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Still life of my shoes with party hat.

I went to a birthday party for a friend’s 2 year-old this weekend, and even though it was outside I had a great time. (The sun and I don’t get along…but we were nicely shaded.) There were 3 other small children there apart from the birthday boy. They climbed all over me like a jungle gym. At one point, the youngest tried to eat a dime, deciding, I suppose, that the penny wasn’t worth her time. Once I removed said dime from between her teeth, her father stuck his finger in her mouth to be sure that the dime had been the only piece of change that she’d tried to eat. The look she gave him afterwards was pure affront with a side of “Heavens, Man! Your finger tastes terrible! Begone from our royal presence.” No, her name isn’t Victoria, but she certainly has a queenly demeanor. Attempts to teach her a royal wave have so far met with failure, but these things take time.

Is that a water balloon in your hand young man?

Yes, that is the Birthday Boy himself, following after the family cat. Don’t worry about the water balloon. I’m not too sure that he knew what it was for, beyond the fact that it was sturdier than the balloon filled with air.

Anyway, I had fun talking with people I don’t get to see very often. There were two others there with shiny cool DSLR cameras. A Nikon D70 and a Nikon D200 as I recall. I brought a book for the Birthday Boy. Too bad that I didn’t get a chance to read it out loud, but everyone was busy playing in the water. I spent most of the time playing with the little Queen in training. Really, the whole thing was heavenly.

A Lantern or a window to another world?

This lantern is my favorite photo from the hundred and some I took during the party. I am really enjoying this new camera. It’s a good thing that I seized the opportunity to take pictures while I was there. With gas prices going up like they are, I may not be able to travel very far for a while. Le Sigh. Oh, well. Just another reason to find things to photograph around here.