I’m pretty sure that this is the most popular theme in the history of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. 30 submissions! Wow! I’m glad to see so many people have people they consider FRIENDS or could at least find a group of somebody else’s FRIENDS to photograph or found something that… Read More »WPC – WEEK 310 – FRIENDS
I want to start today by announcing that there will be some kind Estate/Garage/Tag/Rummage Sale at my Mom’s house on Friday evening and Saturday morning. I’m not really 100% sure of the hours, but the location is in the garage on the alley. The alley is a dead end, so… Read More »WPC – WEEK 309 – MOVEMENT
A few Saturdays back I cruised around Butler County with Carla harvesting their town signs. Here are some facts about Butler County: + Population is 14,628 (2019 estimate). That makes Butler County the 54th most populous county in Iowa. Below Kossuth County and above Harrison County. + The county seat… Read More »Town Sign Project: Butler County
On Saturday night I completed another successful month of THE SELFIE PROJECT. It probably wasn’t the most exciting month, but I think we did some good work here now and then. Here are my favorites from July: July 2, 2021 July 3, 2021 July 4, 2021 July 5, 2021 July… Read More »Selfie Project – July 2021
The theme of ARCHITECTURE rang the bell of a few people. Quite a few people, actually. Anita Ward would be proud. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Logan Kahler Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Micky Augustin… Read More »WPC – WEEK 306 – ARCHITECTURE
While we have been working on sorting things at my Mom’s house, we recently have come through a whole pile of genealogy stuff. While sorting through it, I thought I would share a bit of family history from my Dad’s side of the family. It is a story I’ve known,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 305 – MUSIC
Lots of people decided to make HISTORY by taking a HISTORY image this week. I understand that it can be a bit difficult for people that aren’t like me. You see, it is easy for me cause I’m making HISTORY every day. But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 304 – HISTORY
Despite the holiday weekend, there was pretty good participation in this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. At least a few of you got out there and had an ADVENTURE last week. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see… Read More »WPC – WEEK 303 – ADVENTURE
The theme of COMMUNICATION did not communicate to a tremendous amount of people. That is fine. Maybe this week’s theme will be more popular. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen Andy Sharp Andy… Read More »WPC – WEEK 302 – COMMUNICATION
Here is the final collection of pictures from the Stenslands 2020 family photo shoot: These were the last pictures from 2020 that I had yet to share. I might start taking Sundays back off from “An Artist’s Notebook”, but I will need to take a look at where I stand… Read More »The Stenslands 2020 Gamma
It appears that WHITE was not a super popular theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Shannon Bardole-Foley Christopher D. Bennett Micky Augustin Angie DeWaard Kim Barker Angie DeWaard Kio Dettman Kio Dettman Cathie Raley… Read More »WPC – WEEK 301 – WHITE
The theme of RED did fire the passions of a few people as there were a healthy amount of submissions for RED this week. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Micky Augustin Carla Stensland Christopher… Read More »WPC – WEEK 300 – RED
Here is another collection of images from the Stenslands 2020 family photo shoot: There is one more collection of images from this photo shoot left to share!
Despite last Monday being a holiday and a shorter week for some people, there were still a fair amount of submissions for WORDS. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker Linda Bennett Tamara Peterson… Read More »WPC – WEEK 299 – WORDS
Here is another collection of images from the 2020 Stensland Family Photo Shoot: There are a couple more collections from this photo shoot left to share.
There is a wide collection of images in the folder 2010-09-06. Some are of Jen and Derrick when she was pregnant with Evie. The others are from a Labor Day cookout I hosted at my house for the family. Also, some pictures of a toad I found in my backyard.… Read More »2010-09-06
Despite the busy holiday weekend, a handful of stalwart photographers managed to submit an image for UP IN THE AIR. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen Micky Augustin Kio Dettman Kio Dettman Kio… Read More »WPC – WEEK 298 – UP IN THE AIR
It has been over 2 months since I got back to this photo shoot with the Stenslands at the end of 2020. It was a real blessing to have gotten so many of these pictures taken with Mom. She originally was just tagging along and then she went home and… Read More »The Stenslands 2020 – Beta
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
I want to share some of the words people have share about Mom, starting with her obituary. Carla wrote the obituary and Teresa and I went over it. Obituary for Charlotte Ann Bennett Charlotte Ann Bennett September 26, 1942 – March 24, 2021 Charlotte Ann Bennett, 78, lifelong resident of… Read More »Mom’s Obituary
EDITOR’S NOTE: I WROTE THIS POST BEFORE MY MOM PASSED AWAY, BUT I DON’T HAVE THE HEART TO CHANGE THE TEXT. The grand majority of pictures from the album are from my Mom’s Retirement Party. The other one if from Dickcissel. I haven’t looked at the pictures from the Retirement… Read More »2010-08-01