[Leica] Yesterday's outing

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Hi Daniel:

I'm not much of a graveyard fan but I like the composition here, a nice 
peaceful shot:
http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71308.html

BUT... it doesn't look like you're taking good care of your neck 
jewelry, shown here jumbled together!  :-)
http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71326.html

Jim




Daniel Ridings wrote:

> And my wife is stressing me up to return the favor (she was my driver
> yesterday):
> 
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71326.html
> 
> The roads looked like this:
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71307.html
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71316.html
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71311.html
> 
> 
> So this will be brief. All b/w rectangle a Leica M2 50 or 35. All squares
> with a Rolleiflex 3.5E and all color with the Canon Powershot A70 that I
> borrowed from my daughter. A kind of minimalist outing. It rained (not
> drizzled) all day.
> 
> Olof Sk?tkonung was the first king to be baptized in 1012. We can't really
> say "Swedish" king ... he, like all the others, were more or less puny
> punks. He did reign over Svealand and G?taland, but when he allowed
> himself to be baptized, trouble started and he ended up being an even
> punier punk. This is the spring:
> 
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71314.html
> 
> It was covered up for a while (reminded the Luterhans too much of the
> Catholic days) but the rubble is now removed.
> 
> He was baptized by Bishop Sigfrid, Bishop of V?xj?, but originally from
> York. You can still see the Celtic bakground in the old gravestones.
> 
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71336.html
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71306.html
> 
> These churches are old (most from the 1100's) and you can still find the
> borderline between heather and Christian. This rune stone is in the
> graveyard as such a reminder:
> 
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71312.html
> 
> And next to the church is a "mound", heather burial place. It's 70 meters
> in diameter. No big thing really, just a mound (man made) with cow poop on
> top.
> 
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71320.html
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71323.html
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71322.html
> 
> Sk?tkonung donated goods to the church. It was built in the 1100's:
> 
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71325.html
> 
> The two candles to the left were put there by my wife and I, for our
> fathers, I would think. Mine was ... you don't talk about it. You light
> one in silent prayer.
> 
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71327.html
> 
> These churches are still being used (by the dwindling Christian
> population and Easter and Christmas Christians):
> 
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71338.html
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71339.html
> http://www.rollei-gallery.net/ridings/image-71340.html
> 
> And now I can tell you no more. She's back, and I have to go.
> 
> I was fascinated by old stones from the 1600 and 1700's, paintings from
> the 1600's, stuff like that ... anything to get out of the house ... which
> I imperatively must do now ...
> 
> Best,
> Daniel
>