I need to start today by wishing Shawn a happy birthday. Happy birthday Shawn! I hope your birthday is as wonderful as you want it to be! +++++++ I do love pictures of SIGNS. My sister-in-law Laura once told me that this makes me a hipster. She is wrong about… Read More »Maybe I’m a Man and Maybe I’m a Lonely Man
Sorry that this is several minutes late today. I went to cast my ballot for the 2020 election during my lunch break from the mine: A reminder that if you live in Iowa, early voting starts today! It might be easier and safer than voting on November 3. But you… Read More »WPC – WEEK 264 – SIGNS
I need to start off this day by wishing Sara a happy birthday. Happy birthday Sara! I hope your birthday was as amazing as you wanted it to be! +++++++ It is also Scottie D.’s birthday! Happy birthday Scottie D.! I hope your birthday was as amazing as you wanted… Read More »2010-04-11
The pictures in the folder 2010-04-08 are from a photo shoot for my 2010 Birthday Party invitation. The theme for the invitation was “Done Got Old”. The pictures were taken by Sara. The guitar in the pictures was donated by Derrick. The cane was from Sara’s personal collection of canes.… Read More »2010-04-08
I need to start today off by wishing my Mom a happy birthday. Without here, none of this would be possible. Not only would I never exist, she also bought me my first camera. A Minolta Maxxum 450si. Happy birthday Mom! It hope is as amazing a birthday as you… Read More »Rodan139: Water Alternate
Today is the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the plane that was ultimately taken down in Pennsylvania. 2,977 people died on that day. On the anniversary, I usually recount my experience on that day. I won’t do that today. I will… Read More »9/11
I need to start the day by wishing Vest a happy birthday. Happy birthday Vest! I hope your birthday was as amazing as you hoped it would be. +++++++ Most of the pictures in the folders 2010-03-26 and 2010-03-27 are pictures of Jill and Shannon that I took for a… Read More »2010-03-26 & 2010-03-27
I need to start today by wishing my eldest sister Teresa a happy birthday. Happy birthday Teresa! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ Can you believe it? 46 straight weeks of double digit submissions! I thought for sure the derecho would maybe… Read More »WPC – WEEK 257 – MACRO
I need to start today by wishing a happy birthday to Russ! Happy birthday Russ! I hope your birthday was as wonderful as you wanted it to be! +++++++ The first day after the derecho, I woke up without power. I figured it wouldn’t take long to get power. While… Read More »Derecho Beta
I need to start today by wishing Russell a happy birthday. Happy birthday Russell! I hope ripped it up on your birthday as much as you desired to rip it up! +++++++ Today’s collection is a bunch of pictures I took tooling around my back yard back in May. The… Read More »It Just Blooms
I need to start today’s post by wishing Alisa a happy birthday. Happy birthday Alisa! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ My friend Anders is a very talented writer and an incredible film researcher. However, the reason why we are such friends… Read More »Space Jockey
I need to start today by wishing Alexis a happy birthday. Happy birthday Alexis! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you wanted it to be! +++++++ I thought I would give you a break from flowers for a day and shows some pictures of some baby robins from… Read More »Bodega Bay
Thought that this would be a good day to share the balance of pictures I took while I was tooling around Boone County looking for my BLACK AND WHITE and Happy Independence Day photos. The sign says: On July 31, 1943 a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Bomber Ser. No… Read More »Happy Birthday!
If you are near your Photography 139 Calendar, you know that today is a big day for the Photography 139 Universe. Today is Naima’s birthday! While Naima is spending her birthday socially distancing as there has been a resurgence of Covid in Iowa and in most of the United States.… Read More »My Fear Doesn’t Stand a Chance
I need to start by wishing Jay a happy birthday, so happy birthday Jay! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ Here is a collection of pictures I took in my backyard in the middle of May: The picture of the peony bud… Read More »May Flowers
Happy 4th of July everybody! This holiday celebratory picture is a bit different. This historical marker commemorates the crew of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Bomber that were killed when their plane crashed in Boone County during a training flight during WWII. +++++++ The pictures in the folders 2010-01-19… Read More »2010-01-19 & 2010-01-25
Need to start by wishing Jen a very happy birthday. Happy birthday Jen! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be. Sorry about the lack of iris pictures. +++++++ Time for another and I believe the last collection of tulip pictures for this year. All… Read More »Still Laughing – 2020, Too
I need to start the day by wishing a very happy birthday to Bethany. So… happy birthday Bethany!!! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ I thought this would be the last collection of pictures from the Boone Black Lives Matter event, but… Read More »Black Lives Matter – Boone – Three
I need to start with wishing a big happy birthday to Shannon! She has been a big part of this here online journal over the years. It is for that reason it was actually hard to pick just 5 pictures to celebrate her birth with, but I did it. Happy… Read More »2009-12-05
Today is Jorge’s birthday! Happy birthday Jorge! I hope your birthday is as wonderful as you hoped it would be! +++++++ Here is a quick update on Naima. Her surgery went well. The mass they removed from under her shoulder was even bigger than expected, but Dr. Stephanie said that… Read More »Before the Swallow Dares – 2020
I need to start this post by wishing the happiest of birthdays to my bro Nate. Happy birthday Nate! Truth is, I just hope Nate gets a good nap on his birthday! +++++++ The pictures in the folder 2009-11-23 are from a trip I made with the family to Kansas… Read More »2009-11-23