Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A lovely tradition. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Nov 11, 2012, at 6:18 PM, H&E Cummer wrote: > Hello Luggers, > There is a lovely tradition of Remembrance on Pender Island. In the > evening before Remembrance Day each soldier's grave in the Pender Island > cemetery is illuminated by a candle and while a Piper plays people come to > pay their respects to the fallen. Last night was cold (0 degrees C) and > the Piper had to stop from time to time to warm his hands and the Pipes. > Despite the cold people came and walked silently among the candle lit > crosses under a clear brilliantly starry sky. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Remembrance/ > > http://tinyurl.com/acs7ahp > > A moment for reflection and to remember. I always think of my brother > Franklin who was lost, at the age of 22, over Stuttgart, piloting the lead > Lancaster of Canadian squadron 405 of Vancouver, in January of 1945. > Thanks Frank. > Howard (cold on Pender this Remembrance Day morning) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >