[LRflex] Re: Loony- Esmeralda
- From: Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:24:15 +0200
David,
Sorry for this accident - hope it doesn't hurt too much - also hope
you'll retrieve use of these fingers very soon - hard luck indeed it is.
No harm done to the camera I hope.
Esmeralda is no new woman in my life - she is a character in "Notre de
Dame de Paris" a book by Victor Hugo (photographs by Nadar I guess
somewhere on the web) a poet, politician and novelist of the 19th century.
Notre Dame de Paris is then also a monument of French literature and
tells the story of a tender hearted kind of loony with a hump who lives
in the belfry of Notre Dame - deaf of course because of the bells.
The poor chap is madly attached to a beauty named Esmeralda. I thought
she was nearly as famous as Scarlett as many movies have been based on
the story, one of which stars Gerard Depardiou as Quasimodo (the
"monster/loony " => here, me :-( ).
So to cut a long story short - the umbrella is Alice's, and, to come
full circle, we had bought it in Montmartre while waiting for Xavier and
you last October - it is now our Paris Special Umbrella.
Wish you well soon.
Phil...x
David Young wrote:
>Philippe wrote:
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>>Now David, I guess you type a little less on the list because of
>>these hands on the camera - we miss you here ;-)
>>
>>
>
>Thank you, Philippe, but my absence from the list has nothing to do
>with the camera or the rain. We've simply had a lot of company,
>these last few days. That and spending time getting yet another
>kitten (Tippens) used to us.
>
>There is another reason. When we were out on the water, Saturday,
>fishing and taking photographs, we eventually had to return to the
>dock. When we did, I misjudged the amount the boat would move
>backwards, whilst I stepped forward. My left leg went into the
>water, while my right one stayed with the boat. My chest hit the
>dock, but because I was wearing my life jacket, it acted as a
>cushion, so no damage there, except to my pride. However, in the
>fall, I sprained 3 fingers and broke the fourth, on my right
>hand. It rather slows up the typing!
>
>
>
>>RAIN : Well, water is becoming a scarce ressource - see the exhibition
>>meant to sensitize people to that issue - here
>><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/joke-bath-tub.jpg.html>
>>Now as it is rare, you should shoot the rain
>><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Noir+et+Blanc/Shoot-the-Rain.jpg.html>
>>
>>
>>and post more of your wonderful photos. ;-)
>>
>>
>
>Water may be a scarce resource... here, more than anywhere, for Logan
>Lake lies at the northern tip of the Great American Desert, which
>runs from central Mexico to just north of Kamloops, less than 60km
>away. Rain, is none to common, here, but yesterday we had 29mm
>(1.14 inches in the USA) of the stuff. More is forecast, today ...
>although it's dry at the moment.
>
>Still, I liked your photos. I've seen variations on the bathtub,
>including one powered by a small steam engine! But, the watering can
>is gorgeous. As for Notre Dame ... Esmeralda????
>
>Cheers!
>
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>
>David Young,
>Logan Lake, CANADA
>
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