In this second collection of pictures from my trip to the Minnesota State Fair with Bethany, Becca, Jonah, and Shawn, I reveal a picture of the All You Can Drink Milk Stand. It is a good half mile, at least from the famous cookie place. There are also a couple… Read More »Minnesota State Fair #2
14 work days of working from home in the books. I think the last time I indicated that I was starting to get a system going. Now I can say that I’m starting to get comfortable working from home. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I’ll pumped when… Read More »Minnesota State Fair #1
Kenny Rogers passed away on Saturday. Celebrity deaths don’t usually have much effect on me. However, I was deeply saddened by the passing of Kenny Rogers. Kenny Rogers is my Mom’s favorite and therefore is one of my favorite country singers. I can’t stomach modern country, but I have more… Read More »The Gambler, He Broke Even
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to those of you that celebrate. I don’t. I’m mostly of Scottish and Welsh stock, so I’ve been trained by the English to hate the Irish and I do. I do hate the Irish. At least I hate the Notre Dame Fighitn’ Irish. They can straight… Read More »Pride. Integrity. Guts.
I need to start today’s post by wishing my niece Nora a very happy birthday! Nora is like 4 years old now. How did she get so old! Here are some Nora pictures: I hope Nora has a very happy birthday! +++++++ I still have quite a few pictures to… Read More »Baby Animals and Cows
Even though it is barely March, it is about time that I start turning my thoughts to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I hope to be more current with my images by the time I actually have to make a decision, but I am pretty sure I know of… Read More »ISFRXOII
On the day that Baby Got Rack competed at the Iowa State Fair, I took some time to go over to my favorite part of the Iowa State Fair to take some flower pictures. Unfortunately, the lighting was atrocious, but I took a couple flower pictures I don’t hate. I… Read More »Smiles are to Humanity
There are a ton of photos in the folder 2009-08-24. Most of them are from my trips to the Iowa State Fair in 2009. However, there is also a good chunk of them that are pictures of Teresa and Ernie. This is already going to be a long post, so… Read More »2009-08-24
Today is the last day of 2019. Therefore, I will reveal the November and December images for the 2020 Photography 139 Calendar. November Image: November The November image is a collection of dew drops that were trapped in a spiderweb. The spiderweb was located on a evergreen bush in my… Read More »Dogs with Papers
Today I reveal the 2020 Photography 139 Calendar images for September and October. September The September image is of the Union Pacific Big Boy. It was taken a few miles east of Boone, near Jordan. It was taken on August 2, 2019. The Big Boy was on a tour to… Read More »Week 225 Theme Reveal
On my first stop to the Iowa State Fair, the trip where Baby Got Rack dominated the competition with our Meatloaf Cupcakes, I stuck around longer in the day to see 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. He was speaking at the Des Moines Register’s Soapbox. I badly underestimated how soon… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Pete Buttigieg – Volume 1
Now seems like a good time to check-in with my favorite pictures from my August SELFIE PROJECT pictures. It would seem that I had a successful month of August. I met Vice-President Joe Biden. I competed in a barbecue contest at the Iowa State Fair. I also competed in a… Read More »Selfie Project – August
On the last day of the Iowa State Fair I went to the Fair with Nader and Logan met us down there. Logan has recently purchased a new camera and is thinking of coming back to the family and being a Sony man. Logan was using his new camera to… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 64
A couple Tuesdays back, Baby Got Rack took its award winning Meat Loaf Cupcakes to the Iowa State Fair to compete against the best the Cyclone State has to offer. I believe there were 8 other combatants in the category of Combo/Specialty and 44 combatants altogether. Here is a collection… Read More »Baby Take State Fair
The Iowa State Fair is almost over. While this publishes I should be at the Iowa State Fair having recently picked up the photos I entered in this year’s Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. They’ll be nice and packed up. Ready for the trip home. Ready to be placed in… Read More »Iowa State Fair Photography Salon Results
This is final collection of Iowa State Fair pictures from 2018. Published just in time for the close of the 2019 Iowa State Fair. I’ll be spending the day at the Iowa State Fair solo today as all 4 of the people that were going to go with me all… Read More »Iowa State Fair 2018 – Misc.
Here is the balance of my flower pictures from my trips to the Iowa State Fair in 2018: I have one last collection of 2018 Iowa State Fair backlog pictures coming your way.
As I continue to try and catchup with my 2018 backlog, this collection is of pictures of flowers I took at the Iowa State Fair in 2018. At is long established that one of my favorite parts of the Iowa State Fair is the Discovery Garden. That is where most… Read More »Iowa State Fair – 2018 – Flowers
You can still technically vote in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Poll right now, but it will shut down at some point today. So if you haven’t voted yet, then you need to get on it. By the time this post publishes, Baby Got Rack will have been judged and… Read More »Iowa State Fair 2018 – More Animals
There are just a couple of day s left to vote in my polls that will determine what pictures I enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. If voting in 6 polls at once in too much for you, you can vote in one of the Hidden Treasures of Bone… Read More »Iowa State Fair – 2018 – Animals
There are now 5 days left to vote for what pictures I will enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. If it is too much for you to take on all 6 polls at once, you can vote in the Photojournalism poll below. At this point, there is a clear… Read More »Iowa State Fair – 2018 – DNR