Beach Photography and Blogiversaries

My Canon Powershot 550 was just 6 months old when I gave it a test run at the beach this week.  Yeah, let's see how this baby holds up to some sand and salt water.  Just pack it in the beach bag and throw it on the sand. Then it'll be handy when I want to snap some of the awesome beachscapes and professionally landscaped beach homes.

One big wave later the Canon, this wonder of modern technology, had water dripping out of it, a sight that believe me, you never want to see.  And after I'd given it overnight to dry out, its LED screen displayed a bizarre, crackling sound and light show.  Time to cough up another $375.

THE BIRTH OF A BLOG
So Readers, I can't show you the masses of daylilies, the sculptural Hollywood junipers, the monstrous grasses and more, all arranged ever-so professionally.  Arrrrgh!  I also can't show you the sight I first saw exactly a year ago when I visited the same friends in the same ramshackle beach house.  It was the lovely Miz S sitting on the porch hunched over her laptop blogging.   It was a first for me - a real person with a blog - and as soon as I got back home I read the whole thing and enjoyed it so much I said to myself - GARDENING BLOG, HERE I COME.  The very next day Takoma Gardener launched on Blogger and a month later I moved it to Typepad and - well, you know how the story turns out.

Or do you, or does anybody?  This amazing platform - so easy, so visual, so accessible, dynamic and fun - is creating unimaginable opportunities for its users, me included.  Like the chance to write for DC Master Gardeners - for $$.  Like the chance to team up with Amy and Michele, my talented co-conspirators at GardenRant.  There's no telling what'll happen next but first and foremost and to steal from our Manifesto, we're having a hell of a lot of fun.

Epilogue: After a night back in its own home, the Canon decided to forgive and forget and act like its old self again.  Thank you!!  I promise to treat you better from now on. 

Comments

[Jenn]

You might want to keep that $400 handy. I do suspect that you've shortened its lifespan a bit.

But it's great that it's working again!

[Pam J.]

Would a hippie gardener use a digital camera? I'm experiencing cognitive dissonance.

[earlysnowdrop]

You're lucky. Let me tell you what accident the Canon doesn't survive. Teen son walking down the hallway with camera in hand. Suddenly a gale-force sneeze causes him to fall over and drop the camera to the floor. Farewell to Canon Powershot 550. Long live the HP Photosmart!

[Susanita]

I've had at least 3 cameras destroyed by sand or water. Now I only use waterproof cameras. I have a Sony Cyber-Shot with only 2 megapixels. The pics are good but I just ordered the Olympus Stylus with 7 megapixels. It's waterproof and shockproof. I'm glad your camera recovered though. That would quite a loss.

[Miz S]

Hmmm. Hunched over my laptop, huh? I better work on my blogging posture.

[Alice]

Hope your camera comes good. Sounds like it was a near thing.