Here are the submissions for SMOKE:
Christopher D. Bennett
Only 14 weeks left to put your mark on this project. Why not start with next week’s theme:
You may have noticed that I have fallen a little behind in blogging. I have been even more busy than usual lately and Naima does require quite a bit of attention. But rest assured, that I will catch up at some point.
This Personal Photo Project consists of random flowers of mine (and well Jen and Derrick) that don’t fit into the flowers I make a point to photograph (lilies, daisies, irises, moonflowers, coneflowers, mums…).
Here are the rest of the “unloved” flowers:
Next week’s Personal Photo Project will involve a recent trip to beautiful Lake Augustin and Rancho Augustin.
This collection of pictures scanned kind of weird.
I made it to the State Fair twice this year. I went once on a Friday to see Maroon 5 with Jill. Then on the last day of the Fair I went with my Mom. I met up with Derrick, Jen, and Evie. We ran into Sara, Shawn, and Cousin Amy. Here are some pictures from those trips:
Jill with her turkey leg.
The damage she did to that turkey leg.
Even though Jill is a Legacy Member of the Maroon 5 Fan Club, she felt our seats could have been better…
I thought that they were pretty good.
For some reason, Maroon 5 played before Train. Don’t know why, but at least we didn’t have to endure Train.
Evie loves baby animals!
Evie is a toe wiggler!
Evie supports winners!
We heard the following at this stand a lot: “1 fried butter on a stick and a bottle of water, please!”
You can’t imagine how hard it was for me NOT to photoshop that terrible Hawk logo out of this picture, but trust me, despite what his wardrobe is telling the world, Shawn is a good guy. He just doesn’t know how to dress.
With the 2nd Place Picture
With the Honorable Mention Picture
Some people view this as impressive.
Looking forward to next year’s fair already!
These pictures come from the following folder:
Backup/Old My Pictures/Slice of Life
These pictures are my Dad’s pictures that I scanned a very long time ago.
Next week’s folder will be:
Backup/Old My Pictures/Sports
Only two pictures for SPIRITUAL this week:
Christopher D. Bennett
I took my picture with my phone last week.
This week’s theme:
This is a slight modification of a theme from last year, so no reason to take a look back.
Good luck!
More pictures from the Digging for God Series.
I hope the intensity of my anger didn’t scare some of you off.
Not sure what I will publish next week. I’m still trying to get my filing system organized.
This collection of pictures is from the flower garden in the State Fair. My favorite lens broke right before I took these pictures. I believe you’ll be able to sense my anger in these pictures.
This is a rather eclectic collection of images:
A few weeks back I went to the Republican Straw Poll with Russell, even though I will be voting for Obama in 2012. Here are a few pictures:
McCotter’s way creepy van.
Members of the “Lamestream Media”, no doubt.
The line to get in to Hilton was substantial.
Ron Paul’s Inflatable Uncle Sam.
Some chick from FoxNews that made a terrible joke about Barney Frank being there.
Although I endorse Rick Santorum’s homemade peach jelly, I do not endorse Rick Santorum presidential candidate.
My 2nd favorite people at the Straw Poll. My favorite people were a young couple wearing homemade t-shirts. On the front it said: “Moderate Conservatives” and on the back it said: “Please Don’t Hate Us”.
McCotter’s Creepy Van
A McCotter supporter handing out bomb pops.
Although it looks like I’m enjoying this bomb pop, I am not. At least it was marginally better than the sno-cones the wind energy people were handing out.
Pictures with the an Abraham Lincoln look-a-like. At least I assume it wasn’t the real Abraham Lincoln because he wasn’t wandering around muttering: “How did my party go from the abolition of slavery to tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% as its core value?”
McCotter! Despite his creepy van, McCotter was my favorite candidate there!
Even though this is clearly the Iowa State Center, I heard more than one speaker try to goose the crowd with a “Go Hawks!” thrown into their speech. Yea! Screw those guys!
I took a picture of this thing to remind me how inclusive the Republican Party has become. Room for people at diverging opinions at the table. Oh there isn’t?
Russell signing the turbine blade. Not the only minority there, but if you take out Herman Cain…
The Bachmann camp did play hardball with their petting zoo. You had to vote for her to get in to it.
Ron Paul’s classy dunk tank with a guy wearing a Bernanke mask.
It was an interesting event and I can’t wait to go again in four more years.
Next week’s Random Wednesday involves pictures from my trips to the State Fair.
