[Leica] IMGs x 5: The CoVid Chronicles 43

[Douglas Barry]

Thanks Jayanand and Jim, due to this persistent sore throat, I lost my 
interest in picking up a camera for a while.

I was also swept up in fighting a gigantic planning application for an 
old house on nearly four hectares just down the road that emerged during 
lockdown. Completely out of character with this old village and ripping 
the ecological heart of the area, we had to get people activated to get 
coherent opposition to this proposed desert of cement and glass, and get 
written protests in by the 18th inst. We managed it, but first I found 
myself starting a residents association and ending up chairman of of it. 
You know that old story of going to play poker and looking around the 
table for the obvious sucker. If you don't see the sucker, you're it :-)

Anyway, we have to wait to see what An Bord Pleanála decides in 
September, so I hope it isn't the cluster of blocks including one of 
nine storeys that the developers want. In the interim, I also hope to 
sort out my throat when private medicine reopens in July and my ENT 
appointment happens, but I've decided to go back to trying to take 
photos again.

Douglas


On 22/06/2020 04:41, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> I see the family is getting closer with the passage of time.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 3:45 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> I hope this goes through as I've been having major on/off problems with
>> my email here, as well a recurrence of my March breathing issues which
>> my doc thinks may have been CoVid related. I still feel pretty crappy,
>> and have had the sore throat since March.
>>
>> Anyway, my sons descended upon us for Fathers' Day, so I got out the
>> Sony A7II with Zeiss Sonnar 55/1.8 and took a few shots. Here are four
>> by me and one by my wife. All can be seen larger if desired.
>>
>> This is the first one and right click for the rest.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Russell+210620.jpg.html
>>
>> C&C welcome
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>>
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