Photographs taken in and around Springfield, Missouri.
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
Trip preparation — Charging my InReach and battery block. Printing out and checking the weather forecast. Gathering maps and prepping my trail journal. Getting ready for four days out on the Berryman Trail.
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.
Christmas Table Decoration. Mild Steel. By Jim Davis.
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.
Cleome houtteana – Spider Plant — Last year, less than half a dozen of these plants appeared in the front yard flower bed. Ginger collected the seeds and sowed them. This year we have been rewarded by this spectacular display.
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.
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.
A break in the weather means I’m off on a four-day hike of the Whites Creek Trail, South and North Loops at Irish Wilderness. Just for a change I thought I’d take out my old 60/70-liter Deuter backpack for a trip. Then I changed my mind. +1
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.