Well, we finally got all of our negatives scanned, filtered out the lousiest of them, and placed our final order with ScanCafe.com. In all we sent them 3821 negatives and rejected 959 of them. Most of the ones we rejected were either blurry or dark. I also rejected pictures containing no person or thing I could recognize and many that were nearly identical to another photo we took. Back in the days before digital we’d often take two photos just to be sure one came out. Most of the film was from the early part of Amber and I’s relationship, 1997-2005 or so. But there were also photos from earlier in life.
When we get the pictures on DVD we’ll start the process of tagging, adding descriptions and uploading to Flickr. We’ll start sharing sets of photos with people once they are online if we think you might be specifically interested. There are lots of embarrassing photos and lots of heartwarming ones too. Here is a very small, very random sampling of what we have to look forward to.
Lately our days have been pretty boring, but we made up for that on Friday.
In the morning before lunch, we had a fun time working on art projects and painting.
One of Wesley's paintings
Wesley spent a lot of time on each piece of art. He already has an idea of good and not good art. He commented several times how his was good and Jillian’s was not as good…
One of Jillian's paintings
Jillian worked a bit faster than Wesley, so here a few more of J’s paintings:
Then in the afternoon after naps, Wesley found a book about science experiments. He said to me, “let’s make some discoveries” and handed me the book with the experiment he wanted to do. (A new show on PBS called Dinosaur Train and they make hypothesis and discoveries and learn about dinosaurs.)
This is the experiment that Wesley picked.
Our first attempt failed… the eggs sank to the bottom. The salt water solution was not strong enough and the fresh water got a bit mixed. So we tried again.
Success!!
Magic eggs.
I really wanted them to just look at me and smile...but I should have known better.
They they wanted to do a bit of experimenting on their own:
Pouring his own salt.
Helping Jillian - pouring the salt for her.
carefully...
...carefully...
...made it!
Our experiment went so well, that I bet there will be many more in our future!
- I don't get the fun of stickerbooks, but I'm not 3. http://flic.kr/p/6VJSP1 #
- Unsafe at any speed. http://flic.kr/p/6VKg37 #
- Flickr2Twitter is flaky right now. Took multiple attempts to post the last photos (via email total fail). Flickr blames Twitter's OAuth #
- RT @timoreilly Good Washington Post article: 5 Myths About Health Care Around the World http://bit.ly/139Yzs Be informed in your opinions! #
- Woo Hoo! Our images are done scanning & QA at scancafe.com. Now just need to upload and we can begin reviewing them. #
- In TX at 16 your parent can discipline by hitting you, but if you hit back it is assault and they try you as an adult. Ah, hipocrisy. #
- At Red Robin for dinner. Events w/neighbors ate up cooking time. http://flic.kr/p/6Wug7G #
- Hanging out at Petco after dinner. http://flic.kr/p/6Wr4gi #
- I guess Scan Cafe's web servers are not local to their scanning facilities. They've been "uploading" my scanned photos for 16 hrs. #
- Scan Cafe images online for review! Took 23hrs to upload & they expect us to review in 2 weeks. 35 color:3609, 35 b&w:97, APS:25, 110:90 #
- Been through all 3821 images scanned by Scan Cafe. So far only rejected 531. Time to go back through and be more liberal with delete key. #
- Just bought latch hook stocking kits for Wes: http://bit.ly/VTxPL and J: http://bit.ly/16wuQJ #
- Recording of Ch 36 of David Copperfield on Librivox is so bad, indescribably so, that I just read it myself online. #
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- RT @Reygnbull: "@huntertrek Dinner in the sky in Vegas; starts at $169 per person (but I think you need 20 people!)" #
- Back from bikeride with Wes. We rode around the block and he crashed 3 times (with training wheels). Probably not the next Lance Armstrong. #
- Wesley just let me out of time out. Dang! #
- Listened to this while on hold and coding a bit. Need to stop that I guess. Science Friday: The Myth Of Multitasking http://bit.ly/52AJx #
- whole neighborhood smells like skunk. haven't seen any in austin proper…yet #
- I wish I had $8k to build our own custom Backblaze Storage Pods: 67 terabyte 4U servers for $7,867. http://bit.ly/vDhw0 #
- RT: @planetmoney: Wow — unemployment's up in every 372 metro area. Talk about nowhere to hide. /lc http://bit.ly/2NT8tT #
- WOW! I'm shocked. Try it yourself: : WhatTheInternetKnowsAboutYou: your browser is giving away your history http://bit.ly/hvOVE #
- http://twitpic.com/g95qg – Quack! Jillian after her bath. #
- Watching Twilight, filmed in Forks, WA. Movie is okay, but the clouds are gorgeous. So much green. I can't wait until October visit. #
- Redmond WANTS Maggie in THAT way, but has no clue what to do. It is sad really. Like a kid on the playground he won't stop pestering her #
- Redmond! No means No! #
- I think Amber and I could share this quite nicely. Cinnamon Roll On Pretzel? on Flickr http://bit.ly/hMB2S #
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