Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]She should grow pot instead then, if there is enough sunshine, if she is going to be facing jail anyway--a more lucrative crop :-) Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jul 12, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > You'd better not live in Oak Park, Michigan, if you want to grow vegetables > in your front yard instead of a lawn: > > http://www.care2.com/causes/mother-facing-jail-for-growing-veggies.html > > Tina > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> I'm anti lawn. Took mine out. Now I don't have one here either. >> We should all take out our lawns and grow vegetables on them. Make salad >> for >> dinner. >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >>> From: Larry Bullis <kingfisher at halcyon.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:27:14 -0700 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cranefly (bottoms up) >>> >>> I once had a job to shoot the cranefly and its pupae for a magazine on >>> the West Coast of the US called Sunset, which (even now) has as one of >>> its major foci, gardening. The editor explained to me that craneflies >>> are important pests because the larvae destroy lawns. They eat the >>> roots. He said "You'll love craneflies". I got that particular job, I >>> think, because he knew that I didn't have much use for lawns in >>> residential settings. It's a personal quirk of mine, I guess. I don't >>> like to mow them, I don't like how much water they consume, and I prefer >>> things that I can eat. Mostly, I don't like the neighborhood politics >>> that revolve around them. I could tell stories, I could. >>> >>> A vernacular name for craneflies out here, anyway, is "Mosquito Eaters". >>> They don't. They eat lawns, as you say, George, "Bottoms up". >>> >>> What I like especially about this image is that it is clear, easy to >>> read, and perfectly descriptive. If you have ever seen one of these >>> things, the recognition is immediate. >>> >>> Larry >>> >>> On 7/11/11 6:54 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: >>>> NIce almost abstract photo. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema On 10-7-2011 23:25, >>>> George Lottermoser wrote: >>>>>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5472> >>>>>> >>>>>> c&c always welcome >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> George Lottermoser >>>>>> george at imagist.com >>>>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> Seehttp://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> -- ----------------------- Fokkema Fotografie www.michielfokkema.com >>>> +31(0)615569576 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >