Missouri

Words and pictures featuring Missouri

Price Cutter parking lot (365:068) – Today the van broke down.Two-minute read

Pancake supper at Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield Missouri (365:067). 9 pictures

Lunch at Busiek (365:066) – Today we went on a re-run of last week’s hike at Busiek. +4

Doing the dishes (365:065) – A fairly typical Sunday. Up at Seven, in church by half eight, and back out around eleven forty or so. We stopped to do some grocery shopping on the way home, and by one pm it was Sunday nap time (and yes that is frequently an euphemism). I didn’t surface until gone five, it was a tiring week. One-minute read, 2 pictures

Breakfast at Aunt Martha’s Pancake House (365:063).

Breakfast at Aunt Martha’s Pancake House (365:063).

I’ve found another wall (365:062) — It’s amazing how quickly I forget what we did on any given day.

At the end of the day (365:061) — Today was a quiet day. Which is another way of saying I can’t really remember what we did. I spent the day in general pottering around, recovering, and processing pictures from yesterday’s hike. We went to Youth Group and KfC in the evening.

Day hike – with creeks (365:060). 8 pictures

A final check before closing my machine for the day by Gary Allman

A final check before closing my machine for the day (365:059). One-minute read, 2 pictures

Checking the weather by Gary Allman

Checking the weather (365:058). 4 pictures

Stacking the dishwasher by Gary Allman

Stacking the dishwasher (365:056). Rumours regarding the return of my photo-mojo are proving to be premature.

Thursday (365:055) – My day might have been simpler if I’d studied the right lesson in the first place.

It was one of those days. Nobody said living the dream was always going to be easy. We watched The Da Vinci Code this evening. Alternate picture

High School parking lot (365:053) – This cliché Lomo and mirror shot is all I have to offer today.

Wedding anniversary backpacking at Devils Backbone Wilderness by Gary Allman

Near the end of the hike (365:052) – Wedding anniversary backpacking at Devils Backbone Wilderness. 5 pictures

Morning coffee in Mary Hollow - Devils Backbone Wilderness by Gary Allman

Morning coffee in Crooked Hollow – Devils Backbone Wilderness (365:051) – It’s our second wedding anniversary, and what better way to celebrate it than backpacking? I sure do know how to show a girl a good time! One-minute read, 6 pictures

Wedding anniversary backpacking at Devils Backbone Wilderness by Gary Allman

Wedding anniversary backpacking at Devils Backbone Wilderness (365:050) – Tonight we get to sleep in the woods and tomorrow it’s our It’s our second wedding anniversary. One-minute read, +3

Packing my backpack (365:049) – It’s a three day weekend, and to make the most of it tomorrow morning we’re taking the girls to their grandparents and then we are heading off into a nearby wilderness for a couple of days backpacking. One-minute read, 4 pictures

Afternoon school run (365:048) – If it’s Thursday it must be class tonight. One-minute read

Gary and Ginger being nauseating in Walmart on Saint Valentine's Day by Gary Allman

Gary and Ginger being nauseating in Walmart on Saint Valentine’s day (365:045) – When you’re living your dream, over time your dream becomes normal life. It pays to stop and reflect on that once in a while. When you do it reminds you how special your dream is and how lucky you are. One-minute read, 7 pictures

Gary and Ginger at Christ Episcopal Church's Annual Meeting

Gary and Ginger at the Church Annual Meeting (365:044) – One-minute read, 3 pictures

Late Night Self Portrait — I wasn’t sure that the beer bottle picture I took earlier had worked so I took this self-portrait shot before bed just to be sure.

After the Super Bowl (365:037) – Well, I tried to get excited about the Super Bowl but failed quite happily. Supper Bowl Sunday might be more appropriate as I scoffed huge quantities of unhealthy things while watching the endless adverts interspersed by a load of fat blokes assisted by a couple of skinny blokes chasing a rugby ball around a field. One-minute read

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