Tools of The Trade

As the author of a blog, there are certain tools that make the blog flow smoothly.  I am missing a priceless tool.

I consider pictures an essential part of a blog.  I wish my pictures were better quality.  I wish the person behind the camera understood more about the artistry of picture taking.  Having written that, I am grateful I have a camera to take mediocre pictures....make that HAD a camera to take mediocre pictures.

Like Humpty Dumpty, my camera took a great fall, actually lots of great falls.

I am shocked my camera has lasted this long.  My three kidlets get their hands on it quite a bit.  It was never safe in their hands.  I might get upset with this, except for the fact that the owner (me) is not always responsible about putting the camera out of little ones' reaches.

I find the camera in the oddest places:  under beds, beneath couch cushions, in miscellaneous boxes, on the kitchen counter, in my purse, in a child's backpack, etc...

I am (was) always looking for it when I wanted to shoot some pictures with my sub par photographer's ability.

I want to tell you that the kids were the culprits behind the cameras mishaps, but alas this was not always the case.  I dropped it as much as the kids.  The camera's last breath came when I dropped the camera on the front porch cement.  I can be pretty clumsy! It ended that camera's life.

Timing is everything.  This timing was impeccably bad.  It was on Buzz's birthday.  I had just finished taking some pictures of the birthday boy when the unfortunate event occurred.  So much for those pictures!

I turned the camera on later, only to see a cracked something or other, and the lens not registering any scene on the other side.  CRAP!

My birthday is within one month's time.  Until then I will regurgitate old pictures on file to use on on my posts.

I really wanted an Ipad for my birthday, but I'm almost sure I will get a camera!