When did I grow old? It feels like I blinked, and suddenly I’ve aged — I was writing in my journal when I saw how old my hands looked. I don’t feel older, but I now have my grandparents’ hands, the loose flesh, thin skin, age spots, and prominent veins. 2
Fan — It’s the usual story; I liked the play of the light. 🙂
Ginger’s Studio Worktable. A hurried shot that I should have taken more time over.
Redistribution — After over a year of working out, I haven’t lost any weight, but it has moved around. My body fat percentage has dropped, and my muscle mass has increased slightly.
Heading out to the gym — It was tempting to take a ‘rest day,’ but I didn’t. Crossing the gym parking lot in my gym kit can be chilly at times!
No work. Feed me!
Dick on Ginger’s office couch.
Dick — Our grandcat has been visiting since before Christmas. He’s going home soon.
Blue Bowl, Blanket Box, and Crocs — I was passing through the ‘Sparkle Zone’ when I noticed the light on the bowl, blanket box, and Crocs. The latter, with their color popping.
Another Hat — I bought myself something with a large brim that was also lightweight and airy for the summer.
Journals and Ink — Four journals, four pens, one pencil, and three bottles of ink. I felt the need to take a picture, and this is what I came up with.
I’ve been shopping — It looks like a lot, but at 2-300 rounds per trip to the range it won’t last long. Now I’ve just got to find space to store it all in the gun safe.
Mammatus clouds over Springfield — We’ve had some weird weather lately. I heard about a house being hit by three tornadoes in the past month (around 30 miles from us). This week, we were on the edge of a storm that, according to the radar, was dumping twenty-five inches of rain per hour. +2
Morning tea on an old stool — At some point in life, we learn the value of eschewing the bright, shiny, and new for the well-worn, used, and patinaed that does its job, and does it well enough.
Cocking a snoot — Actually, I was making a snoot to test out a hair light for Ginger’s video setup in her office.
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.”
Finally seeing results — I’ve been regularly exercising for around and hour a day, five days a week for three months now. I read that it takes a lot longer to get results when you get to a ‘certain age,’ and so it has. This week, for the first time the body fat percentage has dropped into the green.
The perils (and perks) of a home office. Dick is ‘helping’ me edit videos.
Our grandcat is visiting — Dick is staying with us for a couple of months while his mother is off traveling.
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
Testing, testing. One, two, three — Two outpatient visits to the hospital today for some tests. Ultrasound in the morning, and my annual cardiology checkup in the afternoon. All my results were good. In a little experiment, I used AI to obfuscate the personal information in the image. It makes a nice change from pixelating it.
Bowed — before I threw away the bowed worktop I’d set aside as a workbench top, I decided to check how bad it was: 5/16-inch over 36 inches. No, I wasn’t going to be able to use it for anything, so into the trash, it went.
Small Product Photography Setup — Once we’ve been using it for a while and know what we like and don’t like, I’ll tidy away the cables and power supplies. Until then, it’s going to be a bit messy.