That photo of you and your brother - oh my heart. You both look like you should be in the 100-acre wood with Winnie and friends. Precious. And yes, as Katie said in her comment, I love that your photos bring these memories to mind. You have completely inspired me to do this next time I visit my parents. Also, on the candid shots - I feel like there were so few taken back then, compared to what we can so easily do on our phone cameras now, where I snap 10 different pictures of the same thing to find the best one at the end - and then, I don't delete the remaining. It's photo overwhelm. Back then, the few my parents took were all so special. That seems to make those photos a little more sacred. Perhaps that's one of the reasons I don't rush to put them together in an album and they all sit on my phone, because they don't feel quite as sacred. I dunno. Love this post. Thank you for the beauty here.
I love how your pictures evoke a sense of nostalgia for my own family road trips sans seatbelt. I don't think there are any pictures of our as we did not have a curator in my family.
There is so much here to love! The photos are treasures, so are the memories you shared. The bonus is that you can now use these treasures to bring joy your dad. Also, you are activating memories for him.
Jen, your attention to detail in each posts adds to the depth of it. For example, the way you speak of the sundress you are wearing in a photo, and how just seeing the dress again triggers more memories. Thank you for all that you brought us in this post.
You really got me going and now I want to get all the albums out. They are lovely to have. I was really good when the girls were young and kept them up to date. It was well worth doing - especially when you catch them going through them and reminiscing! Unfortunately in recent years photos have all been digital and lost on phones, so my records have not been kept up to date.
For my first Christmas, my mother gave my father one of those old fashioned cine cameras. All through our childhood he captured every family occasion, birthday, holiday, family and friends etc. We use to wait with anticipation for the developed reels to come back in the post. My dad would then meticulously number and date them. We were then entertained seeing ourselves on the screen! Film showings were such fun and quality family time. For my parents 6oth Wedding anniversary my brother had all the 100s of reels made digital. We now all have a "movie" of out childhood!
This is beautiful Jen, the photos encapsulate everything, a snapshot in time captured for eternity. They always mean so much and are worth millions. I especially love the ones of you and your brother holding hands - simply gorgeous.
I was only thinking the other day when I was taking the millionth photo of my little grandson, that I wish we had phone cameras when mine were little. I could have captured so many more magical moments and as you say those that you have of your childhood are so much more special as they are so few.
As you know, we are currently fostering and outline milestones and important visits and events in a little book. It is a lovely idea and so important for children when they are older to read to help them fill in the gaps and know every part of their journey.
Your gorgeous photos as always bring back happy memories of my own childhood caravan holidays in France of the same era - pure joy! Thank you so much xxx
Oh, Jenni, photo albums are almost a lost art. And yet, I love all our old family albums and am the one to find just the photo a cousin was wondering about. This morning I awakened thinking, "Oh, my goodness, I have to get my kids albums updated. What will they have when we're gone?"
"I, too, find myself instantly drawn to vintage family pics on Instagram, in newsletters or on the covers of memoirs." Yes, yes, yes! Love this post and your dad's pics! xx
The random photos taken by someone trailing slightly behind have always been my favorites, and my people already know that's where they'll find me from time to time when we're together 💖
That photo of you and your brother - oh my heart. You both look like you should be in the 100-acre wood with Winnie and friends. Precious. And yes, as Katie said in her comment, I love that your photos bring these memories to mind. You have completely inspired me to do this next time I visit my parents. Also, on the candid shots - I feel like there were so few taken back then, compared to what we can so easily do on our phone cameras now, where I snap 10 different pictures of the same thing to find the best one at the end - and then, I don't delete the remaining. It's photo overwhelm. Back then, the few my parents took were all so special. That seems to make those photos a little more sacred. Perhaps that's one of the reasons I don't rush to put them together in an album and they all sit on my phone, because they don't feel quite as sacred. I dunno. Love this post. Thank you for the beauty here.
I love how your pictures evoke a sense of nostalgia for my own family road trips sans seatbelt. I don't think there are any pictures of our as we did not have a curator in my family.
There is so much here to love! The photos are treasures, so are the memories you shared. The bonus is that you can now use these treasures to bring joy your dad. Also, you are activating memories for him.
Jen, your attention to detail in each posts adds to the depth of it. For example, the way you speak of the sundress you are wearing in a photo, and how just seeing the dress again triggers more memories. Thank you for all that you brought us in this post.
You really got me going and now I want to get all the albums out. They are lovely to have. I was really good when the girls were young and kept them up to date. It was well worth doing - especially when you catch them going through them and reminiscing! Unfortunately in recent years photos have all been digital and lost on phones, so my records have not been kept up to date.
For my first Christmas, my mother gave my father one of those old fashioned cine cameras. All through our childhood he captured every family occasion, birthday, holiday, family and friends etc. We use to wait with anticipation for the developed reels to come back in the post. My dad would then meticulously number and date them. We were then entertained seeing ourselves on the screen! Film showings were such fun and quality family time. For my parents 6oth Wedding anniversary my brother had all the 100s of reels made digital. We now all have a "movie" of out childhood!
This is beautiful Jen, the photos encapsulate everything, a snapshot in time captured for eternity. They always mean so much and are worth millions. I especially love the ones of you and your brother holding hands - simply gorgeous.
I was only thinking the other day when I was taking the millionth photo of my little grandson, that I wish we had phone cameras when mine were little. I could have captured so many more magical moments and as you say those that you have of your childhood are so much more special as they are so few.
As you know, we are currently fostering and outline milestones and important visits and events in a little book. It is a lovely idea and so important for children when they are older to read to help them fill in the gaps and know every part of their journey.
Your gorgeous photos as always bring back happy memories of my own childhood caravan holidays in France of the same era - pure joy! Thank you so much xxx
Oh, Jenni, photo albums are almost a lost art. And yet, I love all our old family albums and am the one to find just the photo a cousin was wondering about. This morning I awakened thinking, "Oh, my goodness, I have to get my kids albums updated. What will they have when we're gone?"
"I, too, find myself instantly drawn to vintage family pics on Instagram, in newsletters or on the covers of memoirs." Yes, yes, yes! Love this post and your dad's pics! xx
The random photos taken by someone trailing slightly behind have always been my favorites, and my people already know that's where they'll find me from time to time when we're together 💖