Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: old photograph

Normally, I never post photos of people on the Internet, especially my own family. However, last night, I was looking for a certain photo and happened to come across this very old one of my son, taken so many years ago. We were living in Borneo (Far East) at the time, which was where my son was born, and his Dad, who loved Math, was working on a Math Degree in his spare time - for fun. Many years later, he finally got his Degree. My son, like most people, never felt the same way about Math. Anyway, every time I see this picture, it always makes me smile, so I thought I would add something totally different to my photostream this morning. I spent ages on trying to adjust the colour from the original (which is not the photo seen here), but in the end, I gave up.

The print from which I made this scan looked OK to me, but when I scanned it, I found that it really was poor quality. Decided to post this image anyway, as I don't have many photos of my Father in his later years, and it shows him doing what he loved to do - take photos and movie. At the time this photo was taken (summer of 1969), he was a proud Grandpa for the very first time, photographing his six-month-old baby Grandson : ) My Father died about seven years after this photo was taken, at the age of 69. We were in my parent's back garden in England, visiting while on leave for a few weeks from Borneo.

Decided to scan one of the thousands of old family photos last night. I'm not being very active at the moment, giving the 16 stitches across my back a chance to heal, so I have a little more time on my hands, which actually feels really nice. Also, it's -20C (windchill -28C) this morning, 28 February 2014. The forecast for tonight is -33C (windchill -41C)!! Tomorrow, Saturday, should start off at -32C (windchill -40C), but should soar to a balmy -25C in the afternoon - yeah, right! The next few days will continue cold, but by Tuesday, there should be a little improvement - and then the snow returns, ha. It did snow a little last night. Don't think I'll be going out anywhere for the next few days, which at least will allow my stitches to heal more before I have to stretch to remove the snow from my car. Anyway, this is a photo of my Mother, Vera Kathleen Bassindale, taken by my Father on one of their endless cycling outings. Both my parents were very keen cyclists and loved being in the outdoors. My Mother shared her love of wildflowers with me and my Dad always had his camera with him, to capture the beautiful scenery, his family - and his great love of steam engines as they chugged through the countryside. I believe he had a pretty much complete photographic record of every engine in the UK (certainly England) and many from Europe. Various enthusiasts now have most of his train and traction engine photos, thanks to my amazing friends in England, who spent so much time seeing to this after my Brother died. My son inherited our parents' love of cycling : ) I seem to have inherited both passions, for which I am truly grateful. My Mother died in December 1998 and my Father had died many years before that, in 1976. Sadly, our main communication for decades was by letter, as I got married at 22 (far too young!) and moved overseas, usually across the other side of the world. Missed out on family talks and sharing of my parents' lives. Very sad, but it happens to many people when family members move away.

I just had a sudden urge to scan one of my old family photos last night and chose this one, taken many decades ago by my Father, of my Mother and little me : ) I'm not sure, but it looks like I may have been sitting in the child's seat on the back of my Father's bike. I only remember seeing photos of me on my Father's bike, and I don't know if those old seats were movable to a different bike. So often at weekends, my parents and I would bike into the countryside around Birmingham, England, and my Mother would look for wildflowers, which she loved, and my Father would be taking photos - photography was a passion for him. I seem to have inherited both passions, for which I am truly grateful : ) My Mother died in December 1998 and my Father had died many years before that, in 1976. Sadly, our main communication for decades was by letter, as I got married at 22 (far too young!) and moved overseas, usually across the other side of the world. Missed out on family talks and sharing of my parents' lives. Very sad, but it happens to many people when family members move away. Oh, by the way, those curls were the curse of my life, ha, ha - just hated them!

This is a scan from a print that was made from an old colour slide, taken on 8 December 1966. We lived in Doha, Qatar (Middle East), for just six months. This particular day was very special. One of the local Sheikhs, Sheikh Nasser, put on a "picnic" for employees and their families of one of the large oil companies. Various aspects of nomadic life were carefully arranged for us to see and enjoy, including a typical woven tent, a magnificent camel wearing its spectacular woven dressings, the slaughter of an animal hung from a wooden tripod and then prepared and cooked for us. This meal was eaten inside the tent, with everyone sitting in a circle on woven rugs - no knives or forks of course - and was followed by the preparation of coffee over a fire (and using the beautiful coffee pots that I love so much). Also a trained Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) was on its perch. A day I've never forgotten, including a ride on one of their camels (what an experience!). A most enjoyable day and one that we all greatly appreciated. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bet this took you by surprise, lol! It's a scan of a print from an old colour slide, taken in the desert outside Doha, Qatar (Middle East) in 1967. Will explain more about it when I get back home today. I have several of these old photos from Qatar that I need to scan and post as soon as possible. I don't know just where outside Doha this was taken, so I have marked it as Doha on my map - just in case anyone isn't quite sure where Doha is : ) Anyone else getting Hold Your Clicks ... this afternoon? Back to really slow page downloading, etc.. Taking forever to save comments this evening. When I click on Stats, it keeps taking me straight to the photo page for my most recent image. Weird.