Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Carl: Great... I thought that you were ticked off at me. BTW I've enjoyed your photos of lonely towns in upstate New York. They remind me of a trip my family took from Boston to Niagara Falls almost 50 years ago in an old, gray, two-door, 1947 Plymouth. It took 2-3 days... there was no Thruway and we spent an unending day or so traveling slowly on a very straight, very long, 2 lane highway through some place named Cherry Valley.... seemed something like the Twilight Zone as there was a seemingly unending row of cherry trees, on both sides for miles and miles and miles. Some rock n roll would have helped... maybe Fats Domino singing Blueberry Hill. But we were too far from any radio station and my folks wouldn't have wanted to hear it anymore than I now want to listen to Rap. Anyway, we occasionally went through towns with buildings like those in your photos. They were just as worn out looking then. Are you anywhere near the route of the Thruway between Syracuse and Buffalo? There are a few places where the Erie Canal still exists... well the ruins of it. Might be a good subject for you. I'm imagining icicles hanging off of granite walls and old wooden locks, with maybe three pink flamingos somewhere in the photo. You could do this after you finish your bare trees project! :>) Jim "in the sunshine now, but unhappily awaiting tomorrow's wintry mix," Hemenway - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html