Working, again

Oh yeah, and the reason I can't do all the items on my MLA to do list tomorrow is because I'm working again. I have been for a month or so, actually, I just didn't get around to blogging it.

I'm at the Missouri Botanical Garden in the Archives. The photographer whose work appeared in 25 years of Missouri Botanical Garden calendars retired last year. He turned his slides over to the Archives, so my project is to catalog them. We think there's about 2500. Then, we'll choose a couple of hundred to scan for the web site.

The timing is fortuitous. Next year is the 150th Anniversary of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Okay, if you live in Boston or England, say, that might not sound that old, but in St. Louis, we all say "wow!" when we hear that one of our institutions is turning 150! So, the Illustrated History website (which is already pretty impressive) will get a nice addition of more recent color photos just in time for the anniversary.

It's a pretty good gig. Basically, I get to look at pretty pictures of flowers all day! I'm working about 10-12 hours a week, 2 short days, and we think I'll be done this month or early next month. Oh, and I get to walk across the Garden each morning, lunch, and evening that I work.     #

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