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Subject: [Leica] IMG: a dreary winter's day by the canal
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:35:23 +1000
References: <4B30D76C.3000404@gmx.de>

Sounds like you need to imbibe something cheerful!
A nice little wintry essay you've shared though.

2009/12/23 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>

> Hi all,
>
> A very soggy, slushy and monochrome day today, lots of snow overnight and
> now its drizzly and thawing.
>
> Our son (21) just buggered off with the car without asking - so guess who
> had to walk along the canal bank to the local supermarket to get some
> coffee!
>
> As if the weather wasn't depressing enough.
>
> If he wasn't over 6ft tall and didn't spend half his time pumping iron, I'd
> probably beat the living daylights out of him when he gets back ;-)
>
> Anyway, I took a camera along, there weren't any colours to speak of, so
> here are some equally dreary B&W shots.
>
> A nice place to sit - in summer
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0566_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> German signposts just make my day - everything's forbidden - and if you
> slip and fall, it's your own fault
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0571_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> The supermarket is at the other end of this bridge - and then some
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0572_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> Barges on their way to Rotterdam
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0572_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> I actually rather like the bow-wave on this one - shot from the bridge
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0577_2_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> Same again - with a quartet of ducks
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0577_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> And again - with 4 different ducks
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0578_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> The 4 ducks again - swimming in a different formation
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0579_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> Nearly home - a barge passing the back of our house
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0583_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> Some berries - thawing quickly
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Hannover/_MG_0587_2_Dec2009.jpg.html
>
> Hope the sun is shining wherever you are
> Douglas
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-- 
Cheers
Geoff
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