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Subject: [Leica] Monday Misc.
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 11:13:07 +0100
References: <CA+3n+_n3d46qH9cwftxfCeYN7zeno_PjzdYFuRu31c9H1w0Z1w@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the little trip.

I had to chuckle when I saw the bird. At the vacation areas here, they
don't bother waiting until the table is empty. My wife raised her hand
once, with a sandwich in it, while talking and zip, it was gone.

Best,
Daniel

On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 1:34 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
wrote:

> Greetings to all.  Starting the week with snow and ice we find my neighbor
> playing with his dog:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/man+and+his+dog.jpg.html
>
> Some people don't understand what happens when the weather forecast is for
> extreme weather and don't plan ahead.  This is a line of folks coming and
> going to the grocery store.  One of the issues with Texas and cold weather
> south of Dallas is that the ground temperatures stay relatively warm,
>  during the day snow melts mostly and turns into slush.  At night the
> temperatures dropped well below freezing and roads froze into glare ice.
> This happens so rarely that cities and counties don't stock sand and
> deicers so travel by road stops until the roads partially melt again:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Oltorff+at+Forest+2021.jpg.html
>
> On a happier note, children remain children and when finished with lunch
> and bored with their parents most children will find activities to amuse
> themselves:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/three+siblings+at+family+lunch.jpg.html
>
> Another couple with phone image, this one attracted me because they were
> obviously attracted to each other but with different sound tracks:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/modern+romance.jpg.html
>
> Anyone living where seagulls or grackles roam will recognize this scene:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/grackles+got+no+boss.jpg.html
>
> Another sign that life is getting normal; this teenager is finding
> something to do outside of the house:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/baskets+in+three+elements.jpg.html
>
> All the best.
>
>
> --
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
> --
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
>
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