Scrapbooking
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osprey_archerWhen littlerhymes and I were reading the Boggart books, I mentioned that in my youth, the first book inspired me to write a poem called “Scottish Sword Dance.” (Had I ever seen a Scottish sword dance? No. Does The Boggart even include a description of a Scottish sword dance? Also no. You can do these things when you’re ten.)
In the process of searching for this masterpiece, I discovered (1) that I appear to have misplaced a box containing most of my childhood poetry and drawings, and (2) my old scrapbook, featuring the three-week trip that my parents and I took to Australia and New Zealand when I was a wee lass of 17.
“If only I had kept up the scrapbooking,” I sighed. “I would love to have a scrapbook of my Barcelona trip, or my study abroad in York. Alas, alas. Too late to begin anew with my more recent trips, of course. Didn’t collect sufficient ephemera to make proper scrapbooks anyway.”
I have now scrapbooked my trip to Paris withlittlerhymes. I enjoyed putting it together so much that I proceeded to scrapbook various events from 2022, including (1) Harvest Days with Christina, (2) Winterlights with my mom, and (3) ice hiking with Dad.
For the ice hiking pages, I had the brilliant idea to cut up the state park map for material. One can make a scrapbook with just photos and captions - Harvest Days and Winterlights are both like this (although I did cut out a snowflake for Winterlights), but I always think that a scrapbook is the better for having bits of ephemera from the experience itself, ticket stubs and bookmarks and business cards and so forth.
Upon a second search for “Scottish Sword Dance,” I discovered that I still possess my cache of scrapbooking material from Barcelona, plus my journal of the trip! And I still have my own photos, albeit on Facebook, which does not print out at very high quality, sadly. Perhaps if I print the photos at a smaller size…
In looking through all these photos for scrapbooking, I have discovered that I like to photograph:
1. food,
2. flowers,
3. cats,
4. doors/staircases/pathways of Mysterious Portent,
5. artwork,
6. bookcases,
7. and interesting architectural details.
What I don’t usually photograph:
1. Myself.
2. Other people I am with.
What do people most like to see in scrapbooks?
1. Photographs of people that they know.
Fortunately I have a few such photographs among the masses of food pictures! But going forward I must remember to photograph myself and my traveling companions more often.
Sadly, during my road trip last fall I purposefully (foolishly!) only bought as many postcards as I could send, and I don’t have a lot of brochures and ticket stubs and things left either. If only I hadn’t cleaned out the backseat of the car after I returned! Simply did not realize… But since that trip is still quite recent, I may be able to cobble together enough material for a scrapbook, after all.
littlerhymes and I were reading the Boggart books, I mentioned that in my youth, the first book inspired me to write a poem called “Scottish Sword Dance.” (Had I ever seen a Scottish sword dance? No. Does The Boggart even include a description of a Scottish sword dance? Also no. You can do these things when you’re ten.) In the process of searching for this masterpiece, I discovered (1) that I appear to have misplaced a box containing most of my childhood poetry and drawings, and (2) my old scrapbook, featuring the three-week trip that my parents and I took to Australia and New Zealand when I was a wee lass of 17.
“If only I had kept up the scrapbooking,” I sighed. “I would love to have a scrapbook of my Barcelona trip, or my study abroad in York. Alas, alas. Too late to begin anew with my more recent trips, of course. Didn’t collect sufficient ephemera to make proper scrapbooks anyway.”
I have now scrapbooked my trip to Paris with
littlerhymes. I enjoyed putting it together so much that I proceeded to scrapbook various events from 2022, including (1) Harvest Days with Christina, (2) Winterlights with my mom, and (3) ice hiking with Dad. For the ice hiking pages, I had the brilliant idea to cut up the state park map for material. One can make a scrapbook with just photos and captions - Harvest Days and Winterlights are both like this (although I did cut out a snowflake for Winterlights), but I always think that a scrapbook is the better for having bits of ephemera from the experience itself, ticket stubs and bookmarks and business cards and so forth.
Upon a second search for “Scottish Sword Dance,” I discovered that I still possess my cache of scrapbooking material from Barcelona, plus my journal of the trip! And I still have my own photos, albeit on Facebook, which does not print out at very high quality, sadly. Perhaps if I print the photos at a smaller size…
In looking through all these photos for scrapbooking, I have discovered that I like to photograph:
1. food,
2. flowers,
3. cats,
4. doors/staircases/pathways of Mysterious Portent,
5. artwork,
6. bookcases,
7. and interesting architectural details.
What I don’t usually photograph:
1. Myself.
2. Other people I am with.
What do people most like to see in scrapbooks?
1. Photographs of people that they know.
Fortunately I have a few such photographs among the masses of food pictures! But going forward I must remember to photograph myself and my traveling companions more often.
Sadly, during my road trip last fall I purposefully (foolishly!) only bought as many postcards as I could send, and I don’t have a lot of brochures and ticket stubs and things left either. If only I hadn’t cleaned out the backseat of the car after I returned! Simply did not realize… But since that trip is still quite recent, I may be able to cobble together enough material for a scrapbook, after all.
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Date: 2024-07-11 12:15 pm (UTC)1. Myself.
2. Other people I am with.
Yep, yep, same here. What I photograph: plants and lichens and small critters that I later want to identify by species. Also landscapes.
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Date: 2024-07-11 05:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-07-11 12:46 pm (UTC)Will you post a photo or two of the scrapbook of the France trip?
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Date: 2024-07-11 05:36 pm (UTC)It's such a pain posting photos to DW that I'm not sure I'll post them here, but I can text scrapbook photos to you if you want.
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Date: 2024-07-11 06:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-07-11 08:33 pm (UTC)When I was fourteen, I went on a school exchange to France and my dad gave me a little film camera to take along. I remember him being baffled when the pictures were developed - “Where are all the photos of your friends?” he asked, browsing through my endless landscape and architecture shots. It had honestly never even crossed little me’s mind. Why would I want to photograph the same old people I see every day at home when I’m standing in front of an ACTUAL CASTLE?
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Date: 2024-07-12 12:24 pm (UTC)I do have some pictures of him now, though! Mostly holding my baby niece.
However, in the future I must remember to take a few photos of friends and family. For scrapbooking!
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Date: 2024-07-11 09:09 pm (UTC)And my mum constantly despairs that my holiday photos never have any people in them. My response is usually, "well, I know what I look like."
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Date: 2024-07-12 12:18 pm (UTC)I have decided to try to do at least a few more holiday photos with people. It's nice to look back years later and go "OMG I was such a baby."
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Date: 2024-07-12 03:01 am (UTC)People photos are handy. Gotta get a few selfies in from time to time!
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Date: 2024-07-12 12:20 pm (UTC)I really need to up my selfie game. Or perhaps my "asking strangers to take photos of me" game? People are usually quite obliging about that sort of thing, I've found. Good way to have a little chat too - you never know when someone has a rec for the best secret waterfall that you would have never found otherwise.