Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luis, Thanks for looking, and for the kind words. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luis Ripoll" <luisripoll@telefonica.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 7:52 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG: Old Fashioned Snowball Bush >I like the smooth tones and the light with no shadows > Saludos cordiales > Luis > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre > de > Jim Nichols > Enviado el: mi?rcoles, 30 de abril de 2008 4:27 > Para: LUG@Leica-Users.org > Asunto: [Leica] IMG: Old Fashioned Snowball Bush > > It's not Friday, but the linked image represents a part of my life that > began a long time ago. When I was a child in the 1930s, living in an old > farmhouse on a family farm in Mississippi, the flowers that I knew were > those that were obtained from friends and neighbors as cuttings or > volunteer > plants surrounding older plantings. I presume that is how this original > snowball bush came to be there. Thirty years later, after the house was > long gone, my wife brought an off-shoot of the bush to our home in > Tennessee. After having been moved around our back yard several times to > find a location where it could prosper, it finally found a happy home and > has really presented us with blooms this year. > > Nursery stock, planted a few feet away, has been really disappointing. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Old+Fashioned+Snowball.jpg.html > > C&C appreciated. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >