Photos...So Many Photos!

by Bronwyn Jameson

After two overseas trips this year and a slew of exciting events -- including the arrival of our first grandchild!!! -- I am drowning in photos.  Digital photos, iPhone photos, TinyBeans photos, emailed photos, SMSed photos.

Arabella (one of MANY photos!)

I like to think that I'm an organised person.  My To-Do schedule reminds me on a regular basis that I need to "Organise Photos."  That item keeps being rescheduled because (a) it's not urgent (b) it's not work-related (c) it's never as important as other tasks.

I used to do this regularly, prompted by my Mum who didn't do digital.  I needed to go through the photos to choose which to print for her, which meant I often printed for myself as well.  And I at least edited the collection, organised them into folders, and even labelled some...a great help with trips and my failing memory.

Now I've let this slide too long.  I need to get myself, and my photo collections, organised.  Help is needed to get me started.

How do you manage your digital photos?  Do you have any tips for organising, sorting and storing them?  Do you still print copies and use albums?  Do you make photo books? 

The Disorganised Traveller!

I have a confession... I'd love to be a super-organised person and sometimes I can masquerade as one... but the bottom line is that it doesn't come naturally!

And the reason this is painfully obvious to me at the moment is we bought a small caravan just over a week ago.  We're quite excited about our new method of travel. Not least because the kitchen is inside!  Luxury!  No cooking on gas jets in the wind!

But it's going to take a while before we find where everything "belongs", before we become efficient at using the space.  We're on our second little jaunt with it and I'm finding that it's as though stuff is spring-loaded, ready to leap out of whatever storage nook it's been in to create instant clutter!

So that's what I'm after today - all your small-space-living tips!  HELP!

And I thought I'd take on a quick pictorial tour of our first trip. We went to house-and-pet sit for a friend. She has 5 horses, 1 dog, 1 cat and a million gorgeous roses!  I was a bit worried about the roses, given my not-so-green thumb!  But it was only a few days and we all survived!

Meet Gidget!

... and Miss Piggy ...

... and Labrat (oops sorry that should be Precious!)...

And three of the million gorgeous roses!