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It’s me and the wall again (365:219)
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Gary and Ginger at the dinner table (365:218)
Gary and Ginger at the dinner table (365:218). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Ginger said this picture needed some color.
Now it has.
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Making a spice rack for Ginger (365:217)
Making a spice rack for Ginger (365:217). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Well actually only the back of it,
and it is not just to put ginger in but for ‘Ginger’ who wants a spice rack. I suspect anyone actually bothering to read this knows what I mean.
My bit is all done and I’ve handed it over to my wonderful wife to finish it off. I did have other pictures which I took while I was trying out softboxes in the local Photographic emporium. However, ‘she who will remain nameless’ (with apologies to Rumpole) insisted on finding a way of getting into the background of all of them.
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Day 216 (365:216)
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Pumping gas (365:215)
Pumping Gas. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. And the price is slowly coming down again.
That’s good.
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Today the temperature in Joplin Missouri was 111°F (365:214)
And I thought 105°F was hot.
We took the van, jammed full of tornado relief items collected at church down to St. Philip’s in Joplin today.
Today the temperature in Joplin Missouri was 44°C The Temperature in °C for my ‘little English chums’ as Anton would have it. Not that I would ever admit to watching such a lewd and trashy TV programme.
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Blue Kitty finds a place to sleep and cool off
Blue Kitty finds a place to sleep and cool off. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. I resisted the temptation to turn on the tap.
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Manly shopping (365:213)
Gary involved in the art of ‘Manly Shopping’ Carol and Jim came to town today.
Which means I got to go places with lots of power tools and other exciting stuff.
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July 2011
This month we finished our vacation in the UK. I met with an old school friend I’d not seen in nearly forty years; I took Ginger to a sleepy seaside town I’d last visited on holiday with my Grandparents sometime in the sixties, spent a day on the beach in Portsmouth, and said our goodbyes to our family in the UK.Then it was back to earth with a bump; processing pictures and hiding from the 100°F temps that prevailed in the Midwest.
1. Gary and Ginger at the end of the hike, 2. Hiding from the midges, 3. Gary and Ginger looking out over Gruinard Bay, 4. Enjoying the scenery by Loch Bad a’Ghaill, 5. Gary and Ginger in the tent camped beside Loch Rannoch, 6. Chinese restaurant Berwick-Upon-Tweed, 7. A photograph in which I appear to have a foot protruding from the back of my head. The foot does not belong to me., 8. A full day’s driving, a walk on the beach, beer and fish and chips take their toll, 9. Gary and Ginger on the beach at Hunstanton, 10. Gary, late at night sitting on the kitchen floor, 11. Keith and Gary, 12. Photo-lethargy strikes yet again, 13. Oh dear!, 14. Ginger and Gary on the beach, 15. On the flight from Dallas Fort Worth to Springfield, 16. Half cut – again., 17. It’s that wall again…, 18. Working late at the computer, 19. Processing, 20. And yet more picture processing, 21. Thursday evening service, 22. Day 203, 23. Wine and TV, 24. Day 205, 25. Gary takes a break from other duties to repair the washing machine, 26. Popcorn, 27. Phew! What a scorcher, 28. Reading before bed, 29. Gary, Sprinky and Inspector Morse, 30. Gary and Ginger at Emily and Larry’s Wedding reception, 31. Hello wall
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Hello wall
Gary Allman Actually, unlike Shirley Valentine, I’ve not taken to talking to the wall.
Though I had better not discount the possibility entirely. I might even have a sensible conversation.
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Gary and Ginger at Emily and Larry’s Wedding reception (365:211)
Gary and Ginger at Emily and Larry’s Wedding reception (365:211). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Which explains the somewhat curious and questionable lighting.
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Gary, Sprinky and Inspector Morse (365:210)
Gary, Sprinky and Inspector Morse (365:210). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. I enjoy Inspector Morse.
It was good to find that Netflix have the Inspector Morse DVDs. But as they also have such UK masterpieces as the ‘Biederbeck Tapes’ I suppose I shouldn’t be that surprised.
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Reading before bed (365:209)
Iain M. Banks – Surface detail.
I took the car in for a service and walked back in the morning’s 90°F temps. To get out of the heat for a few minutes I stopped at the library. Browsing the shelves I found an Iain Banks book I’ve not read.
I don’t think I’ve sat down and read a book for pleasure in a couple of years.
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Phew! What a scorcher
Phew! What a scorcher. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. And other tabloid headlines.
You need to be British and of a certain age to understand the relevance of the title; of a certain age because with British weather the opportunities to use headlines like this are few and very far between.
By the way, little did I know how much hotter it was going to get over the next few days…
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Popcorn
Popcorn.
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Gary takes a break from other duties to repair the washing machine (365:206)
I could have taken this picture at a more jaunty angle,
but I was concentrating on getting the washer fixed. For some unknown reason clean clothes were of more concern to the family than my daily photo project.
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Day 205
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Wine and TV (365:204)
Wine and TV (365:204). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. Apparently I’m not too busy to drink wine and watch a movie.
I must have drunk more wine than I thought, as I took another picture an hour later..
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Day 203
Day 203. Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. I’ve run out of ideas for titling these wall pictures.
I should write a book – I’ll call it Facebook with lots of wall pictures.
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Thursday evening service (365:202)
Thursday evening service (365:202). Copyright © 2011 Gary Allman, all rights reserved. I could write a lot,
but I don’t have the time. However, it was nice to get back to my regular routine.
