Doug has emailed me a load of really fantastic photos of where he lives. I'm putting these in a different thread because they're a lot of megabytes and so will take a lot of time to load.
Hey thanks so much...I wish I was better at the puter thing....I have no idea how to reduce them in size....I should have had a student work on it but they all seem so busy....thanks for doing this for me....I really really appreciate it.
I am so sorry that they are so big, but happy that it was not so simple to do it in a way. Now I don't feel so terrible that I couldn't do it. And no rush, really, work on those exams and this can wait. I am just grateful for you doing this for me.
Just open them with your image editing program slabba, photoshop or whatever. you can send them to me if you like, its raining, i dont have any exams and i have nothing better to do.
and click on the header for each image. If anyone has any problems viewing the pics let me know.
The first pic features the greatest sportsman ever to grace the yellowfields of Bozeman, Montana, the champion curveballer Doug !!! [Stagger finally gets to see his rival ! ]
Thanks David for doing that for me....I have tons more picture since my last vacation, it really is a great place to live.
My son is playing tennis in town. During the Summer here the many public courts are FULL. It is so neat to see full tennis courts, although waiting sucks. In Cali you never had to fight for a court. During the long winter we have just four inside tennis courts on the grounds of Montana State Uni. Marcus will have group tennis lessons there, but apart from that his game will suffer. Luke Jensen will be in town for a day next week and Marcus is going to get tips from him, that should be neat.
That's ok Doug, I resized the pics using a program called IrfanView 3.98 which is free to download.
Spectacular scenery where you live !
I'm amazed you only have 4 indoor courts, I would have thought that there would be a lot more given the amount of snow you get. We have 3 indoor courts in Letchworth [but I hardly ever use them because of the extra charges and it's too fast for my liking] but luckily the outdoor clay courts we have are fantastic for absorbing the gallons of rainwater we get in the winter.
Over here, in summer it varies. Around Queens and Wimbledon it's difficult to get a court unless you book a couple of days in advance. The post-Wimbledon effect [ie lots of people playing] continues for about a week and a half and then it's easy to get a court as everyone's gone on holiday and when they get back they've forgotten about tennis. It's quite funny as, as soon as all the Brits have gone out at Wimbledon, for the next week loads of parents and their 3 year olds descend on the court, the parents frenetically trying to train "the next Tim Henman" and the 3 year olds looking totally disinterested and hardly able to lift the racket. It can be a little annoying when they take up all 11 courts !