tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post638222734218261172..comments2024-01-22T20:47:55.482-08:00Comments on SherWords: Between the War and MeSherwood Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-41892792526344728802023-08-17T04:34:14.485-07:002023-08-17T04:34:14.485-07:00Thanks for writinng thisThanks for writinng thisLaharihttps://laharimh.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-18741956343034398092008-12-17T18:36:00.000-08:002008-12-17T18:36:00.000-08:00Hey, Jafafa, and welcome to my little blog! The p...Hey, Jafafa, and welcome to my little blog! The photos have the good appearance that they do because of two things: one, my Dad's meticulous cataloging and storage, and two, modern scanning technology, which can compensate for various types of dye deterioration. Neither of which would matter a damn, of course, if the original pictures hadn't been worthwhile!Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-88771664843195766302008-12-17T17:53:00.000-08:002008-12-17T17:53:00.000-08:00Love these photos. Especially the one of your gran...Love these photos. Especially the one of your grandparents. They have an immediacy that other photos from that era don't seem to have.Jafafa Hotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013358154361004190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-6528927582093322472008-12-09T20:42:00.000-08:002008-12-09T20:42:00.000-08:00George Eastman certainly did, Vicki, as did a lot ...George Eastman certainly did, Vicki, as did a lot of people in Rochester* who manufactured and distributed his contribution, weaving it into the fabric of who we are. And, appropriate to note on today's 40th anniversary of <A HREF="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/391203_pc4009.html" REL="nofollow">Douglas Engelbart's first demonstration</A> of a small "personal" computer with a "mouse" interface, the digital age has expanded his contribution by many orders of magnitude. Collections like the ones you and I have would probably have languished and ultimately disintegrated in dusty attic boxes or yellowed albums were it not for our ability now to digitize them and distribute them in the ways the internet allows.<BR/><BR/>And, as you say, it allows us all to see each other not only as we are, but as we were. And, as miraculous, it allows us to see ones who are no more, like your younger sister and my older son, vividly as they were.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for dropping by, Vicki, and take care of that cold.<BR/><BR/>(*) For other readers: Vicki lives and teaches in Rochester, NY, home of Eastman Kodak, and her blog is on my short blogroll.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-34267104736449198462008-12-08T05:04:00.000-08:002008-12-08T05:04:00.000-08:00Your picture project is inspiring. I have a box o...Your picture project is inspiring. I have a box of old (some from the '20s) 16-mm home movies that my grandfather shot. I've had some of them transferred to DVD. It's something to watch your 2-year-old father, dressed like a little cowboy and bearing a truly breath-taking resemblance to your now-deceased younger sister, playing in the yard of a house you remember very well. George Eastman did the world an amazing good.<BR/><BR/>VickiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-69793629856296842532008-12-05T22:30:00.000-08:002008-12-05T22:30:00.000-08:00Mike, I don't think Oliver and Lisa ever did this ...Mike, I don't think Oliver and Lisa ever did <A HREF="http://sharrington.net/Fire/Fire1.jpg" REL="nofollow">this</A> or <A HREF="http://sharrington.net/Fire/Fire2.jpg" REL="nofollow">this</A>. Not that Mom and Dad ever did, mind you, just showin' a couple of pictures of what they didn't do.<BR/><BR/>Nope. Didn't do it.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-16467425278531770242008-12-04T15:06:00.000-08:002008-12-04T15:06:00.000-08:00My slip-up, Ruth -- that white house is one along ...My slip-up, Ruth -- that white house is one along the road to the Old Farm, not the shelter they were working on. I'll make that clearer when I get a chance to revise.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-88400392909985675942008-12-04T14:52:00.000-08:002008-12-04T14:52:00.000-08:00They must have done an astonishing amount of work ...They must have done an astonishing amount of work in a short time! You're a little vague on dates but it sounds like barely 2 years, if that? And i know that white house must the aforementioned outbuilding they transformed, but judging by the, uh kitchen and bedroom, that pretty winter scene is one amazing transformation. Wow. <BR/><BR/>The way your mom holds the hammer looks ok to me! 8~)Nostalgic for the Pleistocenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369449719832190810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-31980591099265969652008-12-04T06:49:00.000-08:002008-12-04T06:49:00.000-08:00When I try to describe our bizarre and primitive a...When I try to describe our bizarre and primitive abodes during the WW2 era, I know my kids think I'm embroidering the facts. Wish we'd taken pictures - but,even if we had, yours would beat them by a mile. And yet - those were some of The Good Old Days.<BR/><BR/>Mike's MomRonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219173865544116724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-33882425795913719212008-12-04T03:06:00.000-08:002008-12-04T03:06:00.000-08:00Did they happen to buy that farmhouse from a fello...Did they happen to buy that farmhouse from a fellow named "Mr. Haney"?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.com