Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come to South Carolina and I will show you a tomato. My tomatoes are 4 times bigger!! One tomato slice hangs out the sides of a tomato sandwich - my summertime favorite meal. It will be July before they are ready, though. Tina On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 2:06 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yes. A tomato. A problem with my leg has kept me off the bicycle for a > week, so no mountain landscapes, and I do not walk down to the beach in the > morning either; so I have to make do with I have at home. On Sunday my wife > and I walked the 600 meters to the outdoor market, and bought, among other > things, some tomatoes. Tomatoes here in Spain are just a joy. There are > many different kinds, they taste and smell like tomatoes should, and the > ones we buy at this market are organic, often grown by the people from whom > we buy them, picked by virgins by the light of the full moon (well, maybe > that last bit is over the top). So, last night?s dinner of > potato-and-cauliflower soup followed by small steaks with tomatoes sliced > and topped with onion and olive oil had this giant tomato as its > centrepiece. I joked to my wife that it must have been grown near the > nuclear power plan in Tarragona. That plant is more than 300 km away, so I > doubt it, but it was certainly one impressive and photogenic tomato: > > Here, with a Euro coin (a bit larger than a US quarter) for perspective: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-VbMwpLk/A > > And here with a lemon from our own garden, used to season the soup: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-t5cGzGQ/A > > Life?s simple pleasures. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>*