atone13
A message to all my Flickr friends.
A Message to all of my Flickr friends.
Firstly may I take this opportunity to thank you all for your views, faves, and comments on my photos. These are all very much appreciated by me, and are my reasons for being a flickr member.
About a week ago I suffered a major failure of a hard drive on my computer which contained several thousands of my photographs. Fortunately I had backed up this data, and I worked feverishly for a period of over 24 hours to replace the hard drive and restore my photos. This was not as straightforward as it sounds as I ran into other difficulties on the way the details of which I will not bore you with. Suffice to say that it was an arduous and time consuming affair which left me physically exhausted mainly because I was stupid enough to work at the matter without a break. I did however successfully rebuild my computer and restore my data but unfortunately left my own health depleted. I suspect that as a direct result of this I succumbed to a Covid like virus which literally caused my collapse. Fortunately all my Covid vaccinations were up to date and I suspect that I have been spared the full impact of that virus though judging only by the impact it has had on me, I can fully sympathise with anyone contracting the virus who has not been vaccinated fully.
I regret that it has left me in a very weak state both physically and mentally and, in an effort to recuperate my strength and health, I have decided to take a complete break from Flickr of at least a month.
I apologise for this absence and I truly shall miss you all and your photos and look forward to rejoining you as soon as possible. May I thank you all for your kind past support and friendship and assure you that I will be looking forward to rejoining you all once more in the future.
Finally may I wish you all the Compliments of the Season, may your God be with you all, and may each of you enjoy a very Happy New Year.
Sincerely, tony arpino.
Juvenile Robin wet from snow in my garden, 13th December 2022.
PC120024-2.
A message to all my Flickr friends.
A Message to all of my Flickr friends.
Firstly may I take this opportunity to thank you all for your views, faves, and comments on my photos. These are all very much appreciated by me, and are my reasons for being a flickr member.
About a week ago I suffered a major failure of a hard drive on my computer which contained several thousands of my photographs. Fortunately I had backed up this data, and I worked feverishly for a period of over 24 hours to replace the hard drive and restore my photos. This was not as straightforward as it sounds as I ran into other difficulties on the way the details of which I will not bore you with. Suffice to say that it was an arduous and time consuming affair which left me physically exhausted mainly because I was stupid enough to work at the matter without a break. I did however successfully rebuild my computer and restore my data but unfortunately left my own health depleted. I suspect that as a direct result of this I succumbed to a Covid like virus which literally caused my collapse. Fortunately all my Covid vaccinations were up to date and I suspect that I have been spared the full impact of that virus though judging only by the impact it has had on me, I can fully sympathise with anyone contracting the virus who has not been vaccinated fully.
I regret that it has left me in a very weak state both physically and mentally and, in an effort to recuperate my strength and health, I have decided to take a complete break from Flickr of at least a month.
I apologise for this absence and I truly shall miss you all and your photos and look forward to rejoining you as soon as possible. May I thank you all for your kind past support and friendship and assure you that I will be looking forward to rejoining you all once more in the future.
Finally may I wish you all the Compliments of the Season, may your God be with you all, and may each of you enjoy a very Happy New Year.
Sincerely, tony arpino.
Juvenile Robin wet from snow in my garden, 13th December 2022.
PC120024-2.