I am like a kid in a candy shop. Today I have moved all my digital photos and half of my trip (July 2006) images onto discs for printing. I know many of you have been doing this for years, but my new computer is just coming up on one year old next month, and this is all wonderfully new to me. (My digital camera is 3 months old.) I love the flexibility of doing photos this way. It just makes my heritage work so much easier!

I have harkened unto folks who've said DO NOT trust your memories to discs. I am happy to have a good reason to convert my favorite images into pictures I can see and hold. I maintain albums, and as I've always said, until EYES THEMSELVES become outdated, my way of presenting the photos will not become obsolete. Photos may fade, but many will and do make it.

Besides, sitting down to flip through an album is so different than sitting at a computer. I am excited to be getting the trip pictures printed. We did about a bazillion things on our trip, and the little ones need to be able to sit down, flip pages, and remember their summer adventures this winter by the woodstove fire.

That is, in the brief amount of time we will have between winter adventures!

How is it going with your digital archiving? Do you have a handle on all that stuff? My oldest son has taught me (and is still teaching me.) I still use my 35mm camera when the mood strikes me. I also buy disposable cameras for adventures of ocean, sand, water, river, snow- places where I would never bring out a 35 mm or a digital piece of camera equipment!

Camera shops will tell you: one ocean breeze full of sand, and your equipment is compromised. Does anyone know any other enemies of our cameras?

Have a great evening!