The Story Behind A Thousand Words Thursday
I love my computer's screensaver. It's random photos from all our picture files. Every 10 seconds or so a picture that could be up to 8 years old flashes onto the screen. We have nearly 8000 photos stored to date, so it's like a blast from the past when something like My Boy's first day of preschool appears, or a bloody shot of Hubby's face the day he crashed on his Quad. Unexpected reminiscing. Often we turn off the TV and all sit in front of the computer and watch our family's history through this photo show. It's cool when My Boy will say, "I don't remember that!" when he sees a picture of DQ at 18 months old. The whole concept of life existing before he was born is mind boggling to him. We ooh and ahh at all the funny, loving, sentimental shots. Sometimes we look with silence.Every Thursday I am going to post a picture that is powerful, that expresses emotion, and speaks volumes to me. Here's one that is worth a thousand words.
June 5, 2008 at 6:31 AM
We do the same thing with the screen saver as you! Isn't that fun when the kids just sit and wait for the next picture? I don't have near the libraray you do (or the quality for that matter), but I guess my kids are easily amused!
June 18, 2008 at 2:19 PM
What a great shot. My mom does the same thing with the screensaver. I'll be talking to her on the phone and she'll be like, "oh, look, here's you and Julie and your baby shower," and then a few minutes later, "oup, remember that dinner on the terrace in Orvieto?" I finally have to be like, "Mom, turn OFF your screensaver!" :-)
Look forward to seeing more . . .
June 26, 2008 at 7:59 PM
I have done this before and you are right, it is fun. My eldest daughter always wants to see our family digital picts and pushes her way to the front any time I am working on the picts. Maybe I will change my screen saver tonight...might be fub! Thanks for the inspiration!
June 28, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Fabulous photo, wonderful idea!
Cookie
http://www.cookiesunshine.com
July 3, 2008 at 7:10 AM
Great picture! As I said in "My favorite things"....I love photos that inspire. Very nice!
July 31, 2008 at 11:10 AM
I have over 10,000 pictures and I know what you mean... Great idea!
Abbie, who is 2.5 always tells me, "I remember that day... It was before I was a baby."
Smiles from this blog!
August 14, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Love the photo
August 15, 2008 at 12:35 PM
I love this idea. We do the same thing with our screensaver too. This picture you have up is awesome!!!! http://spiceworld.us
August 17, 2008 at 8:23 PM
beautiful picture!!!
September 4, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Hi Jen,
Will join next Thursday! I can't wait.
BTW, I love the new look here. Great job!
September 10, 2008 at 5:42 PM
I plan on trying this with you tomorrow! Thanks! Love the blog!
September 10, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Love the idea...really enjoy your blog. Going to try your Thousand Word Thursday tomorrow :)
September 11, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Love the idea, too. I think I did it right! lol
September 25, 2008 at 6:16 AM
That beach photo plus the Greenday song was very powerful.
I can't do that for a screensaver unless I want photos of the kids interspersed with Bathtub Gangsta. Haven't separated real life from blog life yet.:)
October 2, 2008 at 6:45 PM
What a lovely idea! I'm in and the badge is posted on my blog! I'm also adding you to my favs on my blog list! With Gratitude, Laurie B.
October 9, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Nice pic! I posted one on my site www.ventspace.blogspot.com similiar to yours!! Check it out!
October 23, 2008 at 4:46 PM
I am starting thousand word thursday!!! I am super excited:)
October 24, 2008 at 11:20 AM
I'm sorry I missed this yesterday- I will join in the fun next week. Great idea. My kids love to hang out by the computer and catch the screensaver show, too. It's better than TV because it's THEM!
November 10, 2008 at 5:26 AM
Madame Therapist: I've added my button to my blog and you're on my faves...so does that mean every thurs i write a thousand?
November 10, 2008 at 7:17 AM
Ohhhh! OK OK OK got it got it got it :) Will send photo duh...
November 13, 2008 at 6:50 AM
Thanks for such a great idea! What a beautiful photo!
November 17, 2008 at 7:57 PM
I love this idea. I saw it on my friends blog. I'm so in now I can't wait until Thursday!
www.afamilycompleted.blogspot.com
November 19, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Great idea! I am on it for tomorrow!
November 20, 2008 at 6:32 AM
just started the 1000 words thursday today! not quite sure if i just post the picture on my blog or if i am suppose to post it somewhere else too. thanks for the great idea!
November 20, 2008 at 6:46 AM
i linked to my whole blog. sorry i didn't read very well:) i will try and figure that out for next week thursday post. please forgive me:)
November 20, 2008 at 9:32 AM
I've joined in on the Thousand Words Thursday today! what a great idea...and very cute pic you have up this week.
I like to put my pics on the computer when i have family over as well...slideshow artwork of sorts.
November 20, 2008 at 10:28 AM
I played the 1000 word game...I think. Not sure if I did it right. I added the tag, but was I suppose to link to your blog? Love your picture!
November 20, 2008 at 7:10 PM
I found a picture I thought was perfect this week - the little guy has been keeping me hopping!
November 21, 2008 at 5:46 AM
Great idea...not sure exactly how to do this but here's the link to my blog:
http://jennbeeler.blogspot.com/2008/11/thousand-word-thursday.html
November 21, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Fabulous Idea!! Count me in!
Christina
bonafideliberal(at)gmail(dot)com
December 4, 2008 at 8:27 AM
great!! thanks!! glad to have a "thursday" post!! be blessed!!
December 19, 2008 at 4:28 AM
You're supposed to post a picture?! I've just been writing 1,000 words on Thursdays!
:)
January 15, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Just joined the group..check out my Thousand word Thursday posts here!
January 15, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Ohhh boy! Can I play too? I am going to go add the tag to my post for today...
January 15, 2009 at 7:28 PM
I played today... I am having a mental moment and can't remember if I am supposed to post my link somewhere else!
http://thedailygrindbymak.blogspot.com/2009/01/thousand-word-thursday_15.html
January 22, 2009 at 8:24 AM
I am going to play along...
Lisa
January 29, 2009 at 1:36 PM
What an awesome idea! Do you have room for one more? Im going to do the thousand word Thursday on my personal blog. I love that picture you posted! It's beautiful and captured the moment!
February 5, 2009 at 6:06 AM
Grabbing the button now :)
February 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM
ok am I behind or something? I really thought you were already doing this? I love that you sit and look at pictures, have you thought about putting them in to a book?
February 5, 2009 at 10:43 AM
love it...and i think i might join next week if i can remember!
February 5, 2009 at 12:09 PM
I got the button and posted my pic.
http://themommychroniclesofkindergarten.blogspot.com/2009/02/thousand-words-thursday.html
February 5, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Ok so how does this work? Im new to blogging and havent really experienced with any of these things,....where do I put your button? And what exactly am I supposed to do? You should add instructions for people like me,...lol
February 6, 2009 at 3:11 AM
I used to do that but when I replaced my old laptop I never set up the new screensaver like that. Good idea though and maybe this weekend I'll try it again. Thanks for the reminder. :)
February 18, 2009 at 12:08 PM
I don't know how I got here, but I'm comin back.
Great ideas thanks for sharing!
February 26, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Ummm... I am so not sure what I am supposed to do, but will ask the Spousal Unit to help!
tp
March 4, 2009 at 4:57 AM
I love that idea. I will try and participate when I can remember.
March 12, 2009 at 5:46 AM
It's Thursday, I'm procrastinating cleaning the toyroom, so I'm in.
March 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Today was my first time on your blog. I hit your button on my friends page. Absolutely love this idea and you will be seeing back. Hope I did this correctly.
Feel free to stop by.
Sheress
March 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM
That screen saver sounds great!!!
March 19, 2009 at 7:56 PM
Well I am pretty new to the blogging scene but I saw your icon thingie on a blog I was cruising through and wondered if I could give it a try. So if its all right with you, I'll dig out some of my moms old photos and give em a whirl!
March 26, 2009 at 4:58 AM
Thanks for the idea. I posted mine for the first time today. I love the idea about the screensaver.. I need to do that.
April 2, 2009 at 5:54 AM
LOVE the idea...I am all in!!!! I will post today!!!!
April 7, 2009 at 9:20 AM
I was browsing through your blog and found the Thousand Word Thursday. I love it! I am going to start doing it on my blog as well...:)
April 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM
This is such a wonderful idea, I had to join in on it!
April 16, 2009 at 10:06 AM
This is such a lovely idea! I can't wait to join in the fun! Thanks for allowing the steal of your great concept!
April 20, 2009 at 8:17 PM
We love watching our screensaver. I have never tried using it instead of TV. What a great idea.
April 30, 2009 at 12:56 AM
This is such a fun meme! I've seen so many other mom's do this, I decided to take the leap and participate for the first time this week!
April 30, 2009 at 4:54 AM
Fantastic idea, your photo could fill a book with words. I've posted your tag to my blog and love the Thursdays photo idea.
:)
April 30, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Wow that is a great idea!! I thought we had a lot of pictures
May 7, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Like you, I have thousands of pictures on my external hard drive. At one point, they were all on my computer hard drive, and it failed. My computer guy was able to save them for me, so now I keep them safe. I so need to get them printed and into albums...some day. I'll be doing TWT again next week!
May 14, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Love it...what a great shot!
May 28, 2009 at 7:43 AM
Lovely pictures!
June 4, 2009 at 4:28 AM
love your picture. I joined, added mine today.
June 4, 2009 at 10:58 AM
I did my first Thousand Word Thursday post today! What a good idea! I love the beach picture!
June 6, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Would love to join you next Thurs.
June 14, 2009 at 3:30 AM
count me in. i'll post mine next thursday. do you have different themes every week?
June 18, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Made my first TWT post today!
http://runninlateagain.blogspot.com/2009/06/thousand-words-thursday-1.html
June 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM
I love this idea! I'll be joining in next Thursday. I can't wait! Feel free to check out my blog if you have some free time. I have a contest going on under my "wordless wednesday" post!
http://myconfessionsasafirsttimemom.blogspot.com/
June 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I will try it out too! what a great idea I love taking picture and love looking back on the memories I have captured. Now to find the best picture....
June 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM
http://rantsandraisins.blogspot.com/
posted my 1000 word pic! great idea
June 25, 2009 at 6:01 AM
I created a Mr Linky Widget for Thousand Word Thursday. For more information I have it linking back to this page here! I hope you don't mind.
July 2, 2009 at 1:05 AM
I wish I were near a beach. I would be there everyday... ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but close to everyday! ;-)
July 2, 2009 at 5:27 AM
Beautiful shot! I joined in this week for the first time.
July 2, 2009 at 5:31 AM
How do we participate if we don't have a .blogspot blog? I can't leave a link :(
July 2, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Hey, thanks for the meme...I am having some serious writer's block. My curse.
Cheers
jackie
July 8, 2009 at 7:33 PM
I'm so in! Thank you for the motivation and the chance to express both my love of photography and my love for writing
:)Camile
http://www.classroomconfessions.wordpress.com
July 9, 2009 at 10:51 AM
I have commented on many A Thousand Words Thursday entries of other bloggers, but never participated. I have seen some bloggers use videos in the past. That is what I did today for my first post, but from now on I will post old photos. I think this is a wonderful idea and thank you for sharing. I look forward to next week and meeting new bloggers. Tkae care.
-Kiki
July 31, 2009 at 9:05 AM
We have the same screen saver. just now we have very few pictures in our system. But now I am working on that!I am going to add all the photos from mine and husband's childhood to the date...After that it is going to be a very memorable experiance everytime...
August 15, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Found your site (and this fun idea) on bitchenwivesclub and will likey give it a try sometime. Thanks for the idea... my brain needs all the help it can get. check out fourjugs.com sometime.
October 22, 2009 at 3:41 AM
Jen, My AWTW post is up, but yours is not and we will be out most of the day on a field trip. If you have time could you link me up? If not that's okay, I will link up this evening!
http://thedailygrindbymak.blogspot.com/2009/10/thousand-words-thurdsay-philadelphia.html
October 22, 2009 at 11:49 AM
I've joined...stop over to see my pic....
http://daysnoctober2009.blogspot.com @ my crazy life:)
October 22, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Great pic!
October 23, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Hi Jen,
I found your blog through BlogFrog and wanted to come visit. We do the same thing with photos except we have one of those digital photo frames and it rotates through a hundred or so pictures. I love seeing older photos that I had forgotten about. When Grandma comes to visit, she just sits and stares that the moving pics like it was TV.
I also wanted to say welcome to BlogFrog. If you have any questions or suggestions for how we can improve, please let me know. I' look forward to following your blog!
Holly (co-founder TheBlogFrog)
October 29, 2009 at 12:26 PM
beautiful!
this is my first time joining!
http://livelaughloveandchaos.blogspot.com/2009/10/thousand-words-thursday.html
November 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Love this shot. I like the idea behind this as a screensaver. Thanks for sharing it.
January 7, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Awesome shot!
January 13, 2010 at 7:42 PM
beautiful spot. am joining you now. new and visiting here.
January 13, 2010 at 10:45 PM
Looks fun! I am joining this week.
January 13, 2010 at 11:52 PM
This gives us a chance to air all our old nostalgia!
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2010/01/wash-board.html
February 11, 2010 at 4:46 PM
No ATWT today? :(
February 18, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Come over and see my baby Nano... he's a cutie!
http://wmljshewbridge.blogspot.com/2010/02/thousand-word-thursday-mommy-im-trying.html
March 18, 2010 at 4:58 PM
This picture is just beautiful. Do you usually have a Mr. Linky to go with the picture?
March 25, 2010 at 12:23 PM
I'm on board!
September 30, 2010 at 7:03 AM
That is beautiful! Mine is up
http://www.maviefolle.com/wp1/2010/09/freaky-sky-in-wooster-ohio/
January 18, 2011 at 4:31 PM
You are so creative - never thought of a screensaver plus flashing photos. Thanks and yes, the photos look like they are saying a thousand words.
adriana dot grillo at live dot ca
January 27, 2011 at 2:32 PM
Great photo! It makes me yearn for the summer and a trip to the coast!...
I've joined up to this fun meme for the first time today!
:)
Annette
www.mammakerr.com
May 26, 2011 at 6:50 PM
Love the photo, I will be coming back to enjoy your families photos. It's what I call a stored memory. I love digital photos, sometimes we need a little reminder of where our families have been. Thanks for sharing a little part of your life with us.
ncjeepster@aol.com
May 27, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Love your idea of putting all your pictures on your screensaver! Thanks!
-Julie W.
julieloveswill@ gmail dot com
July 2, 2011 at 8:53 PM
We do the same thing with the screen saver as you!
July 2, 2011 at 8:53 PM
We do the same thing with the screen saver as you!
July 16, 2011 at 5:19 PM
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July 16, 2011 at 5:21 PM
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September 29, 2011 at 9:59 AM
Love the picture!
I also use my saved pictures as a screnesaver. I love seeing my kids when they were little and other family members, especially those who have passed on.
Do you have a Mr. Linky? How do we join in? I have grabbed the button and have it on my blog now and would love to join in on this meme. Hope to hear from you!!
January 3, 2012 at 2:47 AM
this is a wonderful meme..i want to share some thousand words photos too in my blog below..
Travel Snapshots
thanks for hosting! and happy new year too!
July 27, 2012 at 5:49 AM
you are very tallented,im a computer dummy an dont know how to do that,but its a wonderful ideal,,im gonna try to see if I can do this
August 12, 2012 at 3:41 PM
I think I will start doing this with my grand children pictures. It will be great to see how much they change through these pictures.
August 21, 2012 at 1:26 AM
sensational your blog guys! successes and continue!
September 18, 2012 at 3:56 PM
you always have great ideals
September 19, 2012 at 6:06 AM
I'm just going to enjoy reading everything and enjoy the pictures!
October 3, 2012 at 4:15 AM
I love your blog and the things you talk about is so real.keep up the good work.
October 3, 2012 at 4:17 AM
I love your blog and the things you write about are so real.
October 13, 2012 at 7:03 PM
love the picture
November 13, 2012 at 11:03 AM
I use to have mine like that with lots of pictures, I need to do that again.We have so many and it's fun looking back at some of them
Sandy VanHoey
November 29, 2012 at 5:50 PM
This is a great idea! I couldn't tell you what I had for dinner last night - but I can remember all the smells and tastes and times when all my old photos were taken. I recently took a trip to my fathers house which I hadn't been to in years and picked up some old photos that I hadn't seen in nearly a decade. It was a matter of seconds, and everything circumstantial behind those photos came right back to me. I totally get it :)
January 7, 2013 at 7:57 PM
I really should do this on my computer I'm sure I would see a ton of pictures for events I haven't thought about in a long time.
January 15, 2013 at 1:31 PM
I love to change my desktop photos...I use a variety of wallpapers, pictures, etc. Just one of my many hobbies!
February 22, 2013 at 9:04 PM
congrats on all the supporters for 'thousand word thursday'...i don't take enough pictures, after reading this, i shall join you in picture-taking for posterity's sake. thank you much
March 29, 2013 at 6:49 AM
I have a nice camera but I don't use it much. I always seem to be the one with my hands full. Whether it be cooking the meal when family is together for a function or helping with a craft project it's always something when I would rather be taking pictures. I love the idea of having pictures scrolling as a screen saver. I have to see if I can figure out how to do that.
February 25, 2014 at 4:05 PM
You must love photos as much as I do! 8000 photos thats a lot!
Cool, thanks for sharing, great idea!
March 6, 2014 at 2:41 PM
Good for you for starting this blog!!
December 16, 2014 at 4:26 PM
My laptop has the same kind of screen saver with various family photos pictures, I love seeing the photos pass through the screen, it reminds me of great times.
August 28, 2015 at 8:53 AM
The worst part is seeing an older picture of yourself and cringing because "I can't believe I used to look like that".