The Products of First Substitute

Our much-loved little Kodak camera is currently in critical condition awaiting, possibly, the attentions of Dr. Corporate Kodak to effect a repair. Meanwhile we have acquired a little Canon as First Substitute (a designation that will mean something to some avid swimmers in our circle). It is a PowerShot SD1300 IS; we bought it January 13 and it arrived today. Here are its very first pictures:

First (tra-ra!) the very first picture, another snapshot of the Beatrice Flower, in honor of Mother.

These are delicate paper butterflies intended as mobiles—and they’re a Christmas gift from Michelle. Brigitte mounted them above a radiator, and they flutter gently. The little Canon takes movies and once we've figured out how to do it, we'll show the fluttering too.

I include this shot, from the stairway looking out at the back, by way of displaying a bit of the greater world.

And herewith a picture of Brigitte, caught unawares in her kitchen extension where, until she turned, she had been searching for something with great concentration.