sorry to hear about your mother Larry. my condolences... On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:35:23 -0700 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote:
> The good news is that I’ll be driving up to the Oregon coast > tomorrow, a place that I’ve found very rich in photographic > opportunities. > > The fraught news is that I’m doing so to bury my mother who passed > away this morning. She was 90 years old, and over the past few years > there was less and less of her there. In short she had a critical > case of time to go. My emotions are a mixture of pain and relief, > but I’ve basically said goodbye for the last time every time I’ve > seen her for the past four years. > > I also got fired today. I’ve been hating my job more every day for a > while now, so this also isn’t entirely bad news. Finances may get a > bit tricky for a bit, but with luck I’ll be able to get a new job > that is actually in my career. Even light construction is nowhere > near as much fun at 60 as framing houses was when I was 20. > > One bit of unequivocal good news, my Pentax 18-270 lens arrived > today. It’s been a bit awkward carrying both the 16-50 and the > 55-300 on my bike, plus I’d invariably have the wrong lens mounted > for whatever photo presented itself. A few days ago I found it on > Ebay for $200 and I decided that buying it would be one of my better > mistakes this week. We’ll see how the IQ works out. If it is as > good as my Tamron 18-250 was it should definitely be adequate. I do > wish it were weather sealed, but I’m less likely to ride my bike in > the rain. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
