the suitcase...

As I try to squeeze in a few minutes here and there to climb the mountain that is Christmas preparation, I am reminded of what I was doing this time last year. 

This suitcase is full of slides taken by Andrew Henry's father from about 1955 to around 1973.  They are beautiful images of family, friends, weddings, births, holiday's - moments in the lives of many.  I took on the task (at the request of AH) of scanning each of these slides so we could make cd's for his many (many) family members.  It took me about 4-6 hours a day for the better part of three weeks to scan them all but, as with so many things in life, it was worth the effort.

I never had the privilege of meeting AH's father, Jack, as he passed before we met, but in handling each of his slides and seeing things as he saw them, I felt like I got to know him a little bit.  A nostalgic look back...

At the time, I was annoyed at how much time it was taking to get this job done and wondering why it had fallen on me to do it - silly girl I was.  It was an honor to preserve something so special to Andrew Henry's father (an AH of course), those darn blessings - why do they sometimes have to be so well disguised?

I'm adding the scanner info because I've had a few inquiries.  I scanned them at home with an Epson V300PHOTO scanner.  This has worked great for us - you can scan slides or prints straight to your computer.  There are many out there but this is what we bought, I found it easy to use and it has more than paid for itself.  Found one on Amazon if you're interested - you can check it out here.