Today is "World Toy Camera Day." But I don't understand the reason for this celebration. I'm trying to remember if my children even had toy cameras. They must have, probably made by Fischer Price. I'm sure my son could have built a camera out of Legos if he really wanted to. Now, if we were celebrating View Masters, I would certainly understand. Those were the nifty little devices into which one inserted a disk (yes we had disks back then) and could look at pictures in 3D. Wow! I actually have a long history with cameras but not the toy kind. I always have a camera with me on trips, going way back to the little brownie I took along on our senior class trip to Washington and NYC. During our camping days my husband and I took many, many, many pictures of scenic wonders; most of which ended up as slides. Back in the day friends took turns sitting through each others slide shows. It was the neighborly thing to do. These days I can load pictures from my digital camera onto my laptop, from there to my TV and just let the pictures scroll through in case any visitors are interested. But getting back to toy cameras, I really think my cell phone is similar to a toy camera. Children will take pictures of anything and everything with their little toy cameras and that is just how I use my phone. I never need to worry about memory cards or downloading anything. I can just click away at anything and everything whenever I feel like it, just like a toy, except I end up with real pictures. What fun! I love good toys, don't you?
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