Adair County includes Orient, Iowa. The Orient town sign was one of the town signs I harvested on the last road trip I took with my Mom. I had already taken pictures of most of the town signs in Adair County before going there recently to take pictures of the… Read More »Town Sign Project: Adair County
The folder 2010-08-23 is absolutely stuffed to the gills. There are so many images in there I almost considered breaking it up into a couple posts, but decided against it. There are pictures in there from a trip to the Iowa State Fair and pictures of Jen and Derrick when… Read More »2010-08-23
This is a collection of some more of the first pictures I took with the Tamron wide angle lens. some are at the courthouse. Some around the high bridges. Some around the Kate Shelley Museum: I do love that wide angle zoom lens! +++++++ This is your reminder that this… Read More »Wide Angling
Back in February I cruised around Hardin County harvesting town sign photos. This was a solo trip. These are some of the non-town sign pictures I took on the trip. New Providence – This round gym was recently featured in a movie. Gifford Union Whitten Eldora Steamboat Rock Ackley I… Read More »Hardin County Auxiliary Images
This is the third and final batch of the first images I took with the Lensbaby Velvet 85. These (most of them) pictures were taken at the sculpture garden in downtown Des Moines. I still might get into the technical details of the Lensbaby Velvet 85 some day, but today… Read More »Even More of that Velvet 85
There was a decent amount of submissions for FACE this week. Apparently lots of you know a FACE or two that you like. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker Kim Barker Kio Dettman… Read More »WPC – WEEK 295 – FACE
There aren’t many images in the folders 2010-08-13 and 2010-08-14 so I decided to combine them with the folder 2010-08-16 that contains many pictures from a trip I took to the Iowa State Fair. There are also pictures of Jesse and two of his progeny and of a moonflower. By… Read More »2010-08-13, 2010-08-14, & 2010-08-16
Here is another small collection of some of the first images I took with the Lensbaby Velvet 85 back in January: I’m still going to go into some detail about what makes the Lensbaby Velvet 85 such a special unique lens at some point. Just not today. +++++++ This is… Read More »More of that Velvet 85
There was a decent amount of submissions for TRAVEL. It looks like several people left their house this weekend and had TRAVEL adventures. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Micky Augustin Elizabeth Nordeen Jodie Cue… Read More »WPC – WEEK 294 – TRAVEL
Back in early March, I was in Des Moines, so I wandered around Graffiti Alley and took some pictures. I’m sure I’ll be back there to photograph it again at some point in the future.
Union County is the last county of I completed with my Mom. We went through a few counties on that road trip, so there are still a couple individual town signs from that trip to share, but Union County is the final county that we took to completion. I had… Read More »Town Sign Project: Union County
This set of Town Sign Pictures is from the last town sign harvesting road trip I went on with my Mom. We went through a couple counties on that Saturday. The first one was Madison County: Here are some facts about Madison County: + The population is 15,679. + The… Read More »Town Sign Project: Madison County
This is a reminder that at this point you have 1 hour to get your picks in for my NCAA Tournament Pool. Click on the link below to get started: Roundball Oracles – Year 16 Good luck! +++++++ I need to wish my Aunt Linda a happy birthday today. Happy… Read More »Jasper County Auxiliary Images
A couple weekends ago I hit the open road to harvest the town signs of Franklin County that I was missing. There are 10 towns in Franklin County and 2 Census Designated Places. Here are some facts about Franklin County: + The population is 10,680. + The county seat is… Read More »Town Sign Project: Franklin County
Buckle up, this one could be a long post. I need to start by wishing Dawn a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dawn! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ I also need to wish a happy birthday to Baier. Happy birthday Baier! I… Read More »Wright County Auxiliary Images
A couple weekends ago I was able to hit the open road and harvest the town signs of Audubon County. There probably won’t be an easier county to harvest than Audubon County. There are only 5 towns and almost all of those are on Highway 71. Here are some facts… Read More »Town Sign Project: Audubon County
I need to start today by wishing Andy a happy birthday. Happy birthday Andy! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ Last weekend I got to get out and harvest more town signs. This time I hit up Guthrie County. Here are some… Read More »Town Sign Project: Guthrie County
This entry is a collection of images from when I cruised around Marshall County harvesting their town signs. I started in Melbourne and ended in Marshalltown. The weather was kind of cruddy on that day, but I still got to see and photograph some real interesting things. Have a look:… Read More »Marshall County Auxiliary Images
Last weekend the weather finally cooperated enough for me to get out on the open road and doing some good old fashioned town sign harvesting. On Saturday. The weather immediately went back to being terrible on Sunday. But on Saturday, it didn’t snow and the temperature was above -30 degrees… Read More »Town Sign Project: Hardin County
This is a clearinghouse post. Grouping together some small collections of photos that might not be large enough to stand on their own. Plus getting multiple folders “finished off” and filed away to their forever homes. These pictures aren’t pandemic related, but they did occur in a pandemic. Like every… Read More »A Pandemic Menagerie
When I went out to harvest the town signs of Carroll County and Crawford County, I did both counties in one swoop. I didn’t actually need many signs from either county, so I was about to pick up most of them going south through both counties along 141 and then… Read More »Carroll County and Crawford County Auxiliary Images