Down the digital memory lane...

For Chanukah, Deb and Eileen gave Mom a digital picture frame (full disclosure, the holiday is over, Mom has already received the gift, so I am giving nothing away). At first I was unsure of this idea, but to make it instantly useful, Deb scanned in a bunch of family pictures, including some I haven't seen in ages. She slipped a copy of the files in with my present. I offer one of the beauties below:



Here we all are in 1986, the day of my bat mitzvah. I look classic in this photo, with my eyes shut. You can see my dance proclivities foreshadowed in the big, floofy, pink (!) ball gown of a dress I wore (a steal at the now defunct Alexander's). (This dress still exists in my mother's closet somewhere. I think it would fit, but would be very frightening, except for maybe a ceilidh skit. But in 1986, when balls and ball gowns were all about fantasy for me, and not yet a part of my regular life, I adored this dress.)

Deb, I love the pictures! I love that they're electronic, and I can look at them easily at any time, fascinating chronicle of fashion, hair and eyeglass styles though they are. Arlene just sent me two boxes of family photos. Maybe we'll have to have a scanning party...