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January 29, 029/366 (1490/1827)- After being ordained a year ago, and serving a year at another church, today was the first day of my new assignment. I will admit it made me feel very welcome when I saw my name "The Rev. Raymond Wishart" right there on the cover of the service bulletin, they never would use that title at the last chuch. What a wonderful new home it seems!

Theme of the week is "shadows". I had something else planned but when I saw the shadows made by the faux-stained glass at the front of the church I thought I had to use this. This sanctuary was built in the 1970's, when this colored plastic was all the rage, but beyond that colorful plastic is the gorgeous St. Andrews Bay and the pass to the blue-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Makes little sense to cover up that view to me. I have found out that they plan to replace this very soon with real glass so we can see the bay that shares it's name with the church.

January 28, 028/366 (1489/1827)- My younger daughter, Rebekah, helped me for hours this afternoon cleaning the garage, putting away most of the Christmas decorations that were still in there, cleaning the house, and installing new electrical outlets in the kitchen. Since we never got out on the kayaks we decided to take off at sunset to at least get some sunset photos under the bridge, here she is taking some shots closer to the water from where I was.

There is an old broken up seawall under the new Bailey Bridge, not sure why it's even there, but makes a good photo foreground.!

January 27, 027/366 (1488/1827)- After a week of rain it's *Thank God It's Finally Flying Fisheye Friday!

This talented young lady has been in my class every day for the last four years, not the first time or last time you will see her. She is also a terrific dancer so I may get some better dance shots in the future, always good to have talented students.

Strobist- 2 SB900's ground level bare and aimed up, fired TTL with Nikon CLS