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The garden has exploded over the last week. One of the kohlrabi is almost ready to pick. The parsley and cilantro are about 2 feet high. One of the Black Crim tomatoes has buds, and the store bought Sweet 100 has several teeny teeny tomatoes. The squash now had 2 2-inch squash, which I will pick when they hit 3-4 inches. Even the pathetic chive is coming along, although it's too close to the cilantro and I may need to move it.

Unfortunately, I can't get photos of any of this at the moment because my camera is not working. I can turn it on. The lens comes out. But when I press the button to take the picture, nothing happens. It's possible that I damaged the button more than I thought when I dropped it a couple of weeks ago. It's also possible that a little wine got in there in the aftermath of last week's spill, and fried something. I tend to think it was the droppage, though. The button was knocked crooked, and the camera wasn't turning on until I cranked it a couple of times.

Damn.

I may look into a new camera this weekend, but I really don't have the time to do any in-depth research. The ex-camera was a fairly inexpensive Nikon (1200? 2100?--the very simple one). Any recommendations for decent, inexpensive point and shoot cameras appreciated. I just bought another Nikon Coolpix. It received a very good review from PC World, and cost less than half what the ex-Nikon (another Coolpix) cost 4-5 years ago.

For the time being, I may buy one of those one-off cameras and take hard photos that I will have to scan. Better than nothing, I guess.