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This is the green marsh I was talking about:

This is also one of the last images captured by my trusty old Sony F707 (5MP) digital camera. It has served me well. Images from that camera were featured in my solo photo exhibit this winter. Dex gave me that camera for my birthday the summer Davey was born. He was just turning 2 months old when I turned 35 and that camera recorded some precious pictures of him, including those taken on the day we finally were able to bring him home (and then again, for real, about 5 weeks later, post-heart surgery, etc.).

Unfortunately, when I took my splat into the dirt, my camera received a fatal blow. It had been acting weird in the previous week, suddenly going from functioning perfectly to first the flash failing then the zoom failing. The smack onto hard ground pushed it over the edge.

I’m glad I wasn’t stupid enough (and the thought never entered my mind) to bring my Canon 40D (aka My Special Digital Boyfriend) that day. SHUDDER.

But because my Sony is hooves up in the pasture and because I can’t/won’t bring my Canon everywhere, considering it’s hard enough to physically protect four young kids let alone four kids and an expensive camera that’s also a tool of my (meager) livelihood, I absolutely must have a backup camera. I consider it insurance for my digital SLR.

So today, after a couple of days of researching a cure for my Sony and cheap but functional pocket digitals, I orderd a Fuji Finepix S700. The kicker for me was that for $150 I can get 7MP and full manual control (I shoot a lot in aperature priority). It’s not super fancy but it will get me through for a while, and I can pass it along to Edward down the road.

And if it ever happens to break my fall someday, I’ll be sorry - and bruised - but I won’t be in tears.