Peter and I bought a scanner off craigslist so we could... well, scan stuff, obviously. We got a high resolution photo scanner so we can archive our photos properly. I've started what will be a very loooong task of scanning our 2 boxes of print photos (and culling them as I go).I'm finding some funny stuff - evidence of some very bad hair and fashion choices in my past. Growing up in the 80s makes it hard to look back without cringing. Anyway, my photo collection starts in university really, when I moved out of home, but there was one little pile of random photos from my childhood, including this one of my sister and I enjoying popsicles in the park... I'm pretty sure I remember that balloon sweater. It's these old photos that are most interesting to me, partly because my childhood photo albums have been lost, so these random photos are all I've got, and partly because I have so few memories of my childhood. I don't remember much pre jr. high, to be honest. I remember general impression, bits and pieces... but it seems like I should remember more, that most people remember more. In any case, it makes looking at photos interesting - I get to study them for evidence of who I was at the time. Looking at photos of me in high school is just painful, however, I remember all that just fine, thanks!
You'll notice I'm not posting any awkward photos here for your amusement... because I'm not looking to share that with the information superhighway. That information will stay safely tucked away on my hard drive.
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I *love* old photos! I also don't have any childhood photo albums. I think this shot of you and your sis is adorable!
aw, thanks! Makes me feel better to know I'm not the only one without childhood photos. I'm relatively lucky actually since my sister has her baby albums and I appear in some of those photos, so all is not lost. There's something about photos from the '70s and earlier.... they're so of another era!