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mortcdz
Male (gold account) mortcdz

Posted: 9th Apr 2008
9:03 AM
Updated:20th Apr 2008
9:40 PM

The Power of Photos

Yesterday was a particular crap day as I had to have my labrador put to sleep (he was 13, so had had a good innings). In order to take my mind off this sad event I started to organise my photo's, with the aim of putting them all onto one hard-drive, and that's when the power of photoraphs hit me - I have 13 years worth of photo's of my dog and each picture tells a story about a part of his life.

Some of these moments were easy to recall, some prompted me into a "oh yes, I remember that now....". With a proliferation in the number of photo's I've taken over the years (moving from film to digital) I'd like to think that in years to come I'll have a huge repository of memories, so if my own memory starts to fade at least I'll have prompts so that I can remember the good times. Now that has got to be the true power of photography.
www.chortleberry.com/photo_96930/Top_of_the_Stairs

And so this isn't too sombre a blog, a joke from sickipedia.org -
"A dog is truly a man's best friend. If you don't believe it, just try this experiment:
Lock your dog and your wife in the boot of the car for an hour. When you open the boot, which one is really happy to see you?"
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3 comments

Wheelybird
Moderator Male (gold account) Wheelybird 		11th Apr 2008, 11:01 AM

Oh dear. This is sad news. unhappy

I don't tend to take photos as a reminder of things, but simply for aesthetic reasons. I suspect that, a few years from now, my past life will be a vague, muddy haze.


mortcdz
Male (gold account) mortcdz 		12th Apr 2008, 6:36 PM

But the irony is that even if you have loads of photos, if you get alzheimers then they just become pretty pictures! C'est la vie....


Tino
Male (gold account) Tino 		23rd Apr 2008, 10:30 PM

Was gonna leave a joke but sorry for the loss. have to go tell my missus that one though! Digital Dog Dude.
How cool was he? Pioneer.



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