I made it down to the State Fair briefly last night to see what 3 of my pictures made it. And I came home with the photo book: So if you are going to go to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon, here are your clues to what 3 pictures… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 1 Beta
Football season starts at the end of the month. So I probably should start sharing pictures from the road trip Jesse and I took to Memphis to watch Iowa State in the Liberty Bowl. It was a great trip even if the game ended up being somewhat of a dud.… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 1 Alpha
Time to start sharing the final alternate images for the glorious theme of BLACK & WHITE. All of these images are related to the Boone First United Methodist Church in one way or another. I started my day by worshipping an awesome God at Boone FUMC. Then I spent part… Read More »But She’s Beautiful, She Looks Kind
Bokeh Picture of the Week coming up! She’s a charmer! +++++++ Time to share the food I knocked down on my work trip to New Orleans. This time I ate breakfast and it was so amazing that I wish I had eaten breakfast every, single day! So freakin’ good. I… Read More »New Orleans Food Adventure – Day 5
This collection of glorious BLACK & WHITE images i took on July 6. I had a fairly lazy Saturday. I took a mini-road trip over to Jefferson for some A&W and had Jay, Willy, Monica, and Graham over for watermelon. But that was about all I did all day. This… Read More »Will Make You Miss My Wretched Heart
Another Bokeh Picture of the Week? You got it! On Friday Bokeh went in for her final set of puppy vaccines. She now weighs 35 pounds. This picture is of her waiting on me to pump some gas. +++++++ Time to share the food I knocked down on Day 4… Read More »New Orleans Food Adventure – Day 4
Time to share the alternate images for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme BLACK & WHITE that I took on July 4. In fact, I took so many pictures on that day, I’m going to split this into 3 days. The first day consists of pictures I took around Ames before… Read More »Remember When I Believed You Meant It
Today is Logan’s birthday, so I have to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday Logan! I hope your day is filled with quality garage sale finds and a ton of photo opportunities! ++++++ Today is also Derrick’s birthday, so I also need to wish him a happy birthday! Happy… Read More »An Eternal Love BS You Know You’ll Never Mean
Seems like a good day to share the rest of the images from my trip to Reiman Gardens with family back in October of 2023. It is always a good day when it is spent in a garden. Especially one where I don’t have to do the weeding!
Last October I spent a few hours in beautiful gardens with a lot of family. Teresa, Linda, Linda’s friend, my cousin Marybeth and her husband. Here are some pictures from the day: It was a good time and I have one more collection of images from the day left to… Read More »Reiman Gardens I
Today is Jen’s birthday, so I need to start today by wishing her a happy birthday! Happy birthday Jen! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be. We also need to get together again at some point! Maybe even before August. +++++++ ENTERTAINMENT! A great… Read More »WPC – WEEK 459 – ENTERTAINMENT
Time to share the final collection of street photography images I took in downtown Des Moines while searching for an ARCHITETCTURE picture for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: This collection is making me want to get out there and do some street photography! Like right now!
Time to clear out more of the proverbial backlog. These are a collection of pictures that I took back in August of 2023 but never fit any other “An Artist’s Notebook” posts. But are good enough that I think the world should see them. Some were taken on a trip… Read More »I’m Selfish, I Know, I Can’t Let You Go
Today is Bethany’s birthday so I have to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Bethany! I hope it is an amazing birthday filled with tons of super deep questions from Nora! +++++++ Time to share the balance of pictures I took on that trip around Greene County with Teresa.… Read More »Jeffersonian Visit IV
A few months back I traveled to downtown Des Moines to take some ARCHITECTURE pictures for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. This collection of images didn’t make the cut. There are plenty more pictures left to share from this downtown Des Moines walkabout!
The day after I visited Jefferson, I actually headed back. This time with Teresa. I wanted to go up in the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower. I thought I had been up in the belltower before, but after I got up there it didn’t ring any bells (see what I did… Read More »Jeffersonian Visit III
Day 7 in New Orleans was supposed to be relatively short. Tony and I had a 10:20 flight. So we would leave for the airport a little after 8. We would grab a connecting flight in Denver and be back in the Cyclone State by 3:30. But the best laid… Read More »The Big Easy – Day 7 Phone Pictures
Here is your Bokeh Picture of the Week: She had a pretty good week. Definitely a great week potty training. Made some progress on leash training. Saturday alone she had visits from Elainie, Sabas, Jay, and three separate sets of neighbors! +++++++ Friday was National Donut Day! While it is… Read More »Donut O’clock: Nevada Field Work
Here is the final collection of images from the day I spent with Bill. This collection begins as we left Union Station and then concludes at a collection of murals. It was a good trip. I’ll have to get out and visit Bill again this year. Besides when Jesse and… Read More »It’s the Heart that Matters More
Before Carla and I went to the Clay County Fair, we took a quick spin around Lake Okoboji with Jason before he put away the boat for the winter. It is always a good time when you are on a boat. Here are some pictures: It was a truly great… Read More »This Ain’t Sea World, This is as Real as it Gets
Here is another collection of street photography images I took while wondering the streets of Jefferson. A town with similar or lesser economic strengths of Boone, but somehow has a way better public art situation. Which isn’t saying much. There is a reason why I have the BOONE ART CENTER… Read More »Jeffersonian Visit II
