003-06202011

003-06202011, a photo by abbynormallife on Flickr.

3/365 - Baby with daddy's picture

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002-06192011, a photo by abbynormallife on Flickr.

2/365 - Messy baby

001-06182011

001-06182011, a photo by abbynormallife on Flickr.

1/365 - Family portrait

Found Friday

I just love these pictures. The idea that you could have the ability to take a memory from the past and bring it into the present, even if for just a fraction of a second, is a very powerful concept. I need to find some good examples to try myself!

"433-435 warren st hudson, ny"

by Flickr user fiveanddiamond

"Grandmother in front of her house 1972"

by Flickr user haunted snowfort

Dead End

Well, not quite a dead end, but I have hit a stumbling block on my road to getting my little Bell & Howell Autoload 309 up and running.

In addition to 4 AA batteries, the camera requires a battery to power the electric eye - a 1.38-volt mercury battery. Yes, MERCURY. (I guess I should have paid more attention when I first got the camera and chucked the old battery in the trash . . . oops.)


In any case, they do sell replacements for this type of battery online but, being the responsible citizen I am, I wanted to at least try to get the battery from a local establishment. Like with four walls and real people. I have been in twice and the batteries are supposedly being ordered but have not come in yet.


Maybe someday soon I will finally put the pieces together.

Found Friday

Via The Big Picture: A volunteer cleaned a family photo that was washed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami as baby photos were placed to dry at a volunteer center in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, April 12, 2011. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)

Checking in

Things have been busy lately, what with a work trip to Vegas, a baby shower, Easter, and a first birthday party. Now I am sick on top of all that. However, my project of getting my Bell & Howell Autoload 309 up and running is still in on-going. The husband surprised me with a single cartridge of Kodak Tri-X Reversal Film. Now we need to figure out the battery situation and see if this thing can work at all.