Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice!? Reminds me of Marglobe tomatoes that my family raised during the 1930s.? Tomato sandwiches were a favorite during the Great Depression. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/14/2019 1:06 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Yes. A tomato. A problem with my leg has kept me off the bicycle for a > week, so no mountain landscapes, and I do not walk down to the beach in > the morning either; so I have to make do with I have at home. On Sunday my > wife and I walked the 600 meters to the outdoor market, and bought, among > other things, some tomatoes. Tomatoes here in Spain are just a joy. There > are many different kinds, they taste and smell like tomatoes should, and > the ones we buy at this market are organic, often grown by the people from > whom we buy them, picked by virgins by the light of the full moon (well, > maybe that last bit is over the top). So, last night?s dinner of > potato-and-cauliflower soup followed by small steaks with tomatoes sliced > and topped with onion and olive oil had this giant tomato as its > centrepiece. I joked to my wife that it must have been grown near the > nuclear power plan in Tarragona. That plant is more than 300 km away, so I > doubt it, but it was certainly one impressive and photogenic tomato: > > Here, with a Euro coin (a bit larger than a US quarter) for perspective: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-VbMwpLk/A > > And here with a lemon from our own garden, used to season the soup: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-t5cGzGQ/A > > Life?s simple pleasures. > > 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 >