"James N. McBride" wrote:
>
> All this talk of spring seems premature. It was 17 below zero here two days
> ago and is supposed to snow tonight. Springtime in the Rockies...ha! /jim
Here in sub-tropical Vancouver [BC, not WA] the spring cherry blossom is
popping out!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of AG Schnozz
> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:17 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Saturday Outing
>
> Well,
>
> We loaded the Jeep with the girls and went for a little
> adventure this afternoon. There is a decent sized man-made lake
> about 20 miles south of us. A couple of years ago I discovered
> jeep trails down in the flood plain. So off we went. The Jeep
> had been hangered for a couple of weeks so it was good getting
> it out of the garage.
>
> On the last hill above the water there was an old abandoned farm
> house. Stop, get out, and take some photos. I'm standing by
> the jeep, OM-2S, 50/3.5 mounted on monopod taking a picture when
> "Farmer Billy Bob" pulls up to investigate what I'm doing. "No
> huttin on my land, boy!" I explain that I'm a freelance
> photographer and I'm only taking pictures. "Where youse work?
> You live in Newton?" He's reading my license plate that
> indicates which county the vehicle is registered in. I explain
> that my day job is working for the phone company. "Dat house
> u'to be over on the utter hill" pointing to a lump about a half
> mile away. Seeing the condition of the house and the
> surrounding trees, I'd say that it was probably moved no less
> than 75 years ago. Even the wood shingles were shot. I ask if
> it was on his land? "Yup. I own a couple of miles of land
> here. Go ahead and pass through that field access there and you
> can get a better shot." I thank him and watch him pull slowly
> away and spit a huge wad out his window. Being careful where to
> step, I mosey back to the jeep to grab my camera bag and tell
> Karen and the girls that I'll be a couple of minutes.
>
> I finish off a half a roll of Fuji 100 print film shooting
> mostly with the polorizer or polorizer/red filter combination
> for B&W printing. Because of the lay of the land, I had to
> change to the 35/2.8. Shot a few more then reloaded with some
> HP5. Went back and got a couple critical shots. Cool stuff,
> I'm looking forward to printing them. Sky was perfectly blue,
> almost wish that there were a couple of clouds to give some
> drama, but I think it will work out just fine.
>
> Almost ready to wrap it up and I'm standing about 100 meters
> inside this field when I here the rattle of the diesel powered
> pickup truck moseying back up the road. Billy Bob slows to a
> crawl, eyeballs my wife and kids in the jeep and gives me an odd
> look. Ok, I'm finished now. I give him a nod and he cruises
> on. Farmer Billy Bob, who owns a few miles of prime Iowa
> farmland is probably worth more than a few million dollars.
>
> For the next hour or so we drove around down in the floodplain
> and through some woods, up and down slopes, around deadwood,
> etc. Stopped and got lots of pictures.
>
> It was a mighty fine day. Winter is almost over. Maybe a sneak
> snowstorm or two, but you could almost smell the blossems.
>
> We definitely had to wash the jeep in Knoxville. The color of
> the jeep was only partially recognizable after crossing a couple
> of muddy sections.
>
> Tom, a certain 35/2.8 got a HUGE workout.
>
> AG-of course it was a silvernose-Schnozz
>
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