Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very interesting. She is very creative. On 9/11/21 1:49 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I have been a bit silent in the past few days, mainly because last week I > was on my first business trips since March 2020, albeit just to Madrid, > where our office was sponsoring a major academic conference. Now I am back > home, processing photos and cycling. This morning, I did my usual > Aig?es-Busot route. In Aig?es, the usually sleepy square in front of the > church was very lively?a local arts and crafts market was taking place. As > usual, I bought a Coke at the small supermarket and took a break. This > lady asked me where I had cycled from, and we had a nice conversation. She > is originally from the Netherlands but has lived here for many years, now > retired, and she spends her time on hiking in the mountains and making > beautiful things out of stuff we throw away?shopping bags, water bottles, > aluminium cans and the like. She told me that she had a good pension and > did not need the money, but she wanted to show her neighbours in the > village that one person?s trash is another person?s treasure. She happily > posed for me: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-n3jsmQN/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-n3jsmQN/A> > > And this is an example of her work, a basked made of plastic shopping bags: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qx3Dp84/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qx3Dp84/A> > > Cycling has many rewards, including meeting people like her. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA