Photographs
The one benefit of being out of work is that I actually have time to do many of the things I had been meaning to do for a long time. One of my projects involves sorting through old family pictures and putting some of them in archival boxes. When I say old, I mean some of these pictures were taken around 1900. I was kind of neat to see images of family gatherings from when my grandmother was in her late teens. I found a photograph of my great-great-grandmother. She was a very stern woman in the pictures, but that really doesn't surprise me much as she raised 5 sons in the 1800s.
I realized how few pictures of the Urchin I have from the time he was about 5 through now. Photography became something else to me I suppose. It became an art and I lost touch with the simple act of taking a family sanpshot. Things like having a picture of him in his scout uniform (nope, don't have one) or a day in the life shot from when he was 10 or birthday shots.
Part of the problem was always money. No money for film or developing. No digital camera. A chaotic life where my ex was working too much and I was running all over creation on the next show. The simple family moments got lost in the shuffle. They also didn't seem important at the time because it was a day to day event.
Boy, are they important now.
So this is the lesson, dear reader, to never think a day is not special enough to commemorate. Because you never know how special they will be in the future.
I realized how few pictures of the Urchin I have from the time he was about 5 through now. Photography became something else to me I suppose. It became an art and I lost touch with the simple act of taking a family sanpshot. Things like having a picture of him in his scout uniform (nope, don't have one) or a day in the life shot from when he was 10 or birthday shots.
Part of the problem was always money. No money for film or developing. No digital camera. A chaotic life where my ex was working too much and I was running all over creation on the next show. The simple family moments got lost in the shuffle. They also didn't seem important at the time because it was a day to day event.
Boy, are they important now.
So this is the lesson, dear reader, to never think a day is not special enough to commemorate. Because you never know how special they will be in the future.