Nice. May it ever bloom, Nathan.
Charlie
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 3:35 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Most of you know the story: when my mother died in 2001, I drove back from
> Copenhagen to Zurich (where I was living at the time) with her favourite
> cactus. It lived with us in Zurich, moved with us to the Netherlands in
> 2003 and again to Spain in 2007. During all the moves, I did not entrust it
> to the moving company; instead, I drove it to its new home myself,
> including a 2-day, 2100 km drive from the Netherlands to Spain.
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> After we settled in Spain, the cactus started flowering a couple of times
> a year. Clearly, it likes the sub-tropical climate of Alicante.
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> Last year, we bought a house (we had been renting until now) a few km
> north, close to the beach. The cactus of course moved with us, but it did
> not seem to thrive that well, perhaps because there was enough sunlight in
> the spot where I had placed it. A few weeks ago my wife moved it to a spot
> that gets more sustained sunshine, an voila—this week it rewarded us. Not
> only that, but the flowers open on Sunday, which was Mothers Day here in
> Spain—how fitting!
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> As an added bonus for the Leica list, both photos are 100% Leica, M8 with
> 90mm Tele Elmarit:
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> This was taken on 4th May, actually:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-5FFFnLL/A
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> And the opening on 5th May:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fJsr72J/A
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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