Old Galena Farm

Here are digital photos I took of an old abandoned farm building - during our vacation last May in Galena, Illinois. Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think. Fyi, the watermark URL is wrong - should read http://www.lulu-too-beaucoup.blogspot.com/...

Digital Photo -
enhanced with layers and effects

Microsoft Digital Image Editor

Galena Farm Hayloft

Digital Photo - 5" x 3.75"

Scrapbooking with Aunt Alma (94 yrs old)

This past Sunday my hubby and I visited my great-Aunt Alma (my paternal grandmother's sister). Usually my father (77 yrs old) and I visit Aunt Alma on the 1st Saturday of every month to identify old photos for heritage scrapbooks I'm making. But Daddy wasn't feeling well this weekend so my hubby went to visit Aunt Alma with me instead.

Aunt Alma

My grandmother was the original family historian and made dozens of scrapbooks, that I am now trying to save with archival materials. Granny scrapbooked all the photos, but she didn't write much info on the backs or in her books. So we are trying to fix all the photos now while Aunt Alma can help us.

LuLu (me)

At Aunt Alma's house we look through old photos. Aunt Alma identifies the people that she can, with my help and (usually) my father's help. Then I write down the info, sort the photos into piles by location or event, and store them in accordion file folders until I get a chance to crop and mat them.

We all have a great time with the old photos! It's so interesting to see all the old places and how folks looked long ago. I've already made 5 scrapbook albums (a LOT of work) and taken them to our family's annual reunion for the past 2 years. They were a huge hit - even with the little kids!

Handsome Hubbie

My hubbie was the 'official photographer' on Sunday.