Good to hear from you Cesar. And a happy new year to you and yours as well. I enjoyed the pic. A pretty scene, and it beats the heck out of the cold and snow of Michigan. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Cesar Matamoros II <[email protected]> > Greetings to the list, > > First, I must apologize to the list for being quiet for so long. But > then again my silence may not be not be a bad thing :-) I have had too > much going on personally that I have had to sacrifice my time 'on the > list'. And though it may be a celebratory time this post is not > influenced by my partaking on some 2002 Gannon Cabernet Sauvignon. > > Ere I forget, Happy New Year! > > I am just getting back from spending New Year's Eve with my parents and > an aunt. We celebrated the New Year in two USA time zones - one for the > east coast [New York City - where I am from and where my parents began > their life in the USA], and one for the central time zone where we are > geographically located. We did end the night 'culturally' by having > tamales and coffee. It brings back many memories from my childhood. I > did miss out on torrijas though :-( > > I have no pictures to post yet - though I did take quite a few on the > 31st. I will go out to take some shots this New Year. I will be taking > them digitally [*ist D] along with medium format [Pentax 67] and > possibly 35mm [LX or Leica M3 or IIIf]. It has been too long since I > have taken a 35mm shot :-( I am sure I will bore you with the digital > shots soon enough... > I just remembered - I have the 645 format that I can shoot in too! Too > many cameras, too little time :-P > > Tonight I was made aware of the importance of family - this was > reinforced by a list member who repeatedly poked me to get in touch. I > will not mention them by name, but suffice it to say that this list > seems to be a grounding of sorts for me. I must say that I am blessed > not only by my family by 'blood' but by the family that is this list. I > must admit that I have come across a few 'families' in my meanderings. > And I must reiterate that this list is a 'family'. And the most recent > goings on has reinforced this along with my history with the list. And > I will not even go into to Grandfather Mountain. > > It is amazing how we, as human beings, react to 'arbitrary' conditions > like the New Year as opposed to solstices and such. > It seems that even after a time away, all I need to do is to contact > this list and I get a grand welcome and in a sense an appreciated > 'hug'. I have to thank you all for this. > > I am too alert to go to bed so I turn to the list to speak my piece. No > matter how we may feel we know we can turn to this list. > > I do have a shot now more or less ready to present to the list: > http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/583584/display/15480044 > is a shot I took before 2008 expired. It is not a great shot, but does > document where I was and when... > > Good light and working tools, > > César > Panama City, Florida > > -- > 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.
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