Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 28, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Aram Langhans wrote: > Remember a few weeks ago when I posted the photo of the flower in the > gutter. I called it Survivor. > Here he/she (most flowers are both male and female) is for another > look. > http://tinyurl.com/62c4xm in all her glory. Survivor was doing > great the > past few weeks. Weather has been getting cooler, a few rain storms, > and of > course the neighbors walking by (or riding bikes in our case) were > sparing > some water for him/her. > > Well, today survivor met the street sweeper. Needless to say, a > street > sweeper is stronger than a poor gutter plant. Survivor was stripped > of all > his/her beautiful blossoms. http://tinyurl.com/6locg7 I don't > think there > is enough growing season left for him/her to make a comeback. And I > won't > be around long enough to find out, as I'll be heading out Tuesday > for about > 2 months to drive the Oregon and California coasts, then head back > through > Utah to see canyons and arches before heading across Utah, Nevada and > California to end up in Yosemite for some fall colors. Poor > survivor will > have to make it on his/her own. Until then, we will stop on our > bike ride > and encourage survivor on. Fight the good fight until winter comes. it appears the urls are reversed Aram...but a very nice pair... and what a fantastic bike ride...good luck , godspeed...all that on a bike, we will be calling you survivor, Steve > > > Aram > > > Aram Langhans > Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin > himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.11/1639 - Release Date: > 8/28/2008 > 7:39 AM > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information