Keeping Track of Photos

Someone once asked me how I remember details of events from long ago. The truth is—I don't! My husband and I travel frequently, so remembering names and information about every city and landmark we've seen would be nearly impossible.

Instead of trying to memorize names, dates and facts, I keep a travel journal and it serves as my memory. When we are traveling, each night I write down where we have been. I also collect brochures along the way so that I get the correct names and spelling for the places we've been. I now have diaries from more than 100 trips. I also have four filing cabinet drawers crammed with travel material. There are file folders for every U.S. state (we've been to all of them), Canada (which we have toured from the Maritimes to Victoria) and 37 foreign countries (many of which we have visited). I also have a pile of 27 folders from specific elder hostels or tours.

Why do I do all this? One reason is that I am organized—nauseatingly so, I sometimes think. The other started years ago when I began writing down this information so that I could identify my pictures when they were developed. To this day, when I get my developed photos back (before anyone else touches them) I number them by roll…ie. A1, A2 and B1, B2, etc. Then when I get out my diary, it follows along with the pictures and I can identify and date them.

I learned a lesson the hard way some years ago when I spent a lot of time and aggravation wading through a lifetime of pictures trying to identify and date them. Now I am very good about marking photos right away. It's my way of leaving my children a legacy.

Photo 1: Elliott and Alice standing on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. Oct. 31, 2001

Photo 2: Alice and Elliott taking a rickshaw ride in a beijing hutong (neighborhood). June 12, 2004

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