Most are way below. Witness Detroit mayor Kwami. Enough said. Ken, Mark, Bill Sawyer and myself are the rare exceptions. And I'm not sure about me. Paul
On May 6, 2008, at 7:26 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > All below? Sad... :-P > > Cory Waters wrote: >> I'm sorry Ken but there are no average Michiganders. >> >> Cory >> >> >> Ken Waller wrote: >> >>> Paul, I bet that the average Michigander has no idea it's a state >>> flower, >>> much less an endangered plant. >>> >>> Kenneth Waller >>> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:33 AM >>> Subject: Re: PESO: Michigan's State Flower >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Thanks David. Yes, I suspect they yield to highways in Michigan as >>>> well. Not to mention landscapers. The company that "did" my >>>> neighbors >>>> yard wiped out a bunch of them, despite the fact that I pointed >>>> them >>>> out. Overzealous homeowners also kill them by raking away the >>>> leaves >>>> from under trees. Trillium loves a nice thick blanket of decaying >>>> leaves. >>>> Paul >>>> On May 6, 2008, at 10:58 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Great shot. The back ground is very nice. >>>>> >>>>> Good a crisp shot. >>>>> >>>>> This is Ontario's flower and is protected to, unless they are >>>>> growing >>>>> in the path of a highway extension, then they are goner's. >>>>> >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Paul Stenquist >>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> It's both our state flower and an endangered species in these >>>>>> parts. >>>>>> The latter protection was put in place to discourage commercial >>>>>> operations that were digging up plants in the wilderness. I have >>>>>> about thirty plants on my property, and I photograph one or more >>>>>> every year. Today's effort was made with the K20D and the >>>>>> Vivitar >>>>>> Series 1 90/2.5 macro: >>>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7234027&size=lg >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> >> > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
