I am taking time out from a photo album and video transfer project to have a cup of tea. Good Earth, original blend, served in my Royal Tara tea-for-one set because it tastes better that way.
I am putting Christmas photos in albums at the same time that I am transferring 12 years of 8mm tapes onto DVD's. When I finish that, I am going to start the even huger task of editing portions of "tons" of regular videotapes on to DVD's. (Countless musical perfomances, holidays, birthdays, summer doings, trips....) And finally, I have a box of little 3 minute home movie reels that I am going to have professionally transferred onto DVD's. I think we got that first movie camera when Matthew was a few months old so there are many memories contained on those reels.
Projects like these are best done in the winter months when I can't be outside gardening! And also a good way to use the days leading up to our winter getaway to Honolulu. Soon I will begin playing my Hawaiian music, but not too soon as it makes me antsy to be there!!
There is plenty to enjoy here yet too - white fluffy snow fell last week, and with it came more birds than ever. Our feeders and the ground with fallen seed have been busy places! On Friday when I looked out the kitchen window, there were 5 cardinal pairs - absolutely stunning to watch. (The record number is 10 pairs I believe, but that was before we had all of the honeysuckle bushes cut way back along our lot line which the birds seem to miss.) And on Saturday Delaney and Ella had loads of fun sledding down the little hill in our front yard - I even took a couple of rides in their snow saucers! Now if only we had a backyard ice rink - I love to ice skate and spent countless hours doing that while growing up. Freezing cold weather ~ but we always had the warming house (heated with a wood burning stove) to take respite in. We even ice skated during recess at school.
Well, my tea is finished. Back to my afternoon task!
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