I mentioned the other day that I just got a slide scanner. The idea was to archive slides and old negatives and store them in digital format. I have a number of 35mm slides from childhood family vacations and birthdays. But the overwhelming bulk of my image collection is my own doing. Thus far I have […]
Earlier today I posted a watercolor sketch of an old family photograph. I wasn’t too pleased with it, since the figures did not resemble those in the reference photograph. In simple terms, I failed to reproduce the light and dark patches of the photograph faithfully in my watercolor sketch. If I had done this in […]
I just purchased a slide scanner that works with my computer. [George, thanks for the use of yours. I have to get it back to you.] I’ve been viewing film slides that I haven’t seen in decades. One of the more interesting ones is a group portrait of my brother Dave, our dog Chuckie and me, […]
Today (April 18th) is my little brother’s 59th birthday. Oy Vey! Between now and July, I am only 3 years older than Dave. Come July, I will be 4 years older. Our older brother Mike is 65. To those of you who are new to my blog, Mike is autistic, very low functioning and has […]
William is my grandson. Today was his actual second birthday. We celebrated yesterday with a trip to Disneyland, but festivities actually began last month. The kids came up to San Jose with William and Sidra, my granddaughter, from Burbank in the middle of March. It was the only time they could all get away from work at […]
I missed my midnight deadline for this daily post. We didn’t even get home until after midnight. Today (I mean yesterday, the 16th) was the day before William’s 2nd birthday. William is my grandson. We went to Disneyland to celebrate. Fun has been on my mind, anticipating our SoCal visit. In my blog post the […]
Most of you who have read my blog within the past month or so know that Mom passed away on February 20. My posts have concentrated on the events related to Mom: her 90th birthday party; her trouble getting around the house; my return visit after she was admitted to the hospital and wasn’t doing well. […]
My brother Dave and I just finished cleaning out Mom’s apartment. I’ve been back on the east coast from California for about 10 days: since February 19. I was here in the east earlier in the month for Mom’s 90th birthday party. She was determined to have her party. A full six months before she was […]
I was really tired yesterday after working with my brother Dave in Mom’s apartment. We drove back to Dave’s house and I couldn’t find my computer. I realized that I must have left it at Mom’s. I had to do my entire blog post on her iPad. This morning when I woke up, I saw that […]
I travel back home to California today. I write this before I travel just in case my trip is as disastrous as the trip out here (see Red Eye From Hell). I anticipate that the drive to JFK airport will unleash familiar feelings of previous trips there in the winter. The bare sticks of trees that […]
