[Leica] Monday Misc.

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

I am impressed with the last image.? You nailed the focus.

On 2/24/20 5:31 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Greetings to all.  This week will be a little eclectic.  The first image is
> from a book signing.  The subject is Earl Campbell, possibly the best
> running back in American football ever.  However, the book is mostly how
> his talent broke the color line in Texas collegiate football.  I attended
> several games where Earl played; his ability to keep moving downfield
> despite carrying multiple defending players is legendary:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Earl.jpg.html
>
> The next image is about land grants colleges.  In the 19th century land
> inside states was set aside to support colleges from the rents extracted
> from the dedicated land.  The University of Texas happens to have most of
> the Permian basin as its' grant.  Austin thrived in the Depression years
> because oil from the Permian basin kept construction going at UT:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Because+Permian+basin.jpg.html
>
> Located about two blocks from the Texas capital and five blocks from UT is
> the Texas Chili Parlor.  What can I say about my neighbors taste in bars:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Teexas+Chili+parlor.jpg.html
>
> Last, I went to a reward ceremony for volunteers at a equine therapy
> facility just outside of Austin; about four miles from the airport.  The
> man speaking is the husband of the owner speaking to the volunteers about
> how many more hours they volunteered in 2019:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/You.jpg.html
>
> For Lluis the last one is the Canon 0.95 just off wide open.
>
> All the best.
>
-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA