finally finished

i got my love for photography from my dad. last november (2009) he and i were mulling over what to do with his large stash of slides that included pictures taken from the 50's - 80's. the cardboard around them was starting to disintegrate and the slide itself was starting to warp a bit. our plan was to scan the slides to make them digital (and do a better job keeping up with technology in the future!) i say "our plan," but really it was "my plan," with financial backing and encouragement from dad.

1,332 slides. i sorted, scanned (4 at a time), renamed by date, cropped out the deteriorated edges, and sorted again. when i thought i was done (in december) i realized about a quarter of the scans were being over-written because they were the same date and file name as previous scans. since i was working in small batches i never realized i'd have doubles or triples, though it makes sense since he'd develop more than one roll at a time. anyway. huge bummer. i tweaked out enough pictures to make a surprise slideshow for my family for christmas, but only just finished finding the over-written files and scanning them in again.

but i'm done now.

finally finished.

and it was worth it!

pictures say a lot....

gram has always been sharing (here, with katie)...
dad has changed a diaper! (or at least one!) again, katie...
uncle john usually caused fun trouble (katie)
and started golf lessons early... (katie)
mom and aunt robin were usually laughing and working on projects (here in the fabric store)...
in 1971 dad took a picture of the bell tower at unc MANY years before we moved here...destiny...
dad took some great landscapes (here are only a few of my favorites)...

foggy bridge...

fire chasing...
experimenting with shutter speed...diving off a diving board
blue night...
sailing

sunflower

there is a reason why i despise collars on my clothes...
other family shots...

starting with my adorable parents. i love this picture of them.

eli got his serious face from his momma...
...and his smile...
there has been much debate over the years about WHO put toothpaste in dad's shoes. he can't remember. the latest culprit has been me (it goes back and forth...) i think i have found visual evidence that it was NOT me that put the toothpaste in dad's shoes. it doesn't take sherlock to figure this out, but i'll review my obvious theory.

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3 reasons why KATIE DID IT:

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1. if dad can't remember, it was a LONG time ago. kate turned 33 this week. i'm younger. enough said.

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2. here's katie IN THE CLOSET, looking pleased but caught. is her hand hiding the toothpaste in the bag? this picture isn't great, which means it was taken in a hurry, trying to catch the moment (or the culprit?)

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3. it's more likely this one did it...

than this cute cherub...
obvious it was her, right?!

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thanks for walking down memory lane with me!!