Generally my posts cover projects and tasks that Pam and I have worked on since the last post. This one will be a bit different; I have accumulated quite a few photos of the results of some of those projects that I wish to share.

Flowers

White lilacs have a delightful aroma
Lavender lilacs starting to open
Lilly of the Valley starting to pop
Bleeding Hearts
Main Street side of house
Pots on front steps

Parlor Bedroom

Pam’s mural arrived and has been added to the west wall of the parlor bedroom.

Flower mural outlined with dark mauve ribbon

Garage Projects

I finally set up my garage stereo system. Speakers still need to be mounted on the walls in opposite corners but the system is functional.

CD player, receiver and amplifier, cassette deck make up garage stereo system

Memorial Day

City of Elma putting up flags

Photo Archive

This does take an explanation. I own an old (2000) Minolta film scanner. It can scan 35mm slide (transparency) and 35mm roll film, color or black and white. Factory support for this device is long gone but a software company, named VueScan, still makes software that allows the scanner to function with my Macintosh computer.

I purchased the software and have begun scanning some old slides. Unless I do so, it is probable that my children will never see these photos. Few people still have slide projectors, and even fewer have “show parties” where the screens and equipment are pulled out and used.

With the scanner I can convert these old slides and negatives into electronic versions that can be printed, e-mailed, or posted. I can burn them to CDs or put them on flash (thumb) drives and send them to my kids. Who knows, the kids might even look at them!

The scanner was not top-of-the-line when it was new so the image quality is not 100%. I do open the files with an editor, Photo Shop Elements, and attempt to fix some issues as best as I can.

Some of the dates may be suspect as I didn’t date a lot of these. Many were stamped with the month and year at the time of processing but not all. If you see a question mark (?) in the caption it means the date is not certain but is the best Pam and I can remember. They should be fairly close.

I hope you enjoy seeing some of these classic moments captured on film.

August, 1982

From left to right: Me, Pam, Pam’s mom Lorraine, Pam’s Uncle Bud, and Pam’s dad Myron. We had visited Rocky Mountain National Park. Pam and I were living in Colorado at the time.

Pam and Jerry, late September, 1981
Felicity and cats Captain (left) and Gulliver (right), late 1983.

That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!

Pam’s Penny:

Lovely to discover the “grandma flowers” on the 702 Main property as they start to flower. The Lily of the Valley was a surprise.

Happy Trails.