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Catching up

Adrian — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:57:23 +0000

My goodness – time flies.

What’s the latest? A little on the family history, and some new photos from various events.

A new contact with a 2nd cousin in California, who has done much research on the Pratt family is very promising. K’s family tree continues to grow in size and depth with more detailed information and members of the family confirmed. A visit by K’s 3rd cousin Steven was interesting – he brought many new photos.

Our favourite local museum, the de Young, in Golden Gate Park, is only about a mile away. We recently went there to see the annual Bouquets to Art exhibit (slideshow in need of editing, but you’ll get the idea).

Winter persists but during a couple of breaks in the weather I’ve put together a few interesting panoramic pictures from our house.

On the techie side not much to report on the website, but some new and improved radio bit’n'pieces are coming together, including some new beams to try side band DX on 2m and 70cm. The volunteer season looks like it will start off well with two fun events, the MS Society’s Top Hat Classic ride in April and the ALA’s Two Rock Breathe Easy Ride in May. The ADA’s Tour de Cure maybe another coming up soon. If you think any of these charities do good work please do consider supporting them, they need it!

New Old Photos

Adrian — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:57:05 +0000

Thanks hugely to Sarah and her fiancee Andy for scanning a whole bunch more photos that can be seen on the site how. There are two albums the first of which is temporary, the second is of photos from around the 1920s or late 19-teens and will remain in some form.

Recent additions include a few photos from the 1950s and 1960s that can be viewed at least for a short while, until I find a better place for them with an index entry and title for them all.

Thanks Sarah and Andy!

Plain DAFT?

Adrian — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:33:17 +0000

D.A.F.T. – Digital Archive Family Tree? Maybe not the best name

Now that I have your attention – whatever the overall project is finally called, today sees another piece of the jigsaw ready.

All the key pieces are now in place :

the latest addition- an encyclopedia of reminiscences and memories that you can write, to go with
a searchable archive of old (and new) family photos
a digital family tree (to keep growing)
a set of pages to easily update with news about the family and the new stuff on the site (this weblog)

This is where I need you, the rest of the family, wherever you are, to contribute.

Drop me a line by email, or leave a comment here, if you’d like to help. Have a look at what’s already there.

Oh if you are wondering what it is, it’s a wiki.

Thanks,
Adrian

WEB: William Ewart Bowden

Adrian — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:50:22 +0000

WEB? The Web? No, William Ewart Bowden, my grandfather, my mother’s father. Here’s a picture of my mother’s parents.

Found some more old slides, taken by him. Some have come out quite well – you can view them for the moment here. They are mostly from the early sixties but there are a few from about 1973 also. It’s great having those memories of my grand parents jogged by these photos.

Huge thanks to Digital Pickle, a local digital image lab in San Francisco, for making such a good job of these slides, and the first set too. They’ll be getting some more of slides pretty soon – watch out for them here.

The 70s

Adrian — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:51:05 +0000

Remember then? Well I do… sort of! Growing up in England, just getting interested in photography. Here are a few pictures taken mostly by me, or at least with my camera. There are also a few pictures of me for the archive.

Also see Katie’s annual holiday card photos.

Update: There’s more than just the 70s and 80s now – have added old family album photos and others from other decades.

Generations

Adrian — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:32:59 +0000

Here’s a picture of me and my grandmother taken quite a while ago! Just an example of what you can do with this weblog. Give it a whirl – write a comment! (Note – comments now turned off on this post to avoid spam.)