Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hang in there, Larry! Tomorrow is the first of March. ;-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 6:22 PM Subject: [Leica] Snowstorm >I envy those who can post pictures of Friday Flowers in the winter. This is > the best that I can do. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Artificial+sunflower+in+snow.JPG.html > > The snowstorm that hit the US northeast last week was the most devastating > one in years. We have had higher snows but none quite so wet and heavy. > The > wet snow took down trees and powerlines all over the area. Our electric > company estimates that 250,000 households were without power. It caused > more > damage any storm I can remember. Of course my memory isn't what it used to > be. New York City escaped the brunt of the snow. Only 18" in Central Park. > But in the Hudson Valley we had more than 30" of wet, heavy, white stuff. > Here is a snap of our front porch a couple of hours into the storm. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Front+porch.JPG.html > > It even froze out faithful watchdog solid. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Frozen+ceramic+poodle.JPG.html > > The view out back is lovely but a lot of those beautiful branches came > down. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Back+yard_001.JPG.html > > > But in only three months we will have real flowers if the deer don't eat > them first. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >