Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Remember a few weeks ago when I posted the photo of the flower in the gutter. I called it Survivor. Here he/she (most flowers are both male and female) is for another look. http://tinyurl.com/62c4xm in all her glory. Survivor was doing great the past few weeks. Weather has been getting cooler, a few rain storms, and of course the neighbors walking by (or riding bikes in our case) were sparing some water for him/her. Well, today survivor met the street sweeper. Needless to say, a street sweeper is stronger than a poor gutter plant. Survivor was stripped of all his/her beautiful blossoms. http://tinyurl.com/6locg7 I don't think there is enough growing season left for him/her to make a comeback. And I won't be around long enough to find out, as I'll be heading out Tuesday for about 2 months to drive the Oregon and California coasts, then head back through Utah to see canyons and arches before heading across Utah, Nevada and California to end up in Yosemite for some fall colors. Poor survivor will have to make it on his/her own. Until then, we will stop on our bike ride and encourage survivor on. Fight the good fight until winter comes. Aram Aram Langhans Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.11/1639 - Release Date: 8/28/2008 7:39 AM