Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.
~ from The Wonder Years
~ from The Wonder Years
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oday I begin my foray into hobby farming. The down and dirty part: walking the property, gathering estimates from country boys with work boots, easy grins, and mellow accents, filling the beds with aged compost and soil, and transplanting veggies and putting in direct-sow seeds.
This will leave little to no time to search the vaults of my grey matter for a list of five very important items you will absolutely need this weekend. But I didn’t want to leave you orphans! So I cheated.
Since it is Preservation Week [what, you didn’t know!? My bad!], @YourLibrary has some great articles about preserving books, digital photos ~ even fabric! And I know everyone has at least one box of slides sitting around. I have more one, I fear. Not to mention a projector screen, and even the huge clunky projector!
Preserving family items ~ whether they have been passed down for generations, or just last year ~ means more than just taking care of material possessions. It means preserving memories. It is one reason why I journal and encourage others to do so. Even if it is only journaling in scrapbook or photo album. Someday, you will have trouble remembering. Capture it now, while the moment is still fresh.
Otherwise, that bed that George slept in so many times will get donated and your children and grand-children will miss out on that awesome family story!
A great place to start your preservation research. Has a list of resources and links to help as well.
A quick and dirty list of things to do and watch out for. Follow the link for How To Care For…and it takes you to another page of external links such as The Henry Ford Museum, and PBS for a video from “The History Detectives.”
Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods. How can you preserve family heirlooms against accidents? This page has another webcast that you can access to learn more about protecting your past against Mother Nature’s future fury!
This one is a top five within a top five! The only thing I would add to this list is to find a reputable company that can transfer or convert your slides into digital files.
This was a webinar on how to preserve, store, and display textiles. There is a session recording as well as presentation slides.
Have a great weekend digging in picture boxes. I’ll see you next week!
Oremus pro invicem,
~ Mikaela
Do you have boxes and boxes of slides or pictures? Do you scrapbook? What items have you preserved that are precious to your family’s memory?
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