Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]She ranks very high on the cuteness stakes! Not having grandchildren around is, to me, unthinkable! I really enjoyed the pandemic as I was able to spend quality time with my grandchildren, who reside very close by, as they were schooling from the house, far more than I would normally have been able to do. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 3:36 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Nora has a great sense of high fashion. It is reminiscent of an Avedon for > Vogue. > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 10:58 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> > wrote: > > > Because of the plague, I hadn't seen my granddaughter Nora since her 1st > > birthday party, which I attended on 16 March 2020 in London, where she > > lives. Everyone else joined us via Zoom. > > > > Nora is now nearly 2 1/2. The plague seemed to be in remission. So my > > family gathered in Maine last week. All of my children and their > > families. I re-established contact with Nora and her parents. She > > happily observed "You are not on the phone! You are real". We had used > > FaceTime a lot during the lockdown months. > > > > There were a lot of people gathered in a rustic little cabin, and every > > day there was some crisis that demanded the attention of adults (Covid > > exposure and subsequent testing, clogged septic tank, hordes of > > carpenter ants, etc). Little Nora was a bit shy and withdrawn from all > > of the hubbub. > > > > The 3rd day I asked her if I could take her picture, as a posed shot. > > She agreed, but said she needed to wear her hat. She put two sheer blue > > scarves over her head and then agreed to be photographed. This is what I > > got: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/family/IMG_1746.jpeg.html > > > > I like it. Her mother (my daughter) likes it. Nora herself has expressed > > no opinion. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >