Weather: low 74 degrees, high 86 degrees, mostly cloudy skies
Most people probably don't think about how much they sleep, but when you have gotten as little sleep as I have for so long, you appreciate a good night's sleep. Last night was a good one for me as far as sleep, with me getting about eight hours by the time I got up at 0700 hours. Thank God I'm breathing better and can sleep!
After my morning walk, we lazed around the RV until after lunch, when we went over to Carolyn's mother's house for a visit. For some reason that I don't remember right now, the old pictures were pulled out by Carolyn's brother Billy and we spent a couple of hours looking at pictures that everyone had forgotten about. There were many comments like "Look at those clothes styles, I can't believe we wore stuff like that", and "He sure had a lot of hair back then". Looking at the pictures brought back some good memories, both of our immediate family as well as Carolyn's extended family. And, we enjoyed remembering those members of the family who have passed on. Today, at least, they were brought back to life in our memories.
Like most RVers, we take a lot of pictures. Many of them are not saved because the quality is not good enough. Having a digital camera makes it easy to point and click at something that looks interesting at the time. Then, when reviewing the pictures, if it doesn't quite work out, just erase it and move on. In the old days before digital cameras, we tended to save everything that was developed, with the result that we had thousands of pictures, with a good percentage of them being bad enough to get rid of. Of course, we never got rid of the bad ones until we were getting ready to start traveling. We knew that space would be limited, so we went through every picture and discarded those that were bad. Then, we scanned every one that we kept onto cds. As a result, we ended up with all the pictures on cds, available for viewing on the computer any time we wanted.
One thing we noticed when reviewing our old photographs was that they were beginning to fade and get torn, etc. Now, with everything on the cds and computer, the quality doesn't degrade any more. If we have a picture that we want to copy for our use or someone wants one for memories, it's just a matter of clicking a few buttons on the computer and printer to have a good quality image that we don't have to worry about damaging.
This picture is one we scanned. The girl is my sister Judy. One guess as to who the little boy is. I'm glad we were able to save this.
More later, be safe.
Today's Town - Cameron, Texas: We’re In The Heart Of Things
Not all who wander are lost.
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