Year: 2015

Washer Repairs (Part I) – Thursday night the washer started smoking. Obviously, that’s not a habit to be encouraged, so I took a quick look and determined that the transmission support bearing had broken up.

EFM Graduation – Today saw the end of my four years of study. +12

Cats Watching TV – We’ve created a monster. Tubby now thinks any rectangular object is fair game to stare at. Picture frames for example. He also sits next to our monitors waiting for something to move. Worse he sits right in the middle of the screen while we are watching movies and shows on Netflix.

We went off to see the Wizard (JKS) – Today we took a trip down to Tulsa and spent the day with our friend jks (aka wizardjks on Flickr) 3 pictures

Photograph of a 9mm Desert Eagle semi-automatic handgun, pictured with a used target and some 9mm full metal jacket ammunition.

Range Time: 9mm Desert Eagle – I enjoy shooting. I find it relaxing and – believe it or not – peaceful. Five-minute read, 9 pictures

Fishing with Tom – It’s been nearly a year since Tom and I last went fishing… 6 pictures

Time to sort out my fishing gear and clean and lube the reels. I’m going fishing.

High School Prom – Lanie asked me to take some High School Prom pictures of her and some friends. They picked the location – the old mill in Fair Grove, MO.37 pictures

Ghost of a Chance – What a great job they did! 38 pictures

Busy Lanie’s Birthday Lanie is in the middle of a very busy week. The play she is in was put back by snow days. So, for her birthday, she’s been at school all day and then spent the evening at rehearsals. Now at 9:00 p.m. it is finally time for some birthday cake.

Photograph of The new flame of the Easter Vigil, used to light the candles before the Easter Vigil service at Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield, MIssouri. Easter 2014.

I was looking for a cover picture for the April issue of Spirit I took this photograph a year ago and it’s been residing in my archives ever since. My search for something relevant and cover-worthy eventually uncovered it. This seems to be a recurring theme at the moment; going back and seeing potential in …

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Cover image for the Spirit Magazine, April 2015. Diocese of West Missouri. The cover features the new flame of the Easter Vigil, used to light the candles before the Easter Vigil service. Taken at Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield, MIssouri. Easter 2014.

Spirit Magazine April 2015 (Cover image).

Another Short Hike on the Silver Trail at Busiek. 17 pictures

Short Hike at Busiek. 14 pictures

An Afternoon Hike at Compton Hollow Conservation Area – Our first hike in a long time. 18 pictures

One of my favorite pictures from this afternoon’s hike.

You can read about this afternoon’s hike here.

One of my favorite pictures from this afternoon’s hike.

Color photograph of the Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, Kansas City. The picture shows the blue of the sky reflected in the metal sheathing and is complemented by a stip of yellow-brown grass around the base.

Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts, Kansas City – I popped out of the diocesan office in Kansas City for a meeting and found myself in a pastiche of Sydney, Australia.

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