This week’s Personal Photo Project was to photograph some of my Mom’s and my alliums. Okay, truthfully, I only have one allium, but it is one of my sincerest hopes that it multiplies in 2014.
The rest of the Unceasing Effort – 2013 Series:
Next week’s Personal Photo Project will return to the Southwest Iowa road trip and involve tea pots.
Lots of pictures of my Grandma Bennett in this collection.
Grace and Scott Boyd
John and Bernice
Mildred Lemons
Vivian Rose
Bernice Needham
Bernice Needham
Bernice Needham
A couple weeks back I went with my church’s youth group to Kansas City on their annual mission trip. Here is the video I put together to show the congregation on Sunday:
Of course, if you subscribe to this blog via RSS Feed or email, you will actually have to go to the website to view the video.
We weren’t allowed to take cameras on the trip, but our facilitator Joe (an Iowa State Man) took several pictures for us. I also was able to snap a few with my phone.
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip:
Our spaghetti feast. We had a communication breakdown with Urban Plunge and didn’t realize that we were responsible for the meal on Thursday night. Thankfully, Jim Jordan donate $40 for the trip that we were able to use to buy and create a perfectly edible spaghetti feast.
Ryan, Shawn, Joe, and Gabe in line for food.
Curtis assigning us work to do.
Moving mattresses to the attic.
Corbin and C.J. moving a trunk.
Corbin, Shawn, Ryan and I moving a exam table.
Sarah and Alisa
Maddie
Sarah
Paige
Emily C.
Amber and her injured fingers.
Emily C., Grace, and Maddie serving breakfast/
Sarah and Jordan prepping lunch.
Corbin and Carter doing dishes.
Paige and Emily W. sorting clothes.
Gabe and C.J. doing dishes.
Hope/Faith Commons Area
On the stairs to the Game Room at Hope/Faith.
Getting instructions on how to bag flour.
Sarah cutting open a 25 lb bag of flour.
Jordan and Maddie bagging flour.
Corbin and Carter bagging flour.
Jake and Grant bagging flour.
Amber sweeping up four.
Sarah and Emily C. outside of Harvesters.
Group photo outside of Harvesters.
Prayer Walk
Some Hope/Faith Statistics
Amber and Sarah
Grace
Maddie
Emily W.
Pastor Sarah
Amber
Shawn, Carter, and I breaking rock.
C.J., Jake, and Gabe cleaning glue out of a tub.
Gabe, Jake, and C.J. cleaning glue out of a tub.
Grant pulling weeds.
Grace and Maddie working with neighborhood kids.
Paige working with neighborhood kids.
Katelyn waiting to break up more rock.
Ryan and Shawn goofing around.
Emily W., Katelyn, Shawn, Ryan, C.J., Gabe, Corbin, and I loading the truck up with rock.
Grant and Amber
Emily C., Amber, and Sarah posing with neighborhood kids.
Carter and Paige taking a break.
Paige and Alisa having their hair braided.
Group Prayer
Emily C. and Ryan vacuuming the floor.
Corbin and Carter cleaning the boys room.
Gabe and C.J. playing “interrogation”.
Grant preparing to cut down vines.
Gabe and Katelyn weed “whacking”.
Paige cleaning a mirror.
Shwan, Alisa, Jake, Nancy, and Pastor Sarah putting cots together.
Ryan and I doing something I don’t wish to discuss.
Grace nursing Pastor Sarah’s head injury.
Basketball Break
Jake with the board.
Fans
Paige, Jordan, Maddie, and Grace showing some of the kids at the shelter some dance moves.
Group Prayer
Grace, Maddie, Gabe, and Ryan enjoying breakfast at homeless shelter.
Sarah defying the laws of physics.
Group Photo
Katelyn, Emily C., Grace, and Maddie on The Viking.
Paige and Alisa were very impressed by “bro-tanks”.
Paige enjoyed The Boomerang. Alisa did not.
Emily C. with the bear she won.
All in all, the pictures don’t really do the experience justice. I have many stories to tell about this trip. It was one incredible experience after another.
These images come from the following folder:
Backup/My Pictures/Sports/I Cubs
These pictures were taken on June 11, 2005 and August 7, 2005.
If you look closely you might see a picture of a future MLB All-Star. Hint (but no surprise): It isn’t an Iowa Cub.
Next week’s folder will be:
Backup/My Pictures/Sports/ISU Football/at Nebraska
I’m going to rule this collection as fair.
Day 30: Friendship
Day 31: Workspace
Day 32: Something Beginning with N
Day 33: Incomplete
Day 34: Skyline
Day 35: Fresh
The next 7 themes:
Day 36: Early
Day 37: This Means a Lot to Me
Day 38: A Sign
Day 39: Peek-a-Boo
Day 40: 2 O’Clock
Day 41: Beverage
Day 42: I Love Doing This!
Now that I am officially caught back up with my blogging, I’d like to do a little bit of general house cleaning and look at some completely meaningless statistics.
First of all and most importantly, the Gallery/Store has experienced a complete redesign. It could still be classified as a work in progress, but you should go check it out anyway:
I’m not completely in love with the way you navigate around the store/gallery, but it looks a million times better. Any feedback is appreciated.
On these periodic check ins, I like to look at and acknowledge the people that have appeared in this blog AKA An Artist’s Notebook the most since its inception all those years ago.
Top Ten People to Appear in these Pages:
1. Jesse Howard – 224
2. Jay Janson – 199
3. Teresa Kahler – 185
4. Derrick Gorshe – 184
5. Shannon Bardole – 173
6. Jen Gorshe – 170
7. Dad – 163
8. Carla Stensland – 148
9. Mom – 147
10. Willy – 144
At these times, I also like to look at the most popular pictures in the store. I can’t claim to know 100% how these are determined, but I think it has something to do with pictures that get the “Thumbs Up”.
24. Young Heroes Banquet
23. The Girl in the Blue Skirt Beta
22. Katelyn Augustin
21. Evie Gorshe – 18 Months
20. Maddux Davis – 6 Months
19. Huxley Father-Daughter Dance
18. Young Heroes Banquet
17. Barn Between Boone and Ames
16. Evie Gorshe – 18 Months
15. Me and my Mom in Colorado
14. Jeff and his Best Man
13. Alice DeWaard – 9 Months
12. Alice DeWaard – 9 Months
11. Evie Gorshe
10. 2011 Kansas City Youth Group Mission Trip Group Photo
9. Becky Perkovich – 2011
8. Maddux Davis – 6 Months
7. The Living Legend – Instagram
6. Me and Joe’s Coupe
5. Jill Gorshe – Must Be Truth
4. Frog
3. Evie Gorshe
2. 365 Day Project Day 21 – Hole
1. McHose Park Frog
Hopefully will check back in on these numbers around Post 1800.
The first scheduled stop on Shannon and I’s road trip itinerary was the grounds of a former 19th century cult that had a colony near Corning, called the French Icarians. They had some pretty crazy beliefs like:
Fraternity. As a rule of conduct, three principles summarize all: Love your neighbor as yourself. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Do to others the good that you wish for yourself. All must be as brothers, living each for all and all of each.
Equality. It is not nature, but society that has made men unequal in intelligence and education. The remedy for existing social problems is the universal application of the principle of social equality. Social equality can be achieved by a system of communal sharing of goods and services. The community has an obligation to provide free equal educational opportunities to all. And all individuals must be treated equally before the law.
Liberty. All religious opinion must be accorded tolerance and respect. Freedom of speech is basic and all people may participate in the communal assembly meetings, the principal means of setting community policy.
Yeah, like that would ever work!
The rest of the $80 Series:
I’m curious to know if Shannon can figure out what is “wrong” with the image that I chose to represent the entire photo series. I guess I’ll have to wait to see.
Lots more old timey Bennetts in this collection.
Bernice, Gerald, and David
Barb, David, and Gerald
Melvin Needham
Bob, David, and Gerald
Jim Kurtz
Johnny, Bernice, Mary Beth, and Bennett
Barb
Hogs
A few weeks back I had my annual dinner with Mark. You may remember Mark as the stalwart publisher of the Taiwan Times. In fact, by the time you clasp eyes on this post, Mark will be back in Taiwan continuing with his missionary work.
Without further adieu, I present our annual photo:
I thought this year that I might would publish all of our previous photos, so you can see how Mark and I have become even better looking and more distinguished as the years have passed.
2009 – Only meal in Boone, I contracted Jay to take the photo, so that it would actually be in focus.
2010 – Hickory Park becomes the standard meal home. Vest becomes photographer.
2011 – Yes the same shirt I wore in 2013.
2012 – Balanced Point & Shoot with a timer.
There is a small chance that I might be able to have TWO meals with Mark in 2014. Mark’s big news this year is that he has a lady friend and he is bringing her back to Iowa in January. I’ve already planted the idea that he needs to take her to the basketball cathedral that is Hilton Coliseum. He was very receptive to the idea.
These images come from the following folder:
Backup/My Pictures/Sports/Cyclone Women’s Basketball
These pictures were taken on February 8, 2006.
Next week’s folder will be:
Backup/My Pictures/Sports/I Cubs
