The Photo Journey

So today, being 2019 AFL GF Day, and yeah, those frigging awful Tigers did it again. Glad I didn't watch it. But sitting around with the kids having a can or two and flicking through photos - largely due to the impending passing of a key family member (Mooey).

I have had on my To-Do list for some years now, the goal of organising all my photos. This has been a goal that has been with me for a decade or more. I remember way back when in about 2007, living in Hamilton in Brisbane, when I decided to finally digitise all the hundreds of hardcopy photos I had. I was so glad to get that done, but far out was it expensive! At that time anyway. Not sure what it would be like now. But I did it, and am damn glad I did.

Today I had even more of a thought. It occurred to me that I have been flicking through albums and largely picking a few from each, and then making a post about that. So maybe that can be the basis of my blog-based memoir? Each photo grouping or folder can represent a chapter in my own history. I like it. Sounds like a good idea!

Looking at the literally frigging hundreds of folders I have containing photos, this is not going to be an easy task. Perhaps that is why I have not yet fully attempted it. Frankly, I can't see that happening right now either as the internet is SO crap here. OMG it is frustrating! Plus, being the digital age, we have SO many more photos now than we used to, and it is so easy to keep them all. Yikes, I have just seen all the caps-words I have just written. I am in danger of becoming a millennial! Haha, not really.

Anyway, so looking through the various folders, it's funny how children play such a major part. Before I had kids, folders were grouped into either decades, years or specific events. Post-children, you can have folders of 1000 or more photos of the same frigging day almost. I know they are all special and yes I cherish every memory of every moment with my three kids, but really, I don't need 40 photos of essentially the same moment, with perhaps an eyebrow moving between frames.

So there you go, mission granted. I won't call this part 1 or anything, not at this time. I want to evolve this part of the journey as it itself sees fit, and as parts feel like they belong in the narrative, I will include them. So watch this space. I have some awesome stuff to share....