Just a reminder, the we are now one month and one day from the deadline to enter your pictures for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Here are the rules and entry form: Click on the link below to download the entry form: Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Entry Form I hope… Read More »WPC – WEEK 465 – PURPLE
Today is going to be a long one, so buckle up and get your popcorn ready! Today is Jay’s birthday, so I need to start by wishing him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Jay! I hope your birthday is magical in the nothingness you attempt to do! +++++++ It is… Read More »WPC – WEEK 460 – BLACK & WHITE
Can you believe that this is the 5,250th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 5,250
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
I know I might have written that I was finally going to start sharing pictures from the Color the Wind Festival today, but instead I’m going to do a recap of the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest before it gets too long in the tooth. First, I should announce to those… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Recap
WARNING! NEXT MONDAY I WILL BE ON THE ROAD, SO NEXT WEEK’S POST WILL PUBLISH LATE AND THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY REMINDERS. PLAN ACCORDINGLY! I need to start this post by wishing Russ a happy birthday. Happy birthday Russ! I hope you have lots of visitors today! +++++++ I… Read More »WPC – WEEK 413 – NEGATIVE
SELF-PORTRAIT! Maybe not the most artistic theme, but on the other hand, it is a chance for some of you to introduce yourself to the rest of you. But did a bunch of people do that? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on… Read More »WPC – WEEK 412 – SELF-PORTRAIT
This weekend is Pufferbilly Days. So all the work the me and so many others have put into the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is now on display and will also be on display tomorrow at Art in the Park. I will get into all the people that helped and the… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest – 2023
Today is Dahlia’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dahlia! Enjoy life without spreadsheets and emails and meetings and call centers and bills and jobs as long as you possibly can! +++++++ This is your reminder that if you are interested in entering the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 410 – GUILTY PLEASURE
There is one week left to enter the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Monica created this sweet social media artwork to post: Here is the link to the Entry Form: Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Entry Form Thanks again Monica! I hope at least a few of you decide to enter! +++++++… Read More »The Windy City: Day 5
Just a reminder that the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is coming up, but there is still time to enter: Thanks to Monica for making the sweet graphic for social media posts! ++++++ For rules and the entry form, go here: Time to share a second collection of… Read More »Des Moines & Louisa County Aux. – Vol. 2
Here is another reminder that we are a little more than a month away from the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Flyers should start showing up around town this week. I hope at least a few of you enter. Or you get your kids to enter or your… Read More »WPC – WEEK 405 – FLOWER
I mailed out a postcard to the entrants of last years Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest last week. I hear they still haven’t arrived in people’s mailboxes. Thought I would share the postcard here, since many of you entered last year or have kids or grandkids that entered. Or hopefully many… Read More »WPC – WEEK 401 – HAPPY
This is the final collection of images from Pufferbilly Days. This collection is the behind the scenes pictures from the Photo Contest. Which for the most part went well, but there are already ideas being explored to streamline some of the process. By streamline the process, I mean find ways… Read More »Pufferbilly Day 2022 – Photo Contest
This year was the first year I made it to the Pufferbilly Days Parade where I wasn’t in it, since I don’t know when. At least a decade. I decided I better photograph it. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the parade: There is generally nothing I find… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Parade – 2022
On the Saturday afternoon of Pufferbilly Days I wandered around downtown for a bit. I watched the 1st Annual Mullet and Moustache Contest. I tried to watch the Spike Driving Contest, but the weather was so blazing hot, none of the people that signed up to compete showed up to… Read More »Pufferbilly Days – Saturday Afternoon
I headed up to Pufferbilly Days on the Friday Night to post the People’s Choice Standings. I thought I might get a funnel cake or check out the entertainment center, but I’m not even going to front. The band in there was so bad I had to check out after… Read More »Pufferbilly Days – Car Show
Another month done in the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. Think there is some good work in there this week. Having so much going on in August certainly helped. We’ll see how September goes. Here are the August images: August 1 – I AM… August 2 – I… Read More »FAT MUM SLIM – AUGUST 2022