Every last 2026 Photography 139 calendar has been distributed as of roughly 5:30 PM last night. So now is a good time to start sharing the images from this year’s calendar. We will start with the front cover. FRONT COVER – 2026 Technical Details The subject of the picture is… Read More »525,600 Minutes – 2025 Year in Review
We made it! We finally have gotten to the food adventure where Jesse got injured. This was a bucket list item for me this year and one of only a couple I actually managed to do. One was the Decorah pizza farm. Another was Stroud’s Chicken. Then there was this… Read More »#LakeLife: Jackson County Field Work
It is Week 4 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual candle and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »Cluck! Cluck! Kansas City Field Work
Hey, can you get out of bed today?Do you need anything from me?I’m anywhere, anywhere I need to beEven I had the dream last nightWe were squatters in fight or flightBonfires and Christmas lightsI miss those nights too Don’t be a stranger nowYou never really know when the floor drops… Read More »No One Knows Us
It is Week 3 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual calendar and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »The Swell Season Road Trip
It is week 2 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual calendar and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »I Scream: Decorah Field Work
It is something I’d like to say I do every year, but I don’t. But I’m going to try this year. And that thing is to light a candle every Sunday during Advent Season. A virtual candle. Yes, but still a candle. So this week we are lighting the Peace… Read More »Big Pizza Pie: Decorah Field Work
Back in June I took a road trip up to Arnolds Park to visit the Stenslands at the Lake House. As an added bonus Sabas, Elainie, and Elawyn were up there. While Jason and Sabas were off playing gross golf, the rest of us went to a restaurant on the… Read More »#LakeLife: Arnolds Park Field Work
Can you believe that this is the 5,750th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 5,750
On Saturday I shared a collection of images from Greene County that were alternates for the ART theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Today I’m going to share the rest of the alternates. These were taken in Harcourt. Have a look: I’m almost out of 2024 images to share. Almost!
Time to clean up the backlog a little bit. These pictures were are alternates for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme of ART. I took these pictures in Dana, Iowa and Paton, Iowa.. Have a look! There are still more pictures from this road trip to share!
This is kind of a 2 for 1 food adventure. Back in June I went on kind of a boredom road trip with no real destination in mind. In fact, I don’t know that I really went anywhere. My initial thought was maybe to go to Denison and the Donna… Read More »Big Pizza Pie: Humboldt Field Work
A couple months back Teresa and I went to Pleasantville to try the new reigning Best Burger in Iowa. Halftime Bar & Grill. Here is some information from the Iowa Beef website: On the square in Pleasantville, Iowa, family, community, and Iowa’s best burger intersect at Halftime Bar & Grill.… Read More »Burgertime: Pleasantville Field Work
Back in October I took not one, but two road trips to try some tenderloins. First I went to Manning to try the Best Tenderloin in Iowa for 2023. Then I went to Dunlap to try the Best Tenderloin in Iowa for 2024. But I also poked around each town… Read More »Tenderloining Auxiliary Images
SILHOUETTE! What a great theme! But did enough people lurk in the shadows to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 21, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Adam Gordon – 2 weeks2-Mary Green – 2 weeks3-Sara Lockner – 3 weeks4-Jesse Howard –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 515 – SILHOUETTE
Back in May, I went on my annual birthday road trip. This year it wasn’t overly ambitious. Nader went with me again, as he is my one and only true friend. We met up with Willy at the Houby Festival. I will cover the Houby Festival (in Cedar Rapids) in… Read More »Tenderloining: Monticello Field Work
How I miss the people we used to beAnd all those things that you brought out in meWe’re both different now and times have changedEven the best of friends can become estrangedWell I am well aware that we can not go back, but I will not stand by and watch… Read More »The People We Used to Be
Time to clean out the backlog a bit. These pictures are from August of last year and never really fit into any previous posts. Some are from Jefferson. The rest are of the South Marion Methodist Church. A friend of mine is the Pastor there and I didn’t even know… Read More »When I’m Not Around
First day of July! No better day than to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from June. From the images it looks like it might have been a pretty lazy month. I definitely didn’t leave the state again, it almost appears that I barely left Boone. But I did take… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2025
Today Bokeh turns 1. So I must wish her a happy birthday! Bokeh should be home all day, unless we go to the park after I get off work. So you may come over at any time to give her a birthday present! Can you believe that this is the… Read More »Post 5,500
Good news! No, great news! I have finished updating another page on the website! WooHoo! The Calendar page is now changed and ready for mass viewing. The Calendar page is a great resource for 2 things. First, it is where the digital Photography 139 Calendar resides. This is a great… Read More »Food Truckin’: Clear Lake Field Work