A Blast From the Past

Since I've been stuck at home over the past few months, I've tried to organize a few things around the house.  Last Friday, I decided to pull a box out of the bottom of the closet in the room I use for an office.  I had no idea what was in it but it was obviously something I didn't need.  What I found surprised me. It was full of old slides and a slide scanner that I totally forgot I had.  How could I have forgotten that I owned a slide scanner?

So, I spent Friday and Saturday scanning slides and editing and organizing them all.  I found lots of fun things that brought back great memories.

Above is a photo of me and my two sisters posing in our grandmother's back garden.  That's me on the left looking down.

To the left is a photo of my mother before she and my dad were married.

I also found a whole set of slides from my very first trip to Europe.  That's Buckingham Palace in 1985 above.  That year I spent time in London and then flew to Germany, rented a car and drove all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

And, I also found another set of slides from my second trip to Europe in 1991.  On that trip I visited London again along with Bruges Belgium and Paris.

I was surprised at how many of the slides still had good color.  Some of the oldest ones like the one of my mother had faded quite a bit.

It was fun looking at them all.  I'll have to pop a few of them into some posts in the future.