Jeffery brought this home last night from work. It was a gift from some friends who knew we used to live in Santa Cruz. They got it free at a garage sale. It just might be the most glorious thing EVER, and I am completely in love with them it.

Just little snippets, more of the slides. I was struck how many of the images had a little pop of red. I especially love the café chairs and I think that I simply must have a ton of red geraniums this summer.

Last summer…(or was it the summer before?) I bought some 35mm slides at a garage sale with the intention of making a lampshade.  After looking at the slides held up against a window I decided that I needed to preserve the images before I started punching holes in them.  There are about 400 of them so I have been waiting until I could afford to have them scanned and cleaned and I finally sent them in and got the DVD back this weekend.  The images are stunning. Jeffery and I sat in front of the TV “oo-ing and aw-ing” over them.

The slides were taken on Kodachrome film so the colors have been gloriously preserved, and the man behind the camera definitely had an eye, which, in my opinion, is what makes the images so spectacular.  I am making up stories about the couple (she is sitting at the table) and why they went to Europe. She ALWAYS has red lipstick and in one photo is wearing a fur and white gloves.  It’s refreshing to see people dressed in long coats and no tennis shoes.

The next step is to get a lampshade washer top, perhaps some jump rings, and figure out how to punch/drill my holes. I am so excited!