Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
A couple Saturdays back a few of us gathered in lot G6 for the sacred ritual that is known as Taco Tailgate. It was almost an entirely different crew than what usually shows up. Houlihan. No show. Joe. No show. Rachel. No show. Who did show up? Jorge. Taco Master!… Read More »Taco Tailgate – 2019
I would be remiss if I didn’t start out this post to saying Happy Veteran’s Day. I don’t have a photo to back up these sentiment, so instead, let me remind you that veterans often struggle greatly when they leave the military. The suicide rate for veterans of 35 per… Read More »WPC – WEEK 217 – ORANGE
The pictures in the folder 2009-07-06 are from my 2009 Independence Day. I spent the day immersed in Ames Jaycees projects. The beginning of my day was spent helping with the special Independence Day Ames on the Half Shell with The Nadas. Then I finished the day helping out with… Read More »2009-07-06
In late October I went to the beautiful campus of the pre-eminent land grant university in the country to see Elizabeth Warren speak at Stephens Auditorium. She was the last of the major candidates I needed to see. Here is a little bit about Elizabeth Warren from her website: Elizabeth… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Elizabeth Warren
Now is as a good of a time as any to check in with THE SELFIE PROJECT. I’m sure I did a bunch of interesting things in the month of October, but I’ll let you be the judge of whether or not I capture that while taking my daily THE… Read More »Selfie Project – October
Last year I had the great pleasure of taking the Howard family portrait. This time, we took the photos at the Boone golf course. I’m sure it has a name, but it is lost on me. It is a couple blocks from my house, but while I am aged, I… Read More »Howards 2018 – Volume 1
I was a little worried that our 5 week double digit submission streak wouldn’t his 6 weeks with FORMAL PORTRAIT. I hadn’t received some of the normal early submissions, and I translated that into a lack of enthusiasm for the theme. However, there was a deep late arriving enthusiasm. In… Read More »WPC – WEEK 216 – FORMAL PORTRAIT
There are two sets of pictures from the folder called 2009-07-02. One is from a trip to see the Boone City Band play and ran in to Josh and his progeny Wesley. The other is a collection of pictures of Frank. I’m not entirely sure why we took the pictures… Read More »2009-07-02
Last Friday I published pictures of when I saw Pete Buttigieg speak at the Iowa State Fair. It was the best place to hear somebody speak, so I decided to see him again. A few weeks back he came to speak at the Farm Expo Grounds near Boone. It was… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Pete Buttigieg – Volume 2
First of all, Happy Halloween! After a 1 year hiatus, I’ll be able to handout candy to trick-or-treaters. Which also means, I will be able to replenish the candy bar selection in the Union Street Theater. It has gotten pretty bad, since I didn’t buy any candy last year. I… Read More »Celestial Dome
Hitting up that 2018 backlog for a few butterfly pictures I took last September at my Mom’s house. I believe I’m down to 10 folders in the 2018 backlog. I might just get caught up at some point in the not too distant future!
Once gain, hitting up that sweet, sweet 2018 backlog. Back in September I went to see and ride Thomas the Tank with Bethany, Nora, and Bethany’s friend Harvey and her kids. I frequently go down to the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad when Thomas is in town, but this was my… Read More »Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
Once again, LINES was a very popular theme. We hit double digit submissions for WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE for the 5th week in a row! WooHoo! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! Monica Henning Andy Sharp… Read More »WPC – WEEK 215 – LINES
The pictures from the folder 2009-06-29 are mostly from a softball game between Alexis’ team and a team coached by Jesse and Lowell. I assume Alexis’ team won the game because of… Bennett genetics. There are some pictures of Larry Howard in this post. Larry passed away earlier this year.… Read More »2009-06-29
On my first stop to the Iowa State Fair, the trip where Baby Got Rack dominated the competition with our Meatloaf Cupcakes, I stuck around longer in the day to see 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. He was speaking at the Des Moines Register’s Soapbox. I badly underestimated how soon… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Pete Buttigieg – Volume 1
From the 2018 backlog. I took these flower pictures in September of last year. It seems a crime that it took me over 12 months to publish them. However, if I ever get caught up on my backlog, I plan on keeping this blog more of an up to date… Read More »Believe in Tomorrow
On Monday night, I choked when I had a chance to show a person that has a real good chance to be the next President of the United States a picture of Naima. We both have irresistible golden retrievers and we had a moment there. However, Naima is supposed to… Read More »Choked
I read a quote recently from Thomas Wolfe who that is reminiscent of a recent event of some note that happened in Boone, Iowa. An event that, while it escaped the pages of the “Boone News Repbulican”, will no doubt echo through the pages of time. The quote went something… Read More »Time and Memory
Sorry this is late. The Computer Mine is keeping a brother down! No history lessons this week. Just straight hardcore STILL LIFE action from THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. It would seem that STILL LIFE really did it for a lot of people. Maybe STILL LIFE is an easy theme. Perhaps… Read More »WPC – WEEK 214 – STILL LIFE
The pictures in the folder 2009-06-26 are of one of my favorite flowers, the allium. My favorite flower is still the moonflower, but I would rank the allium a close second. Here is a quick peek at the Christopher D. Bennett Flower Power Rankings. Christopher D. Bennett Flower Power Rankings… Read More »2009-06-26
Hitting up that 2018 backlog again. This is a collection of flower pictures I took in mid-August of 2018. Mostly sunflowers. A few of God’s other creatures sprinkled in for fun as well. Would you believe that I am almost done with pictures from August of 2018? Well, it is… Read More »A Proud Assertion