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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I still print photo's occasionally...but the big boon for me, is that I can send my pictures to the other side of the world as soon as I have looked at them and downloaded them from my camera......this means my sister can see what we(it is usually Me 'n Ma) have been up to...she can see that Ma is OK....and don't they say a picture is worth a thousand words?
Much, much more importantly though, I can provide Ma with lasting memories of the trips we have done....to lighten her days when she is alone(but not lonely).
She can live again the very happy days we have s hared together. I am sure this helps to keep her memory as sharp as it is.
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I love photos too. I have albums of my family from 1987 (birth of first son) till 2002 when i got my first digital camera. They are an amazingly good record of events, birthdays, hols, trips out, visits with friends etc -and I kept them all in order. They are great memory joggers -you forget so much over the years.
My boys won't collaborate with family photos any more though they have loads on Facebook so i can get them there!
As to letters - I love them -but get very few these days. E-mails are much less personal. And most of the post that comes is unsollicited or in brown envelopes (as pointed out by G) and needs payment
Photo attached of my favourite post-box, the Victorian one in Howtown on Lake Ullswater. Always post my postcards there when I'm at the Lake, it's worth the 2 mile walk along the lane -I like to think how many cards and letters it has seen over the years.