For being thankful this year I am going to think of healthcare workers, mail and delivery folks, store and restaurant employees, teachers, and others who have soldiered on, put their own lives on the line, and kept humanity going.
leighton w wrote:
Beautiful rendering. Happy Thanksgiving to and yours too.
gbohannon wrote:
There are 50k, 100k, and 200k options. They make a donation per km rowed. There are a number of charities it goes to. I picked Doctors Without Borders.
Trust me, I am not a speed demon on it. Slow and steady wins the race, right? I got one after my bike accident back in 2004. Great low impact full body therapy.
G
I had already selected the same charity and have just re-installed the logcard 'Upload utility' to my desktop computer.
That's the easy bit done........
DeltaSigma wrote:
I had already selected the same charity and have just re-installed the logcard 'Upload utility' to my desktop computer.
That's the easy bit done........
asiostygius wrote:
Yes Samy, by coincidende last October I published ( with the help of several ex-students) a free (photo)ebook on birds and habitats at the preserve I have fieldworked last 20 or more years.
I have not posted over here because the text is in Portuguese only, anyway, there are lots of images, some from the time I used positive films.
Any of you can get it from the link below, but be warned the text is in Portuguese only. I have not quantified yet, but a lot (perhaps 1/4 to 1/3) of the images were taken with manual focus Nikkors:
Oh, and be warned too that the size of the PDF is gigantic (~550mb), since I made the option of a huge sized book (50x28cm) with 300dpi images, just for people zooming up to 100-200% without losing image quality. ...Show more →
Thank you Jose for sharing this beautiful and complete publication. Downloaded and will enjoy for a long time. I understand written Portuguese 100%, spoken !0%.
James Markus wrote:
Kevin, I am so sorry to hear of your health problems. I had neuropathy in my feet and legs for over three years. I hardly slept that entire time - "unreal" is an understatement. The variable vision also plagued me, but now seems related to fluctuations in my sugar levels. I hope you can have peace from these ailments soon.
Mine stays pretty consistent between 120-150. Doesn’t seem to matter what I eat, my numbers fall there. I’m on a slew of meds trying to manage everything, but we haven’t found the right combination yet. I’m down to 10 pills a day, was at 21 at my worst, so that’s progress. What is weird is that looking at my food log, my numbers should be very low. A few days a week my carb intake is in the single digits for the day. My moms diabetes is the same. It doesn’t seem to follow the same conventions it does for most other folks.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. May you all enjoy a virtual gathering of family and friends.
It's not as good as the real thing, granted, BUT, it beats spending Christmas in the ICU (if you could get in at the rate things are spiraling in the US)
Interesting sight on a front yard - a clipped wing Gulfstream and a Model T. This is in Urbana, a somewhat rural town just south of Frederick in Maryland.
I'm going to be letting go of my manual focus gear here soon. My diabetes, although well controlled, has caused a lot of collateral damage to my body. My doctors are puzzled as to why, but I have diabetic neuropathy like they would see in someone that has had a lifetime of unchecked diabetes (the pain in my feet and legs sometimes is unreal, close to kidney stone pain). Also, my eyesight has gone to absolute hell in a hand basket. One day, I can see sort of OK, the next, I am using my distance glasses to read my computer screen, because my computer glasses are useless. Some days, I forget that I have my computer glasses on because I can see everything just fine through them. Biggest issue though, the neuropathy is spreading to my hands. Light weight items, I can carry without much issues. My XT2 with an adapted 50/1.4 and a wrist strap I can carry all day without too many issues. Toss the 55/1.2 and it starts to slip out of my hands. Put the 300/2.8 on there, well, its a tripod lens now. I feel so old......Show more →
Really sorry to hear this, Kevin. Hopefully they can sort this out for you. Hang in there!
Monocacy Aqueduct. Linhof Master Technika, Nikkor-W 90 f8, Ilford FP4+ film developed in Cinestill monobath.
This structure, which is close to Maryland's border with Virginia, was built in 1830s.
I know the felling but it doesn’t even need to be cloudy or with an f8 lens! :
I wear progressive glasses and my eyes are really enjoying F3HP with a DK-17M though. The DK-17M is a great little magnifier. Highly recommended for any Nikon cam with a 22mm eye piece thread.
Interesting sight on a front yard - a clipped wing Gulfstream and a Model T. This is in Urbana, a somewhat rural town just south of Frederick in Maryland.
Thanks Samy, I plan on staying as safe as possible. I snuck up to a friend's house and left them an angel food cake, and two packages of their favorite brand of TP on their front door deck. She just got done with a round of chemo and radiation, and is heading for surgery to see if the tumor in her lung can be removed... Didn't even disturb the yappy dogs she has
saph wrote:
Stay safe Laura and everyone, and happy thanksgiving to all those who celebrate it.
Just eight months ago Samy had to cancel his trip to Orlando because of this pox. We missed Leighton at his market by 15 minutes in June. The world has changed, so the news media tells us! But from what we’ve seen, it really hasn’t. People still live their lives, care for their loved ones and become either hot or cold as to what’s going on. Colin, we’re off to Long Boat Key on Saturday and will have a (couple) cold one(s) for you. Kevin eat three squares a day and listen to your body as well as the medicos, you’ll be fine.
Give thanks for what you have and live like there is no tomorrow and know this pox will pass!
Edited to add a note about Laura’s post above. Angel food cake given to a friend! She make’s my point.
Sorry to hear of your continuing health issues Kevin, hang in there.
I myself am getting a divorce after 26 years of marriage. My wife is buying my half of the house equity so I plan to go on the adventure of a lifetime on my motorcycle, starting in the New Year with what they call here The Big Lap - all the way around Australia, then Tasmania and then hopefully New Zealand. I have no time limit so may take a couple of years.
(My daughter and her partner are coming for Xmas hence the delay to starting.)
After that, who knows !
All very amicable btw, we still love each other, we're just not IN love with each other anymore and life is too short. 2020 has taught us that at least !
