Category Archives: Family

365 Day Photo Challenge: 36-42

A continuation of the 365 Day Photo Challenge. A reminder that all pictures are taken and edited on my phone.


Day 36: Early
Day 36: Early

Day 37: This Means a Lot to Me
Day 37: This Means a Lot to Me

Day 38: A Sign
Day 38: A Sign

Day 39: Peek-a-Boo
Day 39: Peek-a-Boo

Day 40: 2 O'Clock
Day 40: 2 O’Clock

Day 41: Beverage
Day 41: Beverage

Day 42: I Love Doing This!
Day 42: I Love Doing This! Logan Kahler took this photo for me.

The next 7 themes are:

Day 43: Macro
Day 44: Fast
Day 45: Trash
Day 46: The Best
Day 47: Cooking
Day 48: Exercise
Day 49: Someone You Spoke to Today

Post No. 1718

Now that I am officially caught back up with my blogging, I’d like to do a little bit of general house cleaning and look at some completely meaningless statistics.

First of all and most importantly, the Gallery/Store has experienced a complete redesign. It could still be classified as a work in progress, but you should go check it out anyway:

Photography 139 Gallery/Store

I’m not completely in love with the way you navigate around the store/gallery, but it looks a million times better. Any feedback is appreciated.

On these periodic check ins, I like to look at and acknowledge the people that have appeared in this blog AKA An Artist’s Notebook the most since its inception all those years ago.

Top Ten People to Appear in these Pages:

1. Jesse Howard – 224
2. Jay Janson – 199
3. Teresa Kahler – 185
4. Derrick Gorshe – 184
5. Shannon Bardole – 173
6. Jen Gorshe – 170
7. Dad – 163
8. Carla Stensland – 148
9. Mom – 147
10. Willy – 144

At these times, I also like to look at the most popular pictures in the store. I can’t claim to know 100% how these are determined, but I think it has something to do with pictures that get the “Thumbs Up”.


25 Most Popular Photos of Photography 139

25. Open Mic Night


24. Young Heroes Banquet

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23. The Girl in the Blue Skirt Beta


22. Katelyn Augustin


21. Evie Gorshe – 18 Months


20. Maddux Davis – 6 Months


19. Huxley Father-Daughter Dance


18. Young Heroes Banquet


17. Barn Between Boone and Ames


16. Evie Gorshe – 18 Months


15. Me and my Mom in Colorado


14. Jeff and his Best Man


13. Alice DeWaard – 9 Months


12. Alice DeWaard – 9 Months


11. Evie Gorshe


10. 2011 Kansas City Youth Group Mission Trip Group Photo


9. Becky Perkovich – 2011


8. Maddux Davis – 6 Months


7. The Living Legend – Instagram


6. Me and Joe’s Coupe


5. Jill Gorshe – Must Be Truth


4. Frog


3. Evie Gorshe

Day 21 - Hole
2. 365 Day Project Day 21 – Hole


1. McHose Park Frog

Hopefully will check back in on these numbers around Post 1800.

365 Day Photo Challenge: 22-28

This week was a bit of challenge with the mission trip taking up 4 days of my week, but I still managed to get my pictures in, even if some of them might not make much sense to you as they relate to theme.


Day 22: Grey
Day 22: Grey

Day 23: I Drew This!
Day 23: I Drew This!

Day 24: D is For...
Day 24: D is For…

Day 25: Ground
Day 25: Ground

Day 26: The Everyday
Day 26: The Everyday

Day 27: Black + White
Day 27: Black + White

Day 28: This is New!
Day 28: This is New!

Here is the list of the next 34 themes:

Day 29: Perspective
Day 30: Friendship
Day 31: Workspace
Day 32: Something Beginning with N
Day 33: Incomplete
Day 34: Skylone
Day 35: Fresh
Day 36: Early
Day 37: This Means a Lot to Me
Day 38: A Sign
Day 39: Peek-a-Boo
Day 40: 2 O’Clock
Day 41: Beverage
Day 42: I Love Doing This!
Day 43: Macro
Day 44: Fast
Day 45: Trash
Day 46: The Best
Day 47: Cooking
Day 48: Exercise
Day 49: Someone You Spoke to Today
Day 50: Lost
Day 51: Stairs
Day 52: Slow
Day 53: A Room
Day 54: Yellow
Day 55: In the Background
Day 56: Culture
Day 57: Entrance
Day 58: 10 Minutes from Home
Day 59: Corridor
Day 60: Lucky
Day 61: Cluttered
Day 62 Dangerous

Looks like a pretty excellent list!

Slice of Life Vol. 164

I’m going to add names to these pictures, even though they will be almost completely meaningless to most of you and admittedly to me to a certain degree.



Bernice and Myrtle Kurtz (1961)


Harold and Ellen (1962)


Bernice and Ellen (1963)


Flossie, Bernice, Barb, and Ruth (1966)


Bernice and ? (1962)


Luella, Olive, David, Gerald, and Linda


Jim and Flossie


Johnny and Bernice


Barb, Myrtle, Mike Kurtz, Bob, Gerald, and Linda


Barb, Gerald, David, Linda, Johnny, and Grandma Needham

365 Day Photo Challenge: 15-21

I have kind of mixed feelings about this week’s collection. There are a couple that I really love and a couple that I don’t really love.


Day 15: Outside the Window
Day 15: Outside the Window

Day 16: Bottle
Day 16: Bottle

Day 17: Inspirational
Day 17: Inspirational

Day 18: Number
Day 18: Number

Day 19: Building
Day 19: Number

Day 20: Hot
Day 20: Hot

Day 21: Fave Food
Day 21: Fave Food

A reminder that all pictures are taken with and edited on my phone.

The next 7 themes:

Day 22: Grey
Day 23: I Drew This!
Day 24: D is For…
Day 25: Ground
Day 26: The Everyday
Day 27 Black + White
Day 28: This is New!