[Leica] Friday Flowers SonC

[bjq1 at mac.com (Barney Quinn)]

Really nice. I think that the rain drops really make it.

Barney

On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> I slept really well last night, and when it was time to get up, I  
> looked out
> the window and it was still dark and rainy.   Tempted to call in to  
> the
> office and mumble some lame excuse so I could climb back in the  
> still-warm
> covers; Alas, I remembered that I had not shot your Friday Flowers,  
> so I
> dressed for work.
>
> I went in and checked email, whereupon Buddy the Cat jumped in my  
> lap for a
> pet-fest.  You can't imagine how rare that is.  He usually  
> considers that I
> am only good for opening cat food and doors.  He usually gives his
> opportunities to Kathy, but she's out of town, so, I guess it was  
> any port
> in a storm.  It was hard to leave my comfortable chair with a warm,  
> loving
> cat purring in my lap.
>
> I remembered that I had some azaleas still in the camera from last  
> week that
> I did not use, and thought, "They would never know."
>
> As I left the house I looked across at Adreen's garden, and felt  
> guilty, so
> I walked over. Her flowers were mostly hanging low from the heavy  
> rains.
>
> I drove to work and pulled into the parking lot.  The little dell  
> below our
> building was awash in white blooms, as the several dogwood trees  
> had popped
> last night.   I took the camera over and made this exposure:
>
> http://www.sonc.com/friday_march_13_2009.htm
>
> So that's the story behind how you got fresh flowers this morning  
> despite my
> wish to remain under the warm covers.
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>
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