UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

@GreatMartin (23670)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
October 29, 2021 8:00pm CST
Inline image About 2 weeks ago I decided to take on a project I had been thinking about for about a decade. I have over a thousand pictures in photo albums and I wanted to copy and put them on USBs----even out and bought a dozen of them---hey I'm not an IT, I don't have any idea how many pictures one holds--but they were sitting next to the desk top computer until two ago. It is taking a lot longer than I expected because so many pictures brought back so many memories. An example is the first set of pictures. They were taken at the Melody Diane Bakery in Sunrise, Florida, and was owned by my aunt Flo and her husband Richie. He did the baking, she took the money and they both said about me, "He is the official taster!" The first picture is Flo and me outside the door, Richie checking the rolls and, Flo at the cash register. I could and did spend many hours thinking of Flo and how important she had been in my life. She was the first person who taught, showed and expressed unconditional love to me. Then there was the card I came across. It took a little investigation but I was finally able to trace it back to my 10th Leap Year birthday which I held in the Memphis Hilton Hotel inviting my closest 300 (!!!!) friends but I still haven't figured which of the 300 sent that card! It is fun going over the past with so many good memories--I have a feeling I may never get all the photos transferred to the Internet as I have only done about 20 pictures in two weeks---I think!
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
30 Oct 21
Great memories you have there
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3 Nov 21
Have/had a great life!
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
3 Nov 21
@GreatMartin I am glad you have that feeling
@sallypup (69204)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Oct 21
Those are wonderful photos and memories.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
30 Oct 21
I've had and am having a good life!!
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@jstory07 (148749)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 Oct 21
You have wonderful memories and that is always a good thing.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
30 Oct 21
Still making them!!!
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@jstory07 (148749)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 Oct 21
@GreatMartin Yes and that is great.
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@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Nov 21
Great photos and memories and best of luck in getting them organized
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3 Nov 21
Only about 3,000 to go---and, of course, most don't have names, dates and places on them!!
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@RasmaSandra (98026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Nov 21
@GreatMartin hey, that is a great way to remember all the good times I did it for most of my photos. You go through the photos and with each one try to remember the people, and what was going on and write it on a notepad and number the photos
@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
1 Nov 21
Who wouldn't love Great Martin!!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3 Nov 21
Oh there are a few people without taste in the world--very few!!
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@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
3 Nov 21