Why I didn't bring my camera to the NY Botanical Gardens

I received a couple of posts asking why I didn't bring my camera to the Botanical gardens. The reasons were deliberate and two fold.

1) I wanted to just get out of the house with my baby and didn't have to worry about carrying a camera around. The cameras are big, and I love them, but they take a ton of space. I just wanted to be out and about with my friend and my son and have a nice walk. That, and I knew there wouldn't be a lot to photograph yet.

2) The second reason is more of a personal discipline. Usually, if I go somewhere without my camera, I end up kicking myself for not taking my camera, and I always keep an eye out for a good photo. I don't want to do that. I didn't want to spend my whole day kicking myself for not bringing the camera. So, as a personal discipline, I purposely don't bring my camera and just spend the day trying to relax and breathe fresh air and get exercise. And it worked! Not once did I worry about not having my camera with me. My son was bring cute and I didn't *have* to take a picture of it. Sophia and I had a nice walk, we saw some great animals at the Bronx Zoo, and it is a memory that I have in my memory, not my memory card!