win some, lose some

today has been a day of very mixed fortunes.
i set of very very early (well not that early, like 7 am but don't forget that light is different here...it's not day till 8.30, then it was a cloudy/dark day) and walked...a lot. for 2 hours.
there is this little house/cabin on the shore of a frozen lake that i had seen whilst passing by car some time ago...about 18 km or more from town.and i don't have a car, just my feet.
so i walked walked walked...when i was starting to allucinate and my feet had stigmatas,then one stroke of luck! Stentor from the NES boards of directors drove by, so the last 3-4 km i did them by car. I took 3 medium format rolls. I started walking back...and luck again, Stentor was returning from work, i got a lift back!!!
Then,unfortunatly, my fortune turned...i was changing the lens. A very simple operation that i have done a million times. The lens got stuck. It's not on, its not off. I can't ut it back in place but i cannot even take it off and change it.
So, disaster, i have no medium format. These lovely 10 rolls i had saved to shoot empty factories at the end of the week...
desperation, desperation!
i have checked online, and followed instructions, but in my case the lens is strangely stuck...it looks like it will need some tlc from the Pro Centre once back in London.
This is kind of a tragedy, 3 weeks to go and still plenty to shoot...i will shoot digitally. Which of course i don't like as much as my hasselblad.
"far buon viso a cattiva sorte" is an italian saying...it means, ehm,bad translation skills..."make a good face in front of bad luck".
Hopefully one day i will laugh about this.
Hopefully i will continue working with the digital and get great shots.
Hopefully.
now a deep breath...