Home from school for the day with Ida (Age 7) who was running a fever. Melissa stayed with him yesterday. I took a little time to clean out the hall closet. There’s mostly winter clothing in there, but also an assortment of cameras and camera equipment. I found some old computer disks – considered keeping them, but where would I even find a computer that could read them? So I concluded that if I have lived without them for the past ten years or so, I can live without them permanently.
I found some extra camera equipment – lenses and such – that should be worth something if I can find the right market, but I also found this particular camera which was called an “Izone”. In effect, it spit out miniature Polaroid pictures. It still had a couple of pics left, so I pointed it at a kid or two and waited to see what would happen. Nothing. Just a tiny black square. I think I got the thing around ten years ago. I doubt that they even make the specialized film for it anymore. Before I threw it away, I briefly recycled it as a toy for The Princess (Age 4). She was so cute with it – “taking pictures”. Furthermore, it really drove home how quickly technology changes – she would “take my picture” and then say, “Want to see it?” and turn the camera around to the back side where, in her young mind, a camera should have a display screen! The highlight of my camera sorting was finding my old pre-digital camera with an unfinished roll of pictures in it! I finished off the last couple of pics with Dats and The Drama Queen once they got home from school. It’s at Walgreens right now getting developed. Could be trash … or treasure. I’m in great suspense!
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