This is a sad event for me because I'm going to start posting the last photos we took together. These were taken in November 2017 with a camera my wife found for me at an estate sale earlier. It was a nice little Kodak Easy Share and it cost all of $1.50. She found several cameras at that estate sale and went to the trouble of gathering them all up and taking them to me while I browsed in another room, so that nobody could grab them before I had a chance to look them over. She was always that thoughtful. The Kodak was the best of the lot and the price was right. We went out the next day to try it out, and I found that this basic little camera took fine photos. It uses AA batteries, too, which simplifies things. Little did we know that slightly over a week later she would pass away while in cardiac intensive care.
I photographed the usual things. Our custom on Saturday, after breakfast, was to get in my car, stop at a Quick Mart for diet cokes, and drive. We really enjoyed driving here and there, sometimes out of town, sometimes in random directions in town, always looking for something interesting or new or unexpected. This time I had the camera with me.
We both noted that we were reminded of an old Hitchcock movie...
Yes, I thanked my wonderful wife for going to the trouble of snatching up those cameras. I always looked for cameras at estate sales. She knew that. I collect digital cameras. Some I will give away, but this camera, the Kodak she found for me, I will always keep. I will never part with it. It is fine for situations where I want a simple camera for impulse shots, something easy to carry and very easy to use. It is quite rugged, too. I'm down to the Kodak, the trusty Nikon for serious efforts, and a Sony Cybershot with a 6x optical zoom. The Kodak actually has better image quality than the Sony but has only a 3x optical zoom.
I will post the last of these very special photos in a few days.
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