life in the old lane

In 1986 my photography skills were de minimis. For example – I seemed to be clueless about where to focus. And for no apparent reason – after getting the picture printed – I punched a hole in Carlton’s ear. But, I still like the picture. Maybe more since it isn’t focused to Mr C.

The shooting at the Navy Yard today. I worked at the Navy Yard back in the ’70s. Rather unsettling.

This is the folder that contained the badly faded photos from the trip Mr C and I took in 1983. The book that I had printed from the salvaged photos arrived. It looked as good as it could. So, I took the binder and photos down to the trash dumpster today. As luck would have it, as I went through mountains of photos – I found another 3 that could be in the book that I made. And, they are better preserved than most of the ones that I put in the book. Oh well.

The starlings and crows continue to gather on our ledges. The young starlings are still learning how to fly. The crows mostly make noise. But, soon they’ll all decide it is time to move farther south.

Today I scanned photos from Hot Springs National Park. And I went to the volunteer job. Best thing about working on a regular basis is not working. As in, after going to work 5 days in a row – I welcome the weekend like a regular working stiff. All that is missing a the paycheck! But, there are advantages. I can say that some things are definitely outside my pay grade. And I can and do stretch the limits of the “dress code”. Hey what can they do, take my birthday away?

One archival storage box down. Now, will I be able to pitch the box and contents?

It isn’t going to be pretty for the investor class. (But, if I were not such a cheapskate – I’d be loving one of those gold ones. Bling Bling.)

Today’s ephemera offering. Here we have the only existing school photo of Peg. I think this photo about sums up my view of school. Starting in grade one going all the way through college.

The scanning project was tabled for 2 days. I was busy making a book out of some of the already scanned photos. Shutterfly was having a sale. Had to take advantage of the sale.

Mr. C continues to do great. He went to his volunteer job this afternoon. He was on “light duty”, but he went. I removed his outer bandaid today. The incision looks fine. And, he has turned some very interesting shades of purple.

I only have two photos from my first wedding. As I get older, former husbands, like estranged daughters, sort of mellow in the outer memory banks. All that is left is a vague glow from bygone times. Not a bad outcome. So, good memories Chuck – where ever you are. And thanks.

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Well, another set of phaded photos – these from 1983 – have been turned into a book. And, the book was just shipped off to Sutterfly for printing.

These images have nothing at all going for them. I took the pictures with a disposable camera. They should be in the trash. But, it was the first real trip that Mr C. and I took together. So, here it is.

Mr C continues to recover and watch tennis on TV. Thankyou US Open. I continue the infinite scanning project. But, I must say – some are hitting the recycle box before they get scanned.

On Friday night, at 11:28PM or so, I saw the moonshot. It was great. Looked just like it was supposed to. And, not many things that I set an alarm to see live up the the hype. Thankyou NASA.  No photos. No YouTube. Just a memory.

Carlton’s hernia operation went off smoothly. And, he was able to leave the hospital without a catheter. We got back home at 1:15 and he settled down to watch tennis on TV. He didn’t put his PJs on. He didn’t take a nap. He ordered Mac-n-Cheese for dinner. So Far So Good.

Early in the summer of 1983, Mr C and I headed out for Holland via Iceland. It was Carlton’s introduction to travel Peg-Style, i.e., no checked bags and no reservations.

Feeling pretty sanguine about Carlton’s hernia surgery tomorrow. Hopefully, I’ll still be feeling sanguine 24 hours for now. Time to go fix his “Last Supper”. How about yellowfin tuna and flying saucer squash with tomatoes? Sounds good to me.

Somehow, I only found 46 photos of our summer in Yosemite. And there are maybe only 10 “good” ones. Maybe more will show up.

My current Ephemera Project Plan is to run the scanner for about 30minutes everyday. Stuff the photos in Lightroom. Keyword them. And, when I am in Hawai’i then I can crop, color correct, dust and scratches the photos. And sort them into “albums” for printing.

I was worried about the way Mr C’s last skin cancer procedure was healing or rather not healing. The doctor already admitted that they didn’t get all the cancer out and they had to take another go of it. I was worried about that. And I was worried that it might have gotten infected. Infected would cancel his hernia operation. Raging cancer wouldn’t be good either. So, to make me happy, Carlton went to see his dermatologist this afternoon. Not to worry they said. Just slow healing. Not infected. And not rapidly advancing cancer. SO, all systems are go for the hernia removal. Reporting to Outpatient Surgery at O-Dark Hundred hours Friday.