May 28, 2008
Saying hello to family - with photos!
I take photos every day. My camera goes everywhere I go. Hey, it’s Hawaii! I always know there will be something I want to preserve or share as I go about my day. You, my kind readers, get some benefit from that, I hope. My photo-essays are my favorite posts, sharing little slices of everyday life in Hawaii. Living here is almost like being on mini-vacation every day, capturing photos of all the wonderful things you see and do. Today I’ll be inspecting a home near Diamond Head, which has picture-perfect views no matter which way you look. Maybe I’ll share some fabulous scenery with you next time I sit down to blog. I capture a lot of moments from my ho-hum daily life, too - pictures of the beagle and my neighbors and growing things in my garden. My son and two other family members read my blog, so the photos I publish are one way of letting them know what’s going on in my life. My blog is a big secret to most of my family, though. This is my space to vent and ramble and speculate. I can’t talk openly about family if I feel like they’re reading over my shoulder, so I haven’t shared my URL with them. It’s been nine years since I’ve seen most of my family. I still love and miss them all, but we’re a quirky family and some of them are downright weird. They make good fodder for my blog, but I would never embarrass them by sharing their real names or letting the entire family know that I talk about their craziness. I stay in touch with them via snail mail and phone calls instead. Most of my letters and cards have a few pictures inserted. How cool would it be to have some Photo Cards printed for my little quick notes to them? I could use one of my weekly self-portraits for that. Not the one last Sunday when I didn’t brush my hair, but maybe the one from last month where I was leaning against my car. That one makes me look pretty good, I think (you can’t see my roots, right?) I really like the borderless, full-color card I’ve shown you above. I could see my sister or one of my aunts cutting the front off of that one and and framing my picture after they’ve read whatever was inside. Mine wouldn’t say “Season’s Greetings,” though. The inside of the card can be whatever I want, because photo cards can be customized to say what you’d like them to say. I’m thinking mine should just say “Aloha from skeet,” because that would leave plenty of room for me to write a personal note catching the family up on my life. I have a drawer full of blank cards that say “Aloha” or “Mahalo” on the front. I never use them because they’re so impersonal. Maybe I should assign those to the pile of stuff for my garage sale and get some photo cards that I would actually use instead. Hey, two birds/one stone: I’d get rid of some more clutter and have a better way to stay in touch with family. That works for me!
[tags]family, greeting cards, photo cards[/tags]
Posted by skeet @ 9:18 am • Photos, Home & Family
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May 28th, 2008 at 5:13 pm, Anele Says:
That’s a great idea! I have some of my photography made into cards and it’s just nice to share some of that with people you care about. It’s also nice to know we’re not the only ones with a weird family (his not mine! LOL).