Ode To One of My Favorite Things!

It is a wonderful thing.

What used to be IMPOSSIBLE, is now in the grasp of even the simplest minded person. The ease of use, the great result and the fact that there are no limitations to what can become the finished product makes it, for me anyway, one of the best inventions of all time.

It has transformed an industry, created jobs, created hobbies, lifted spirits, and created memories.

It is... a digital camera.

OH MY - what it can do. On my fortieth birthday I was given my digital camera and I have loved it everyday since.

With ease I can take pictures of my life, my family, my friends, not to mention countless pictures of my little girl and the many faces she shows me each day. No longer do I have to wait until a roll of 35 mm film is used before checking out the pictures I have taken. I can simply scroll through them at will, or hook it up to my computer and see a slideshow. I can use photoshop programs to enhance, crop, or even change from color to black and white. I can hook it up to my at home printer and print my own pictures, make 8x10's or wallet sizes, all without leaving my home.

Friends with digital cameras can send me photographs through email, digital photos can be uploaded to facebook accounts and online forums and shared with all friends far and near and I can even add a picture to this blog post, all because of a digital camera. They are fascinating things! I can't begin to recall the countless hours I have spent gazing at friends' photographs sent to allow me access to their lives and the events that shape their world.

I love my camera. I have had such fun with it over the past few years. Earlier this year it was the victim of some strange accident and the LCD viewer quit working. This means that I can no longer view what I am photographing off the big screen on the back, I now I have to look through the view finder, much like a person using a 35 mm camera would do. But I can still take pictures, I can still can view them on the camera itself, and as long as it keeps working, I am hanging on to it.

My digital camera, much like my laptop and cell phone has become one of the things I can't quite imagine functioning without on a daily basis.

I am thinking this week of all the people and things I am thankful for, and definitely, definitely this week I am thankful for my digital camera as well as the cameras of all my friends. What a great way to stay in touch.

Living Happily In The Moment!
Beverly