We decided on a new camera after our old one’s LCD died. (Sometimes, I miss viewfinders.) We’ve got a vacation coming up and I feel like a bad parent already for the lack of photos of the new kid.

Anyway, we picked up a new Canon Powershot a470 on Amazon , for a fraction of the price we bought our last point-and-shoot. I haven’t run it through its paces yet, but I’m happy with it so far. I know little about photography, but somehow this camera seems to shoot, well, warmer pictures.

Here are some shots of my MOST recent purchase. After finding out that I’ll be staying at a hotel in Palo Alto with a Trader Vic’s next month, I couldn’t resist this impulse purchase while diaper shopping at Walgreens:

A five-dollar resin tiki tealight fountain! Sacrilege to some, kitschy goodness to others.

More photos later.

Well…I can’t resist!

Not a purchase, per se , but a recent addition nonetheless. Notice how Ben, like the fountain, emits a steady stream of fluid.