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Thank God It’s Monday!

A quick side note.  The organization I retired from had a consultant who had written a book entitled “Thank God It’s Monday.”  It was a theme we carried for several years, TGIM.  To be perfectly honest I never really bought into the concept that I was so happy it was Monday!  That is until I retired.  Now I can honestly say TGIM!

It was a motivational concept, and I understood the meaning of it and espoused it continuously.   Any way this has nothing to do with today’s post.  Just struck me as funny.

Below is an aerial of St. Lukes Methodist Church.  It is the oldest church in Iowa and was the first organized religion in Iowa.  The church has magnificent Tiffany windows and is a regular on the tourist agenda.   My wife along with other women of the church give tours of the church and tell of its vast history.  It is a must see for all the different cruise ships that dock at Dubuque.

Anyway, I have, for the last couple of years wanted to do an aerial shot of the church.  Either I had a drone with me and wasn’t anywhere near the church or if I was near the church no drone.

Today I was lucky enough to have lunch with my wonderful daughter and when we finished, I decided since I was already downtown that today was the day for the church shot.  It was -4 degrees and there was some wind, but the sun was shining, and I reasoned it would be an easy thing to do.  I was wrong.  I about froze my fingers off and trying to fly a drone with gloves on is nearly impossible.  But I got it done and now I hope to do a series of seasonal images of the church in 2024.

If you click on the image you can see a much larger more detailed version of the image.

By the time I got the drone up and in place my poor fingers were hurting so much.  So I took the picture and then put the gloves on.

I usually don’t get myself in the image but wanted to demonstrate trying to fly with gloves.  It is hard to make precise movements with the drone.  The good news was that I was able to land the drone without hitting my truck and didn’t have frost byte either.

Enjoy your day and be careful.