Walking in the house the other night, I suddenly became reminiscent of our previous neighbor - J.J.

J.J. only lived by us for a short time, but she was a good neighbor; kept to herself and didn’t bother anyone. We rarely saw her during the day and, when we did, she was always low-key. Frequently, we’d see her out at night - wearing her best weave.

J.J. used to love to have her picture taken, and I always felt compelled to indulge her fancy. She was very photogenic. Click here to see for yourself. And here’s another.

I really miss J.J.

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My new Christmas toy. Let me just say up front - gotta give kudos to the folks over at Staples. Forget Circuit City, forget Best Buy. Go right to Staples - they offered the best package price and price-matched (110%) a competitor while the others wouldn’t.

(Updated Jan 7, 2007)

In the relative short time of playing around with the camera, have shot about 400 frames. make that 900+ frames. Obviously, there’s a slight learning curve - am still getting used to the controls, and becoming familiar with the features.

Here’s a handful of samples (click on the thumbnail for full image, compressed for the web - originals were approx. 3.5mb. See the gallery at eScapes for more.):