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Who knew? I Just stepped out into the garage for a pair of pliers. Darn it was chilly. 27°F (-3°C). Maybe I should have got dressed first?

The Visit Missouri Facebook Page asked the question; “What does your MO look like?”

Brass kaleidoscope detail

Brass Kaleidoscope – Jim brought in this fantastic kaleidoscope for me to get a few pictures of. He’s found a source of very thin mirrors that virtually removes the lines between the images. It is a wonder to behold. 2 pictures

Saturday morning I helped Tom get firewood for their wood burning furnace.

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Morning coffee and hot chocolate by Long Creek.

This picture appeared in print on the cover of a camping brochure and on the Tiso website as an advertisement.

welded steel coat rack

Welded steel coat rack – yet another of Jim’s creations. I’m slowly trying to fill it with hats despite being banned from doing so…

gary Allman in the Mark Twain National Forest at Piney Creek Wilderness Missouri.

Do You Know Pete Best? — A chance meeting with locals looking for directions on a remote Ozarks farm road. Two-minute read

Katie’s last high school orchestra concert – Jim, Carol, Lanie and Emilie joined us to watch Katie’s final high school concert. 5 pictures

Ascend D10 & Ascend FS10 Kayaks at Berry Bend, Harry S Truman Reservoir – The dew and the quality of the light caught my eye.

This was our view of Truman lake first thing Saturday morning. Wonderful. Ginger got a better picture of this, but I’m quite happy with this image.

I spotted this dandelion and it reminded me of a picture I took of my son Robert while on vacation in Scotland over twenty years ago.

Lanie (January 2012) – Some pictures from January 2012 rescued from the cutting room floor. 9

Lanie – pictures rescued from the cutting room floor. 2

Gary taking advantage of having the garage studio set up. 6 pictures

Photograph of Gary Allman and Tubby - a Burmese cat.

Gary and Tubby (365:363) – I was taking some family portraits and I forgot to include myself, so here I am with Tubby. One-minute read, 5 pictures

Color Photograph of gary Allman taken on December 29 2011.

Winding down at the end of the day (365:362) – We seem to spend a lot of time in the office area at the moment

At the end of Christmas day (365:359) – Despite my preference for a lie-in we were up before seven, then it was non-stop with present opening, visiting family, food, drinks and finally a couple of card games. 6 pictures

Christmas Eve (365:358) – Here I am in my church Christmas finery.

We arrived home from Christmas food shopping to find this very kind gift of fruit and fruit dipped in chocolate had been delivered Of course it had to be eaten straight away as we knew it wouldn’t keep 🙂 and of course the fridge is full.

Cat and mouse (365:353) – Sprinky decided to fall asleep on my EfM lesson notes.

Ginger puts a smile on my face (365:352) – I checked my eyes; unfortunately you can’t see what she was doing.

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