Missouri

Words and pictures featuring Missouri

Color photograph of Gary Allman standing at his desk

At My Desk – Color. Working from home has its advantages … 5 pictures

I’m suffering from a severe lack of motivation. Pictures of random objects on my desk. 3

I missed the full ‘Supermoon’, it was cloudy. I thought I’d try and capture it the following night. 3 pictures

Sunday I went on a 200 mile round trip to Nevada, Missouri to attend the installation of Jim Lile as rector at All Saints’ Episcopal Church. 11 pictures

Installation of Fr. Jos Tharakan at St. James’ – Friday night’s installation of Fr. Jos Tharakan at St. James’. 3 6

Photograph of a Fujifilm Finepix F30 digital camera with the lens extended (on).

Lazy Camera Picture – Fujifilm Finepix F30 – My first digital camera, a Fujifilm Finepix F30, bought in 2006. Two-minute read, 3 pictures

Quick picture of the radio I keep in my office. 3 pictures

My Desk – I’m about to take delivery of a new camera, so I took a few test shots of my desk with my current camera to be able to compare the results. 3 pictures

Photograph of a sweet Potato Chip looking very much like a fall leaf.

In honor of the season, it’s a Fall Sweet Potato Chip.

Tools required to make a weekly Bullet Journal (bujo) insert.

Weekly updates/inserts for my Bullet Journal. 1   6

Photograph of a room in the Courtyard Kansas City East/Blue Springs, Missouri

Hotel Room – What can I say? I liked the lighting.

If it is the start of November, it must be Diocesan Convention time, and I have a squinny. 4 pictures

Black and White Photograph - St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kansas City. Area Confirmation service.

Sermon – St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City. Area Confirmation service. There were five churches from the north of the diocese represented at this evening’s confirmation service.

Black and white photograph St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kansas City. Area Confirmation service.

Waiting to Process – St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Kansas City. Area Confirmation service.

Black and White Photograph of a hand-built wooden bookcase

Taking a moment to enjoy the bookcases. 2 pictures

I have a strange photographic obsession with this light fitting. I ought to consider cleaning it before I take any more pictures. As obsessions go, I guess this one is fairly harmless. .jpg file straight out of camera.

Fall leaves on the ground featuring a single red leaf.

Today I was reminded of a lesson. The lesson is more than adequately summed up in the old adage: “Pride comes before a fall…”

Photograph of a Maine Coon cat looking intently out of an unseen window

The squirrels have been working on a new route. Sprinky considers this cool because she can sit and watch them from the comfort of my filing cabinet.

Picture of a votive candle at ST. John's Episcopal Church, Springfield, Missouri

I’m always moved by the sight of the votive candles flickering away in a dark empty church.

Black and white photograph of the altar at St. John's Episcopal Church, Springfield, Missouri

St. John’s, Springfield – Southern Area Confirmation Service at St. John’s. I’ve been working flat-out times two on business and diocesan stuff the past couple of weeks. I almost let today’s service slip by me. Fortunately, a calendar check on Friday put me right. 3 pictures

Photograph of a cartoon style submarine reproduce in ceramic

“In the town where I was born …” – It seems that every year or so I find an excuse to take at least one picture of the ceramic fish and/or submarine my sister bought me way back when.

Macro photograph of the pliers on the Leatherman Skeletool CX

Which did I buy – Macro Lens ($600) vs Two Extension Tubes ($30)? I’ll let you guess. 2 pictures

Color photograph of a bar of Green & Black's organic chocolate.

And then there was one – Ginger treated me to three small bars of Green & Black’s on Monday. Today’s Wednesday, this is the only one left. Its undigested hours are numbered.

Photograph of a leather Journal and Desk pad during cleaning with leather oil

Routine Maintenance. I have a suspicion that like myself, many rangefinder-style camera users also harbor an affinity for leather journals and fountain pens. 2

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