Precious Photographs, Memories, and Magic

Riomaggiore, Chinque Terre, Italy, 2004

It has been three months since Cecil died. I wonder how it could be so long ago while it has only been months. I have been reorganizing my photographs this week, which has been very comforting for me. I have all of my photos in organized, chronological albums since I began taking photos with my Brownie camera, when I was a Brownie, but I also have many boxes of duplicates of the photos in the albums.

I decided to make an album of 'Cecil photos' from the duplicates. I put the duplicates in randomly and have filled an album with two hundred Cecil photos. It is remarkable this is really only a sample of all the 'Cecil photos' in my chronological albums. I especially like looking at this new random album.....jumping from years when we were clearly much younger to recent times and changing between our wide variety of different experiences and adventures.

Photographs have always been magic for me.......when I look at them I remember and re-experience my feelings at the time the photo was taken. I have been magically and deliciously transported all this week and have loved every moment with each photo.