30th February

I spent a few minutes this evening sorting out a box of photographs that date back to around 1994 generally. There are some older pictures but only a few. I have a lot of pictures but very few of any real value in terms of documenting the past. I am by no means a good photographer now but sheesh - I used to take some stinkers.

I've managed to thin out the pile by removing lots of out of focus or pointless shots. Really - how many pictures of a Spanish beach do you need? I've got pictures of the Maldives so the Costa Dorada doesn't really compare. If there were loved ones or friends in the shot it would be different but there is a real lack of pictures of people. I've always found landscapes a lot easier to photograph for obvious reasons but in retrospect they aren't half as interesting.

Then I found a few pictures of people that (a) I no longer speak to (b) I never really knew (c) I never want to speak to again. What do you do with these pictures? Ripping them up or burning them makes me feel like a book burning Nazi but I don't want to keep them. I could post them out but I'd have to contact for an address and it would re-establish contact which isn't want either party would want. I've ended up putting them back in the box so they take up space and serve as a bitter reminder whenever I check my pictures of all the broken friendships I've had.

There are still lots of nice pictures - pictures I've been proud of and happy to look at over the years. Now I feel a need to look after them even more and pass them onto my daughter so she can see her Mum and Dad when they were younger and even more stupid. She'll probably be horrified - but hopefully she get a few laughs as well.

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