The snapshots of today. Both are straight Out Of the Camera – SOOC.
Hang on to your hopes, my friend.
That’s an easy thing to say,
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend that you can build them again.
Look around,
The grass is high,
The fields are ripe,
It’s the springtime of my life.
(Simon&Garfunkel)
Yesterday I took the last photo of my – no, not mine anymore – red Delta Profili. Today I took the first snapshots of my new bargain – a Stipula Suprema with a F steel nib. It was the looks of the nib that finally sealed the deal. I find unornamented nibs in white metal almost irressistible. Especially if they come with a nice barrel. I paid a very small sum for this pen. The nib seeems to lay down a very fine line – on the verge to EF, which suits me very well.
After a November with very little sun – saw on the weather site that the sun has been unusually absent during November. Since November isn’t such a bright and sunny month here to start with, it should be easy to imagine how a November with substantially less sun than normal is here. Nowit is December and I hope for snow. Today was a crisp, cold and clear day with frost in the fields and trees, that didn’t melt away during the day. It was so beautiful that I had to take a break in my studies, grab the camera and get outdoors before dark. The sun starts to set around 2 pm and by 4 pm it is dark. Here is one of my favourite places – just outside town – when the sun is about to set.
lady dandelion 