Postcard Exchange Round 15 Results and Feedback ...

[johnnywalker]

That's hot! I'm surprised I haven't read anything in the (international) news about forest fires in Australia this year.
A friend of my daughter's is a forest firefighter married to an Australian. She works here in our summer, down under during your summer.

I believe I'm short only 3 postcards of the 30 I'm supposed to receive, and I think all of those missing have mentioned they will be late.

 

[Mick Fagan]

John, check this out.

Mick.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/tracks-buckle-and-so-does-rail-system-20090128-7s0h.html?page=-1

 

[johnnywalker]

Guess I should stop complaining about the snow!

 

[Pete H]

Eric Mac's icicles arrived here today. Great patterns. I'll trade you for some of our ice if you like.

I've received 40 / 46 cards now.

Pete

 

[KWhitmore]

Three more cards have arrived...

Gregory's coffee and sugar bowl still life
Stan160 St Matthew's bell tower interior
David B's black church

I want to thank everyone who sent out postcards this round...it's been really great to see such awesome work in person. Thank you!!

Kathy

 

[johnnywalker]

John, check this out.

Mick.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/tracks-buckle-and-so-does-rail-system-20090128-7s0h.html?page=-1

Melbourne's heat wave made the Canadian (CBC) news today.

 

[Black Dog]

We've got a snow wave here in Derbyshire...

 

[ozphoto]

Received another 3 cards in the past few weeks:
Sage
Stan160
david b

Nearly my full quota for this round - only 2 to go!

Looking forward to Round 16 - will get into the darkroom once the mercury dips below its current 45C.

Nanette

 

[wazza]

Certainly makes short work of the print washing cycle, Sydney is expected to reach 45 this Sunday.
I hope you have a cool change soon.
Regards
Warren

 

[ozphoto]

Yeah Wazza, me too - starting to melt down here!
Hope you don't get your predicted 45 - it's hell!

Nanette

 

[Rob Skeoch]

45 degrees in Australia... wow I went and checked out a waterfall Thursday morning and it was -20... I don't think I've ever felt 45.... in fact I can hardly remember 30.

-rob

 

[Mick Fagan]

Rob, 4 weeks ago whilst in very southern Germany, actually climbing the German side of the Alps with Austria, we came across a frozen waterfall.

One could hear the water running underneath, quite interesting. The temperature was about -18ºC down below where we left the vehicle, it was really quite cooler up the slope I don't know just how cool, but face ache from the cold was hurting all of us.

As I write this it is late morning and an official weather station 3klm's away from my place is giving a current reading of 41.2ºC with humidity of 10%, wind gusts have already exceeded 60 Km/h. We are headed for 44-45ºC today.

Interesting extremes to live through, inside a very short time frame.

Last week as an experiment, we cooked (fried) some eggs on the mudguard of a trailer parked in the shade. We weren't sure it was going to be hot enough in indirect sunlight, it was. They tasted nice between two pieces of bread. We cleaned the guard first with a rag, so all possible detrimental health concerns were allayed

Mick.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

It's definitely heading toward 45°c here, and gusting 54km/h WNW — and that's near the blissful (usually) coast!!
Cameras in wine cooler (!) to chill out.

 

[BWKate]

Has anyone received my postcards? No one has mentioned if they got any?

 

[wazza]

Has anyone received my postcards? No one has mentioned if they got any?

Dear Kate
Yes your lovely card made it to my letterbox today, enjoyed the line,form and contrast of your image very much.
Best Regards
Wazza

 

[ozphoto]

Only 2 cards to go to complete this round for me:

Sile
mooseontheloose

Has been a superb round once again - getting ready to print for the next - temp is waaaay down now.

 

[kraker]

Has anyone received my postcards? No one has mentioned if they got any?

Kate, I just got your card yesterday. A beautiful shot. Good that you wrote on the back which way is up, although it looks interesting regardless!

Thanks a lot, it is much appreciated!

 

[mikeg]

I've received your lovely card as well Kate. Beautifully printed as usual!

Thanks to everyone for an excellent round.

Mike

 

[david b]

I am still waiting on the following cards:
black dog
bwkate
gr82bart
mooseontheloose
sage
simplicius
sile

 

[david b]

Just received BWKate's card. Very nice.

 

[Black Dog]

Mine have all been sent [did them all in one fell swoop].

 

[BWKate]

I've received your lovely card as well Kate. Beautifully printed as usual!

Thanks to everyone for an excellent round.

Mike

Thanks Mike!
Glad you like it and that you received it!

 

[sly]

Don't know what's going on Kate, I'm just up the island and haven't recieved your card yet. The snails are moving particularly slowly over the mountain I guess!

 

[BWKate]

Sly,
Yours should be arriving in the next day or so as I didn't mail eveything at the same time. I knew yours once mailed would not take very long.

 

[sly]

Good! Glad to hear it didn't get lost. I always look forward to your cards.