I take so many photos, which is probably why my phone operates at half-speed. What I like is that all the images are date-stamped. Since I’m delinquent at keeping up my gardening journal, I rely on these photos as reference points. Just yesterday, I was scrolling back to see when I took the burlap off my boxwood hedges last year…April 12. (Weather permitting, I will be doing the same next week.)
When I travel with my daughter, I often gift her a handwritten journal of our daily escapades, and she gives me a fabulous photo book capturing the special moments of our trips. I treasure these books and have them close at hand to view whenever. These memories are priceless…
Over the winter, with my daughter’s constant prodding, I started working on laying out photo books using my photographs. I’ve decided to do a book for each season in the garden…a rather ambitious project! Soon, I realized there were gaps in the seasonal timelines; therefore, I have not been able to complete them…yet. Now that I know what material I’m missing, I’ll ensure I have the photos I need to complete each season.
To get an idea of what one of my books would look like, I decided to do one on the two years I operated the C C on Whyte “pop-up” in the Greenhouse during the pandemic. Because I won’t have the opportunity to take more photos (I’m no longer doing the pop-up), I had limited images and subject matter to work with. Nevertheless, this book will refresh my memory of one of the few good things that happened during that difficult time.
If your photo library is extensive, I encourage you to play amateur photographer. It’s a creative and gratifying process!
xox Judy❤️