Springfield

Photographs taken in and around Springfield, Missouri.

Painted in big letters on the back fence: “VIDEO! DOG BITES!”

Large sign on the side of the same house: “STOLEN DOG. $500 REWARD…”

“E LIZ-ard” Mild steel, lizard sculpture by Jim Davis. 2 pictures

Photograph of a Maine Coon Cat

Sleepy Mao.

Family Visit. Ginger’s brother Sam, and his daughter Samantha are visiting the Grandparents for a couple of days. 2 pictures

Ginger & Sam. Sam and Samantha are visiting the Grandparents for a couple of days. 2 pictures

Photograph of Gary Allman and Ginger Allman on their ninth wedding anniversary (2018)

Gary and Ginger – Ninth Wedding Anniversary. Ginger took a ninth wedding anniversary selfie.

Mao & Tubbs. I had been getting a refill of coffee from the kitchen when I walked by these two looking particularly cute.

7am — View from My Office Window – This morning’s view from my office window didn’t augur well for an undisturbed day’s work. One-minute read, 2 pictures

This cat configuration is what we call a ‘Tri-Puss’.

Photograph of a sleeping burmese cat

Our poor little tropical Burmese likes to find somewhere warm to sleep. Also in this post … I’ve been busy …

Black and white photograph of Gary Allman (Springfield Missouri) with Sprinky, a Maine Coon cat

Black and white photograph of Gary with Sprinky.

How can I be expected to work with such large, noisy, and fascinating distractions outside my office window?

Sleeping Maine Coon cats

My Two Office Fur Balls — They’ve left just enough room for me to sit between them.

Can’t Wait for Friday … The forecast says it’ll be 59°.

The Nave of St. John's Episcopal Church, Springfield, MO, bathed in early morning sunlight

Sunlight in the Nave – St. John’s Episcopal Church, Springfield — Today the sunlight was streaming in low through the windows in the nave. 4 pictures

Late Night Cleaning and Polishing. I first cleaned these brass ornaments, belonging to my mother when I was 4-5 years old. Two-minute read, 3 pictures

Black and white photograph of Gary Allman posing with a Fujifilm X-E3 camera

Self Portrait with Camera – A deliberate grainy look. Shot in quite dark conditions as I didn’t turn the room light on.

Color photograph of a bottle of DeAtramentis Steel Blue fountain pen ink

DeAtramentis Steel Blue

Reviewing the year. 5 pictures

Photograph of a disassembled Sig Sauer P238 handgun.

Greater love has no step-father than this: – With 20°F temps outside, today was just the sort of day to do some therapeutic cleaning and oiling of Katie’s Sig Sauer P238. Two-minute read, 4 pictures

Ten Years On: Happy To Be Here. I’ve just indulged in a couple of ‘retro’ self-portrait sessions. Two-minute read, 6 pictures

Merry Christmas! A brief rundown on Christmas and pictures of some of the gifts I received. 5 pictures

FujiFilm X-E3 with a red anodized aluminum shutter button

I splashed out on a new shutter button – When I bought my Fujifilm X-E3 I also bought a red enameled shutter button to go with it. After a couple of weeks use, I have decided that I don’t like the color and the finish of the enameled button. It doesn’t look right. So I bought a new one. 3

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

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