From the archives

A couple of years ago I completed the mind-bogglingly boring task of scanning my old negatives and slides. Not only did I end up with hundreds of gigabytes of photos, I also inherited a royal mess – from myself, of all people. While a lot of work remains to be done in organizing the photos and adding keywords, here are a few shots from the archives along with a short note. These can also compensate for the shamefully few photographs I’ve taken over the past couple of months.

First up, Sunset at Waikiki Beach, Honolulu in 1991. Makes me wish it was summer

Then some fire from 1990. I have witnessed both a small plane crash and a forest fire out of control, but for the life of it, I cannot remember which incident this was. What I do know is that it wasn’t controlled burning. What I don’t know is what the hell I was doing so close to it

Noora, my St. Bernard from the early 1990′s. She sure was one cute dog. And big. And she produced a lot of drool during summers..

Two symbols of American culture; a gas station and McDonald’s, appropriately taken at a highway rest area where an awesome sunset caught us by surprise.

A plane taking off from our then-hometown, Boston, Logan Airport in 2000. I miss Boston, it’s one of the greatest cities ever.

Looking back on these and other photos, lots of memories spring up. What I find perhaps most amazing is how did time go by so fast that I have actual solid memories from over 20 years ago? I thought it was just yesterday that I was 20 myself, what the.. Good thing, though, that most of the memories are positive. Otherwise I’d be really upset