Your 11yr old clearly has a good eye for a picture too !

VERY nice

The first and, particularly, the last are quite lovely. The competing carpet textures on the second one are distracting IMHO

Everything I have is from Ebay (bar the K5 body) and I've only had two duff items: one from a guy who hadn't a clue and one from a crook. I got my money back in both cases. The fact that you CAN get inexpensive stuff doesn't mean everything is cheapo and the fact that some stuff is expensive doesn't mean it is any better. I simply don't understand why Ebay is derided to the extent that it is?
Everyone on the various forums knows what the "correct" price of say, a lens should be and advertises accordingly. Many Ebayers have no such knowledge and start their auctions at .99p. If the bidding fails to reach the "correct" price this is no reason to label the goods as potentially shoddy. In fact, it brings the "correct" price into question since no one is prepared to pay it - just consider the price reductions, 'bumps' and 'If no interest I'll put it on fleabay' comments that appear in the classifieds here.

Can't agree more. It is a very satisfying image

No one has commented on the nice alignments of the wires and so on. So I will. Great composition!

Being nosey gets results sometimes!
I was given a Kodak Brownie as a child and the first picture I took with it was a steam locomotive with a huge factory chimney sticking out of the top of the boiler. I bought an Exa IIb when I started work and traded it with a jewellery maker for a matched pair of white gold rings set with fire opals when I got engaged (good trade - he wanted to photograph his wares and I wanted a wife). An Exakta RTL1000 followed which got nicked, along with my opal ring, in a burglary. Years later I got a Pentax ME Super and then a K5 and developed a severe lens habit through trying out as many manual focus items as I could get hold of. I'm now a Takumar worshipper.

Welcome - and remember, you'll get much more out of it if you post pictures and ask questions.

On mine, if the batteries are removed - e.g. for charging - the time and date revert straight back to the factory setting, so be careful to check when you do so.
Another trick it might do is drain the batteries in a few hours and pack up altogether. This appears to be the fault of the battery terminals inside the cover plate becoming compressed by constant flexing each time you shut the cover. I put my fingernail underneath each one and prised them back outwards in sheer desperation ...... and it worked a treat. The batteries now retain their charge perfectly. It's a super camera. I hope you enjoy it.

Top quality shot.
I recall you said earlier that these green ants were tasty themselves?