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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 19:44:14 -0500
References: <FD934C0008924792ABE927AD9F38A0ED@Family> <b9a554fc-1548-c592-92ac-c330015d3a50@lighttube.net>

+1

a note off the iPad, George

On May 2, 2016, at 7:14 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Douglas, you are giving Nathan a lot of competition here.  Very nice 
> images, and your wife looks lovely.  Don't sell yourself short.  You 
> documented your travels quite nicely. :-)
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
>> On 5/2/2016 4:20 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>> A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I went to Belgium to visit my son who 
>> is working there. Since she was diagnosed with terminal cancer in August 
>> 2012, it was been very up and down, and, despite planning many trips, 
>> they've inevitably ended in cancellation just before the off. However, on 
>> this occasion, we made it, and despite having to change rooms three times 
>> due to issues in the Radisson Blu hotel in Brussels, enjoyed the break, 
>> and got to see Brussels, Bruges, and Ghent.
>> 
>> I was very glad that Geraldine got the break as treatment has been 
>> somewhat difficult, and, with many of her fellow patients succumbing to 
>> the inevitable over the years, it has been hard both physically and 
>> emotionally. Even today I got a call to say that one of my school 
>> classmates died on Saturday from cancer. He and Geraldine were attending 
>> the same treatment sessions at Vincent's Hospital, so it was difficult.
>> 
>> While Belgium definitely wasn't a photographic holiday as I had other 
>> priorities, I took my Fuji X100S and the inevitable iPhone in my pocket 
>> with me and took some snaps. Here's 60 of them, starting here 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Belgium+Apr16/B4.jpg.html 
>> and working to the right. Any with the label Fuji are taken with the 
>> X100S and the unmarked ones are iPhone 5S.
>> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip)