oh dear! it has happened again. i was almost finished with a post, and was editing it, and it disappeared! gone! lost! swallowed up by cyberspace!
of course this is never my fault. it is the fault of the internet/computer/sins i committed in a previous life/the spirit of Christmases past.
i am going to take a deep breath, make some coffee, answer some emails, and then come back to try again.
so, please pop in again for the lastest episode of 'what's up at SCRAPPIN TIMES scrapbooking supplies store in benoni, south africa, and the life of jacki janse van rensburg'. such a catchy title, innit? heaven forbid you should miss a minute...
ok, let's try this again.
it is april. april is always an emotional month for me.
first comes the 12th of april. it is tian's birthday. he is turning 8. Happy birthday, tian!
of course this is never my fault. it is the fault of the internet/computer/sins i committed in a previous life/the spirit of Christmases past.
i am going to take a deep breath, make some coffee, answer some emails, and then come back to try again.
so, please pop in again for the lastest episode of 'what's up at SCRAPPIN TIMES scrapbooking supplies store in benoni, south africa, and the life of jacki janse van rensburg'. such a catchy title, innit? heaven forbid you should miss a minute...
ok, let's try this again.
it is april. april is always an emotional month for me.
first comes the 12th of april. it is tian's birthday. he is turning 8. Happy birthday, tian!
also on the 12th is twelve-of-twelve day.
'Throughout the day - you'll shoot pictures. Most of you will shoot a lot of pictures. Any picture, any place, anyone, any pit-stop, any errand, anything you do, anything you eat, anything you see, anyone you visit. You decide...no real, hardfast rules! Just keep taking pictures.
BUT - as an aside - I always try to get one self portrait (in a mirror, as a reflection, at arm's length) and one picture that shows the weather or outside temperature (which in Arizona is likely to be 85° on the 12th)
I usually take pictures from when my alarm goes off in the morning, until when my pajamas go on at night. Then, upload your pictures (pour yourself a glass of wine, it helps!) and start editing. Which means deleting. Come on - just do it! You want TWELVE PICTURES that you feel best represent your day. What you did, who you saw and what you accomplished...or what you didn't quite complete!
Get those twelve pictures printed out at home, or upload them to your fave off-site printing facility and get them ordered! Because on the 13th...WE SCRAP!'
tonight i'm going to sleep with my camera next to my bed. i will show you what i did next week. as tomorrow (the 12th) is my 3rd anniversary of the day i stated this little journey called scrapbooking, i am going to commemorate the day this way.
then, on the 14th it would have been my ronnie's 45th birthday. and on the 19th of april it is 6 years since he died.
every year i am surprised at how difficult and draining this week always is. i always think i'm going to be ok, but when the day comes, it is more emotional than i expected. that first year, and all the firsts, you expect to be heartbreaking. but when 6 years have passed, you think it would have become easier. when the anniversary day comes, i find myself reliving the events as they occured that day when he died in a aeroplane crash. you can also read what i wrote before about this here. i suppose it is something one carries with you forever, and rightly so. although i have moved on, ronnie was a very important part of my life for more than 16 years!
also, it is at this time of year i am reminded once again of how GOD is the only real comfort. and i can say from personal experience that 'Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me'. psalm 23:4.
and, since i always like to add a photo to each post, i thought i would share these photos of 'cosmos', wild autumn flowers that grow everywhere next to the road. they are particularly beautiful this year as a result of the very wet summer we have had. these are for you, wilna, elsa, carla, janine and anyone else who is living elsewhere in the world, and is missing these.
tonight i'm going to sleep with my camera next to my bed. i will show you what i did next week. as tomorrow (the 12th) is my 3rd anniversary of the day i stated this little journey called scrapbooking, i am going to commemorate the day this way.
then, on the 14th it would have been my ronnie's 45th birthday. and on the 19th of april it is 6 years since he died.
every year i am surprised at how difficult and draining this week always is. i always think i'm going to be ok, but when the day comes, it is more emotional than i expected. that first year, and all the firsts, you expect to be heartbreaking. but when 6 years have passed, you think it would have become easier. when the anniversary day comes, i find myself reliving the events as they occured that day when he died in a aeroplane crash. you can also read what i wrote before about this here. i suppose it is something one carries with you forever, and rightly so. although i have moved on, ronnie was a very important part of my life for more than 16 years!
also, it is at this time of year i am reminded once again of how GOD is the only real comfort. and i can say from personal experience that 'Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me'. psalm 23:4.
and, since i always like to add a photo to each post, i thought i would share these photos of 'cosmos', wild autumn flowers that grow everywhere next to the road. they are particularly beautiful this year as a result of the very wet summer we have had. these are for you, wilna, elsa, carla, janine and anyone else who is living elsewhere in the world, and is missing these.
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES
