Some nice shots in the Gallery Ann. Makes me feel like I was there. Sorry to hear about the rest, except the K10D shooter, that's not so bad...
ann sanfedele wrote: > Friday, June 29th - wallet stolen > the good news: only one credit card, one debit card and $6 cash in > it... got the > cards stopped before anyone used them... > > bad news - getting my metro pass was a PITA... losing some personal > stuff was > sad > > Saturday: The real memorial event for my friend Nora - > Thought I was shooting mostly for myself - but actually the family once > again wanted certain specific > things so the gallery is a bit of stuff I'm proud of and a bit of stuff > I had to put in because it was > necessary documentation.... > > This was a truly wonderful event and tribute and had an air of > celebration for a life fully lived... > here is the link to that gallery > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/3085692 > > > A side light to the event was that the exhusband of Nora's older > daughter had a K10D. I had not > seen him in years but certainly knew him back then and stayed at his > home when it was Alices home, too. > > I mention PDML -- he says he lurks and never has posted... I beseached > him to post something from the > weekend. We shall see if he does :) :) > > During the week I find out that two local establishments have closed > taht wer dear to the neighborhood. > a tiny meat market less than a block from me and a rather well known > Polish restaurant called Teresa's. > > Then there is the ebay nightmare... > 1st I sell the Canon EOS film camera and get stiffed on it -- guy never > even answers my email - > then I try to get my final value fee and click on the wrong button which > nullifies my refund (I've > already sent email off about that) and THEN I relist the thing and get > a phony bid - one more > from across the big pond.... a phony paypal for a larger amoung than the > camera - you know the drill. > > Finally, the guy who I designed the book cover for months ago called.... > he wants to totally redo the front cover. > It's too busy. Mind you, although a lot of folk thought it looked > terrific, I have to confess I thought it > too busy and confusing and I've never really liked his book title > either... > > I wish I could talk him out of the idea of a guy with a gold walking > stick walking in the woods and > running into a big boulder... everything is always a rush, of > course... I did the BACK cover over 3 times > and that involved virtually no graphics - just text changes. > > It is an op for making some more money but I find it hard to wrap my > creative brain around his concept. Sigh. > > all of this is eclipsed by the unexpected passing of another person - > the older sister of one of my very closest friends. > So I'm kinda a mess > > ann > > > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

