In my recent spate of organizing, I came upon some old photo/ scrapbooks. This completely derailed whatever task I had going, of course. But it was so cool. The first things I found was a photo of me wearing that dress bought in Egypt and worn on a cruise down the Nile some 30 years ago.
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See, I look exactly the same then as my recently
posted "Starry Night with Van Gogh" seen here |
Now the other totally awesome thing I had was an old scrapbook picked up at an estate sale in
Saugatuck, Michigan for 50 cents. I remember feeling so honored
to have it for safe-keeping. This was along time ago when I used to go to art camp for the summers at Ox-bow. In fact, here's a group picture of all the artists who served as staff to pay their way:
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| Can you guess which one is me? |
(hint: I have on a black strapless dress and "diamond" brooch)
Anyway, I'll just show you the opening pages of the estate sale scrapbook and you can see for yourself:
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| The dedication... |
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| the title and introduction... |
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| and photos of the 3 authoresses who are also sisters! |
What sort of trip were you on, oh, 30 years or so ago?
I know what you mean about becoming derailed when organizing. If it wasn't for that, I would be done by now. Looking good 30 years ago and looking good today.
ReplyDeleteTrying to keep it that way, Judith, one way or another...
DeleteLet's see...thirty years ago? Like 1982? I was 29 years old, married to my first husband, and still 3 years away from my first child. I was thinking of doing a flashback post, too. I did one a while back and recently re-encountered all my photos as I cleaned out a closet.
ReplyDeleteYour picture is amazing and I love the new one, too. It's so special that you've upcycled the dress. I suspect I have next to nothing from that time due to personal upheaval and fashion-fickleness. Wish I did, though. I still dream about my clothes from the past, especially shoes. Guess that's one of the signs of being a real clothes aficionado.
Oh, I do too - think about my clothes from way back when, especially from the 70's when they were so cool (and I was a skinny thang)!
DeleteI feel bad saying that most of my photos are in a box all mangled and disorganized. It's like another life inside that box because my first family started 30 years ago. I was in my 20's and had three kids. Back then we threw all our photos into a box and were lucky to get one or two photo albums put together. In my second life which began somewhere around 98 I was newly married and had my last child. Now all our photos and memories are on discs. It's such a shame isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to put together scrap books like this one. It's wonderful!
I know, I have it both ways too - photos in boxes and on discs. I also have them on slides, on the computer hard drive and some in photo albums. That's life I guess, cha-cha-cha-changes...
DeleteWhoa, pao! That is some awesome dress. I think of Poirot when I think of cruises down the Nile - the mystery, the romance, the intrigue. I hope you had all those things in that amazing dress. Stunning. And you have kept that sense of allure and beauty going strong!! I was going to university then - one mixed-up, starry-eyed gal.
ReplyDeleteYes I did have all those things in that amazing dress cruising down the Nile, Melanie - except for Poirot! Are you saying you're not going to university now?...or you're not one mixed-up, starry-eyed gal now? I hope it's not the latter.
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