Back in the 1950’s Steve’s Dad took a lot of color slide photos. Some of them he printed up as black and white photos. Some of the best he protected with glass plates on either side. We’ve realized that the plates have been collecting dirt through the years both on the outside and on the inside. We’re planning on taking them to be professionally scanned but have to remove the glass plates first. This is in addition to the hundreds of print photos we have scanned recently (and the thousands that we have scanned in the past). It’s all a part of our desire to make the electronic versions of all these images available to all members of the family.
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
Back in the 1950’s Steve’s Dad took a lot of color slide photos. Some of them he printed up as black and white photos. Some of the best he protected with glass plates on either side. We’ve realized that the plates have been collecting dirt through the years both on the outside and on the inside. We’re planning on taking them to be professionally scanned but have to remove the glass plates first. This is in addition to the hundreds of print photos we have scanned recently (and the thousands that we have scanned in the past). It’s all a part of our desire to make the electronic versions of all these images available to all members of the family.
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