Mary(?).

Update: I got the following from my dad ... and now you can see why I'm confused ...

Rick,I think you are a little mixed up with the relatives.

Pietro Greco is the father of my Uncle Roy Greco (husband of Anna Ianniello - my dad's sister) and my Aunt Mary (wife of Mario Ianniello - my dad's brother). So my Aunt Mary and my Uncle Roy are brother and sister.

Uncle Roy and Aunt Anna had four children - Peter, Eric, Annette, & Amelia.

Uncle Mario and Aunt Mary had children but to be honest I forgot how many and their names. The only ones I remember are Mario, Barbara Sue, & Terry. Not sure of the others.

Got it?

My add ... yep, I'm my own grandpa ...

cone dog

2011-09-08T14:37:00.000-04:00

Wimber is making the best of his cone days ...

peter's cartridge company

2011-09-05T10:56:00.000-04:00

Barb and I went for a ride on the Loveland bike trail by the old Peter's Cartridge Company.

time on the porch

2011-09-04T20:14:00.001-04:00

Just hanging out ...

rainbow girl

2011-09-04T17:37:00.002-04:00

Angela causing a rainbow ...

civil air patrol

2011-09-04T17:36:00.000-04:00

Dad's Civil Air Patrol friends in Hoboken, NJ (1957).