In 1939, Carolyn Howe got married.  One of her wedding presents was a 16mm movie camera.

She did exactly what any young mother would — took baby pictures!

As she took pictures of her life in Falls Village, Connecticut. she started experimenting with color and composition.

There is no telling where her talents could have taken her. Hollywood? New York City?  But she stayed in Falls Village, CT.  And lucky for us, she documented her life on that farm!

And then came steel….

One of those babies became the Pete Howe who you will see in Pine Plains Views in Wednesday Jam.  He and his brother, Jim, found a shoe box with a bunch of movie reels and projected them on a wall.  Our good fortune is that they filmed them with a home VHS camcorder.  One day, Pete came by with the tape and asked if I could “do” anything with it.  After a lot of “wows,” all I did was some straightforward editing and set them to music.  Carolyn had done the rest.