Time to clean up the January backlog. These images I took back in January, but they never really fit into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Most of them are alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Some were taken in the Boone High parking lot. Some were taken in my… Read More »You Could Never See
Back in January I walked around the sanctuary at the Boone First United Methodist Church after worship service with the Sweet Spot Lensbaby lens I had purchased just a few days earlier. Most people won’t like the effect of the Sweet 22, but I am a fan. Have a look… Read More »Saccharine
The first day of October! No better day to share THE SELFIE PROJECT images from September. I freely confessed that I struggled with the project this month. Often forgetting to take my selfie until the last minute. I was insanely busy for parts of September, but I didn’t really go… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2025
Last Saturday was the annual Pufferbilly Days Parade. I was able to participate this year with Boone First United Methodist Church. I snapped a few pictures of the process. Have a looksie: Something I just noticed in the pictures. Whomever picked out the white flower to put in the stack… Read More »Parading with Boone FUMC
This is the final collection of 2024 images (besides the Howard Family Photo Shoot) I have to share. Then the 2024 backlog will be all but clear! Have a look: Feels good to have that 2024 backlog all but cleared.
Going to wipe out the rest of the 2024 images (with the exception of the Howard Family Photo Shoot) in the next 2 days. These are a bunch of images that I liked, but never really found their way into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. They are all over… Read More »We Sat on Your Roof
Time to clean out that 2024 backlog some more. This collection of mostly street photography images in downtown Boone. I think most of these were either alternate images for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme SYMMETRY and maybe some were images considered for a theme reveal image for REFLECTIONS. Have… Read More »Well, It was Nearly Summer
I always wanted to see a menorah lighting during Chanukah, so last year I decided to head down to Maccabee’s Kosher Deli in Des Moines to witness. I decided to go down the night that they were doing the gelt drop because, well, I just really wanted to see it.… Read More »Gelt Drop
This food adventure is a little bit different. This isn’t an adventure where I went and ate hopefully delicious food. This one, in fact, wasn’t even a full food adventure. The pictures here are from the recent Boone County Fair Barbecue Contest. Logan’s barbecue team Tall & Meaty competed. This… Read More »Tall & Meaty: BCF 2025
The 2nd day of August! No better day to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from July. In July, I actually managed to leave the state of Iowa! Twice! I am planning to leave the country in August, so I am doing some travelling these days. I think July was… Read More »Selfie Project – July 2025
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
This collection of images will finish up all the Christmas pictures I took last year. These are the ones I took at Candlelight Service at Boone First United. As I have well-documented, this is my favorite church service of the year. Every year. Here are the pictures: I’m already looking… Read More »Candlelight Service Last
Last Thursday I walked the Boone County Fair Parade with my church. I took a bunch of pictures of our float and some of the other parade participants. Here are the pictures: Parades! Boring to watch. But fun to be in!
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
Back in early June, the Methodist Men held our annual Pie Auction. This year was a little smaller and it was a little earlier than normal, but it still raised almost $2,000 for youth ministry in our church. Here are some pictures (mostly taken by Teresa) of the event: Something… Read More »Methodist Men Pie Auction – 2025
It’s a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from May. It was a decently busy month. But I never left the state. I mean why would you leave Iowa? We’re second to last in economic growth. 48th in personal income growth. Our education system, which used to… Read More »Selfie Project – May 2025
Time to share a few pictures I took of the Pufferbilly Days Parade from last year. I only watched part of it as I needed to get to Ames for the Iowa State game. I mostly went up to check out the church’s float since I did spend some time… Read More »Puffer Parade – 2024
REMINDER THAT NEXT MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY! WHILE THE BANKS AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND MAYBE EVEN YOU HAVE THE DAY OFF, PHOTOGRAPHY 139 NEVER TAKES A DAY OFF! WE BARELY EVEN EVER SLEEP! IT IS JUST GRINDING CONSTANTLY. NEVER A MOMENT OF REST. AND WHY THAT MATTERS TO YOU IS… Read More »WPC -WEEK 505 – HISTORICAL BUILDING
Time for more pictures from my second trip to the Iowa State Fair last year. This trip was with the Gorshe. Last time it was all pictures I took while wandering around waiting for Layla to take the dance stage. This collection is more of those images and then some… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024 – Irish Dance Party Begins
It time for the first collection of images from my trip to the Iowa State Fair with a few of the Gorshe. I went down to the fair with Jen and Evie to watch Layla do some Irish dancing. Evie was still on the IR recovering from a track injury.… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024 – Pre-Irish Dance Party