Picture on My Desk

4 Picture on My Desk There is a picture sitting on the desk in my room. It's a picture of my parents smiling together in a peach garden. It is special to me because it's the first picture I took for them when I was four years old. It was a holiday weekend. My parents took me to visit a peach orchard in the suburbs. The peach trees were just beginning to bloom. It was a sea of peach flowers -pink and white. So beautiful! There was a wonderful sweet smell in the air too. My parents started taking pictures. They took a picture of me, pictures of me and my father, and of me and my mother. Then Mom asked, “ Do you want to take a picture of us too?" " Yes, yes! " I said cheerfully. But Dad was worried. He said I was too young and I might drop the camera. He did not want me to break it. Mom said, “ Let him try. He will be careful. He will not drop the camera. " Dad was not sure, but he agreed.

Mom and Dad smiled at the camera. Mom told me to look through the little hole where I would see them both in the middle. " Then hold your breath and click, " she said. I listened to Mom's instructions. Holding the camera tightly, I looked through the hole. Yes, I saw them. I saw them in the middle of the window. I pressed the button. Click! The picture was taken! We got the picture back a few days later. It looked great! Mom and Dad were both in the picture, smiling. That picture is my favourite. That's why I have it sitting in a special place on my desk. It reminds me of my happy childhood and my first adventure with a camera.