I started off tonight putting up photos from my ever busy week..taken in between work cleaning house taking dogs to vets shopping and caring for my son who's not too good at the moment!
isn't Bean so sweet!
Dinners id cooked!
Flowers from a very dear friend thank you Joan x
Then i spy this! Anne and George dancing in their front garden! i smile and am suddenly there....The nicest kindest lady to walk this planet Anne ... they were my mum and father in law She was very intelligent and so very very kind i didn't realise how much i loved her until she died suddenly at an early age i ofton think about her ...George is still well and truly here and i visit with Thomas when he goes back to Newcastle with Sue and Hollyanne even though hes cant walk far now hes still George full f fun and as bright as a button!i took so many photos of them which of course I'm finding now.............
Hidden gems! every day I'm finding amazing images and memories my baby sis and me! I remember who took this its amazing how an image can bring back memories that have lain sleeping for thirty odd years! even smells sounds! this was taken by our friend Archie perched on top of the ruins of a small church in the burn...what was i whispering to her????How i wish i could go back just for a few minutes to find out!such happy memories......
Lovely lovely friends that i left behind nearly 19 year ago when i moved from everything i loved and crept into a future which was so different...to be honest it wasn't a happy time and i missed my family and my amazing friends so so much my comfort blanket ...people who cared friends id treasured for years ...who i knew i could rely on who were my rock...this is Pat i still miss her every day ........
Me in my thirty's still with my trusty camera where did that jumper come from!!!!!
Fuzzy black and white images stare back at me omg!!my cousin Elizabeth ..visiting my mum posing in the front garden...the amount of pictures that were took in that garden!
and me thank god still taking pictures.............
Me at forty two married and with my new husband and my longed for little girl that little girls nearly eighteen!!! time gone a blink of an eye!!!every era of my life captured on film!
Sonia one of my dearest Friends we ran a woman's group with my sister and another few girls and this was an amazing weekend camping.....unbelievable memories!!!
The most amazing thing to come out of this project is the pictures of my dad...my amazing amazing dad who died well before his time ...just seeing him again !his black curly hair and wonderful smile...it was so comforting...id forgotten the sound of his voice and that has always bothered me but suddenly he was there staring into the camera smile on his face enjoying a holiday in Scotland with my mam and friends.....
I think this picture is the one that just stopped me in my tracks unable to breathe ....overcome with emotion ..this is my late husband...me and him posing for Thomas.....riding his bike up and down the country track not far from where we lived wed only been married a year..an amazing afternoon that had just vanished from my memory....Thomas bought a negative scanner...not expensive....in fact it was under thirty pounds...but the joy and the sadness the regrets and the tears the laughter and the immense pleasure that this tiny bit of technology has brought has been immense....i have 1000 s of negatives but i also have a close family and my nieces have followed in my footsteps all brilliant photographer's ...this is my gift to them ....hours editing old damaged photos....i hope they follow in my footsteps for our future generations x
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