There are several reasons why, despite the more hi-techs options now freely available, people still stay loyal to the concept of the good old fashion photo calendar. The fact that it is so old fashion, indeed, is the reason for this enduring appeal. Using a calendar is simplicity itself, so easy that absolutely no prior knowledge or experience is required. After all, no calendar ever came with a complicated book of instructions or a backup CD, and entering the vital information - i.e. the dates which you don't want to forget - requires little more than a pen or pencil and a few minutes of your time. At the start of the year you merely have to jot down major dates such as birthdays and anniversaries and then as time passes you can add the likes of medical appointments, holiday dates and when you have to pay the gas and water bills. Once the dates are up there, there's absolutely no chance of them getting lost due to a power failure or mechanical breakdown and accessing the information is as simple as flipping a few pages.
The only downside, indeed, is the fact that the vast majority of these calendars tend to feature images which seem to have been added as an afterthought - unimaginative subject matter such as meadows and forests or ponies and kittens. Whilst this may seem like a trivial matter, it's still an item which you're going to be looking at more or less every single day and, as such, it surely ought to be something which you'll actually enjoy looking at. The fact of the matter is that you can now create your own calendars using images selected from your own collection of digital photographs, creating something which not only does the job of organizing your time but also lifts your spirits each time you look at it and brightens the room in which it's hanging.