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Subject: [Leica] Ashby to Ashuelot, MA in Infrared
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:30:30 -0500
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Jim,

Here is a scan of a family snapshot, from the late 1930s, showing the 
covered bridge over James Creek, south of Aberdeen, Monroe County, 
Mississippi.

I'm the young fellow in the front row.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Covered+Bridge+in+Mississippi.jpg.html

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hemenway" <jim at hemenway.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Ashby to Ashuelot, MA in Infrared


> AND Alabama?
>
> Whoda guessed there would be so many...
>
> Kyle should do a book, Unarmed Covered Bridges all over America.
>
> Thanks for looking Tina. The last one seems serene to me, almost as if 
> it's waiting for something to happen
>
> Thursday is supposed to be sunny and clear here.  I think that at this 
> time of year that forecast takes on a whole different meaning up here than 
> it does in the very southern states.
>
> At any rate, if it is a nice day, then I'm going to bring the R8 and the 
> 11x14 out to Ashuelot, about 90 miles, to take some shots of the abandoned 
> railroad station.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On 10/8/12 10:05 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> We had covered bridges in Alabama, too.  Love the infrared.  My favorite 
>> is
>> the last one.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Jim Hemenway<jim at hemenway.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jim:
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking.
>>>
>>> i wasn't aware of any covered bridges as far south as Mississippi, 
>>> having
>>> been told years ago that they existed to protect their underpinnings 
>>> from
>>> snow.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/7/12 10:12 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ashuelot Covered Bridge does it for me, Jim.  I have always had a soft
>>>> spot for covered bridges.  I grew up about a mile south of one, in
>>>> Mississippi. My great-grandfather, a Connecticut Yankee, came to
>>>> Mississippi before the Civil War and built bridges and other things.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hemenway"<jim at hemenway.com>
>>>> To: "LUG"<lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 8:46 PM
>>>> Subject: [Leica] Ashby to Ashuelot, MA in Infrared
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Tomorrow is Columbus Day and it's especially observed here in New
>>>>> England. The Leaf Peepers are everywhere and a lot of mountains get
>>>>> climbed. Mount Monadic looks like the Sermon on the Mount by mid day. 
>>>>> It's
>>>>> said to be the second most climbed in the world after Mount Fuji.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm still catching up on doing a years+ worth of scanning and working 
>>>>> my
>>>>> raw files.
>>>>>
>>>>> So here's some of my photos from Columbus day a ago for your viewing
>>>>> pleasure.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.half-fast.com/**10082011-Ashby-Ashuelot-ISDS-**IR/<http://www.half-fast.com/10082011-Ashby-Ashuelot-ISDS-IR/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim
>>>>>
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