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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Crane fly (bottoms up)
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:48:01 +0200
References: <4E1BBF12.4000608@halcyon.com> <CA420BDE.11BFE%mark@rabinergroup.com> <CA+yJO1Ddv7Z_y4jsjs-f1pugYLfUqTZ-sa1v2Gj8kw7ZgZ_BTQ@mail.gmail.com>

She should grow pot instead then, if there is enough sunshine, if she is 
going to be facing jail anyway--a more lucrative crop :-)

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA







On Jul 12, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> You'd better not live in Oak Park, Michigan, if you want to grow vegetables
> in your front yard instead of a lawn:
> 
> http://www.care2.com/causes/mother-facing-jail-for-growing-veggies.html
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm anti lawn. Took mine out. Now I don't have one here either.
>> We should all take out our lawns and grow vegetables on them. Make salad
>> for
>> dinner.
>> 
>> 
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Larry Bullis <kingfisher at halcyon.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:27:14 -0700
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: [Leica]  IMG: Cranefly (bottoms up)
>>> 
>>> I once had a job to shoot the cranefly and its pupae for a magazine on
>>> the West Coast of the US called Sunset, which (even now) has as one of
>>> its major foci, gardening. The editor explained to me that craneflies
>>> are important pests because the larvae destroy lawns. They eat the
>>> roots. He said "You'll love craneflies". I got that particular job, I
>>> think, because he knew that I didn't have much use for lawns in
>>> residential settings. It's a personal quirk of mine, I guess. I don't
>>> like to mow them, I don't like how much water they consume, and I prefer
>>> things that I can eat. Mostly, I don't like the neighborhood politics
>>> that revolve around them. I could tell stories, I could.
>>> 
>>> A vernacular name for craneflies out here, anyway, is "Mosquito Eaters".
>>> They don't. They eat lawns, as you say, George, "Bottoms up".
>>> 
>>> What I like especially about this image is that it is clear, easy to
>>> read, and perfectly descriptive. If you have ever seen one of these
>>> things, the recognition is immediate.
>>> 
>>> Larry
>>> 
>>> On 7/11/11 6:54 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:
>>>> NIce almost abstract photo. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema On 10-7-2011 23:25,
>>>> George Lottermoser wrote:
>>>>>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5472>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> c&c always welcome
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> George Lottermoser
>>>>>> george at imagist.com
>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
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