Thursday 7 November 2013

Long Ago and Far Away...

So I was in one of our cupboards this morning and I got distracted, by a big box of memories. From a life before digital cameras, before children, before marriage, just before. I hauled it out and there went my day.


There are the requisite photos of me when I was still a child. I thought some of you would get a kick out of my first ever Halloween costume, seen above.

But most of that box is filled with photographs and slides, taken in my travels, and then when I worked at sea on the cruise ships.


We have now have a scanner that will scan slides and I am intent on going through this box and turning some of these memories into digital memories as well. Today's photos are just what I snapped with my phone.


I think the girls will enjoy a good look through these as well. It has been a long time since this box has seen the light of day. They are the right age to appreciate that their mother had a life before she married and had children.

They might even appreciate that I was really skinny at one point!


Susan

39 comments:

  1. I so like you. These are fab! So cool seeing you in your "past" life on the ship. Incredible too the similarity between you and the girls. What an awesome find!

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  2. What a lovely way to spend a day: with a box of memories!

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  3. Old photos are the best. they make us laugh and cry and help us to remember so much of our past. The girls will have a great time looking through these. ps...you are beautiful

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  4. You so had a man at every port ;-) Looking hot!!!

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  5. Genetics at play again, you can so see you in the girls now! :o)

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  6. I'm sure your girls will love looking through these. I never knew a scanner could convert slides...brilliant!

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  7. Do you think Charlotte is inferring you're not cute any more ;-)

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  8. So much fun... But I'm sure the devil-baby was a mistake. Surely you was an angel baby ;)

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  9. you have a lovely smile on all pictures! Great that you still have them

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  10. I was going to say what cheeky monkey said - you look so happy in every picture! My parents recently brought over all my old pics that have been living at their house. It's so easy to get absorbed with going through old pics. Lovely.

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  11. Always good to have a trip down amnesia lane... Obviously you had been tormenting your mother even as a baby ;o) That one with the koala totally doesn't look like you though!

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  12. Doesn't look like you've changed that much!

    Still got that awesome smile and twinkly eyes!

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  13. It seems your parents had your personality pegged practically from birth. You make a very cute looking devil. (That is a devil costume isnt it?)

    Lovely pics of your travels and of you when you were younger...honestly you haven’t changed all that much !

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  14. It can be impossible to stop looking at the "before" photos sometimes.......did it all really happen? Definite family resemblance to the girls.

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  15. Great photos. Do you have short hair in the one wth the Koala? It really suits you. You should show it to hubby!Do you have a special scanner or will all copier / scanners do that? I too have boxes full of slides

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  16. Love the photo of you with the koala! Short hair really suits you!

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  17. Best laugh I have had in ages ;)
    That devil suit is just creepy!!!

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  18. Ohh, what a great find! Cool photos, I'm sure your girls will enjoy them very much, too.
    And so fun to get a glimpse of your "before" :)

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  19. Beautiful then and now! Your smile is such a winner. I really love you with short hair!

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  20. What a stunner! I especially love the short hair - totally suits you! Jxo

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  21. You have the most beautiful smile, and it shines out in all the pictures as it does when one is sitting and having a laugh with you. What a beautiful set of photos, I can see your girls in you, especially that earliest picture.

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  22. Our morning TV show interviewed "Julie" from "The Love Boat" last week and I thought of you - please come back to Australia sometime :)

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  23. How fun - and it looks like your smile has always been beaming! :-)

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  24. Not much has changed has it? :D Do you miss working on the cruise ships (except the drinking and swearing aspect of course....)?

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  25. Fab! So lovely to have all that stuff. I hated having my photo taken and as a consequence have hardly any photos of me before child and marriage.

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  26. Oh wow these look fab. I LOVE photographs. You had short hair! (OK I guess we all did at one point!) You actually haven't changed very much have you. I bet the girls will love these!

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  27. Wow, what fun!! No denying those girls are yours. You must have some amazing stories from the cruise ship days. What job did you do?

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  28. What great pictures and you always had that lovely bright smile :)

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  29. What fun! It looks like you saw some wonderful parts of the world on your travels - and always with that great smile!

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  30. Oh how cool! Thanks for sharing as well - makes it even more fun!

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  31. What amazing photos and memories!

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  32. How fun!! What a great treasure trove of memories! I'm sure your girls are going to have a blast looking at those photos and hearing all about your adventures!

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  33. Gorgeous photos and the best way to 'waste' a day :)

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  34. Very cool memories, Susan! You were quite the adventurer and I bet there's lots of stories to go with the pictures.

    Easy to see where your lovely girls get their beauty!

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  35. You can definitely see Helen in the the black and white photo of you. It's great looking at old photos isn't it, even though it's so frustrating seeing how good we all looked back then and didn't realise it at the time!!!!!!!

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  36. You were a knock out....no wonder....oh I'll leave it at that!!!!

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  37. Glad I'm not the only one with boxes and boxes of slides! :o) Thanks for sharing some of those great pictures...your girls sure take after you!!

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