Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How about Dear Ted? I feel the same as you. We have made it through another year and are still chugging along taking photos and looking for the light. I walked for miles today through a flea market looking for photos. It was great fun and maybe I got something and maybe I didn't but I was out there trying! No, I have never had the slightest desire to smoke. My parents were both chain smokers and I grew up breathing in all of that disgusting smoke in closed cars and having all of my clothes smell like smoke. I grew up never to put one in my mouth, but my sister grew up as a chain smoker. Who knows why!! Her health is suffering greatly now and she is three years younger than I am. I wish I could say that none of my kids smoked but they all have at one time or another and the youngest is still hooked even though she can't afford it. I don't see how it could be worth cutting off years of healthy, productive life! Keep shooting and keep healthy and we'll all be around next year at this time wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Lots of love, Tina On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > As 2014 slowly shuts down. A reminisce? > > Well I was going to complain about the aches and pains of supposedly > growing, I was going to say "OLD!" But that's a word for "OLD PEOPLE!" > Usually those who have no young thoughts, nor young of heart! Hell many of > them were old at 14 and never got over it! :-( > > However we, many of the crew, are young of heart and thought. Still get the > aches and pains, WHY? Well in many cases derived from our youthful > travelling through a time capsule capturing magical moments of the folks of > the world. Or some other youthful, but crazy things we did because we were > young enjoying every moment... sometimes in a bit of a, shall we say? > Reckless dare devil fashion, led not by brain power. But "Why not? Lets do > it!:-) What the hell?" :-) A wonderful attitude! Although it can.... get > you killed! :-) > > And there's nothing these days worse than a Monday when you awake thinking > it's Saturday and the weekend to do nothing! As for photographers > "working?" > That word isn't in our vocabulary! Work is moving concrete blocks! Not what > we did and do, although in a slower motion kind of way these days, "making > happy snaps!" And people were pleased to pay for our youthful efforts!!" > :-) > > But when I'm in a state of aches, pains, Tylenol and pain killers of sorts > I > don't think bad and say... "Damn you were stupid and not careful and you > shouldn't have done the following: > > 1/Driven Stock cars and had those crashes! > 2/Driven Sprint cars and had those crashes! > 3/Had those two icy road crashes and roll over's in the winter! > 4/The helicopter ride, cabin filled with smoke dropping like a fast falling > brick to the arctic ice at 50 below zero!! > 5/Thrown out of the speed boat as the last image of the assignment > "CLICKED!". > 6/Being hit by three football defensemen on the sideline at the same time > with the ball carrier! > 7/The two ski equipped airplane crash landings on the arctic ice in two > days. > 8/Hit by a flying wheel off a stock car while shooting from the infield. > 9/The not perfect landing on my first and only solo parachute jump at 65 > years! > > And there's probably a couple more things in there all in the name of being > a photojournalist! :-) OR LOVABLY CRAZY! :-) > > But you know what? I wouldn't change any of it for one second! Other than > trying to be home when my children and dear wife Irene had birthdays or > special events or "other growing-up things when I should have been there." > :-( > > And Tina? Apart from us both being photographers? We have one other thing > in > common. We never smoked! My tiny mother gave me an option I never > challenged.... "If you smoke like your father I will kill you!" Seemed a > reasonable reason not to smoke. So I never did. :-) > Some days it... "the body" some place or other hurts and aches like the > devil. Then I think about my incredible life and say to myself about the > aches and pains! "GET OVER IT!" They're just the trophies of a great life! > :-) > > And as this year 2014 draws to a close I wish the LUG CREW and your > families > a wonderful New Year 2015 with a million great photo exposures with your > Leica's! OR? Whatever? ;-) > > MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015 > > ted, Dr. ted, Uncle ted.... whatever? :-) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html