All my life was a paper Once plain, pure and white Till you moved with your pen, changin’ moods now and then Till the balance was right Then you added some music Every note was in place And anybody could see all the changes in me by the look on… Read More »You Decorated My Life
Today is Good Friday. Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. If you are looking for a place to worship tonight, you can join me at the Boone First United Methodist Church. It is a Tenebrae Service. It starts at 6:30. What is a Tenebrae Service? From our website:… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Delta
Today feels like a good time to clean up the backlog from July of last year. These pictures just didn’t fit into previous entries in “An Artist’s Notebook”. It always feels great when a little bit more of the backlog has been cleared out. One day I’ll even be caught… Read More »But She’s So Sweet, She’s So Pretty
Time to share another collection of images from my trip to the State Fair with Monica and Graham and then Elainie, Sabas, and Tiffany. Still a ton of pictures from this trip left to share!
Today is Carla’s birthday, so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday! I hope your birthday is free from fire alarms today and maybe involves some camping or camping planning! +++++++ Today is also Monica’s birthday, so I also need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Beta
On my third trip to the Iowa State Fair I started the day with Monica and Graham. Then at some point they disappeared and I finished the day with Sabas, Elainie, and Tiffany. Here is the first collection of images from the day: Hard to imagine a better kind of… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Alpha
Time for the final collection of images from my 2nd of four trips to the Iowa State Fair. I left earlier from the Iowa State Fair than I usually do. Usually after the barbecue competition I hang around the Fair for several hours. But this time I packed up and… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 2 – Gamma
Time to share another collection of images from my 2nd trip to the Iowa State Fair. This time a trip with the Degeneffes. This is more of my roaming around the fairgrounds while most of the fair was still asleep and the gates had yet to be opened to the… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 2 – Beta
I told you I would give you the info on as many local area fish fries as I could, on this the opening day of Catholic Fish Fry season. Here is the list I have compiled: St. Malachy, Madrid Feb. 16 & 23 & March 8 & 22 4:30-7 Prices… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 2 – Alpha
Today seems like a good day to share the rest of the pictures from my day at the Iowa State Fair with Jen, Evie, and Layla. We saw some big chunks of the Fair and ate some great food and made some great art! Here are some of my favorites:… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 1 – Beta
Time to start sharing pictures from my numerous trips to the Iowa State Fair last year. Once again, I made a traditional visit on Day 1 of the Fair with Jen to watch Evie and Layla dance with their Irish dancing group. They performed early in the morning at the… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 1 – Alpha
Today is Anders’ birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDERS! I hope your birthday is filled with all the British and 70s science fiction you can handle! +++++++ Time to share the final collection of images from the Pufferbilly Days Parade and the final… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Parade Three
Time for another collection of images from the Pufferbilly Days Parade: Still one more collection of photos from the parade left to post.
I am the opposite of what you would call a fan of parades. They don’t usually entertain me much. They are one of those things that is way more fun to be in than to watch. Like playing baseball versus watching baseball. Like lighting off fireworks versus watching fireworks. But… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Parade One
Time to share the October image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of a mural of Jack from THE SHINING near Graffiti Alley in Des Moines. OCTOBER I chose this image for October since it is an artistic depiction from THE SHINING, one of the 5… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Car Show – 2023
Time to share the April image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of tulips taken in Pella: APRIL I chose this tulips picture for April cause April is really the beginning of flowertography season. And tulips are really the first flowers of the year that I… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day – IV
Time for another collection of images from the trip I made to Stanhope Watermelon Day with Teresa. This collection of images is from when we returned to Watermelon Day. After the parade we took off to Bradford for lunch. Then we came back for the free watermelon and the Foreigner… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day – III
Time for another collection of images from my trip to the Stanhope Watermelon Day with Teresa. This collection of images is of the parade. I’m not really a parade person. In fact few things are more boring than a parade. Well actually few things have greater gap between participating in… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day 2023 – II
Another town festival I attended this year was the Stanhope Watermelon Day with Teresa. This first collection is of pictures I took wandering around before the festival really got started. Before the parade was started. Still plenty of pictures left to share from this trip.
I need to start this milestone post by wishing Elainie a happy birthday! Happy birthday Elainie! I hope your birthday is amazing!! +++++++ Today is also Layla’s birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAYLA! I hope you have an awesome birthday! +++++++ Can you believe that this is the 5,005th entry in the… Read More »Post 5,005
As I started looking through these pictures, I realize that I should have published this collection much earlier as the memory has become a bit foggy since the Iowa State Fair, which was 2 months ago. Something to remember for next year. This food adventure is a collection of all… Read More »Iowa State Fair Food Carousel