Graham,
As usual I enjoyed your pictures and narrative. Especially liked the gent
on the penny farthing (bone shaker) bicycle. He may be out of costume, but
has the perfect demeanor. The 'bone shaker' has figured into a couple of
episodes of Deadwood that has been discussed on the list recently. From our
recent meeting in the Shires I can appreciate your pictures that much more.
A few miles south of here Laguna Beach is having some major earth slippage
and landslides. Quite a few homes have been destroyed. Heavy rains have
soaked this area causing the hillsides to become unstable. Now it is
teaming with news coverage. When things quiet down in a few days I'll try
and take a few shots. Laguna Beach is not only a lovely place to live when
there is no ongoing disaster, but a major tourist destination.
Martin
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From: "GeeBee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OM List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:19 PM
Subject: [OM] Odd Day Out
>
> I'm driving on a back lane when around a bend in the distance I can see
this
> chap over the hedge heading my way. My first thought was that he was a
> little high for a cyclist so I reasoned that he must be on horseback.
> Nothing unusual in that except that his movement is not consistent with a
> horse rider. As we close on each other the bend between us disappears and
I
> get a good look at him as we pass. Was a time I would have just kept on
> going but ever mindful of the fact that I need 'fuel' for the web site I
> turn the car around at the first opportunity and go back, eventually pass
> him (he was going surprisingly fast), put some distance between us, park
and
> then wait for him to approach. I take a shot.
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_01.htm
>
>
>
> I resumed my journey and went back to soaking up the rustic splendour that
> is Northamptonshire in the month of May. Scenes more in keeping with what
> one expects to find in the English countryside. Rolling green hills,
> hedgerows in blossom giving off fine fragrances and giving added peace to
> the scene our farm animals grazing and lazing in the fields. A herd of
> cattle, a flock of sheep with this years lambs, already almost as big as
> their mothers, horses in a paddock, ALPACAS! I suppose they could be
llamas
> but I'm guessing these are being bred for their fur not for their spit.
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_02.htm
>
>
> Sometimes the 'typical' English countryside can turn into Alice in
> Wonderland before your very eyes. I'm thinking what else does
> Northamptonshire have to offer by way of bizarre photo opportunities. A
bird
> as big as a Buick perhaps?.....
> .........Yeah right.
> I move over to the left, the bird follows me. I move over to the right and
> again the bird tracks my movements. The wings are fanned and the head
pivots
> from the base of neck in a large circle. I am uncertain as to whether the
> display is to warn me off or because the ostrich fancies me.
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_03.htm
>
>
> Whatever it is the display gets ever more frantic and noting the look on
the
> birds face I decide to leave before the display reaches a climax (no pun
> intended). I have no wish to be attacked or, perish the thought, worse. If
I
> am surprised to see an ostrich in Northamptonshire imagine the local fox
> when he sees the worlds' biggest egg. The sheer joy of it. Just before a
> foot, the size of a catchers' mitt, powered by the worlds' biggest
drumstick
> hits him in the side of the head. Strange place the English countryside.
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/Walks/Odd_day/odd_day_04.htm
>
>
>
> The whole thing and others here:
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/words_and_pictures.html
>
>
>
> Graham
> http://geebeephoto.com
>
>
>
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