the long delay with the blog is primarily due to a camera that wasn't working...
I finally took it to the camera shop and discovered...that sand from the last beach trip was fully in the lens, the camera works fine, as evidenced with the camera shop photo with a different lens, the rest of the shots are with my lens, we are going to try to do a little more cleaning at home first before we buy a new lens $150 - ouch!
So, don't take your fancy camera to the beach if it is at all windy!
