Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas You have some happy memories there to be looked back on in later days. I particularly like ?Brussels Bus Stop? and the echo of the blue shoes in the denim jeans, but that is just selecting one from the many. I often think of you and Geraldine, and it is a very tough road to travel my friend but you savour every good moment which enables you to get through the bad ones. My thoughts are with you as I know it is not easy, and others who have not been there will never understand. Kindest good wishes to you both, Gerry > On 2 May 2016, at 22:20, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information