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More about Isha-

The 16th video is mostly blank. There is a short clip at the beginning that I took on a quick trip to the States to interview and apply for teaching jobs (California and Texas). I was very interested in San Antonio as it had been highly recommended by several students and parents as a great place to live. The clip shows me doing a walk through of a house to show Hedy what the possible living conditions could be.

The remaining 4 plus minutes on the tape show the girls at Batallón Callao. In April, 1994, Isha had a second batch of kittens. This was an exciting time for the 3 girls. Here is the clip-

Much of the 14th tape is blank.

Note to my daughters: It appears that I taped over a classroom video I was working on- with a Colegio Roosevelt colleague- in the process of recording the two events that I share here. That will explain the incongruent placement of this partial classroom video on the original tape.

[00:00:35] Skipping rope at Batallón Callao, September 9, 1993. This clip ends at [00:04:03]

[00:19:03] Isha’s Kittens. At Batallón Callao, October, 1993.

The first event is about skipping rope and documents, I believe, the learning process the girls have gone through in developing this skill. The second clip is a classic one. I have posted this earlier but the video quality was very poor. I made it from the 8mm > VHS sent it to grandma who had it for several years. I brought it back to San Antonio and converted it to a DVD and then used movie software to make the clip. Too many copies and the quality definitely worsened as each rendering became a bit poorer. Thankfully with the recent digitizing of the original 8mm tape to mp4 I can present a pretty good quality video of this wonderful event. And here they are—

My girls learning how to skip rope.

Girls introduce Isha’s kittens. Isha is not a happy cat. All kittens were eventually placed into homes.

 

These two videos will conclude the 13th tape.

It’s a few days before Sophi’s 7th birthday (Jan 31, 1993). She spends some time displaying her reading skills and then talking about what she has done during her vacation.

Valentine’s Day, 1993. A conversation with Vivian at our Batallón Callao home in Lima, Peru.

The 13th tape has a lot of family history on it…hence all these short videos.

Here’s two more—

This video takes place on Nataly’s 8th birthday, January 20, 1993. All 3 daughters are featured as well as their friend Alejandra and a cameo by Elizabeth and Isha.

Later in the day Nataly had a birthday party with a number of friends. Great summer day! Wild party!

…continuing with our long Family History theme and the 20 resurrected 8mm tapes found in our closet…

This next video was taken March 29, 1992. It is filmed in Parque Chavin which is about 1/2 block from our beloved house in Lima, Peru. A lot of construction has been going on in Parque Chavin, trees being planted, the area getting a massive makeover. Today March 4, 2023 the trees and shrubbery cover much of the park. Very beautiful park. Most of the park is surrounded by residences. As Vivian peddles around the park a large light blue government building appears in the background—Superintendencia Nacional de Educación Superior Universitaria (SUNEDU). A street vendor blowing his/her horn is a common background noise that one tends to turn off as it is prevalent most days. Sort of a mournful sound but it brings back the memory and flavor of our situation in Peru at this time. We loved it.

The following video was filmed a few days before Christmas, 1992, at our home in Lima.

The story goes that this blue bulb was hung on my father’s tree when he was a boy in Dwight, Illinois. Somehow it wound up with my family here in Lima. My sister Marilyn and I would fight to have the distinct honor of hanging it. My brother Bob was too little to know what was going on. So, this blue bulb is probably over 70 years old and survived many battles at the time this was filmed (1992).

On another note, wanting to be transparent, it grieves me to report that the blue bulb is no longer with us. It was broken when taken from storage at a future Christmas. I’m sorry Marilyn, that we were poor custodians of this heirloom.

Tape 13 video continues with some short clips from January 6 to Feb 20, 1992. The clips cover stops we made in Vivian, South Dakota (Vivian’s namesake), back in Grandma’s house in Lincoln where we collaborate with the Dannelly family in documenting some family history, Nataly learning to ride a bike, and the last video we are back in Lima with Nataly filming her two sisters at the pool.

January 6, 1992. Vivian, South Dakota provided a great photo op for our oldest daughter Vivian.

January 18, Lincoln, Nebraska. Some family facts and a lot of photo bombing.

January 20, 1992, Lincoln, Nebraska. Nataly’s 7th birthday.

February 20, 1992. Nataly narrates a short clip at our house at Batallón Callao, Lima. Sophi sings Popeye the Sailor Man.

 

 

Tape 13 contains a wealth of videos from January 5, 1992 to February 14, 1993. During this time we visited Grandma in Lincoln. After arriving for Christmas we rented a car and drove to Mobridge, South Dakota where my grandmother lived. We encounter many family members and pick up a bit of family history in Mobridge and later in Timber Lake. Here is an index for the 13th tape—

[00:00:20] January 5, 1992. Grandma Betty, Great Grandma Hilda give a tour of the Mobridge cemetery and the Jacobson plot.

[00:03:16] Timber Lake, South Dakota. Timber Lake High School.

[00:04:22] Aunt Ruth and Uncle Reiny’s farm

[00:19:25] Nataly narrates a family history video.

[00:25:50] Aunt Tutti in Mobridge, January 6, 1992.

[00:27:06] Great grandma’s house in Mobridge.

[00:27:30] Site of Great Grandfather’s (Henry Jacobson) ferry.

[00:30:00] Snowy ride on way back to Lincoln.

[00:31:18] Pierre, South Dakota

[00:32:40] Rest stop in Vivian, South Dakota.

[00:34:58] Back in Lincoln with Marilyn, Megan, and Mark, January 18, 1992.

[00:41:03] Holmes Lake with Vivian, Grandma, Mark and Sophi.

[00:44:35] Nataly’s birthday (6), Nataly rides a bike, painting contest sponsored by Hedy.

[00:52:45] Back in Lima at our home on Batallón Callao. February 21, 1992.

[01:00:25] Nata shows her biking skills at local park (Parque Chavin). March 29, 1992.

[01:03:59] Thanksgiving 1992 with good friends Orion Weber, wife Charo and daughter Alejandra.

[01:07:45] December 6, 1992, decorating Christmas tree.

[01:11:35] Nataly showcases the swimming pool.

[01:15:20] Return to tree decorating. The Blue Bulb.

[01:16:36] Skates and equipment for Nata’s birthday (7).

[01:21:12] Vivian tries the skates. Cameos by Isha, Elizabeth, Alejandra.

[01:24:42] January 20, 1993, Nata’s birthday (7). Girls Gone Wild pool party!

[01:31:25] Sophia reads One Fish Two Fish book.

[01:47:26] Nata reads Seuss.

[01:53:54] February 14, 1993. Vivian with Isha.

Because there are a number of clips that are  about family history I will spread them out over two or three posts. These four clips were taken January 5 to January 6, 1992—

January 5, 1992: Hilda Jacobson and daughter Betty Hayes nee Jacobson provide some family history.

Timber Lake, South Dakota. Vivian and her Grandmother Betty (Class of 1941) in front of Timber Lake High School. January 5, 1992.

January 5, 1992. Hayes family visits Ruth and Reinhold Pahl family farm to learn some family history.

January 6, 1992, Mobridge, South Dakota. Aunt Tutti provides many family history details.

 

The embedded video (12) was taken during October—November, 1991 in Lima, Peru.

Here’s an index for the digitized tape 12—

[00:01:47] Sophi showcases her creative book.

[00:04:42] Humpty Dumpty song

[00:01:47] Sophia (Kinder) displays artwork Michifusa

[00:06:49] Nataly (First Grade) reads a story and talks about hyenas.

[00:12:20] Hayes girls present a program, unfortunatly the video is dark.

[00:17:10] Vivian valiantly reads a story while here sisters cause distractions.

[00:19:25] Halloween parties at Colegio Roosevelt in the different classrooms (Sophi (cheerleader), Vivian (I Dream of Genie), Nataly (Spanish lady)).

[00:26:25] School Halloween parade.

[00:31:58] Performance of the Christmas Carol, Dec. 12, 1991. In the opening scene, Nataly participates as a street waif singing Jingle Bells with other street waifs.

A five minute clip from the video—

OK, only eight more videos to go! Certainly, thus far, this has been a special look at our family history.