tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post3481460231398244657..comments2024-03-27T07:54:13.206-04:00Comments on An Accidental Blog: Minimizing MemoriesPaulita http://www.blogger.com/profile/14237320966048538408noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-65797035267162477902017-03-14T12:31:15.472-04:002017-03-14T12:31:15.472-04:00Doodletlc, I can't imagine getting through all...Doodletlc, I can't imagine getting through all the photos, much less labeling them all!<br />Jeanie, Yeah a scanner can help, but then I imagine, someday when I die, all those pictures are just stuck in the cloud and no one looks at them. Paulita https://www.blogger.com/profile/14237320966048538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-47977373594701014512017-03-14T11:07:25.195-04:002017-03-14T11:07:25.195-04:00Do you have a scanner and a boatload of time? That...Do you have a scanner and a boatload of time? That would help. But I don't envy you the task of going through all your things and making those choices. I'm trying to scan a lot of things just to preserve them and in the course of it finding loads of photos to toss -- that "perfect sunset" isn't nearly so good as the sunsets today with its faded coloring, bad paper and poor camera!<br /><br />But it's the family pics that are hardest. You can probably cherry pick the books for the best, but how do you decide? Scanning and cloud or a program like shutterfly are good but the old ones are still on paper. Can you divide them up to people who might appreciate them and pass along? (I'm trying that too -- then if they want to toss -- it's their problem!)Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-66499101610435612892017-03-13T12:44:45.833-04:002017-03-13T12:44:45.833-04:00I'd save the photos making sure they are label...I'd save the photos making sure they are labeled - names, places, dates...if possible. Everything else...donate. A lighter load is always freeing and leaves your open for new experiences to build on. :)doodletllc@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803470332853312238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-56979087765295346872017-03-12T22:28:18.907-04:002017-03-12T22:28:18.907-04:00Sim, Thanks. Sorry my Dreaming of France post was ...Sim, Thanks. Sorry my Dreaming of France post was late getting up. Too many children still having too many crises!Paulita https://www.blogger.com/profile/14237320966048538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-7125636612920685072017-03-12T21:38:32.621-04:002017-03-12T21:38:32.621-04:00Ooof, what an emotional decision to make! I agree ...Ooof, what an emotional decision to make! I agree with francetaste to leave them with a relative but AFTER you've taken a couple of days to go through the books and save the creme de la creme to your computer or to winnow down into a couple of books you can browse through over coffee when you're feeling far away in France! Good luck with that!Sim Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07069681571808073102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-67199939441910448272017-03-12T14:14:13.501-04:002017-03-12T14:14:13.501-04:00Roz and Jackie, Thanks for the advice. I have star...Roz and Jackie, Thanks for the advice. I have started removing them from the albums today. If they're all digital, I suppose the kids wouldn't be able to get to them anyway. Paulita https://www.blogger.com/profile/14237320966048538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-46062188169835883842017-03-12T13:19:19.259-04:002017-03-12T13:19:19.259-04:00Before I even knew we would downsize I had taken o...Before I even knew we would downsize I had taken on a project to scan the boxes of photos we had. When we started downsizing I scanned as much as possible, like your newspaper clip. <br />I took all the photos out of the albums, scanned them and threw the albums out. Even *gasp* the wedding albums the step kids had given us of their weddings! Jackie McGuinnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946085131678256211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-63214461897058191162017-03-12T13:14:33.851-04:002017-03-12T13:14:33.851-04:00Oooh thats a hard one, I know I took all mine with...Oooh thats a hard one, I know I took all mine with me but I could load them into a removal van and ferry them across from UK, I think as Francetaste says leave them with a relative and get the really special ones put onto your computer that way the originals are there for future generations, write on the back of them also, I have some from my Mums younger years and I have no idea who they are but it would be nice to knowour life in francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10199969087758740830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-76776286096358497782017-03-12T09:14:28.830-04:002017-03-12T09:14:28.830-04:00If I take all the pictures out of the photo albums...If I take all the pictures out of the photo albums they might fit into a few boxes. They aren't the "special" albums, like the ones of our wedding or the kids baby albums, so I guess I should start culling and organizing. <br />Francetaste, What did you do when you moved to France? Did you take everything with you?Paulita https://www.blogger.com/profile/14237320966048538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32469880.post-20353542330382678652017-03-12T06:56:18.877-04:002017-03-12T06:56:18.877-04:00Will they fit into a couple of boxes? If so, can y...Will they fit into a couple of boxes? If so, can you leave them at your brother's house? Your kids might want them...there is something so much nicer about leaving through a photo album vs. looking at a computer screen.<br />I wouldn't get rid of photos.<br />But you have motivated me to look through my clippings and clear things out. I did this recently when my parents died and I had to go through their stuff. There's so much inertia. We save stuff and never go back to decide whether it's still worth saving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com