I don’t want to get into too much of how much effort it takes on the backend of this website to make the part of the website you see. But for every picture that is submitted to THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, it takes about 5 minutes of work to prepare… Read More »Town Sign Project: Johnson County
This is the second and final collection of images from my time spent in Black Hawk County. On this trip I spent no time in Waterloo and next to no time in Cedar Falls because of time constraints and I frankly don’t spend much time in larger towns on these… Read More »Black Hawk County Aux – Vol.2
I took a lot more pictures at Pufferbilly Days this year. At least I made the effort. This was for two reasons. One is because I’m going to use these images for the photo project I’m going to move onto after the completion of THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. The second… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Race
Several months back I cruised around Black Hawk County harvesting the balance of their town signs. It was somewhat of an abbreviated trip because I had to be in Marshalltown for supper with my friends from The Witch Hunt. Therefore there wasn’t a ton of auxiliary images from Black Hawk… Read More »Black Hawk County Aux – Vol. 1
A few months back I went to Allamakee County to harvest their town signs. Teresa went with my on this trip. I now firmly believe that Allamakee County is the most beautiful county in Iowa. If not, the whole Driftless Area is the most beautiful part of Iowa. I hope… Read More »Town Sign Project: Allamakee County
These pictures were taken on a trip I took with Jesse to Woodbury County to harvest the town signs of Woodbury County. However, all of these pictures were taken in Carroll County. Most of them in Roselle, Iowa in a church we stumbled upon. We were there on a Saturday… Read More »Woodbury County Aux – Vol. 2
A few months back I cruised around with Jesse harvesting the town signs of Woodbury County. I actually took hardly any auxiliary pictures in Woodbury County because we were in a time crunch. We were meeting Bill in Harlan for lunch. So actually hardly any of the auxiliary images on… Read More »Woodbury County Aux – Vol. 1
A few months back I cruised around Fayette County harvesting their town signs. It was a good trip: Here are some facts about Fayette County: + Population is 19,604 making it the 35th most populous county in Iowa. Below Henry County and above Jackson County. + The largest town is… Read More »Town Sign Project: Fayette County
Here is the final collection of pictures I took on my road trip to harvest the town signs of Plymouth and Sioux County. Lots more great art: Next time we hit the dusty trail for auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT, we will visit Woodbury County. +++++++ This is… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 5
A couple of weeks back I tooled around Winneshiek County harvesting their town signs. Winneshiek County is one of the most beautiful places in Iowa. If I had to rank the most beautiful areas in Iowa, the Driftless Area would be first. The Loess Hills would be second. Then there… Read More »Town Sign Project: Winneshiek County
Time for another collection of images from my road trip through Plymouth and Sioux County to harvest their town sign. Most of these auxiliary images were taken in Le Mars. Le Mars has an incredible collection of murals to go with being the Ice Cream Capital of the World. There… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 4
A quick heads up. If you were thinking of going to or entering an animal into the Pufferbilly Days Dog and Exotic Animal Show, because of the extreme heat of today it was postponed. It is now tomorrow at noon at the park on 9th and Story. +++++++ I have… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – July 2022
Time for another collection of images from my road trip through Plymouth and Sioux County. Once again, the organization on this is all kinds of messed up. But you’ll get the idea. There are still plenty more pictures from this trip still to come!
A couple months back I cruised around Delaware County harvesting their town signs. It was a good trip. Here are some fun facts about Delaware County: + Population is 17,107 making it the 42nd most populous county in Iowa. Behind Dickinson County and above Crawford County. + The largest town… Read More »Town Sign Project: Delaware County
Here is another collection of auxiliary pictures from my road trip to Plymouth and Sioux County to harvest their town signs. Most of these pictures are of the extremely bizarre sculptures in Hospers, Iowa. Here is some information on the sculptures: Frederickus Reinders (1874-1959) who worked as a house painter,… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 2
Here is another reminder that Friday is the deadline to turn in your entries for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Here are the rules: The foam board rule is important, as the heat in the display window is pretty intense. Pictures tend to melt in the heat if they don’t… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 1
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline to enter the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is this Friday at 5 PM. Entries should be turned in to the Boone Chamber of Commerce at 903 Story Street. Photos will be displayed at KWBG at 824 Keeler St. Definitely starting on Friday,… Read More »Town Sign Project: Buchanan County
Here is the last of the auxiliary images from a road trip I made with Teresa to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. Lake Park Rock Rapids Larchwood Tri-State Marker – Where Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota meet. Inwood Hull A word about the tri-state marker. There… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux. – Vol 2
This collection of pictures are the auxiliary images taken when Teresa and I went on a road trip to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. The timing of some of these are off because it is the first trip I took two cameras on and I didn’t… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux – Vol. 1
Back on May 14 I cruised around Chickasaw County harvesting their town signs. It was a good day. Here are some facts about Chickasaw County: + Population is 11,970. Making it the 63rd most populous county. Behind Grundy County and above Lyon County. + The largest town and county seat… Read More »Town Sign Project: Chickasaw County
Time for the final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Osceola County. This trip was cut short in Lyon County while harvesting their town signs due to inclement weather. So many of the signs in this collection were taken in Lyon County and a… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 3