Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Jim for describing/provoking memories of Berkeley .....well described, I too lived and played there.....1967-1969.... ahhhhh yesssss..... Steve > > Years and years ago, some plants like those came up every year in the > back yard of my rented house in Berserkely, California. > > During the People's Park riots, a group of Alameda County deputies > charged through the yard in an attempt to catch one of the demonstrators > but failed when he scaled the fence... they couldn't, too much gear on > them I guess. Anyway, they noticed the flowers, inspected them and then > left. > > About a week later we were visited by the local police who said that > they were California Poppies and although probably planted legally > several years earlier, weren't legal anymore and had to be removed, > bulbs and all, and given to them. > > Your plants look just like em. > > -- > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > > > Mark Pope wrote: > > > > The digital camera has dug me out of a hole this week. I managed to take > > some shots of our (very) overgrown vegetable patch before it was dug over > > for us. > > > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.pope4/Galleries/PAW/ > > > > Comments, criticisms etc welcome on or off-list as always. > > > > Have a good weekend everyone! > > > > regards > > > > Mark Pope > > Swindon Wilts, UK > > > > http://www.monomagic.co.uk > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/mark-pope > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.pope4/Galleries/PAW/index.htm > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html