I need to start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year! HAPPY NEW YEAR! That image didn’t turn out quite like I wanted, but I’m pretty up front about sharing my failures a long with my success! As few as they may be. Thanks to Willy for assisting with making… Read More »Rail Explorers Denouement
1. Joy to the world; the Lord is come; Let Earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart prepare him room, And heav’n and nature sing. 2. Joy to the Earth, the Savior reigns; Our mortal songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3.… Read More »Joy to the World!
I want to start by wishing everyone a happy Christmas Eve! Happy Christmas Eve! I know that Santa doesn’t have anything to do with the lyrics to “Silent Night”. But tonight is my FAVORITE worship service every year. Candlelight Service! Just one of the reasons I love it, is it… Read More »Son of God, Love’s Pure Light
Last Sunday was the kid’s Christmas Pageant at Boone First United Methodist Church. As always, they did a wonderful job and I snapped a few pictures. Here are some of my favorites: Everybody involved did a fantastic job! It brightened what ended up being a pretty terrific day!
Today is Jesse’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Jesse! I hope it is an absolutely amazing birthday! +++++++ Time to share a few more pictures of Bokeh from her early days. They grow up so fast!
Time to share some pictures from the actual Thanksgiving Community meal served by the Boone First United Methodist Church. All in all the album of pictures from my time (me not pictured) helping with the meal has 563 images in it. I probably could have taken more, but I left… Read More »Community Thanksgiving 2024
Today is Brandon’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday Brandon!! I hope your birthday is filled with all the anime Funko pops you could ever want! +++++++ This is the final collection of mural images from my trip there with Nader. While many of… Read More »Nader Road Trip: Creston Murals III
On Thursday the Boone First United Methodist Church held its annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. I helped on Thursday, but I also helped on Wednesday. Wednesday there is tons of prep done. I was there for the turkey carving and the pie cutting and the roll bagging and the general setup.… Read More »Community Thanksgiving Prep 2024
It is Thanksgiving! So I need to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving! I used to use this Thanksgiving entry to list some of the blessings in my life. I fully intended to do that again this year, because it has been 3 years since I have done that.… Read More »Truly
Don’t forget that if you are looking for a place to eat Thanksgiving, my church is hosting a free Thanksgiving Community Meal. See information below: I’ll be there for at least part of the meal. So if you see me, say “Hi!” +++++++ Today is Joe’s birthday. I haven’t seen… Read More »Nader Road Trip: Creston Murals II
I keep forgetting to announce this. But if you are looking for a place to eat Thanksgiving, my church is hosting a free Thanksgiving Community Meal. See information below: I’ll be there for at least part of the meal. So if you see me, say “Hi!” +++++++ Today is Willy’s… Read More »Bokeh: Even More Early Days
Today is Suzie’s birthday, so I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Suzie! It is hard to believe the last selfie I have you dates back to the pandemic. Need to correct that soon! Hope your birthday is filled with all the kitten antics you can endure!… Read More »Eclipse Road Trip Day 2 – Greencastle
Yesterday was Anela’s birthday. Since I am a horrible person I had her birthday mixed up and forgot to wish her a happy birthday. So I will do that now: Happy birthday Anela! I hope your birthday WAS magnificent and I will see you at the party on Friday! +++++++… Read More »Nader Road Trip: John Wayne Museum
For starters to address the internet rumors about me throwing away a camera at the dumpster fire known as Cultural Appropriation Stadium. Sorry. I meant Arrowhead Stadium. Which comes with not at all a problematic and racist subculture. At this point, it is just better for you to imagine what… Read More »WPC – WEEK 478 – MACRO
Back in July Dahlia threw a tremendous birthday bash! All the celebrities were there! And by all the celebrities, I mean Moana was there! I took a few pictures of the spectacle. Ain’t no time to share them like right now: Can’t wait to see who shows up at Dahlia’s… Read More »Ain’t No Party Like a Moana Party…
REMINDER: THIS IS THE LAST WEEK WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE A SUGGESTION FOR THE THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY LEAVING A COMMENT ON THIS ENTRY ON THE WEBSITE. NO OTHER WAY. DON’T EMAIL THEM TO ME. DON’T TEXT THEM TO ME. LEAVE THEM… Read More »WPC – WEEK 477 – PLACES
Today is Halloween, so I need to start this post off by wishing all of you a Happy Halloween. Happy Halloween! May your Halloween be filled with candy, costumes, friends, pumpkins, horror movies, and even more candy! And may the real horror of the holiday be the AI Photoshop job… Read More »(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden
REMINDER: THIS IS ONE OF TWO WEEKS WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE A SUGGESTION FOR THE THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY LEAVING A COMMENT ON THIS ENTRY ON THE WEBSITE. NO OTHER WAY. DON’T EMAIL THEM TO ME. DON’T TEXT THEM TO ME. LEAVE… Read More »WPC – WEEK 476 – GLASS
Today is Becky’s birthday so I have to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Becky! This is the final collection of images from my trip to Dubuque County back in March. Most of these are taken on The Way of the Cross and the Pieta Chapel that are part… Read More »Dubuque County Road Trip – III
I made a horrible mistake yesterday. I didn’t mislabel or completely miss somebody’s submissions. Like I have done in the past. No. I completely forgot to acknowledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! (1 day late.) I apologize for missing it. The Computer Mine does not celebrate a single… Read More »I Wish I Was Special
Today is Johnathan’s birthday, so I have to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Johnathan! I hope your birthday is filled with good food! +++++++ Can you believe I haven’t shared a collection of images from THE BOONE ART CENTER PROJECT since April! It has been too long. If… Read More »Boone Art Center Gallery Seven