thanks for looking, westie, cec and dave.
these shots were taken with my old camera. a kodak model.
http://www.flickr.com/cameras/kodak/dx6490_zoom/
it was a grand little camera. not so little actually. it had a 10 x optical zoom, which allowed me to get up really close to the action. but the benefit here was the cracking macro function the camera had. I'd probably still be using it if I hadn't broken the lens.
but, the breakage led to me getting my first DSLR, so...