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
It is that time of year where a card comes in the mail that tells you how you did in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. My card came last Saturday and I did manage to sneak one picture past the judges to be displayed. Here is what the card… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 2
I have big news! Big, big news! I would say news of a comeback, but don’t call it a comeback. I been here for years. Rockin’ my peers. Puttin’ suckers in fear. Makin’ the tears rain down like a monsoon. Listen to the bass go boom. What I’m trying to… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 1
A couple months back I went up to Howard County to harvest their town signs. It was a successful day. Here are some facts about Howard County: + Population is 9,201. Making it the 80th most populous county. Below Emmet County and above Davis County. + The largest town and… Read More »Town Sign Project: Howard County
Back in February I cruised around Cherokee and O’Brien County harvesting their town signs. Here is the final collection of auxiliary images from that trip. Granville Paullina Calumet Sutherland Primghar – Look closely and you will see how Primghar got its name. Sheldon Sanborn Hartley The next time we look… Read More »Cherokee and O’Brien County Aux – Vol. 3
This is the final collection of images I’m going to share from my work trip to Miami Beach. It begins with more pictures of the Holocaust Memorial and ends with pictures taken around my hotel. The first image shared here is probably my favorite picture I took on this trip.… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 5 – A7II – Dos
Back in February I traveled around Cherokee and O’Brien County harvesting their town signs. This is the second collection of auxiliary images from that trip. Quimby Cherokee Aurelia Larrabee Marcus Germantown Granville There is one more collection of images from this trip left to share.
A couple months back I went down to Keokuk County to harvest their town signs before heading to the Renaissance Faire in Des Moines to watch Evie and her Irish dance troupe. It was a good day. Here are some facts about Keokuk County: + Population is 10,163. Making it… Read More »Town Sign Project: Keokuk County