Self Portrait

Pictures of me, taken by myself. I tend to go with the official (365 Days) definition of a self portrait: “A self portrait is a photo of yourself taken by you” … “The main thing is that you are both the photographer and the subject.”

Lesson remembered (365:006) – Today I’ve been reminded of a valuable lesson I’d forgotten. Take a safety shot. -1 min

Coursework (365:005) – I’ve two lots of coursework to do before tomorrow evening’s class.

Recycling (365:004) – It’s been a quiet day in Springfield. One-minute read

A quiet place (365:003) – Five people (and four cats) are a lot to fit into our small house. -1min

Gary and Ginger on the trail at Valley Water Mill Pond (365:002) – About time for a short hike.

New year’s day (365:001) – We’d better get used to this scene, as this is where I get to spend most of my time; at the computer. One-minute read

Photograph of Ginger and Gary Allman on the Coy Bald Trail

December 2010, and our very first backpacking trip. Journal: 10 21

Gary testing the new backdrop stand — We’re going to be doing some studio shoots in the new year, to get things ready I’ve been working on making a backdrop stand and lighting stand. +1

Gary and Ginger Allman enjoying a campfire at Berry Bend Campground in November 2010

Berry Bend Campfire – We cheated on the fire. We didn’t want to spend a lot of time and energy gathering and cutting wood, so we bought some logs for $4 and I split them.

Gary and Ginger Allman at Truman Lake, Missouri, wildlife and lake watching

Camping at Berry Bend – This weekend we tried out our backpacking gear. Two-minute read. 3 pictures

Today I made a start on the new shelves for the garage.

Always Kiss Me Goodnight – I spotted these signs and the conveniently placed mirror. I couldn’t miss the opportunity for a self-portrait.

Garage Project – Stage II. More shopping for lumber.

Photograph of Gary Allman working on a DYI project at his workbench in Springfield Missouri

Honey-do List – This week I’ve been working on my ‘Honey-do’ list and managed to cross off four items: Fitted a new front door, replaced the broken light switch in the kitchen and replaced the light fitting in Alek’s room. This afternoon saw me working on the fourth project. One-minute read

Glued and screwed – and checking if the bench legs fit as planned – they did. 2 pictures

Getting Ready for Gluing.

Building the workbench – The first thing I had to do was make a workbench so I could build the workbench. One-minute read, 2 pictures

Cleaning out the garage – Now we’ve got it clean we have to formulate plans for putting in the workshop and more storage. 3 pictures

Gary Allman and Ginger Davis enjoying a warm day in January 2009

A Taste of summer – January and the temperature is up in the seventies. After driving to St. Louis and back we got a chance to sit in the back yard.

Research – I ended up sitting on the sofa researching whisky (in the glass) and double-decker buses (on the Internet) while Ginger researched wedding dresses, whisky, and took her own picture for the day. One-minute read

The first ‘another day’ of the year – A new project for 2009? One-minute read

The last lap (Part One) – It is nine fifty-five pm in the UK and three fifty-five pm in Dallas. I got up at four am this morning to travel to Heathrow with Ian and Robert. 3   2

Pictures of the Allman Family playing on a games console

Robert’s new flat – After a week’s delay, Friday night saw Robert borrowing my car to finally move out of the family home and into his own flat. one-minute read, 9 pictures

Picture of Gary Allman getting ready for graduations in 2008.

Officiating at Graduation (365:167). 2 pictures

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