Window into Winters that where.

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Scans of old family photos taken in the great Canadian winters of years gone by.

They are all family photos (ie not purchased).  I won't try to detail who everyone is,  as I 'm not sure about every person in every photo.

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Holiday Greeting

 
Here's set of 4 personalized Christmas greeting I made for different households in my family to use a holiday greetings on social media.

They are all variations on the same format, but all have they're own twist. 

I've  been going through a wide range of tutorials to improve my skills in the Adobe suite of software.  So I took a few different elements and came up with these Christmas greetings.

If your interested,  some of the elements where created in Photoshop & the rest in After effects.  I was going to use Illustrator for some elements but found out I could do them in AE just as well, which (aside from making something cool for people) was one of the reasons to make them. So I could get some practice and learn something new.

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PoTd - December 26

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Pic-of-The-day - "B&W".

Old Black and White Christmas photos scanned from prints.
not sure who the kids are, I assume they are relatives of some sort, but the photos where taken well before my time, so I really don't have any insight.

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Merry Christmas

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Pic-of-The-day - "Christmas Tree".

Christmas in the very early 70's. There's a a peddle cart on the left of the photo in the form of a horse & cart. That toy has been around as long as I can remember. Until I found this photo I never really thought of where it came from, but it wasn't a surprise it's from an early Christmas. 

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PoTd - December 24

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Pic-of-The-day - "Christmas Kids".
They say Christmas is for kids. Here are kids from the 60's to the 90's, all friends & family.

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PoTd - December 21

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Pic-of-The-day - "A Long Day".

Christmas is very tiring when your a dog. There's tail wagging, sniffing, begging and a host of other duties.  at the end of a long Christmas day kiki needed a good nap.

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PoTd - December 16

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Pic-of-The-day - "Christmas 2006".

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PoTd - December 6

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Pic-of-The-day - "The Cousin Crew (circa 2010)".

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PoTd - October 31

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Pic-of-The-day - "Ghosts of Halloween Past" part 2.

Halloween photo from my childhood in the 70's.


Steve the Leopard


The earliest Halloween photo I have of my self. The room is my grandparents dining room before they installed the harvest gold linoleum & matching floral wallpaper. Ah, the 70's.

I assume the costume is homemade, but I'm not sure.



I don't remember that far back, but I remember the photo always being around. Today I use a version of it for my profile pic on most sites.

 Dad & The Vampires
 
Halloween photo from my childhood in the  70's,  gotta love that station wagon. 

The hoods and capes where home made  by my grandmother and worn for multiple Halloweens by different grandchildren. 

They are very closely associated in my mind with Halloween in general but more specifically with the idea of making Halloween, as opposed the the current view that Halloween is something you buy.







Jen the Witch


Jen posing in our Grandparents living room in front of heavy curtains that where drawn each night before bed and opened again each morning.


I think the witch costume got recycled a few times as well.

 Jen the Ghost

I wonder if we still have any of those Jack-O-Lantern candy buckets.

I like how the ghost is carrying another ghost. Is it like a doll or more like a pet?

 Steve the Swagman

 If I had to guess I'd date this one to around 1979, maybe 1980.

One thing I remember distinctly about this costume is that the blue pieces hanging from the hat, which should be cork, where made from the projectiles of a nerf gun.

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PoTd - October 29

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Pic-of-The-day - "Ghosts of Halloween Past" part 1.

Halloween in the 80's.

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