Wired Sage

Special Thanks to my brother Donald for the Snow Shovel.

Here’s Part B of my parents Wedding Video from 1960 — the honeymoon. Don’t worry, it’s rated ‘B’ for boring.

A turbo-prop airplane ride to Florida. Lots of boring clouds. Swimming pool at the hotel in South Florida — check out that bathing cap on my Mom, huh? She was a hottie. A day at the races — horse racing, of course. And a cruse down a palm lined road. It might be boring to you, but this is vintage home movie gold to me.

No, that’s not a typo in the title, it’s Part 2a. There are four sub parts (a through d) to Part 2. Hey, it’s my website, I can organize it how I see fit.

So, here’s my parents Wedding Video from 1960.

My first Christmas. I’m not even a year old. I’m guessing my Dad is behind the camera, and my Mother in the frame with me must be about six months pregnant. I’m not sure who owns the hand that makes a guest appearance in the left of frame.

Watching this I can’t help but think toy design has come a long way in forty years. That toy would never have made it to market with safety standards today. Did you see how a little child’s hand could get stuck in the ball cage at the far end?

I noticed the leaves on my bushes were getting dried out and brittle. In years past I remember this being an early sign of a white-fly infestation; so, I broke out the chemicals and decided to spray the bushes for white-flies, the foundation for ants, and the trees in the yard for canker worms.

While I was spraying the bushes, I noticed some movement within. I stopped and peeked in past the outside leaves and saw three baby robins in a nest. Boy, did I feel bad about just spraying the bushes! Needless to say I stopped spraying that bush but continued to finish the task I had started.

When I was done, I got my camera and took the above footage. Actually, I set it up on a tripod and let it run for thirty minutes to capture the three feedings.

I always wondered why when you found a birds nest it wasn’t completely covered in baby bird poop. Now I know why and, if you watch the video closely, you’ll know why too.

Fair warning: you don’t want to be eating vanilla ice cream while watching the above footage.

If you want a higher quality recording, the following download is a 46.2 Megabyte DivX avi.