• Apple, cheese and crackers (365:345)

    Apple, cheese and crackers (365:345). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Yum

  • Gary, Tubby, and Sprinky (365:344)

    Gary, Tubby, and Sprinky (365:344). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Half past eleven and I’m still at my desk

    At least I have a drink on hand.

  • Gary with our blue Christmas tree (365:343)

    Gary with our blue Christmas tree (365:343). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Are you wondering why the tree has a blue Santa hat?

    So was I. Lanie decorated the tree, I’m sure she knows.

    [Image updated 12/27/2014]

  • This was going to be a picture of me and the anti-sparkle shield (365:342)

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    But I didn’t like that shot. It’s still there though – but only just visible in the background (yes the anti-sparkle shield is a huge curtain).

  • Day 341 (365:341)

    Day 341 (365:341). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Oh dear another at the desk picture.

    I wonder what I have more of, pictures of me sitting at my desk, or me in front of ‘the wall’.

  • Not so good (365:340)

    Not so good 365:340. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I’m not very well, let’s hope I get better quickly.

    Last time it took me six months to recover – not a prospect I want to consider.    

  • Washer repair man (365:339)

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    Turns out the water on the laundry floor wasn’t a backing up drain after all.

    No, the water was pouring out of the bottom of the washer instead. Today I learned how to replace a ‘tub seal’ which involved dismantling the washer and removing the washing tub to gain access to the seal. Here you see me in the process of putting it all back together again.

  • This seemed like a good idea at the time (365:338)

    Tinted Black and White Photograph of Gary Allman, Springfield, Missouri
    This seemed like a good idea at the time (365:338). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Turned out to be an awful picture

    This ranks up there with the worst I’ve taken this year.

  • Cutting wood with Tom (365:337)

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    We’re going to have to come back and finish cutting up the log we’re sitting on.

    We’d already cut and split two 18″ long chunks from this log, and what with all the other wood we’d cut the pick-up and the trailer were full. Now all we had to do was get back to Tom’s, unload and stack it all. It was a tiring but worthwhile morning.

    I should also mention that it was cold. Cold enough to turn my water bottle slushy.

  • FUTAB with a beer (365:336)

    FUTAB with a beer (365:336). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    (Feet up and take a break)

    It’s good to see (not) that the Nikon has completely failed with the focusing — yet again.

  • Trimmed (365:335)

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    Yay! Only thirty days of this project to go!

    Beard trim and course work today followed by EfM tonight

  • Last day of Movember (365:334)

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    Good, I’m getting tired of this messy beard and tash.

    If I don’t trim it I’ll get mistaken for Father Christmas (Another day spent moving files and installing software).

  • I have a cold (365:333)

    I have a cold (365:333) – and I’m feeling miserable. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    and I’m feeling miserable

    I spent the day moving files and installing software on my new computer. This is not good, I was ill this time last year. I’m supposed to be cutting wood with Tom at the weekend, I’d better be better by then.

  • Logging (365:332)

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    I spent the day in the woods pretending to be a lumberjack

    I volunteered to give Loyal a hand today, and a jolly cold day it turned out too. Loyal felled a few trees, they were cut into logs and we dragged them then out of the way with the tractor and chains. This went on until Loyal ran over a small sapling, which got caught up in the tractor, cutting the tractor’s hydraulic hose and damaging the radiator.

    It was too early to stop so we went on a quick hike around the property, discovering an illicit deer stand while we were at it. All in all, it was a good, but cold day.

    Postscript: Unfortunately the radiator was beyond repair which meant that our day’s work probably just about paid for the tractor to be fixed.   

  • An afternoon with Carol and Jim (365:331)

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    Today we collected Lanie from her Grandparents

    Katie came too, the price I had to pay was a white knuckle ride in the co-pilot’s seat while Katie drove us through country roads. Fortunately we left to come home after dark and Katie wasn’t feeling confident enough to drive back, so I had a much more relaxed trip home in the pilot’s chair.

    I took a set of pictures of Jim’s latest creation – a table, and very good it is too. It looked just right in the house, which is a shame as it’s going to its new owner next week.

    Table - Jim's latest piece
    Table – Jim’s latest piece

    Jim's latest piece

    Table detail
    Table detail

  • Testing out the new office space (365:330)

    Testing out the new office space (365:330). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Not content with pointing fingers at people, Ginger is now pointing cheese (in a very meaningful manner) at me

    A day spent transferring files. Tomorrow we’ll be going to Carol and Jim’s to collect Lanie, who absconded with her grandparents after Thanksgiving.

  • New corner and new computer (365:329)

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    Today we went black Friday shopping and moved the office around

    We started the day early and were in Bass Pro before seven am with a list of things we wanted from the sales. We were in luck, and found the stuff we wanted and had checked out by just after eight. To celebrate our bargins we had breakfast at Anton’s and then went home and re-organized the office area so that Ginger can sit in the sun.

    So we’ve this view of me to look forward to for the remainder of the year. Of particular note is the far monitor – it’s on my new machine, which I’ve had for a few days, but what with the holiday I’ve only just got around to hooking it up. Now I’ve got several days of software installation and file transfers before I start working with it.

    Getzger checks out my new desk
    Getzger checks out my new desk

  • Thanksgiving day with the family (365:328)

    Thanksgiving day with the family (365:328). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    We spent the day at Matt and Betsy’s

    Ginger’s aunt Susan asked if I’d take some family pictures – I’m glad I did.

    Taking these pictures didn’t go without problems. These are all part of a second set of pictures I took. The first set were all blurred. For some unknown reason, the camera had a major problem – it looked like the camera moved during each of the previous shots. I had the shutter speed fairly high for the dark conditions 1/80th of a second, and the camera was mounted on my new heavy weight tripod, so there’s no explanation for the problem. Checking on the Internet it seems that focus errors on the D7000 abound, though this doesn’t look like a focus error. More research is needed – I can’t afford to run into this problem again when I’m shooting.

    I changed lenses and the problem went away – which is telling in itself. The family were very good and came out for a second crack at the pictures. Oh well, it could have been worse – if I hadn’t chimped the shots straight away I might not have spotted the problem.

    Thanksgiving day with the family
    Thanksgiving day with the family
    Thanksgiving day with the family
    Alek, Katie, Ginger, Gary, Lanie, Jim and Carol

  • Putting up the kayaks (365:327)

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    Now it’s getting frosty I want to put the van in the garage.

    Today I took a few minutes away from the computer to park the kayaks up on the garage ceiling.

  • Day 326 (365:326)

    Day 326 (365:326). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    I’m still spending far too much time at the computer.

    (Didn’t I say that yesterday?)

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