In order for my new scooter tripod to show up I had to go rather crazy with the colors here, but that's OK. You know me--I like wild.

Anyway, on Sunday I went to Adray, my favorite photo shop here in the Detroit area, because they were offering a special sensor cleaning for $20. Since I've been dealing with the same two fuzzy black spots in every photo for the past couple of months, I knew a good cleaning was what my Canon Rebel XT sorely needed. But there was more than cleaning going on, this was Adray's annual Photographic Expo with dozens of vendors set up in every available inch of their rather large store.

I got lucky and connected with Vince who had originally sold me my camera last July. Not only sold it to me but had spent three and a half hours helping this utter novice--me- figure out what she needed to get started in the world of SLR photography. But I'd not run into him since July...until Sunday, that is.

Vince is one of those creative thinkers who never says something can't be done; he merely finds another way to do it. For a woman like me whose disability makes many of the usual photographic basics tough to do, Vince is the perfect consultant. On Sunday I told him I wanted to see if we could come up with a tabletop tripod that would fit in my scooter's basket. I'd bought a top-of-the-line Manfrotto tripod months ago but was finding it awkward to carry around and manipulate.

While we were discussing options over by the tripod display, a man stopped and said he might have some ideas. Vince knew him because Lanny had been a Bogen rep for 20 years before having been let go a few years ago. As Vince said, Lanny knew all there was to know about tripods. Well, in the next hour, Lanny tried different components and finally came up with the perfect tripod set-up for my scooter. And it doesn't sit in the basket either; it clamps on the handlebar and can stay attached to the scooter so I don't need to bother taking it on and off.

Isn't that fantastic?!! Imagine having your tripod, camera and lenses with you at all times! Hey, being disabled has its perks!