Thanks for all that, Christine. Moving words. Jack
--- On Sun, 11/8/09, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Lake Tahoe Grabs > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 8:30 PM > Hi Jack: > > Mark Twain loved Lake Tahoe. When seeing Lake Como > during his European travels, Twain remarked: "It > [Como] certainly is clearer than a great many lakes, but how > dull its waters are compared with the wonderful transparence > of Lake Tahoe! I speak of the north shore of Tahoe, > where one can count the scales of a trout . . . " And > later: "Tahoe for a sea in the clouds; a sea that has > character, and asserts it in solemn calms, at times, at > times in savage storms; a sea, whose royal seclusion is > guarded by a cordon of sentinel peaks that lift their frosty > fronts nine thousand feet above the level world; a sea whose > every aspect is impressive, whose belongings are all > beautiful . . . " > > The above is from he's travel book *Innocents Abroad*; > Twain mentions Lake Tahoe again in his later travel book, > *Roughing It*: "We slept in the sand close to the > water's edge, between two protecting boulders, which took > care of the stormy night-winds for us. . . . While smoking > the pipe of peace after breakfast we watched the sentinel > peaks put on the glory of the sun, and followed the > conquering light as it swept down among the shadows, and set > the captive crags and forests free. We watched the > tinted pictures grow and brighten upon the water till every > little detail of forest, precipice and pinnacle was wrought > in and finished, and the miracle of the enchanter > complete." > > > Lovely photographs, Jack! > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 5:49 PM > Subject: PESO: Lake Tahoe Grabs > > > > Wife and I took a drive to 6000 ft elevation Lake > Tahoe (CA) today to get some fall air, see what leaves might > be hanging on and do lunch. Prox 225 miles round trip. > > Shot these near Crystal Bay, one of the remaining all > too few "natural" areas. Fairly straight forward stuff. > > No fall elements. > > > > Comments enthusiastically welcomed. > > > > Jack > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=445 > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=446 > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=447 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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.
