Yes, I'm still alive. And reading many of the digests. Had rotator cuff surgery ... again. Other shoulder. Left, 6 years ago. Right, this year. Knees acting up. That's what I get for turning 70. But the good news is that we have a bald eagle nesting within a mile. Some morning soon I'm going to head down to his hunting route for morning pics. 300/4.5 should do the trick.

Good to hear from you Collin. Post any pics - would love to see. Cotty > On 6 May 2026, at 21:52, collinb brendemuehl.net <collinb@brendemuehl.net> wrote: > > Yes, I'm still alive. And reading many of the digests. > Had rotator cuff surgery ... again. Other shoulder. Left, 6 years ago. Right, this year. Knees acting up. That's what I get for turning 70. > But the good news is that we have a bald eagle nesting within a mile. Some morning soon I'm going to head down to his hunting route for morning pics. 300/4.5 should do the trick.

Bummer Collin, wait till you hit 73 😁 Dave Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > Good to hear from you Collin. Post any pics - would love to see. > > Cotty > > > On 6 May 2026, at 21:52, collinb brendemuehl.net < > collinb@brendemuehl.net> wrote: > > > > Yes, I'm still alive. And reading many of the digests. > > Had rotator cuff surgery ... again. Other shoulder. Left, 6 years ago. > Right, this year. Knees acting up. That's what I get for turning 70. > > But the good news is that we have a bald eagle nesting within a mile. > Some morning soon I'm going to head down to his hunting route for morning > pics. 300/4.5 should do the trick. > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >

... and it hits back - HARD! On 5/10/2026 12:50 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Bummer Collin, wait till you hit 73 😁 > > Dave > > > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > >> Good to hear from you Collin. Post any pics - would love to see. >> >> Cotty >> >>> On 6 May 2026, at 21:52, collinb brendemuehl.net < >> collinb@brendemuehl.net> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I'm still alive. And reading many of the digests. >>> Had rotator cuff surgery ... again. Other shoulder. Left, 6 years ago. >> Right, this year. Knees acting up. That's what I get for turning 70. >>> But the good news is that we have a bald eagle nesting within a mile. >> Some morning soon I'm going to head down to his hunting route for morning >> pics. 300/4.5 should do the trick. >> >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> 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 pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Aeternum vive aut conando moriere. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

Am 11.05.26 um 19:21 schrieb John Sessoms: > ... and it hits back - HARD! Glad to know I'll have another year before it happens. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

It's still gonna' sneak up on you. On 5/11/2026 1:34 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 11.05.26 um 19:21 schrieb John Sessoms: >> ... and it hits back - HARD! > > Glad to know I'll have another year before it happens. > > Ralf > -- Aeternum vive aut conando moriere. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com

Having surpassed that number a while ago, at the outset it feels like it's sneaking up on you and then goes roaring past like a steam locomotive.  Each year seems to go by more quickly. -p On 5/11/2026 6:47 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > It's still gonna' sneak up on you. > > On 5/11/2026 1:34 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >> Am 11.05.26 um 19:21 schrieb John Sessoms: >>> ... and it hits back - HARD! >> >> Glad to know I'll have another year before it happens. >> >> Ralf >> > -- If you are being chased by a pack of taxidermists, do not play dead.

My photo muse has also been mostly asleep: only about 300 pics in the past year. Odd. Rick > On May 11, 2026, at 1:34 PM, Ralf R Radermacher <pdml@uebra.de> wrote: > > Am 11.05.26 um 19:21 schrieb John Sessoms: >> ... and it hits back - HARD! > > Glad to know I'll have another year before it happens. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

I'm down to maybe 1/10th of that. Which would be alright if I could claim some Cartier-Bressonesque level of output. No such luck. I need a firecracker up my fundament but it would need to be of thermonuclear proportions to have any effect, I think. > On 12/05/2026 20:39 BST Rick Womer <rickpics14@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My photo muse has also been mostly asleep: only about 300 pics in the past year. Odd. > > Rick > > > On May 11, 2026, at 1:34 PM, Ralf R Radermacher <pdml@uebra.de> wrote: > > > > Am 11.05.26 um 19:21 schrieb John Sessoms: > >> ... and it hits back - HARD! > > > > Glad to know I'll have another year before it happens. > > > > Ralf