I'm gonna need kleenex for this...

My new office was intentionally setup to start a long term project of scanning photos that are in ABUNDANCE in too many containers to keep remembering the # of them... probably why I don't print pictures to often in the last 10 years as I just store them on a disc or flash drive..  So I/We decided to put them into use by giving them to the kids onto something like a 500GB storage drive.. then they have them, print what they might ever want..

I love taking pictures, especially now that my memory sucks at what year things took place.. and I am finding that I was HORRIBLE at writing on the pictures or even the paper envelope they came in what and when they were taking.. So they are going to get at best my guessing what AGE the youngest looked in the photo..  Sorry kids, best I can do.

So bought this Epson Perfection V300 Photo scanner for a great price of $99 at a Samy's camera in Costa Mesa.. got it all installed, setup, tested a couple of photos and did a couple of test scans to see if I knew what the heck I was doing.  Nice setup..

Then, I did one of Ashley June 9, 1985 of her with my grandpa, her great grandpa Howard Cook, and the tears start falling.. He was a fun loving, easy going guy, and all Ashley will have of a memory will come from a few pictures that she will have as I pass them on. He died 14 months after she was born after having a stroke and emphysema complications... The tears are still falling as I write this, I've missed him.

I'm going to need to add a box of kleenex to my desk, this might be harder than I thought..