One of the things I found interesting today was the process of going through photos albums. Exploring and revisiting what I found important at certain times of my life – capturing moments – places – people – events.
I went through 6 photo albums – pulling out memories from when I was with my (practice) husband. Getting engaged, our first apartment together, our new furniture, our adopted kitten and how well she got along with our previous cat (not!), our next move, our honeymoon across the East coast provinces of Canada, the first time I saw an ocean, the house we lived in when I was born, our puppy, renovations in our first house, our trip out to the West coast – across the rest of the Canadian provinces, my first glimpse of mountains, the Pacific ocean, our trip to Drumheller where I saw a T-Rex skeleton up close and personal, bought a fossil, a full moon in the Rocky Mountains, a black bear on the side of the road, West Edmonton Mall, going down the luge run at Calgary’s Olympic Park…..
As I pulled, I sorted into 3 piles: keep, pass over to my ex, or toss.
I recall one of my siblings commenting on my photo albums maybe 20+ years ago…asking me why there were so many pictures without people. Her photo albums were filled with photos of places and events but most included someone in the picture. I seem to recall it had something to do with marking the point in time with the person along with the place or the event. I had answered her that I preferred just the scenery – that I was an artist looking for the artistic shot.
Having gone through this exercise today I realized the photos I kept were mostly those which included people. The majority of those I tossed were of scenery.
Hmmm…she may have been onto something.
Amazingly, I actually remember that conversation! I have to admit the pic in this post is very pretty…. and not a person in sight. 😉
Way Cool that you recall that conversation. Already packed the ones I saved with people in it so took one off the internet – hence no peeps. LOL
Hahahahahaha! I have mostly peopless pictures as well! This is because I am seldom with people when in nature. It’s me and God, accompanied by my current dog children. There are tons of doggies in my pictures. I cull my images of the expressions of God’s creative genius in nature without dog children much more than an imperfect shot of the four leggeds. Think your sis may be right.
Happy Triage!!!
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What a great descriptive word for what we are doing…triage! LOL Send pics of puppies!
How strange. I was just looking through some of my old FB posts and then I thought I needed to check out your latest blog as I have not been here for a few days and read your post about lovely memories!!!
I know when I look back at old photos it can sometimes feel like the person in that life does not exist anymore! I like looking at photos with other people in. They can bring the experience flooding back. Thank you for sharing.
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What a great post! It now makes me want to go through mine and check out whether it was the people or the scenery in my shots 🙂 Just thinking back, I bet it is a good combination of both.
I found most of my pics, before our son, were of places without people. Now most include him, with or without us. Thanks for stopping by Shelby!