I received a Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera as a birthday gift from my parents. (Thanks mom and dad!)
I am quickly learning that video editing is a beast, but it is a fun new gadget regardless.
I’ll be learning all this video stuff as I go, but here is my first.
Growing up, my parents used to take us to Rocking Horse Ranch, a nice family resort kind of place in Highland, NY. It had all sorts of activities, including, but not limited to these odd metal crafts, with some sort of dry powder that you coated the metal in, and then baked. It was run by an older woman, Miriam I think was her name, sweet lady, but we probably had a few choice names for her back then.
Aside from the memory of that, and many others, one of the prime attractions at the ranch that my brother, mom (not as much) and I, later on, my sister, were quite fond of, was horseback riding. My dad, who wasn’t so fond of riding, always joked that the only horse he would get on, was a quarter horse. No, not that kind, but rather the one you put a quarter in, in front of the grocery store. Well dad, the quarter is now 75¢, and it certainly isn’t a horse.
Dear Baby Girl,
A year ago, right around this time I was getting ready to go out and take some photos out at Echo Lake or maybe Watchung Reservation as I had normally done on weekends. I was delayed because I had to use the potty, a word I haven’t used in many years, when I heard your mommy call out for me. You were on your way to meet us in person. You were supposed to show up on Monday, but I guess you just couldn’t wait another day. We made the phone call to the Dr., to grandmas and grandpas and got ready to leave. When we returned home, we would be a family.
On that day, you changed my life in ways I could never imagine. I love watching you grow, you falling asleep in my arms, the changes that occur at an alarming rate. It is truly amazing, how in just one year, you have gone from that tiny little baby I saw naked, to this little girl, that fights back when we need to change you, crawls around screaming, standing, almost walking, eating, well, tasting, everything you can fit in your tiny mouth.
I look forward to seeing every new joy you bring us in the next year of your life.
