Oct 5

 

 
To my surprise, my son Dahey (age 4) somewhat resembles my grandfather when he was very young, especially the way he posed before the camera. Dahey has his ears! Excited was I, and wanted to scan them right away to show Bill that Dahey"s personality is quite a lot like my grandfather. So I made several copies and restored one of the photos during my lunch time. I sent it to Bill afterwards. It took me about 40 minutes doing it altogether. Pretty fast? Bill thinks that Dahey looks like him, not at all! Apparently we have different perspectives. I know for sure my grandfather was such a hellion — just like Dahey! He gets on Bill and my nerves sometimes.
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Oct 1

 

This is my second photo restoration project. It was very difficult one. The original picture shown appears not being severely damaged. It is really in very bad condition — many cracks across the photo. I tried to keep it original — the shadow, and sunlight hitting on the wall. This is very detailed photo repair work. My skill in restoring photos is continuously honed every time I do it. By the way, that's my deaf granny holding my mom when she was two months old.
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Sep 29

 
 

This was my first photo restoration project done a several years ago. It was for my mother-in-law 's 80th birthday. I repaired several old photos of her, and surprised her with a DVD contained of many pictures of her, her children, and all others who were part of her life. The old movies were included in the project. It was the best gift I could give her, because she DID (does still) have everything! It was really hard to find a meaningful gift for her. It was one of the best presents she ever had. After doing the project, I am addicted to restoring old photos now and then.

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Sep 27

 
Teri Sentelle's Birth Announcement
 

Last night I went through my grandmother's photo box and found an old birth announcement. I am delighted that it is still in a good condition and to see my mom's handwriting. She wrote it when she was only 16 years old. Nice cursive writing. Yes, she was very young mother. It includes a very first picture of me. It looks like a Chinese baby having a head of thick jet black hair. I swear I never dye my hair blonde!

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Sep 26

 

 

 

Picture taken at Maryland School for the Deaf, estimated in Year 1971. Guess who the kids are?

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Sep 25
MSD Kids with Larry Brown '77

 

Picture taken at Maryland School for the Deaf, 1977. A Redskin Football Player, Larry Brown visited us at school and we presented him a t-shirt. Cute! From left to right: Larry Brown, Joey Baer, Debbie Anderson, Christopher Hughes, Ms Swakio (teacher), Tiffany Williams, Me, and Roger Kraft.

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