Nostalgia

Nostalgia reigns supreme in my house today.

I have been looking through photographs. Pictures that have been in a box near my computer desk. I am working on a (secret) project and that necessitates going through hundreds and hundreds of pictures . . . literally.

And, so many of them bring tears to my eyes - the pictures of my first grand-boy - and each successive grandchild. Pictures of the girls in swimming - prom dates - group dates in our front room - Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's day dates . . .

photos taken when hubby and I went to Denali on the train from Anchorage . . .

photos of people who no longer walk this plane - photos of people who no longer share our circle of acquaintances - photos of us the way we will never be again.

There were photos of all of us at one time or another thin . . . or not so thin. I even found a photo of my hubby without his trademark beard! That one was from our first winter here. He has had a beard ever since.

Oh - and pictures that show us with NO gray hair - short hair - long hair - straight hair and curly hair.

There are pictures of people I simply cannot place names to faces - there is even on package of photos that says boldly across the front (in my handwriting I might add) that they are not our pictures. I vaguely remember getting them from the store as a mixup with some of ours. I don't recall if we got all of ours and these were a bonus or what.

There are photos and photos and even more photos of us with our various motorcycles. Hubby with his Yamaha 650s, and me with my Virago 535 - none of which we still have.

Oh, and moose - lots and lots of moose. And snow - lots and lots of snow. Houses in our neighborhood in newer, cleaner shape than they are now. Next door neighbors who were much younger than they are now.

Nostalgia. Lots and lots of nostalgia.

and I haven't even gotten to the old ones yet!

It is a lesson in memory - this going through old photos. I would sugguest it for everyone at one time or another. It is also a good time for you to weed out those "questionable" photos. Photos that you might want to destroy before your children or your grandchildren find them. heh

What states have you lived in or visited? Me-me in the MORE section.

note: I have bolded the states I have visited and bold/CAPS are the (only two) states in which I have lived.

1) Alabama, 2) ALASKA, 3) Arizona, 4) Arkansas, 5) California, 6) Colorado, 7) Connecticut, 8) Delaware, 9) Florida, 10) Georgia, 11) Hawaii (soon!), 12) Idaho, 13) Illinois, 14) Indiana, 15) Iowa, 16) Kansas, 17) Kentucky, 18) Louisiana, 19) Maine, 20) Maryland, 21) Massachusetts, 22) Michigan, 23) Minnesota, 24) Mississippi, 25) Missouri, 26) Montana, 27) Nebraska, 28) Nevada, 29) New Hampshire, 30) New Jersey, 31) New Mexico, 32) New York, 33) North Carolina, 34) North Dakota, 35) OHIO, 36) Oklahoma, (I've never been, but I own the video) 27) Oregon, 38) Pennsylvania, 39) Rhode Island, 40) South Carolina, 41) South Dakota, 42) Tennessee, 43) Texas, 44) Utah, 45) Vermont, 46) Virginia, 47) Washington, 48) West Virginia, 49) Wyoming, and 51) Washington, DC
I have only lived in TWO states in my whole life.

The only time I have ever crossed the border was in 1975 when we crossed the bridge to visit the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.

Sadly untraveled I am, I am.

Posted by Purplemoose at January 24, 2004 06:57 PM