Orly, thank you for your serious reply. I'm forwarding it to Fotki management for discussing the issue with contest themes wording.

Talla

Dear Orly, by no way we meant restricting the participation in the "Family Fun" contest to only Fotkins having own children and grandchildren.

All photos of parents and grandparents having family fun with children and grandchildren are welcome!

Talla

Hi Orly,
I have seen your album The Wilderness of Paran and it’s a great album
which I enjoyed very much. I noticed that you have uploaded your album
The Old City. How funny, I saw it yesterday at Webshots as a slideshow.
We had a very nice vacation in Rome with lots of Italian food and walking.
If you ever had been in Rome you will know what I mean about walking.
In due time I will upload few of my 1,631 pictures but you will realize
it will take me some time to choose. In week 15 I’m going to the Skaw (Skagen),
Northern part of Jutland.
Warm wishes and take good care of yourself Orly,
Ramon.

Hi Orly! Your album on Wadi Paran is beautiful!!! I enjoyed every picture! Thank you for sharing! Hugs!
Gerard

Hi Dear Orly,
The wild landscapes of the Paran desert - beautiful! I enjoyed every picture. I wish I were there. I might be not that brave. :-)
Hug,
Roza

My dear friend Orly,
Thank you for your e-mail of the 19 March and your entry in my guestbook.
I'm OK just had a flu as the rest of Scandinavia; I have stopped with my anticoagulation
treatment and I have no permanent injury in my lungs ;-)
Furthermore we have spent a week in Roma and have just returned.
I have seen your album of Aachen and as always you have made a great album with some very nice shots and comments. By the way, thanks for the invitation a saw the album right away but I didn’t have the energy at that time to make any comments (shame on me). I hope that you are all right too.
Warm wishes
Ramon

Hi there,

How you doing? Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I clicked few pics on my Goa trip.

http://public.fotki.com/geminine/places/asia/india/goa/

Hello Orly,

I hope everything is ok with you. You don't need to apologize about not having time to visit my work. I know very well how difficult it is to find the time for everything we need to do. I'm not really being able to catch up with everybody these days, and Spring has sprung in Portugal, so, although my allergy doesn't appreciate it much, I must enjoy it:)
And I also have an infinity of hobbies! I'm sure that my friends here understand my reasons to not appear much... And there are Fotki contests, of course, lol.
I'm not doing very well lately:) A lot of people is skipping my photos! I wonder if they are really so bad, lol.
I'll keep in touch. Warm hugs, my friend!
Rosa
PS: don't pay attention to my english writing, please:)

Hi Orly;

I must leave and have not made any real comments, but Clayton and I watched the slideshow of the Jersaleum. It is so awesome that you and even Clayton have been there to see those awesome pieces of our history and the present also.
I have added this to the orginal message;
Many thanks for the super tour I have had such a wonderous time. I will never be able to go to the Holy Land but I would love too, I have really enjoyed the tour and that you added so much to the information to the slideshow.

Hugs;Kelly

Thank you Orly for your messages in "my visit to Fotki" album.
Roza

Hello Orly, hope all is well with you!
Congratulations on your 9th place in the contest. I really loved the frame work. Beautifuly done!
Hope to come back soon to see some of your new photos... it sure has been a while since my last visit... :)
All the best, Marina

Congratulations Orly to your wonderful placing in the latest photoshopping contest!!

Congratulations Orly on thinking outside the box! :-)))
Roza

Hi Orly;
Congrads for the awesome photo you had in the Photo shop thinking outside the box contest! I really liked the shot and the frame you made for it.
I will hve to get over and see some of your new work.
Hugs;Kelly

Hi Orly,

I'm glad to see that you uploaded the Old City album but I could look at the thumbnails only since Fotki works again very slow, at least for me.
I hope that one day I'll create my own album of Jerusalem's old city but I postpone my visit there again and again...

Have a wonderful day!
Yair

Hi Orly,

I love the way your describe each and every picture of yours. Pictures are beautiful but description even more enlightening...!!! keep on sharing and showing us the beautiful world around you...!!!

PS: Are you working with some mass-media company? Adding you as my friend. Hope you will accept my friendship.

Hi Orly,

Hope all is well for you over there.

Jerry

Yes, your travels are wonderful, Orly. I loved your album "City of Aachen." Places I've never been and would dream to go. Maybe someday. But, at least I can travel through your lens and view the cities and people through your beautiful albums. As always, your commentary is superb and you are my great tour guide. Love your friend in Oregon USA, Linda

Thanks for your comment in the flower contest. Your contest entries are always wonderful!

Thanks for your comment to my "flower's" entry.

I've enjoyed viewing through some of your albums and I liked the Aachen album. I live there and it's nice to see it from other people's eyes. Great shots.