Common house spider

Finally, a little bit of sun and warmth today. I’m doubly glad of that since this house spider is really the last in my backlog of photos I haven’t posted yet. Spent some time with jumping spiders today, so I’ll hopefully have some neat new shots of those up soon, and more green metallic bees as well — those are a new favorite of mine.

I should have spent more time with the bugs, but I got a new Canon A2 in the mail, and much of my afternoon went to cleaning it and picking up some film. The A2 is one of Canon’s most popular film cameras, and was in production for about a decade — which I believe I’ve read is the longest any of its cameras was on the market. I found one for super cheap on eBay, paying $35 for the body and the VG-10 vertical grip, which is about 20% of what I usually see that combo go for. So far everything seems in working order, but I’m worried that there’s something seriously wrong with it for the price. With any luck, it’s one of those lucky breaks eBay sometimes sends your way, but we’ll see once I get the negatives back.