I have conquered the dreaded photo scan! Have a look:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

It's me! At age 13, in the summer of 1957! In the woods of Big Sur, Northern California...

[trof]

1. Creekbankin'!

Used to go creekbankin' when I was in college.
A date, a cooler of beer, maybe a radio, a blanket, and spend the afternoon splashing around Big Sandy Creek.
Ah...them wuz the days.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear trof!

Ah, is that what they call it!

I was too young for dates, or beer or any of that stuff!

:hi:

[Shine]

2. Good for you, one of these days I'll figure that shit out, too.

great pix! :loveya: You're so graceful and willowy. Unlike me. You look pretty tall, too. How tall are you, anyway?

xoxoxox!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Shine!

Hey, sweetie!

I did these at Kinko's!

They basically show you how...and it wasn't expensive either...

About $2 for the whole mess, and that included the disc!

Next time, I'll take my own disc!

Yeah, I was willowy...

I'm not sure how tall I was then...maybe 5'6"?

Thanks, sweetie!

:loveya:

:hug:

[Bucky]

5. Is it just my misperceptions, or do teenagers look younger now than they used to?

I noticed this going thru my mom & dad's old year books. Teenagers in the 40s and 50s almost always had a more mature look to them than the 16-18 year olds that I teach now. Do you think it's the diet? Maybe the results of too much television? Seriously, you coulda told me those were shot in 1967 when you were 23 and I'd believed it.

Anyway, thanks for sharing those pictures and congratulations on passing Scanner 101. Next skill to learn is the crop and rotate functions. By going digital now, you're ensuring that your great great grandchildren will get to know about you. Just think about that!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Bucky!

I've noticed the same thing, about how kids these days look so much younger than we did way back when...

I have no idea why, though...

And thank you for your very kind words!

I'm embarrassed to admit that I do know how to crop...I just didn't feel like taking the time...:blush:

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

30. Why..

Back then our Moms & Grannies bought( or made) our clothes, and girls' clothes were usually just smaller versions of what our Moms wore..same with the hair..and young teens did not get into all the make up stuff until, they were 16 or so..

and the glasses were all pretty geeky back then too :)

[lost-in-nj]

7. Well

I think it can honestly be said that except for the color of your hair (which is beautiful) you have not changed one bit......


nice pictures.....


lost

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear lost...

Aw, sweetie...that's the nicest thing I've heard in a while...

Alas...I have changed...

I'm no longer anywhere near that slim!

But I thank you nonetheless...:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Kick...

:kick:

[NMDemDist2]

10. OMG Peggy! other than your hair color you haven't changed a bit!

well done my dear!

:applause:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear AZDemDist6!

Thank you, but I'm afraid I have changed!

I now am the lucky owner of the apple belly, alas! :cry:

You are too sweet... :hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. very nice CP

I just love old black and whites, don't you? You look lovely.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear Tuesday Afternoon!

Yes, I love them too!

These had been hidden in my recently cleaned out closet...I'd forgotten I had them!

Thanks, sweetie...

I was unbelievably shy back then...believe it or not...

:hug:

[Bombero1956]

13. aw nice

those were the day eh? Thanks for sharing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. My dear Gargoyle!

Thank you for coming by!

I appreciate your kind remarks...:hug:

[UrbScotty]

16. You're even hotter now, my dear CaliforniaPeggy!

:D

BTW: Here I am at a younger age:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear ih8thegop!

Well, thank you! :blush:

And you were gorgeous! And I know you were older than 13! :9

[UrbScotty]

21. Thankfully I'm a lot smarter now!

:D

[MrScorpio]

17. Nice pics

You look like that were having fun

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear MrScorpio!

I was having fun, I suppose...

Honestly, I don't remember the day at all...

Getting old, I guess!

Thank you, sweetie...:hug:

[gmoney]

18. Hi Peggy...

Hi Peggy,

Took the liberty of cropping your photos and tweaking the contrast a bit... hope you don't mind.

Cool photos! :)
G

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear gmoney...

Oh, blessings on you, sweetie!

I'm going to steal those, and replace my crummy ones with your beautiful versions...

That was really nice of you...

Thank you...:hug:

[liberaltrucker]

20. Did ya catch dinner?

No further comment since you were underage at the time.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. My dear liberaltrucker...

Nah, we weren't fishing!

Just wading and having fun...

I appreciate the rest of your comments too, sweetie...:blush:

:loveya:

:hug:

[graywarrior]

23. You are the cutest geek ever!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. My dear graywarrior!

Geeky? For sure!

As for cute...that is in the eye of the beholder!

Thanks, sweetie...:hug:

[Lionel Mandrake]

27. Congratulations!

You have taken your first step into a more digital world (to paraphrase Alec Guiness).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear Lionel Mandrake!

Thank you so much!

Indeed I have...

[SoCalDem]

29. Heya peggy.. I "smaller-fied" them & enhanced a bit for ya

just right click & save... and you can download www.irfanview.com to resize the others and to sharpen them up & crop them.. It;s super easy to use and it's freeeeeeeee..
Here's an oldie I scanned..of Meeeee

J

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. My dear SoCalDem!

Aw, that is just too nice of you!

Thanks...

And I love the one of you too!

What a cutiepie!

:hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

32. You've got the '50s look down!

Glad you scanned! :hi: :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear Whoa_Nelly!

Well, silly!

That's cause it was the fifties!

Thanks, sweetie!

Check out gmoney's post along with SoCalDem's....they improved me quite a lot!

:loveya:

:hug:

[stuntcat]

34. YAY

There are the best, I'm glad you scanned them. The second one's my favorite, you have the hippest threads I think!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear stuntcat!

Well, sweetie!

I'm overwhelmed!

Thank you...

The hippest threads?:blush:



:pals:

[stuntcat]

36. the duds I mean!

That kinda threads, you have the timeless kinda hipness there. (I start trying to talk like a beatnik or something when I look at old pictures)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Ah, I got it!

You mean the clothes!

Sometimes I'm just freakin' clueless!

Thanks...

:pals:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

38. Hubba hubba!

You sexy young thaang, you! :yourock:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear Prisoner_Number_Six!

Oh, thanks, sweetie!

Told you you wouldn't be sorry!

I was really very shy, and reserved...

:hug: