As a result of the closet cleaning and sorting, I've discovered a lot of pictures from my first couple of years here in Seattle. I've found pictures of
dochyel, early shots of time spent with
the_monkey_king,
selinker,
brumbjorn,
kijjohnson,
e_bourne,
markbourne and even pictures of my lost, beloved cat, Flatbush. Wonderful stuff.
Back in New York, I kept meticulous photo album/scrapbooks. When I moved to Seattle all that scrapbooking stopped. I was too busy, too focused on other things. I'm using some of this time off to start scrapbooking again, putting these pictures in order, getting things together, making it so the photos can be shared. I'll most certainly scan some of them to share online.
I've always been an archivist; my mom was and I very deliberately followed in her footsteps. That's why--as
neutronjockey knows--I have photo albums of hers from as far back as World War II and beyond. My own go back to junior high school, though I have the baby album my mom put together of my earliest days, too. Going through these pictures from 15 years ago brings back stuff I'd forgotten, old loves, parties, images of friends who--back then--had more hair, less stress and lots of optimism. I was slimmer. Good times.
Yeah, if I get ambitious enough, I'll scan some of these things. They're worth sharing.