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Selby Abbey – North Transept window. Selby, North Yorkshire.

Rood screen detail — Selby Abbey. Selby, North Yorkshire.

Selby Abbey with visiting German choir. Selby, North Yorkshire. Being here took me back to my days working for The Diocese of West Missouri. One-minute read.

Selby Abbey, stained glass window. Selby, North Yorkshire.

Selby Abbey, South Transept window. Selby, North Yorkshire.

Selby Abbey, North Transept. Selby Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey and current Anglican parish church in Selby, North Yorkshire.

Curtain — Netherwood Hotel & Spa. taken for no other reason than I liked the texture and the light.

Lounge — Netherwood Hotel & Spa. I liked the light, colors, and ambiance of this room.

Lounge — Netherwood Hotel & Spa. I liked the light, colors, and ambiance in this room.

Entrance & wallpaper detail. 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Even the owners found this too dark, and it was lightened up — but has now been restored to the original color. +1

Bedroom. 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Bathroom. 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The mosaic tiles aren’t. It’s custom wallpaper.

Clock — Mackintosh style. 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Light fitting detail. 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Bedroom details. 78 Derngate, Northampton — Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Lizzi, knowing we have an interest in architecture and art took us to Northampton to visit 78 Derngate. +2

Dressing Room at St. Benedict’s B&B — Complete with a home altar, storage, and, of course, the en-suite. +1

Our room at St. Benedict’s B&B — What an absolute gem this B&B was. We stumbled upon it quite by accident, and it was wonderful. +1

To all appearances, we might still be flying — Good flights, an excellent connection, and we zipped through border control in the UK in minutes. Down in Baggage Reclaim our bags were first on the carousel, and our hotel was just a short (inside) walk from Heathrow T3 Arrivals.

Ginger watching the dawn at 30,000 feet. We are off on the first leg of a visit to the UK. Our first since 2019.

Upon Reflection — I grabbed the camera after the play of light on the bathroom mirrors caught my attention. To quote Ginger, “It’s a very Gary photograph.”

Sunday morning therapy: cleaning — It’s good to push the keyboard away, get out the cleaning materials, and smell the G96 gun oil and Hoppes #9 gun bore cleaner while taking my time cleaning and checking my guns.

Sparkle Zone color. There’s a reason why we call this room of our house the ‘Sparkle Zone.’ +1

New workbench storage — I have finally updated the storage area above my workbench. There used to be five plastic cat litter boxes on the shelf. I made these five wood boxes in an afternoon, so the finish isn’t furniture level, but they fit the space well and look much better. +2

Hitachi C10FR Table Saw — My next project. It’s a very well-used worksite jobbing saw, and it is time to make some improvements. +1

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