It's got a pelican, you can't have everything! -----Original Message----- >From: Ken Waller <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 1, 2009 12:27 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long. > >>I like you photo, but it needs more snow.:-) > >...or a cormorant.... > >Kenneth Waller >http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David J Brooks" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long. > > >Very nicely put Cesar. > >Happy New Year to you and your family as well. > >I like you photo, but it needs more snow.:-) > >Dave > >On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Cesar Matamoros II ><[email protected]> wrote: >> 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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