The opening sentence reminded me of the one and only big snowfall we
experienced in metro Vancouver, BC. Three feet [that's 36"] of the white
stuff on the night of 31 Dec 1996 and our street didn't see a snow plough in
7 days. Vancouver had two snow ploughs at the time and the city of Victoria,
BC didn't have a single one!
The good news today ........................ the 21st December '08. The days
are getting longer and nights shorter ! Smile !
jh
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From: <usher99@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 7:09 PM
Subject: [OM] Now that all is white
> Well the first and now second big snow is here as well as the first two
> plowing bills. Twelve inches yesterday and another 6 today---turning
> to sleet now. The garden seems like a distant memory but here is some
> color:
>
> http://www.zoto.com/gordon9213/albums/16727/
>
>
>
> OM2 or 4T Kod 100 UC or 160VC, Z 135 F4 macro Viv S1 90mm, CV
> 125/2.5 macro (Big Foot)
>
> The Monarch shot was at dusk --spotted by Marnie. This is my first 1
> sec exposure live critter shot as he barely moved at the 48 deg F temp
> in mid Nov. Manual fill flash was used. Thought Dr. Flash might like
> that even if he doesn't care for the image. Rarely get a chance to
> get out my table of light lost from extension. Went back to check in
> the AM and he was still there. I feared he was on the no fly list to
> Mexico. I set up with a longer lens to simplify the background but the
> sun warmed him a bit and he took off before any more exposures.
> I missed a potentially very nice shot of a red-spotted purple on our
> Rudbeckia but I was pleased to get a couple shots off with the Sulphur.
>
> Any comments, pointers appreciated.
>
> Note: Zoto seems cranky again-only seems to work with IE7 and not
> Firefox since the last update a week or two ago. I had all my galleries
> zipped and ready to transfer and it started to behave so I sat on it as
> there is already more than I can do in a given day.
> Oh well.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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