Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a fun story in pictures. It costs $10 here in Colorado - you got a deal! Sue > On Dec 7, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > It has been 4 years since we had any snow in the mountains after > Thanksgiving, when we go up and get our tree. $5 for the permit, then off > to the woods to find the perfect tree. > > It had just snowed a few days before, and the temp has remained in the > teens or mid twenties, so it was still on the trees. Makes for a pretty > hike, but harder t find the perfect tree because they all look good. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/15/tr/Tree+Hunt-1253.jpg.html > > Here is the one we finally decided on. There were two small trees growing > up through it at the base, so it was hard to decide. We were not sure > what it would look like sans those trees. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/15/tr/Tree+Hunt-1252.jpg.html > > Cut and tied to our sled. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/15/tr/Tree+Hunt-1254.jpg.html > > no, I did not make my wife drag it the 1/2 mile to the truck. Just for > the picture. > > Had time to get in a little fun after the tree was secured. these are > frames captured from a video my wife took of me. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/15/tr/Tree+Hunt-01258-1.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/15/tr/Tree+Hunt-01258-2.jpg.html > > > After a week in the garage for the residual snow to melt off it and time > for it to get a good drink of water, we put it up a few days ago. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/15/tr/Christmas+tree-7518.jpg.html > > Merry Christmas to all. > > Aram > > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information