Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I await anxiously ric On Sep 18, 2005, at 2:31 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Thanks, Ric. I have more, and I'll be going back under various weather > conditions, but I'm packing for Oslo now and short on time. > > The place was a quarry for cobble-stones (square granite stones that a > lot of streets were paved in before asphalt came). It was worked from > the end of the 1800's until 1936. Activities just stopped, and there > is still a few blocks waiting at the harbor to be shipped. It's an > interesting place. > > There are also quite a few inscriptions in the granite, like > gravestone inscriptions. I've seen something similar further south and > then it's been markers for sailors who washed up onto the shore; like > a grave marker. > > I'm not sure if they are here. Most date from 1916. It sounds like a > boat went down. > > I'll do more ... > > Best, > Daniel > > On 9/18/05, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: > >> What a beautiful place. >> >> I'd love to see more. >> >> Ric Carter >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies >> >> >> On Sep 18, 2005, at 2:17 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >> >> >>> One of those slow weeks. I'm not complaining. I need a couple of >>> them. >>> >>> The main is of my kids, beware: >>> >>> http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/37.html >>> >>> Ewa, my wife, and I took a walk this afternoon at "Smithska Udden" >>> (out by the sea). Even here, as in other places on the west coast of >>> Sweden, the trees take a beating from the >>> wind: >>> >>> http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/37alt1.html >>> >>> And you can tell that it is close to the city: >>> >>> http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/37alt2.html >>> >>> The last two are with a Rolleiflex T. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >