The weekend is here.

It looks like I need to update my header photo there, we are into fall and I still have a summer photo up. Kaitlin's birthday was Thursday, I got her a new digital camera. Wow, does she love it. She is taking pics of everything, and I mean everything. I remember my first camera, what a let down compared to the digitals of today. I got that nice little 110, woo hoo, you leaded the film, pointed, clicked and nothing. Then you had to wind it up and at the end of the film roll you had to wind it all back the other way. Wait for a few months until your Mom took you to the store to develop them, then wait another month for Mom to pick them up. Then, once you got them back half of them were of your finger that had inadverantly gotten in the way of the lens and another third of them were black or so fuzzy you couldn't tell what they were of. Lo and behold about 2 or 3 of them had people or recognizable objects in them. Of those 2 or 3 you maybe got one that was worth keeping because the objects eyes were open or they didn't look completly stupid. However, there is something to be said for film photography, I still like to hold photos in my hand and tuck them away into a photo album with a nice little caption next to them. Somehow I feel like they are more real them the uploaded pics on a computer screen. To be sure, I love the fact we can all share so much of our lives with loved ones across the country in a matter of seconds. But I still like to warm up a cup of tea on a rainy day and dust off the photo albums and reminsce with my children and laugh at my dorky old hairstyles and glasses with them. Barring flood or tonado those pictures will be around for quite some time, but I have lost countless pics on my computer because the computer has failed and I did not back up my files on disc like I am suppposed to. I don't miss the days of having countless undeveloped rolls of film lurking around the house in a drawer. I remember having to take in about 7 rolls at once to get developed. some of the pictures I got back were so old I could not remember taking them! In either case, kudos to the digital, and kudos to the old film photos. They both have their place. Chow for now.