tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post8776259671068326995..comments2024-03-28T08:55:00.522-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: A Widow’s Photographs and DreamsMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-62982928309753516812018-05-26T18:54:44.362-04:002018-05-26T18:54:44.362-04:00I just googled converting slides to digital and th...I just googled converting slides to digital and three places in town popped up. I knew about the one but I'm calling next week on the others which were, of all places Rite Aid and Sam's Club. We'll see. Both of the latter places are close by so that would actually get me off my butt and get the job done. That printer feature is something to keep in mind! Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-82625101207218705462018-05-26T17:50:36.101-04:002018-05-26T17:50:36.101-04:00I have an HP scanner that will also scan slides so...I have an HP scanner that will also scan slides so you can do that and they you have them digitally and can print if you want. Back when they had photo shops you could take slides there and have them made into prints but it's pretty hard to find a photo shop these days!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-63383443988504607792018-05-25T17:28:44.105-04:002018-05-25T17:28:44.105-04:00Who knows about you kids. My oldest niece just sor...Who knows about you kids. My oldest niece just sorted through boxes of photos from the 1900 to the '50s and had a party to hand out copies of all the ancestral stuff of great-great-greats that she had made. And they were all happy to get them.<br /><br />I don't like selfies either. It's changed photography and what's considered 'keepers.' Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-42670195681374223422018-05-25T15:54:02.511-04:002018-05-25T15:54:02.511-04:00My tubs of photos and thousands of digital photos ...My tubs of photos and thousands of digital photos are the bane of me! Every year I vow to get them organized and put the best of the best into book form as keepsakes I'll actually look at...so far that hasn't happened. The task is daunting! And like your Don, my husband loves a landscape -- several shots of each just to get the perfect light or angle or something, so that sorting donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-67963102311002397312018-05-23T08:18:46.008-04:002018-05-23T08:18:46.008-04:00It is a major task to sort slides, isn't it. T...It is a major task to sort slides, isn't it. There are places you can sent them to the mail that are cheaper than locally but that kind of scares me that they could get lost. I need to dig my 200 out again and put the project on the list again. Thanks for stopping by, Ann.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-88040419586517888532018-05-22T22:54:46.632-04:002018-05-22T22:54:46.632-04:00I understand about having a lot of slides/transpar...I understand about having a lot of slides/transparencies. My husband had thousands (40,000)and four years later, I am still sorting through them, although I haven't really touched them in awhile. I bought a scanner to convert them to digital a couple of years ago (about $85 at Best Buy) and it works okay, but it is slow going. I have thrown a lot away, but I have set aside several Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-18867970168248709102018-05-22T13:16:00.954-04:002018-05-22T13:16:00.954-04:00Crazy, isn't it, that we let things go but I t...Crazy, isn't it, that we let things go but I think we all do it. Except for my youngest niece who says, "Maintaining our house is our hobby." They are always doing something.<br />Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-24439237968144542902018-05-22T13:10:50.129-04:002018-05-22T13:10:50.129-04:00Welcome, Betsy! Oh my gosh, I didn't know Appl...Welcome, Betsy! Oh my gosh, I didn't know Apple watches can tell the difference between deep sleep and REM sleep! My Fitbit just tracks the hours/minutes of sleep. Now you have me lusting for a new watch.<br /><br />I've heard it was a long tedious job to convert slides which is why I can't decide if I want to do it or pay someone else to do it. They charge 50 cents a piece which seemMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-29283886753654383242018-05-22T12:06:33.534-04:002018-05-22T12:06:33.534-04:00Don was right about not seeing needed repairs unti...Don was right about not seeing needed repairs until it's time to move. We fixed a number of things for the buyers in our last house, and then we wondered why we didn't do it for ourselves. <br /><br />A few years ago, I started organizing some of our pictures that were just thrown in boxes, but I've given up. My son mentioned to me that his wife is very interested in family photos andBella Rumhttp://whatshesthinking1.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-63745588543796128802018-05-22T10:54:25.222-04:002018-05-22T10:54:25.222-04:00Hi Jean, I enjoyed looking at your blog. Thank...Hi Jean, I enjoyed looking at your blog. Thanks for coming to mine. I always thought that I didn't dream much --or at least I didn't remember them... After getting the Apple Watch, I have learned that my Deep Sleep is always much greater than my REM... I seldom get much REM ---so maybe that's the reason I either don't dream --or don't remember them. It certainly is Betsy Banks Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223591156634767330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-8771345263373710232018-05-21T10:17:59.233-04:002018-05-21T10:17:59.233-04:00I know! That passage about the photos made the ent...I know! That passage about the photos made the entire somewhat boring book worth reading. <br /><br />Dreams are a mixed bag. With some you really want to linger in bed hoping to hold on to them as long as possible, others you want to hop right up, and not let them get stored in a different part of your brain so that you can remember them. I wrote a blog the includes the scientific reasons for Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-85311898463955200142018-05-21T10:07:09.379-04:002018-05-21T10:07:09.379-04:00I am one of those people who never re-arranges her...I am one of those people who never re-arranges her furniture and I can now see the up side of doing that occasionally...because we do gain a new appreciation for our treasures. And you're right about that same logic spilling over in all parts of our lives.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-22493716517925007742018-05-21T09:53:24.821-04:002018-05-21T09:53:24.821-04:00Such an interesting way to view photos that I had ...Such an interesting way to view photos that I had never thought of. And honestly I thought it was odd until you explained it. Then I thought, why of course!<br />I love that you dream so often of Don. I would never want to get up.Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04247428494327269983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-64786402258768217782018-05-21T08:56:42.626-04:002018-05-21T08:56:42.626-04:00Thank you for sharing that passage; it is so true,...Thank you for sharing that passage; it is so true, and about so many things. It's astonishing how we all can Live With so many things for so long and merely Live Around them: unrepaired things, inconveniences, tchotchkes on display, etc. They become part of our Daily Lives and we accept them and incorporate them into our routine, forgetting them as individual items.<br /><br />So many Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-4674478611156999002018-05-21T06:35:09.876-04:002018-05-21T06:35:09.876-04:00Sometimes I long for open spaces and freshly paint...Sometimes I long for open spaces and freshly painted walls but downsizing is so hard. I have some photo albums of when I was young but photo boxes are more popular over here, I think. I have some of those as well. One of my nieces took all her photos out pf albums and put them in boxes, takes up less room. I know someone else who put copied all her photos, through out the originals and just has Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-1647109052646592852018-05-21T04:00:26.637-04:002018-05-21T04:00:26.637-04:00I don't keep any photos on display. After my r...I don't keep any photos on display. After my renovation a few years ago (removed a lot of clutter), I like open space and freshly-painted walls. <br /><br />That said, I do have photo albums and am always surprised to see how young we (family) look a few years ago, and conversely, how OLD/ER we look now. ~ LibbyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-3304270655076011492018-05-20T17:17:07.355-04:002018-05-20T17:17:07.355-04:00Yes, and I've located a place in town that doe...Yes, and I've located a place in town that does it but it's on a side of town I rarely get to. I heard you get get something for your computer to do it yourself but I need to research it. It might be cheaper. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-83361076390984111772018-05-20T16:46:30.559-04:002018-05-20T16:46:30.559-04:00you can still get those slides converted, can'...you can still get those slides converted, can't you? I hope so.Silver in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12501467853392916885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-82439128042923004202018-05-20T16:04:22.200-04:002018-05-20T16:04:22.200-04:00I can see why. Some of the vacation posts I've...I can see why. Some of the vacation posts I've seen on Facebook are awesome. I do think those emotions do change when looking at photos once a spouse is gone, when remembering becomes painful. It takes a few years for that to turn around.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-65784446208242683492018-05-20T15:46:47.899-04:002018-05-20T15:46:47.899-04:00I love to keep photos of our family thorough out o...I love to keep photos of our family thorough out our home, in our bedroom. whenever I look any photos,I will remember how I was feeling at the time, vacations taken together always reminds you of fun we had together. <br /><br />Asha<br />Ashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02218615086046024182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-12336136610765223222018-05-19T22:48:02.366-04:002018-05-19T22:48:02.366-04:00Of the three photos I mentioned of Don I only have...Of the three photos I mentioned of Don I only have three others of family on display. A small one of my mom at age 3 months in a silver oval frame, a tiny, photo-booth photo of my mom and dad taken on their honeymoon---their only wedding photo--and a snap shot of my dad's baseball team before he got married. I framed and show these because I don't want them to get lost or tossed when I Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-86992540284934304682018-05-19T22:13:22.378-04:002018-05-19T22:13:22.378-04:00I have a friend who has nearly every surface in he...I have a friend who has nearly every surface in her living room covered with framed family photos -- and a good many more on the walls. On the other hand, I have very few displayed. There's one of my mother, age six months, in one of those old-fashioned oval frames with glass, and just a few of the generations before her. I have a couple of Dixie Rose, and one of me doing my nails on the shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-30807458991094743182018-05-19T18:14:29.993-04:002018-05-19T18:14:29.993-04:00I love that quote and I couldn't let it go wit...I love that quote and I couldn't let it go without building a blog around it. You bring up an interesting thought about how some photos aren't so much about remembering a person but rather being about experiencing a place and time again, when the photo was taken. The above photo of our peeing poodle is so iconic of both the dog and our sense of the humor. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-86539236212970620042018-05-19T17:49:57.096-04:002018-05-19T17:49:57.096-04:00How wonderful to dream about someone you love. Tho...How wonderful to dream about someone you love. Those visits are very precious.<br /><br />I love that quote and must write it down. But I think no matter what, you don't have to worry about Don. Doing the photo method you described isn't so much to remember him, I think,for you won't forget. But rather, to recall the experience that photo represented, whether it was a peeing poodle orJeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-14398660845050795442018-05-19T16:15:40.971-04:002018-05-19T16:15:40.971-04:00That poodle was the apple of my husband's eye,...That poodle was the apple of my husband's eye, so to speak. The cover painting on the book in my side panel is of him, Cooper. He was a character. <br /><br />I hope so on the hummingbirds!Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com