Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful shot, Barney. Thanks for sharing. My wife and I have flowers and flowering shrubs in our yard that were brought from the homes where we grew up. They bring back the pleasant memories from long ago. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barney Quinn" <bjq1@mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 7:25 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG Sunday Flower > > > I saw this Hydrangea coming back from my cello lesson Saturday morning. > It is growing in my teacher Matt's back yard, next to his studio. I > didn't have a camera with me and I was carrying my cello so there wasn't > anything I could do at the moment. Later that day I called Matt and asked > if I could come over and photograph it. Here is the result. Hydrangea > always reminds me of my Grandfather's house on Harrison Ave. in Mineola, > NY. He had a huge Hydrangea tree in the front yard and in the back he had > a Rose Garden, a Grape Arbor, and a real Apple tree. It was serene. I was > happy there as a child. > > Hydrangea has the power to bring back memories for me, and to make me > sad. My Grandfather's house and garden were sold and turned into > pandominiums long, long ago. I use the flowers which I photograph as a > clock to mark the passing of the year and of the seasons. By the time you > get to Hydrangeas it's very late in the season and the end of high > summer, although not here yet, is clearly in sight. My sister Evelyn died > long years ago. One Easter she gave me a Hydrangea as a gift. She loved > flowers. She was always pressing them in books and trying to preserve > them in one way or another. Hydrangea always reminds me of her. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Hydrangea.jpg.html > > Comments and criticisms welcome > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >