It started with cards…

Not many frames the last few days. Clare & I are on a house cleaning trajectory to get ready for a full house in April for the total solar eclipse. Also, I’m trying to plow through all the photo subjects I’ve been setting aside in my office (i.e., the bedroom that’s not currently a bedroom), so that I can throw them away or put them away. (Examples: the answering machine tapes, the micrometer, the old ISP CDs.) But hindering that project is the failed LED light strip in my photo box. I’ve been trying to decide what replacement parts I need from Orangemonkie, but their web site and the email correspondence haven’t been clear, so this decision-making is taking a few days. Also, Clare & I each got new phones this week, so some time has been eaten up by transitioning to new phones. But I digress.

It started with going through all the birthday, anniversary, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, cards and winnowing the pile. But that has progressed into other projects, the most significant of which for me is really going through all my files and boxes and asking if I am ever going to want these again. So here is 40 pounds of paper that went to the curb tonight. Working papers, journal pre-prints, and yes, lots of cards. It’s time consuming, but rewarding. We know that future Thom & Clare will appreciate that 2024 Thom & Clare did this!

First post with my new Pixel 8. Didn’t use Portrait mode, so the blurred background was done in ON1 Photo Raw.

[ PXL_20240125_003331950_12x9tm :: cell phone ]

January 24 posts
  1 year ago: “The culprit”
 2 years ago: “‘Night & Day: Paris Love’ [Filler]”
 3 years ago: “A different size for every product…”
 4 years ago: “At the ‘Y’”
 5 years ago: No post
 6 years ago: “Immature pitcher”
 7 years ago: “Wood’s all gone!”
 8 years ago: “A[nother] 1-frame day”
 9 years ago: “Managing Money”
10 years ago: “Gasteria flowers”
11 years ago: “Late bloomer…”
12 years ago: “Puddles”
13 years ago: “Ruby Red!”

[Mags]

Nice job! Great edit!

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice edit, lot's of work!

[Danette Thompson]

It’s a never ending battle.

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette The hope is that feeling what it's like to weed out things that haven't been disturbed in decades (in some cases), we will be more critical about what we save and file away. Again, that's the *hope*!

[Kathy]

Feels so good to get rid of stuff like this.