Marching on, I’m working on 1999 now and these photos are from a visit to Tintagel, definitely one of the most amazing (and windiest- short of a hurricane) places I’ve ever been.
August 21, 2010
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
August 20, 2010
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The ghost of Christmas past
I’d forgotten Gwen was in one of our Christmas photos! And gosh, Daniel, Chris and Kathryn look so little! Negative scanning continues…
August 19, 2010
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Scanner is back in action
It’s a good job I never went looking for a particular negative because they seem to be fairly jumbled. I’m making progress again though now that the new hard drive is up and running. These are June 1999 at Jason’s … Continue reading
August 18, 2010
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Out with the old hard drive, in with the new
That poor old hard drive was making the ticky ticky noise more and more often. A new one has arrived so this week we’ll be getting him loaded with software and up and running. He’s got lots of lovely room … Continue reading
August 17, 2010
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Sailing, sailing over the bounding main
Another lovely old book has been converted into pretty little envelopes. This one was about a Boston ship delivering goods and coming home with Bermuda onions among other things. She runs into bad weather and crashed on a reef but … Continue reading
August 16, 2010
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‘Maters
We weren’t gone long but we came home to 7 pounds of tomatoes. I blanched, peeled, and seeded and made a big batch of pizza sauce. I canned the sauce I didn’t plan to use right away. Looks like we’re … Continue reading
August 15, 2010
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Wish you were here
We’ve had a lovely 4-day vacation on Cape Cod this week. We rented a tandem bike and flew kites to our heart’s content. We had loads of wonderful seafood and will go home very relaxed indeed. There’s a full set … Continue reading
August 14, 2010
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Double, double toil and trouble
Well this is no witches brew but it was delicious. I wanted to try a fresh tomato sauce for pizza. I picked several assorted tomatoes and dunked them in boiling water 30 seconds followed by an ice bath and then … Continue reading
August 13, 2010
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Postal influx
The postcards have begun to arrive on a fairly regular basis now. These beauties are from Ireland, Taiwan, and Finland. I’m going to have to keep my eyes peeled for some interesting ones to send out. I’m already running low … Continue reading
August 12, 2010
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With a little help from my friends
Earlier in the summer I traded a friend some soaps for some lovely dyed alpaca and wool which I in turn sent off to another friend who blended the fiber together for me. The result is this lovely box of … Continue reading
