Joy of Picture Stories

I wish I had a picture or two on had. I could show you what I have a passion for doing. (My next endeavor will be on how to transport pictures from my albums to my blog).
If we want to share our family, we can accomplish much with cameras. My grandmother is one example. In her big thick old Bible, the one that hods the family record, I found dried roses.I opened the creme pages to the family record and discovered wine flowers on the page. It looked exquisite and spiritual. And since she was known for her handiwork, I did a collage using doilies, pillow cases,and some tiny linen vase holders she'd embroidered. I now need to add her homemade apron, her large crocheted tablecloth, and the double wedding band quilt. I have someone who is going to redo the edges in order to preserve this quilt for which she used house dresses for the colored peices.This tells much about the fabrics of her time-peppy and cheerful like her.
Because I live close to where she lived, I took a picture of her house beside the park and will add a story I wrote. Recordings give interest and variety.I think I will bake oatmeal cookies for a picture.I can set them beside her cake glass stand plus the apron she wore. I am planning to return to her childhood home for a picture of her house.In fact, I will write and then add a poem that tells even more,all of this on my slide show.Possibly the most striking addition, was a vintage post card of Hastings Ne.,only two miles from her childhood home.--I almost forgot to say, I've added a fabulous portrait of her as a young woman of the 1800's. If you were to see my slide show and my additions, right down to the land they lived on,or some notes they took-I think you would the heart of this person. It takes time, but the results are so very satisfying. It's a project of discovery with many joy filled moments.
Enjoy your genealogy and the realizatioon that your are preserving history. gabbi...inner joy