Hi, Darn cold here today, got up to about 10F, and inside the shop it was 25F. Didn't get any kerosene for my heaters and am kicking myself for that. Did work out there til my fingers got numb, any longer and my arthritis would be kicking in and that just isn't any fun. So after finishing my book, and kicking around the house, I pulled down some of my old film cameras off the shelf. You see last week, I blew eight dollars on another 35mm camera, AGFA made in Germany about 60 years ago, and is a twin to one I used for many years. Hard to knock a brand that I ran over 200 rolls through without a failure. Problem with this one and several of my vintage pieces are the leather cases. The fitted leather snap shut leather case that they came with when new. The thread was failing and the molded part covering the lense was hanging by a thead, so to speak. Just made me feel bad to see it in this condition, a lot like discovering a layer of rust on a favorite wrench. Pretty soon the cover would depart and be lost forever, so I decided on this cold day to sit nice and warm in the house and fix it. No stranger to needle and thread after a dozen years in the Army, I pulled out the rotten broken thread, and re-sewed it in the holes already there. I may run a roll of film through these yet, before digital takes over 100%, and at least it will look a lot better than it did. And one less thing to avert my eyes from up on the shelf. Using my fingers doing this sewing has made them feel better too.
