Back in October I picked up a new Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD lens. I always meant to right and in depth piece on it, and well, here we are… almost seven months lately and I haven’t even gotten to look at the first set of pictures I took… Read More »Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 Di III VXD Lens
Harvesting the town signs of Lyon County was a two step process. I was hoping to get it done in one trip, but my first trip to the northwest corner of Iowa was halted by bad weather. I ran into a hail storm when I was in Rock Rapids. It… Read More »Town Sign Project: Lyon County
WARNING: READ THE RULES FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME CARFEULLY. THERE IS ONE CHANGE FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME! LETTERS OR NUMBERS has proven to be a fairly popular theme. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 18, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Evie Gorshe – 1 week… Read More »WPC – WEEK 345 – LETTERS OR NUMBERS
Going to share a couple of tenderloin experiences today. One was from a couple months ago when I went to Freddy’s with Teresa and had their tenderloin, which was a limited time thing. Usually I don’t record (or even eat) fast food tenderloins, but I figured, what the heck. Freddy’s… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Ames Field Work X2
A month or so back Teresa and I cruised around Clay County and harvested the rest of their town signs. I actually pieced Clay County together over like maybe 4 different trips, so I didn’t explore it as thoroughly as some counties, but still saw some interesting things. Here are… Read More »Town Sign Project: Clay County
Orange has proven to be a pretty popular theme. Orange you glad? As of 11:00 AM on Monday, April 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Kim Barker – 1 week + Sara Lockner – 1 week + Becky Parmelee – 1 week + Joe Duff –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 344 – ORANGE
Happy Easter! The Easter devotional is the preaching notes from UMC Discipleship. I’m not sure who wrote them: There are, of course, lots of directions to take when preaching on Easter. No doubt you’ve done quite a few. As discussed in the Planning Notes, this is a day for tradition.… Read More »The Baughers 2021 – Volume 3
Today is a monumental day. It is the last of our Saturday walks down memory lane. With this last collection of images, I was able to fix all the blogs that had missing pictures due to my constant changing of image gallery hosts. The last entry to be fixed was… Read More »Memory Lane Denouement
I’m proud to report that many people have found something in their live to give thanks for in photographic form. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, April 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Joe Duff – 1 week + Dawn Krause – 1 week + Mike… Read More »WPC – WEEK 343 – GRATITUDE
Last Thursday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. I don’t know how many winners are this month, but I think there are at least a couple of them in there. Here are the pictures from March: March 1 – the weather March 2… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – March 2022
Year 17 of the Roundball Oracles has come to an end. On Monday night, Kansas used a flaw in the court that injured North Carolina’s best player to help them overcome the Tar Heels in the last minute of the game. It was an otherwise great game and it is… Read More »Fall Apart Again
FRAMED has proven to be a theme that is fair in popularity. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, April 4, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Kim Barker – 1 week + Linda Bennett – 1 week + Suzie Brannen – 1 week + Evie Gorshe –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 342 – FRAMED
Tomorrow is the Final Four. Thought it would be a good time to check-in on the Roundball Oracles. With 3 games left to go in the NCAA tournament this is the Top 3: 1. Becky Parmelee – 231 Points 2. Carla Stensland – 229 Points 3. Angie DeWaard – 224… Read More »Selfie Project – March 2022
SHADOW seems to be a pretty popular theme. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, March 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Harrison Gorshe – 1 week + Monica Henning – 1 week + Logan Kahler – 1 week + Stephanie Kim – 1 week + Becky… Read More »WPC – WEEK 341 – SHADOW
The pictures in the folder 2011-06-08 are from a time I went with my Mom over to my Grandma’s house to photograph some of her flowers. She always had beautiful flowers. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s… Read More »2011-06-08
You don’t exactly get over it. An offensive phrase under any circumstances. But the grief, in time, does turn into a nostalgic ache, that is almost comforting. -P.J. O’Rourke +++++++
I want to start today by giving congratulations to Rebecca Peterson. She has become the latest person to show extreme good taste, class, and sophistication by becoming the latest Photography 139 email subscriber! Thank you Rebecca! If you want to become such a subscriber you can either fill out the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 340 – ABSTRACT
This is the final collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard that I am going to publish. They time is apropos as today is the day that the new owner will do their final walk through and on Friday they will take possession of the house. I’m not… Read More »Did You Think To Pray
The theme of GOVERNMENT was not nearly as popular as HOBBIES. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, March 14, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Becky Parmelee – 1 week + Kim Barker – 1 week + Monica Henning – 1 week + Evie Gorshe – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 339 – GOVERNMENT
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. The winner gets a trophy. The… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 17
It has been a long time since I bought a new camera. Something like 3 years. I had circled early 2022 as the time to make the move as I am committed to Sony (as it is a family tradition by default)* and their mirrorless system (because it is the… Read More »New New