The 35mm Weekend
Ok, well, it was more than that. There were Blackberry pictures too. Lots of them. But on Saturday, we took my dad’s old AE-1 and two rolls of film with us to document the day.
I taught Emily how to look through the lens and focus - no auto-focus on that camera. And she learned what “film” is, and how on some cameras you can’t just turn it around and see the picture.
We went to a birthday party, where she got her face painted and an elephant tattoo on her hand. We went to the beach, where we had all of D beach (Seagull’s Nest) to ourselves. We got a hot dog, root beer, and ice cream at Stewarts. And we did some projects around the house. All recorded for posterity.
Sunday was another birthday, but that’s about it. Today we rested, we cleaned-up, we cooked ourselves a delicious meal of spaghetti and meatballs.
Last week was a tough week. And before she left for her well-deserved weekend away, Liz told me that Emily needed my attention above all else. I’m pretty beat now…I got all of my projects done, and ran her ragged to boot. But it was worth it. We had a great time.
