[Leica] Friday Flowers SonC

[leicar at q.com (Aram Langhans)]

With or without the story, this shot is wonderful.  Glad you ventured out to
get it.

Aram

> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:01:56 -0500
> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Leica] Friday Flowers SonC
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> I slept really well last night, and when it was time to get up, I
> looked out
> the window and it was still dark and rainy.   Tempted to call in to the
> office and mumble some lame excuse so I could climb back in the still-
> warm
> covers; Alas, I remembered that I had not shot your Friday Flowers, so
> I
> dressed for work.
> 
> I went in and checked email, whereupon Buddy the Cat jumped in my lap
> for a
> pet-fest.  You can't imagine how rare that is.  He usually considers
> that I
> am only good for opening cat food and doors.  He usually gives his
> opportunities to Kathy, but she's out of town, so, I guess it was any
> port
> in a storm.  It was hard to leave my comfortable chair with a warm,
> loving
> cat purring in my lap.
> 
> I remembered that I had some azaleas still in the camera from last week
> that
> I did not use, and thought, "They would never know."
> 
> As I left the house I looked across at Adreen's garden, and felt
> guilty, so
> I walked over. Her flowers were mostly hanging low from the heavy
> rains.
> 
> I drove to work and pulled into the parking lot.  The little dell below
> our
> building was awash in white blooms, as the several dogwood trees had
> popped
> last night.   I took the camera over and made this exposure:
> 
> http://www.sonc.com/friday_march_13_2009.htm
> 
> So that's the story behind how you got fresh flowers this morning
> despite my
> wish to remain under the warm covers.
> 
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
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> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>