I’ve been thinking about the similarities between blogging (or at least the blogs I tend to look at) and 19th century scrapbooks. Women would use these albums to collect existing and self-created images they liked, record prose or verse and keep mementos of their lives. This was generally done in an aesthetic manner pleasing to the maker.
Some of the blog posts of others that I enjoy most are those that offer a glimpse into the aesthetics of their lives, their own photographs or illustrations, or those that inspire them, and stories about their daily lives.
So here are clippings from my weekend scrapbook (maybe not so inspiring and aesthetic as some, but very pleasant none-the-less!) :
- realising that winter is really here
- baking cakes with Rex and cooking braised dishes for warming dinners
- listening to the rain, and enjoying it
- watching old videos with Rex and eating chocolate biscuits
- adding a layer to the babies’ daily uniform
- adding scraps to my album blogging with a cuddly wriggly baby on my knee
- listening to Nina Simone and Dawn Upshaw
- loving knitting with Bendigo’s new yarn
- reading aloud new library books and also three lovely books (signed by the author!), the gift of a dear friend from far away.
- admiring the roses in the front garden
- starting to plan a 4th birthday party for later this month
- hoping your weekend is full of lovely experiences
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June 9, 2009 at 8:27 am
bells
i took a sky photo like that yesterday too!
You’re right, it’s quite a bit like the 19th century scrapbooking idea. I for one make it a kind of visual diary paired with thoughts and ideas.
It was a good winter weekend all round for you by the looks of it!
June 10, 2009 at 10:13 pm
suse
That’s how I think of my blog. As a kind of daily scrapbook.
That chicken stew looks much nicer than my dinner was tonight.