Camera Trouble

For those of you who haven't heard... my camera hasn't been working for about a month and that is why I haven't been blogging. Two trips to the camera shop later, I can now focus my camera (before, I couldn't get a sharp image to save my life), but I have spots showing up in my images...which means that I need to have it professionally cleaned.

The BAD news: It will cost over $125, AND I will have to be without my camera for 4 WEEKS. :-(

The GOOD news: Grandma Dixie has generously offered to let me borrow hers until mine gets back. :-)

These pictures are all from tonight.  See the spots in the upper right corner? :-(

More spots. :-(

And yet, they don't show up in every picture.  These were from tonight, too...

More spots again.

Obviously, I was just pointing my camera at anything I could to try to figure out the trouble.

This one of A.J. turned out fine (no spots.)

ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT HIT ME.... I have been having this problem WAY longer than I have realized.

I remembered these pictures from the lake, taken almost a year ago in October 2010.

If you look closely, you can see the spots.  At the time, since they didn't show up in ALL of my pictures, I thought it had something to do with the fog outside.

The one below is one I had planned to enter in this year's fair.. until I noticed the spots.

So, it looks like I will be making a THIRD trip to the camera shop. 

I hope the cleaning does the trick - being without my camera (or having it but being unable to use it) feels like an amputation!

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I do have a couple of pictures from before all the trouble to leave you with:

I thought this was cute... Fiona sleeps "by" Gracie, on the other side of the door.

Ashley saw I had the camera, and had to jump in. :-)

I know her face is washed out by the sun, but I still love it.

Hugs.

Ashley decided that Gracie needed a "blanket"

 (a.k.a. kitchen towel... I lose them to Ashley's dolls all of the time.)

I love how Gracie is following Ashley with one eye, waiting to see what she is going to do next!

Back to sleep.

That's all for now.  I hope to be taking pictures - one way or another - again, SOON!