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Subject: [Leica] Independence day regatta
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 07:51:28 +0530
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Larry,
The first shot is especially nice.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> One of the founding fathers, Samuel Adams, suggested that the
>
> U.S. Declaration of Independence be celebrated by bonfires, fireworks and
>
> illuminations. The wimps in our local homeowners association feel that
> fireworks are too dangerous and have sidestepped the issue. Instead
> of fireworks we have a 4th of July boat regatta and barbeque on our 5 acre
> lake. Rowboats, canoes and dinghies are decorated with a patriotic motif
> and
> rowed in a procession. The winner, as judged by the onlookers, receives a
> case of Samuel Adams beer as befitting the occasion. Then we eat and drink
> the beer.
>
> Here is my entry, a patriotically painted dinghy with my 7 year old grand
> daughter standing in the bow, waving a flag, and whistling the national
> anthem through the gap in her front teeth.
>
> The pictures were taken from shore, with a P&S camera. Hardly Leica quality
> but adequate for the occasion.
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Boat+parade.jpg.html
>
> Repelling the pirates.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Boat+parade+1.jpg.html
>
>
> Larry Z
>
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