Sorry for your losses, Larry. Hang in there! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 9:35 PM Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > The good news is that I’ll be driving up to the Oregon coast tomorrow, a > place that I’ve found very rich in photographic opportunities. > > The fraught news is that I’m doing so to bury my mother who passed away > this morning. She was 90 years old, and over the past few years there was > less and less of her there. In short she had a critical case of time to > go. My emotions are a mixture of pain and relief, but I’ve basically said > goodbye for the last time every time I’ve seen her for the past four years. > > I also got fired today. I’ve been hating my job more every day for a > while now, so this also isn’t entirely bad news. Finances may get a bit > tricky for a bit, but with luck I’ll be able to get a new job that is > actually in my career. Even light construction is nowhere near as much fun > at 60 as framing houses was when I was 20. > > One bit of unequivocal good news, my Pentax 18-270 lens arrived today. > It’s been a bit awkward carrying both the 16-50 and the 55-300 on my bike, > plus I’d invariably have the wrong lens mounted for whatever photo > presented itself. A few days ago I found it on Ebay for $200 and I decided > that buying it would be one of my better mistakes this week. We’ll see how > the IQ works out. If it is as good as my Tamron 18-250 was it should > definitely be adequate. I do wish it were weather sealed, but I’m less > likely to ride my bike in the rain. > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
