Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is great. My M.I.L. is approaching her 100th birthday. She is far sharper than I am, although my friends would point out that is true for almost everyone on the planet. She enjoyed photography and has a large number of 120 and 35mm b&w negs that I am scanning. Looking back, I wish I had not been too busy to pump my parents and grandparents for more information - they led very interesting lives, like your mom. Ken On 8/21/2014 5:49 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote: > My mother was one of the veterans honored at her retirement home today. > She was a pre-flight instructor as a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World > War II, and is still remarkable. This former special education teacher > turned 94 in July and she is still learning, viewing Great Courses DVDs on > Winston Churchill, History of Jazz, and other topics, and goes through > crossword puzzle books like crazy. > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Portraits/20140821_MR_Mine_DSF0900.jpg.html> > > > BTW, when I showed her this shot on the LCD, she didn't like it. (!) > > > But I do. > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amr3 at uwm.edu > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information