Because the user manual of my swell little Canon PowerShot is basically a bunch of cartoon images captioned by someone for whom the English language is, at best, a rumor, my learning curve has been erratic. There are digital worlds trapped within this camera I can only imagine.

Last week, randomly pushing buttons (aka The Scientific Method) as I photographed a bunch of punch drunk bees, I accidentally discovered the macro function. It was just a matter of time (ten seconds) until Maisie became my new favorite macro medium.

Jake, while endlessly photogenic, is just too dignified for this much of a close-up.