Thursday, July 10, 2008

And He Shall Gather the Lambs. . .

When Mother and Dad had their 40th wedding anniversary in 1981, their children and grandchildren gathered at their garage in Farwell to paint a frieze on its wall. Here is a vintage film of this event, shot in 8mm, then transferred to VHS analog, then transferred again and edited in digital technology. Remarkably, there's still enough of the original images to carry the essence of the event, especially when coupled with Mom singing Handel's "He Shall Feed His Flock." Mom was 61 when these pictures were made. About a dozen years later she recorded the music.