Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Glad to see the cactus is still faithfully performing its duty! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 1:05 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Most of you know the story: when my mother died in 2001, I drove back from > Copenhagen to Zurich (where I was living at the time) with her favourite > cactus. It lived with us in Zurich, moved with us to the Netherlands in > 2003 and again to Spain in 2007. During all the moves, I did not entrust it > to the moving company; instead, I drove it to its new home myself, > including a 2-day, 2100 km drive from the Netherlands to Spain. > > After we settled in Spain, the cactus started flowering a couple of times > a year. Clearly, it likes the sub-tropical climate of Alicante. > > Last year, we bought a house (we had been renting until now) a few km > north, close to the beach. The cactus of course moved with us, but it did > not seem to thrive that well, perhaps because there was enough sunlight in > the spot where I had placed it. A few weeks ago my wife moved it to a spot > that gets more sustained sunshine, an voila?this week it rewarded us. Not > only that, but the flowers open on Sunday, which was Mothers Day here in > Spain?how fitting! > > As an added bonus for the Leica list, both photos are 100% Leica, M8 with > 90mm Tele Elmarit: > > This was taken on 4th May, actually: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-5FFFnLL/A > > And the opening on 5th May: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fJsr72J/A > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information