I was not a Boy Scout, so the motto “Be Prepared” never imprinted itself on my brain. I was only in Camp Fire Girls, and our motto was “WoHeLo,” which means “Work, Health, Love.” The “work” and “health” part didn’t imprint either, but I digress.
Mr. Tucker and I went to get coffee a few weeks ago. He said, “Do you want your camera?” I said, “Nahhh, we are only gonna be gone a few minutes.”
Around the block from our house, my husband screeched the car to a halt. Ahead of us, a hot air balloon was so low to the ground we thought it was going to land in our neighborhood! NO CAMERA!
But, wait! I remembered that I had my handy dandy Apple iPhone! It was, of course in the bottom of my cute little purse. I fumbled in my purse for it, shouting some choice obscenities about why in Thunder women carry purses and about goofballs who forget to bring their cameras. Finally I had to dump the whole shootin’ match in the street.
I found a way to hold that phone far enough from my eyes (since I couldn’t find my dadgum glasses) to be able to find the camera application, and pointed the camera … but, by that time the balloon had already risen considerably, so I can’t show you how cool it really was.
I wanted a better picture! The chase was on. We followed it downtown as it limped across the skyline of Denton.
Finally, the balloon operator was able to get enough hot air to fly up, up, and away. Silly balloon operator. If he wanted to fly high in the sky, all he had to do was take me along for the ride! Everybody knows that I’m full of “hot air.” Well, some people say I’m full of something else but since I am pretending to be ladylike, we will call it “hot air.”
Y’all, I’ve learned my lesson. I am prepared! I’m driving back to San Antonio today (I drove home from there Saturday and turned around to head right back — I just love having my toes swollen from the drive until they look like itty bitty Vienna sausages). My camera is sitting right next to me on the seat, charged and ready for action.
What do you want to bet that I don’t see anything more interesting than a skunk squashed in the middle of the road ? I don’t think I will chronicle that for you — you can thank me if you want.
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That is so something that would happen to me – find something amazingly cool while my camera sits home on the table. And, my dinosaur of a cellphone doesn’t even have a camera.
Great catch Shelly, thanks for sharing.
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Frankly, I’d just as soon not deal with the camera on the phone. The pics are hardly worth the effort, although they do capture the moment….
How cool! I’ve never seen a hot air balloon in person. I think I’d be terrified to ride in one, but they do look pretty cool. (from the ground!)
My iPhone camera has come in handy many a times. I actually had to turn around and go back when we were driving our daughter to her date’s house for prom. I forgot to bring my camera! (that’s pretty bad!) LOL
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YOU are a master with the iPhone camera! Me? Heck I can’t even see the icons to find the camera. I’m a sad case! Can’t believe you forgot your camera for the prom, Mom!