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Sam has rediscovered his camera, the one Aunt Ruth and Uncle Paul gave him over a year ago.

He took well over 380 photos yesterday, voraciously swallowing every view however humble.

Here are some of them. It's fun see what Sam sees.

His venture into photographic art wasn't without its ups and downs. He happened, in the late afternoon, to see a white-tailed deer in a lawn across the street, but was unable to get a shot off in time. So it was all the more exciting when, this morning, on the way in to school, we happened upon a buck. I rolled down the window quickly and there was time for a couple of shots. We'll see if any of them comes out.

Last night Sam came to Susan, crying. When she asked why, he said he had to delete some photos, so he deleted all his nature shots; he was stricken at the loss. Susan said he could take more today.

Birthday party tomorrow afternoon. We have a little more shopping to do and lots of cleaning, and we have to plan some party games. The party will be at our place. We have a Scooby-head pinata (from Factory Card Outlet, a great place for the frugal partier), and in a coup Susan secured a peanut-safe (we hope) Scooby-Doo cake from the Little Bakery, who do a great job. What fun!

Sam: What did the monkey say to the banana?
You: I don't know, what?
Sam: Nothing, his mouth was full.

I was glad to be back on Thursday after most of a week away. When, on Wednesday, Terra asked Sam if he missed me, Sam said, "No, we skyped."

Have a good weekend!