film-o-matic.

On a slight whim I took a trip down to Annapolis today. I say slight whim because I knew at some point this month I would be meeting up with work-friend Jonathan for lunch when he came up to Annapolis to move his mom/stepdad. However, I didn't know upon waking up this morning that it would be today.

With the weather being so bad over the past few days, I was thrilled for the chance to leave the house for the day. Upon leaving the company of Jonathan I decided to pop on over to my grandma's house. Boy do I love this place. In my 22 years of existence I feel like it is one of the rare places that I can count on to always stay pretty much the same. My grandma fed me rhubarb and strawberry pie, which I was reluctant to try at first. Let's just say I ended up having more than one piece.

After pie, we got to talking about pictures and old home movies, and I remembered my mom saying that my grandma had a voice recording of her when she was little reading the story of Cinderella. This recording was of interest to me, as all of the home movies I've ever seen of my parents have been without sound. I wanted to hear what my mom sounded like at age 3. The question of where this tape was set my grandma and I on a two-hour exploration through countless old media technology. I had no idea my grandma had still kept such things. Behold:

The tape seen directly upon is the aforementioned Cinderella tape. My grandma says she has a new friend at the camera store that can hopefully transfer it over to something that is actually listenable. I'll cross my fingers.


I feel like a lot of my friends have been passed on antique jewelry and such from their grandmas, which I myself have never really received. I guess in not receiving such things, I had come to foolishly believe that my grandmother was not the keeper of antinque treasures? However, after our extended search today, I realized that we only touched the surface of some of the fascinating stuff my grandma still has on her hands. I plan to do more searching as the summer goes on. I'll let you know what I find.