Silica, Weston super Mare – A couple more views of Silica, Weston-super-Mare’s giant sperm mouldy carrot statement public art piece. I’m all in favor of public art and unusual, even challenging architecture/art. This doesn’t do it for me. 2 pictures

WTF, Bus Shelter or Mouldy Carrot? – I have no idea. Officially, it’s a bus shelter and is called Silica – though comments in the local press have called it a mouldy carrot.

Weston-Super-Mare Sunset – Vacation Day 2.

Weston-Super-Mare From Our Hotel – Vacation Day 2.

Portsmouth From Fort Widley – A cold wet and windy Tuesday evening. 2 pictures

Welcome Home – Vacation Day 1, Pork Pie

Tonight I must sleep, for tomorrow may bring … Pork Pies !!!!!

Photograph of Gary and Ginger Allman on board an American Airways 'plane bound for London Heathrow.

We’re On Our Way to England – And we’ll be staying a month. It’s going to be busy as Ginger has a lot of work lined up. We’ll be traveling a lot, and I plan to get in some hiking, we’ll see how that goes. 2

Main Coon Cat - Sprinkles in a small box

It’s a Sprink in a Box – No box is too small for our Maine Coon, Supa-dink aka Sprinkles.

Photograph of Gary Allman wearing a Steam Punk outfit featuring a kilt and leather vest

Steam Punk Wedding Outfit – I decided to go all-out on a costume for my sister’s wedding.

Photograph of a steam punk weapon / side arm.

Steam Punk Sidearm — My sister is having a steam punk themed wedding, so I’ve made myself this steam punk gun. After the wedding I’ll give it to them mounted in a frame. +1

Photograph of a BMW Rental vehicle from Enterpise

The people at Enterprise on South Campbell look after their regular customers. I asked for a compact vehicle for the weekend, this is what they gave me (and unlimited mileage too). Grace Church, Carthage, Saturday, and St. Mark’s, Kimberling City, Sunday, here I come.

Glendale Speech and Debate Team Banquet – Tonight we went with Lanie to collect her speech and debate trophies. 11 pictures

Hotel Eastlund, Portland Oregon. Corridor seemingly stretching to infinity. Black and White Photograph.

Infinity – Clever painting and carpet coordination. The areas outside the rooms were painted black and the carpet was also black, creating these visual stripes and making the corridor look like it went on forever.

Riverside Walk – Portland Oregon – Having settled in at the hotel I decided to go for an afternoon walk, and headed off towards the river. One-minute read, 8 pictures

Rivets - showing detail of Steel bridge, Portland Oregon.

Rivets – Detail of the structure of Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon.

Black and White image. The motor vessel Ken Mei on the Willamette River, loading grain near Steel Bridge, Portland Oregon.

Seen through the structure of Steel Bridge, the motor vessel Ken Mei on the Willamette River, loading grain in Portland Oregon.

Close up of railway sleepers on Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon.

Railway Sleepers – The strong smell of creosote reminded me of my childhood and brought these ‘new’ sleepers to my attention.

Black and white image of Steel Bridge, Willamette River, Portland, Oregon.

Steel Bridge – I crossed the river on this novel bridge during my afternoon walk around Portland. One-minute read, 3 pictures

Hotel Room, Hotel Eastlund, Portland Oregon – The hotel has been remodeled recently and they’ve worked hard to provide a consistent theme throughout. It’s modern, clean and comfy, with a slight twist in the decor … +4

The Rocky Mountains from the Air – Portland Day 1. I’m traveling to the Episcopal Communicators’ Conference in Portland Oregon.

Flying over Colorado – Shortly after takeoff I got my first real view of the Rockies.

Font and Flag Sometimes while I’m working I spot a picture that I want to take for myself, this is the second of the two pictures I took while documenting the area confirmation service at St. James’ here in Springfield.

Acolyte, First Cross – Confirmations – April 16, St. James’, Springfield

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