Time to reveal the December image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. The final image. DECEMBER – 2026 The subject of the December image is me holding a candle during the Candlelight Service at Boone First United Methodist Church. I’m kind of a man’s man. No collar worker with blue… Read More »Des Moining III
Time to reveal the November image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. NOVEMBER – 2026 The subject of the November image is a water lily I found at the Des Moines Botanical Garden. I am a proud member of the Iowa Arboretum and with that membership I can get in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 539 – CONTRAST
Time to reveal the October image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. The subject of the October image was taken of the Cliffs of Moher. The time of day we visited the Cliffs of Moher it was just crazy with people. You couldn’t throw a dead cat without hitting 20… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 2
Time to reveal the September image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. SEPTEMBER – 2026 The subject of the September image was Virgil the Owl. Virgil took up residence in a tree outside of Lagomarcino on the Iowa State campus this spring. So fortunately this owl was an easy owl… Read More »Des Moining II
Time to reveal the May image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MAY – 2026 Technical Details The subject of the May image is a spider sculpture in the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines. This is one of those pictures that when I distributed the calendars I learned that… Read More »Selfie Project – December 2025
Time to reveal the Mach image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MARCH – 2026 Technical Details This picture is the ocean view looking back from the ocean view of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. If I was forced to pick my favorite part of the Ireland trip, I… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 1
Time to reveal the January image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. JANUARY – 2026 Technical Details The subject for the January image is the rotunda of the Iowa Capital. It is a part of a series of the Iowa Capital photos called “Where Basic Human Rights Go to Die”.… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: I Didn’t Hear No Bell
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
Back in June I went down to Des Moines with Teresa. The ultimate goal was to hit the Greek Food Fair, but we also went to the Downtown Des Moines Famer’s Market and the Capital Pride Event. It was a pretty fantastic day. Here is the first collection of images… Read More »Des Moining I
Time to share the rest of the collection of images I took at the Iowa State Capital back in spring. When we last left this photo session we had just stepped outside of the law library. The law library is beautiful, but I went on a Saturday and it is… Read More »Where Basic Human Rights Go to Die – II
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
Back in March Russell and Andree and I supped at The Big Steer in Altoona. I took a few pictures of their amazing sign. Here are those pictures: It is a fantastic restaurant and if you ever have a chance to try it, I recommend you do it!
A couple weeks back Boone held our annual Christmas Parade and town tree lighting event. It was about a week later than normal if memory serves and it ran into some terrible weather. On the day it was supposed to be we had a snowstorm. So it got moved back… Read More »Boone Christmas Parade – 2025
Last Friday when we left off Lowell and I had just hit the Eastern State Penitentiary. This entire collection of images are from the Eastern State Penitentiary. Which, should be noted, is not a prison any more, but is a prison museum. But I’m sure you already figured that out.… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: Eastern State Penitentiary
Time to share the final collection of images from the pro democracy rally I attended back in April. As I watch the news all I can think is, there are only 4 things certain in life. Death. Rich people not paying taxes. Republicans putting us in a recession (as every… Read More »Mutual Aid Rally V
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
Since Iowa State’s football season is officially over and ended in one of the worst ways possible, I suppose no damage can be done by starting to share the rest of the images I took while attending Iowa State football games this year. These pictures are from the Spirit Walk… Read More »ISU vs BYU: Spirit Walk
After getting back from the City Hall area I wander around the Reading Terminal for a bit and then eventually met up with Lowell and we did something super touristy. I say that without shame, but with pride. I’ve always wanted to ride one of those double decker tour buses,… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: Bus Tour
As I prepare to share another collection of images from the pro-democracy rally I attended back in April, I can’t help but think about the affordability crisis that is facing our country right now and the large list of layoffs that are coming our way: Just some recent layoff announcements:… Read More »Mutual Aid Rally IV
One of the little used benefits at the Computer Mine is that everybody gets 8 hours of VTO every year to use. I’m pretty sure next to nobody uses it, which is a shame. An extra day off. To do something fun? Why wouldn’t you do that? I guess some… Read More »Boone FUMC 2025 Thanksgiving Prep
Day 2 in Philadelphia was supposed to be the first day of work. It wasn’t real clear in the early morning if we would work or when we would work. It was dependent on when the contractors got finished putting the Computer Mine Booth together. Fortunately for us, they didn’t… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: City Hall