Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Despite the constant rain storm, I hung out by the Bellagio Fountains waiting for the show. While I was soaked, oh well, it gave me a feeling of solitude that I didn’t get very much in Las Vegas. No matter where you go, there are people everywhere. Tony is a… Read More »Viva Las Vegas Day 5B
Were we just kids, just starting out Didn’t we know then love was about Were we just fooling, playing around Were we ever gonna get out of this town All in a moment, all in a sound All in a day’s work, we’re tumbling down Down by the old school,… Read More »Just Kids
Time for yet another collection of images from Muscatine County. One of my favorite counties that I visited. At least that wasn’t in the Loess Hills or the Driftless Area. Definitely Top 5. No lower than Top 10. This is not the collection that will show the dragon I bought… Read More »Muscatine County Aux. – Vol. 3
It is the last collection of submissions of the month, so it is a good time revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE What skill level photographer can participate? THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award… Read More »WPC – WEEK 397 – FRIENDS
While I was in Dysart with Nader, I also took Rodan139 up to photograph their most famous illusion The Gorge. It needs to be painted, but it still gets the job done. It is an indication of how small of a town that Dysart is that there biggest tourist draw… Read More »Rodan 139: The Gorge
If things have worked out correctly, I’m currently in Chicago working for the Man, helping the Computer Mine sell its myriad of mining products at a convention aimed at our exact clientele. Which mean, I’m nowhere near a computer… Okay I’m probably surrounded by computers, but I still can’t stop… Read More »Week 398 – Reveal
Between church and watching a community theater play a few weeks back Carla, Teresa, and Humble Narrator went to the only other Iowa Best Burger Finalist that is in my natural grazing area. We went to Ben’s Burgers in Ankeny. To be honest, I don’t really consider Ankeny to be… Read More »BurgerTime: Ankeny Field Work
Seems like a good time to clean up the July backlog. This collection of images was taken in July of last year, but never really found a spot in a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Some pictures are of a storm. Some are from the Boone County Fair. Some are… Read More »The Next Second You Were Gone
Day 4 of my trip to Las Vegas was the 2nd Day of the CCM. It was a busy day and I barely touched my camera. I spent pretty much the entire day at the conference center. I got to leave for the day at a pretty normal time and… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 4 and Day 5A
Found myself today I took my cross up and walked away With amazing grace and an open eye Even though I’m born to lose my way Tomorrow comes on a hurricane And the weight of the world’s been on your mind No-one sees it coming And no-one walks when they… Read More »In the Morrow
Time to share another collection of images from my road trip to Muscatine County to harvest their town signs back in July of last year. Most of these are taken in Wilton. Wilton, Iowa. Home of many of my worst road trip failures. I’m talking about you Wilton Candy Kitchen… Read More »Muscatine County Aux. – Vol. 2
A couple of weeks ago I went on a road trip with Nader to check out the illusions of Dysart, Iowa. I have to confess it was a little bit of a bust. They are supposed to have 5 illusions, but 2 of them are gone. One badly needs painting.… Read More »Rodan139: Koi Pond Illusion
SCENES FROM YOUR COUCH. Possibly the easiest theme ever. But did it get the creative juices flowing for many people? You will have to keep scrolling too find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 10, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):… Read More »WPC – WEEK 396 – SCENES FROM YOUR COUCH
I’m hoping somebody out there is enjoying these Sunday food adventure posts as much as I enjoyed eating this food. Still finding my footing a little bit on the format, but that is okay. Today’s post is about a tenderloin I knocked down in Oskaloosa back in December on a… Read More »Tenderloining: Oskaloosa Field Work
As you may have notice, I have been playing with Artificial Intelligence a bit lately. First with ChatGPT and then with DALL-E. Don’t know what DALL-E is, don’t worry, I had ChatGPT write a blog post explaining it to you: Sure, I’d be happy to explain DALL-E, an image creator… Read More »Image Creator Powered by DALL-E
After the party was over, Lowell and I waited around for what must have been hours for these people to leave so we could go back to the conference center to setup computers for the following day’s CMC. I think we finally got into the conference center, set up the… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 3C
I need to start today by wishing Faust a happy birthday. Happy birthday Faust! I hope your birthday is filled with lots of good food. I’m not sure I even remember the last time I saw Faust in person. There is a rift between us ever since he did the… Read More »Rise Again
Back on July 30 I cruised around the towns of Muscatine County harvesting their town signs. Muscatine County was one of my favorite counties that I have visited. There are a few photogenic towns in Muscatine County and I purchased the most delicious watermelon I’ve ever eaten from a dragon… Read More »Muscatine County Aux. – Vol. 1
The final place I took Rodan139 to on my low battery test flights was Don Williams. I do love Don Williams, but I hardly ever go out there. I should effort to make a couple of trips out there this summer. I feel like I should take a lot of… Read More »Rodan139: Don Williams
Before we get into the submissions for this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE I want to say that I’m starting to work on the 2023 Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. There are a couple of changes from last year in the photo classes. I split NATURE into ANIMALS and PLANTS. The… Read More »WPC – WEEK 395 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
Today is Easter, so happy Easter! Happy Easter! Rather than trying to write something about Easter, I thought I would just borrow a devotional written by the Bishop of the Iowa Methodist churches about fish. In Death, Shedding Life By Bishop Kennetha Bigham-Tsai Episcopal Leader, Iowa Annual Conference of the… Read More »The Infamous Tenderloin Tripleheader
