by Darla on April 30, 2011
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 as a day to honor one’s mother. Mother’s Day became an official national holiday in 1914. In the United States, Mother’s Day remains one of the biggest days for flowers, greeting cards, and also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls.
Grandma had two sons. Frank was born in 1914 and John in 1919. John was my Grandfather. Grandma loved her sons very much. They sometimes took vacations together and she mentioned them many times in her journals. In her trunk from her boys were Western Union Telegrams, cards, pressed flowers, and a pin with Mother scrolled in metal wire.
Below are restored photos of the two boys and a 1919 postcard sent to Grandma on the birth of my Grandfather John.
Frank Jr. born in 1914 John Sr. born in 1919
To see the original postcard just click on the photo above.
“Good Night Dear Friends Wherever You Are Tonight”
More Stories and Photos about Grandma’s Trunk
More Photo Restoration
by Darla on September 14, 2010
Welcome to my new website. I can’t tell you how excited I am to be here. I would like to start with a bit about what I do and how I got here.
First I would like to thank my wonderful husband/geek Doyle Calvert of DigitalDoyle for his expertise in WordPress and Thesis. Doyle worked with me to make my design a reality in website form. Also for his many years in support of my work and all the great times we have had together.
I have been involved in the creative arts in one way or another from a very early age. Sketching, photography, painting. I have painted anything from figurines to walls. My love of photography prompted me to dive into Adobe Photoshop many years ago. Photoshop is great for graphics as well as photography so, well lets just say I was hooked.
Along with Photoshop I use Corel Painter to produce digital oil and watercolor paintings. These paintings can be printed on canvas or water color paper for display in home or office.
Then there is my long time love for old photographs – you know the ones that need a little (sometimes a lot) of TLC. I can’t help but wonder who these people were and where they came from. I very much enjoy bringing these photographs back to life through my photo restoration.
This website mainly focuses on photo restoration and digital photo painting. In the future I hope to post short articles on how this work is done, before and after photos, and a maybe a story or two about the people in the historical photo restorations.
You can see many of my works in the Portfolio section and more to come in the near future. Click on any of the thumbnails throughout the site to enlarge the photos. Please enjoy.
Photo of Darla at the Grand Canyon around age 5. Trying very hard to take over her Father’s new movie camera.
