I wish you all the hap, hap, happiest of Thanksgivings! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! But Thursdays are for flowers. And you might feel blessed that this collection of flowertography images aren’t of peonies. There are strawflowers and clematis in this collection. Let’s get at it: An observant flowertography fan might have noticed… Read More »Thanksgiving Blessings Upon You!
A reminder that if you are looking for a Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, the Boone First United Methodist Church is hosting one. And it’s free! All the information you need to know is below: With turkey prices up 25% this year and the average Thanksgiving meal up 4.1%, there will… Read More »Mutual Aid Rally II
A reminder that if you are looking for a Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, the Boone First United Methodist Church is hosting one. And it’s free! All the information you need to know is below: With turkey prices up 25% this year and the average Thanksgiving meal up 4.1%, there will… Read More »Baby, Time Meant Nothin’
Hey you! Are you looking for a Thanksgiving meal that is absolutely free! Have I got news for you! Check out the flyer below: On Thanksgiving Day the Boone First United Methodist Church is providing FREE Thanksgiving meals to absolutely anybody that wants one! And as an added bonus, you… Read More »WPC – WEEK 532 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
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
This is the final collection of images from the 2025 Color the Wind Festival in Clear Lake. There might have been more pictures, but my poor planning with the battery situation and those of you who know science, know that cold is the enemy of batteries. But maybe that isn’t… Read More »Color the Wind 2025 – III
At the end of the last collection Lowell and I were wandering around Chinatown. In this collection we will finish up in Chinatown and then move on to the famous Philly Cheesesteak Square. Home of Geno’s Steaks and Pat’s King of Steaks. 2 of the most famous cheesesteaks in all… Read More »Philadelphia Day 1: On to Cheesesteak Square
Give me space from the distance, a break in the silenceA face to the surface and open my eyesGive me words with a purpose that hurt us and burn usFor brittling, kindling, tumbleweed lies She pulled my eye and touched me twiceI froze when I felt the connecting of wiresSo… Read More »Anniversary
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
Hey you! Are you looking for a Thanksgiving meal that is absolutely free! Have I got news for you! Check out the flyer below: (I don’t like our flyer, so I had it redesigned – Thanks Monica! – and am efforting to replace our flyer, if not this year, next)… Read More »WPC – WEEK 531 – STICKERS
After the late night with Sarah and Tim was over, we went back to Newark. Crashed. Woke up in the morning. Ate breakfast. Took the shuttle to the airport. Flew to Chicago. Flew back to Fort Dodge. Drove home. I got to see Bokeh again. I loved Ireland. I loved… Read More »Travel Home Day 2
Time once again to share even more photos I took at the Clear Lake Color the Wind Kite Festival earlier this year. We start with more beaver kite pictures! As the weather gets colder, I’m starting to get excited to go to the kite festival again next year, even though… Read More »Color the Wind 2025 – II
When we last visited the collection of images from Day 1 of my trip to Philadelphia, Lowell and I had just left the Independence Hall area. In this collection we will go by the cemetery where Benjamin Franklin is buried on our way to Chinatown. Here are the pictures: If… Read More »Philadelphia Day 1: Walk to Chinatown
I don’t remember the timelineJust December and the eastern skylineIt was just my time to goIt wasn’t even a cold nightDisappointed in the northern nightsI always thought there’d be snow 400 people on a broken wheelWhen the plane touched down in a concrete minefieldI guess we all made it out… Read More »A War with Time
Back on April 19, I had a big photography day. I went to Pella to do a little tulip flowertography. And I closed out the day at Iowa State University taking pictures of Virgil, the owl living in the Lagomarcino courtyard. But in between those two photo sessions, I went… Read More »Mutual Aid Rally I
Happy Veterans Day! Today, we pause to honor the brave men and women who have served our nation with courage, integrity, and unwavering commitment. Veterans Day is a time to reflect on the sacrifices made by those who stood ready to protect our freedoms — and to recognize the families… Read More »Some 35 Firsts
THE WINDOW FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE HAS CLOSED. So many great suggestions, it will be hard to winnow the list down to 52. Here is the list of suggestions: Angie DeWaard Lowell Davis Deb Powers Shannon Bardole-Foley Joe Duff Alexis Stensland Scott Degeneffe Andy Sharp… Read More »WPC – WEEK 530 – ANIMAL
Now it is time to begin sharing the collection of cruddy cell phone pictures of the trip home from Ireland to the Cyclone State. We got up in the morning and headed to the lumber yard/cafe and then headed to a grocery store to find a post office so that… Read More »Travel Home Day 1
Earlier in the year I took a solo trip up to Clear Lake for their annual kite festival known as Color the Wind. I was unsure if I was going to make the trip as the weather was a little dodgy in the early morning, but I decided to at… Read More »Color the Wind 2025 – I
Back in April I went to Philadelphia for several days on a trip for the Computer Mine. The first day was a travel day, so after I got to Philadelphia, the rest of the day was really mine. After I got checked in to my hotel Lowell and l I… Read More »Philadelphia Day 1: Walkabout Begins
One time I went overseasWith a woman I know too deepI live and breathe to hold her inI love to hear her speakWe went to people’s partiesAnd we haunted her old hometownWe rambled into restaurantsTracking her old friends down They all knew the magic numberThe weather, the kids, TVBut this… Read More »A Woman Oversees