Fail!

Hobbies can screech to a halt when your tools malfunction:

The film SLR I inherited has not yet been able to get past picture 9 on a 36-exposure roll without jamming. Sometimes I wonder if it, like me, is adjusting to new physical and emotional environment, shaking itself out after growing used to the freezing Canadian tundras my uncle probably frequently trawled it through.

Oh and our old oven enjoys mangling foolproof recipes – it has so far succeeded in burning one and a half batches of madelines and a carrot cake. Perhaps I am simply not very good at baking i.e. understanding ovens’ individual temperaments? But my mum has complained about failed cream puffs as well, so I will not entirely give up on blaming technology yet, and will test it with cornbread mix later.