From the past..old negs again

I started trying to rescan a bunch of negs from what I call the Richard project. I am trying to reproduce negs that Richard took from about 1946 (return from the war) -1954 (the farm years). Here are a few I found. The negs are scratchy though.. Still working on a solution for that. To the left is Richard and Cyntha about 1947 or so













This one baffles me but it gets a point across about what I see in it: not necessarily family but a style and time period. It was taken in the same negative strip with Mothers photo above and is interesting. Anyone recollect?

I think I sent you links to the Disfarmer project. In a way that is what I am seeing in these images from that period. It is the look and tone of the period that is getting interesting.
If you look at his front page and then back to this image, you might see where this might be going.
There are literally 200-300 portraits in his negs of one type or another: kids fishing, grand dads fishing, standing by cars, football, baseball, sleeping, etc.

Can you recognize Aunt Rhoda in this one? I have to redo this one. UPDATE: THAT IS RHODA IN THE MIDDLE AND THOSE WERE HER BEST FRIENDS. SHE STILL KEEPS UP WITH ONE ON THE RIGHT.

Below is Aunt Mary.

Phil / Jan 2011

otis and oscar

We are finding lots of reasons to love Houston--the Zoo, Ikea, Children's Museum, and great Art

otis at the houston children's museum

A room just for the small ones.

January has almost blown through and I am still in December

It seems like December just started and now it is the end of January. How did that happen? Jack and I both are caught up in the Cedar Fever season. Most years it does not hit me very hard, but this year is evidently a doozy. I just want to stay in my chair and not move. But we don't have that luxury. In fact I have a meeting in 20 minutes and just had two of my colleagues call to say they are sick and can't go and can I cover for them.

I get to see Kelly this weekend - unless he reads this and says I'm not going there if everyone is sick :-). Phil said he might drive through sometime this Spring. Now I just have to figure out a way to see Diana. Of course she is busy with Ginger GoGo doings, but we may have to try to get together anyway.

Hope everyone else is fine out there.

January Colorado Snows

A few photos from Phil's Friendly Neighborhood (say that five times really fast)

Only Minus 10 below

Phil here. Between football, friends, every-other-day swimming (a mile and a half usually) and the cold, have been either busy or gathering my winter energy in swimming and lots of readings.. I could put up snow pictures...and I might but here are some warmer ones..

Scotland sounds like a nice land to visit. I was talking with someone this week about it.


Is Jack going?

Cold, cold, cold

I know the rest of you are also getting this cold spell. They said it would be down in the low 20s last night, but it didn't get that low. I think it may have gotten down to 29 or 30, but it still felt cold. More tonight. The cats are glad because they got to stay in last night and will probably stay in tonight if they can behave themselves.

My other bit of news is that I am going to Scotland in June. I have been wanting to go for a few years, but kept putting it off. One of our local musicians, Ed Miller, is both Scottish and a folklorist. He does a tour once a year over in Scotland and I signed up for the one this year. We will start in Edinburgh, go to Perth, and points Northwest, spend a day or two in the borders and then end up back in Edinburgh. Most nights will be with local musicians (a few I know already from the American Folklore Society and the Ballad Commission). I am really looking forward to it and have started reading some of my Scottish ballad research again.

And that's about it for now.