Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 26 nov. 09 ? 22:28, Geoff Hopkinson a ?crit : > Thanks for looking everyone. > > Mark, yes they have VERY blue tongues which they display when they are > distressed. Naturally I didn't want to annoy him just for the photo op > however spectacular. > Jim, they can live I think even 30 years and some some people > befriend them > as pets. They are great tto remove pests from your garden, like > snails. I beg to differ Snails are good Excellent, just ask me. You must have some as soon as you come over next Spring > > Nathan they are not poisonous and I wanted to ensure that our terriers > didn't harm him, of course. Its in their DNA to dig and hunt (the > Border > Terriers). Pity help any beetle that strays into the house. I've > even seen > them bark at tomatoes and small rocks. > Philippe, absolutely true that the sprinkler stem distracts. It is > 12cm high > so it gives some scale I guess! I juggled herding two dogs away as > he then > retreated so I never got more shots I wanted. Now I know his closest > hiding > place anyway. He has lived here for a long time. Under our pool deck > there > are probably subterranean passages to all over the planet, for all I > know. If he comes back wearing a saucy beret and carrying baguettes, > I'll > know where he has been. Just follow him when he goes under, I'm waiting for you Geoff. And I mean it. Give doggies a pat from me, good on them they preserved it for our enjoyment. Thanks for sharing what is exotic to me. Amiti?s Philippe > > 2009/11/27 philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > >> Hi Sir Geoff! >> >> I'd have had it into a Luigi thing for me cam old chap, >> what an idea to take a picture when you could have saved so much ... >> (compulsory wink) >> I love the shot in fact - and you're such a cool guy to think of >> dogs and >> try to preserve it from mischief. >> >> As to the photograph, but here you most certainly had no choice, >> I'd have >> waited for it to move so that this, is it a sprinkler? - thing was >> out of >> the way - I know we don't always have time to think twice though... >> Very good take. >> >> Amiti?s de lizzardless Metz >> >> Philippe >> >> >> Le 26 nov. 09 ? 21:53, Ric Carter a ?crit : >> >> >> a cute guy >>> >>> ric >>> >>> On Nov 26, 2009, at 4:09 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >>> >>> I met this fellow again outside our back door today. Our Border >>> Terriers >>>> needed to be bribed and distracted immediately >>>> http://www.pbase.com/image/119743235 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers >>>> Geoff >>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information