
I'm so excited I could just.... well, why don't you suggest a caption for this picture? It might give me an idea who reads this. Give it a try. Thanks.
My excitement stems from the fact that in the basement I found a box of old pictures. Wouldn't you know it was the last box, on the bottom, in the closet where I have a stack of blue bins/boxes. I haven't dug all the way through the box but I did find a blue folder I was looking for with specific pictures to use in my next blog.
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All this excitement started me thinking how photography has changed during my lifetime. Pictures serve as a link with the past and people/family we have never met. There are few pictures of my great grandparents and of course they are in black and white. Early pictures of my grandparents, parents and I are in B&W as well. Color film was available but more expensive and costlier to develop. It also took longer to have film developed. Cameras were also a lot more primitive. Special film was needed for indoor pictures and flash attachments or bulbs were needed. In my search for old pictures I have come across some old cameras that your mom and I have. They are still in "good" condition but is there still film available for them? In stores today even 35mm film is getting hard to find with a limited selection. Digital cameras are the rage today. Snap a picture and see it instantly. If it's not a good picture, delete it and try again. Post it on the internet and people across the country can see it in a matter of moments. Just this week I received pictures of my new grandaughter Molly Margareit Kirkpatrick on the internet. These are probably not pictures she would want posted on her 16th birthday. But they do serve a purpose which is to communicate family historical events and create memories. Years from now we can look at them and be so excited we could.......(remember you fill in the blank)As a postscript, just as Molly would be less than excited about some of her early pictures years from now, there are some pictures in the box I found that YOU will never see on the internet. So enjoy the one you see here. -30-
haha nice socks, dad! :o)
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