I need to start the day off by wishing Andree a happy birthday. Happy birthday Andree! I hope your birthday is filled with joy, or at least as much joy as one can feel when they are in Houston, Texas. +++++++ Yesterday was the end of the college basketball season,… Read More »Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest
I need to start today by wishing my Aunt Linda a happy birthday. Happy birthday Aunt Linda! I hope your birthday is filled with as much joy and happiness as you can handle! +++++++ Last Sunday I went down to the Kansas City with Teresa to watch the Big 12… Read More »Loyal Forever True
I need to start today by wishing Carla a happy birthday. Happy birthday Carla! I hope your birthday is as full of as much joy as you can handle! +++++++ I also need to wish Monica a happy birthday. Happy birthday Monica! I also hope your birthday is as full… Read More »Clayton County Aux. – Vol. 6
I need to start off this post by wishing Jason Baier a happy birthday. Happy birthday Baier: I hope your birthday has all the joy, happiness, and bears doing cocaine you could ever want! +++++++ I also need to wish Dawn a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dawn! I just hope… Read More »I Knew from the Start this is Exactly How You’d Leave
I need to start today by wishing Nora a happy birthday, so happy birthday Nora! I hope your birthday is filled with lots of candy and cake and ice cream! If not, I will buy you so much ice cream next time I see you. +++++++ Time to start sharing… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 1A
I need to start today’s post by wishing Laura a happy birthday. Happy birthday Laura! For most people I wish them a birthday full of joy. For Laura, I just hope she got some rest. +++++++ Time once again to share a collection of pictures from my photo shoot with… Read More »Fran & Pepper 2022 – Vol. 3
I need to start the day by wishing Andy a happy birthday. Happy birthday Andy! I hope your birthday is filled with all the joy you can handle! +++++++ I spent almost all of last week in Las Vegas working at the Computer Mine Convention. I didn’t get to see… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Cell Phone Pictures
I need to start off by wishing Micky a happy birthday. Happy birthday Micky!! I hope your birthday was filled with as much joy and happiness and you could handle. +++++++ It is time for another Formal Portrait Sunday. Time to share more pictures from the photo shoot with Fran… Read More »Fran & Pepper 2022 – Vol. 2
Need to start this post by wishing a Happy Valentine’s Day to all who celebrate. It is the one true holiday, that has yet to be adulterated by crass commercialism. Happy Valentine’s Day I wish I could buy you all cookies, but settle for this picture of a cookie and… Read More »Rodan139: Lower Ledges
Hammering away at the backlog. This is a collection of pictures I took in April that never really had a place in previous “An Artist’s Notebook” post. Some of these pictures were taken for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, but not used. Some are from Easter. Enjoy! Still a few more… Read More »I Read All of Your Self-Help Books
I need to start this post by wishing Bill a happy birthday… Happy birthday Bill! I hope your birthday is as full of all the joy that you can handle! +++++++ Time to share another collection of images I took when Teresa, Carla, and I went to Pella, Oskaloosa, and… Read More »Pella After Dark
I need to start today off by wishing Jim a happy birthday! Happy birthday Jim! I hope it is filled with all the joy that you desire! +++++++ It is the last Monday of the month, so it is a good time revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ: FREQUENTLY… Read More »WPC – WEEK 385 – SILENCE
I need to begin by wishing Anders a happy birthday. Happy birthday Anders! I hope your birthday is sufficient in every way you want! +++++++ Heart breaks, mistakes Catching up to me in old ways I know of hard days Had my share of lonely nights It’s only you that… Read More »Oh Dear
Need to start today off by wishing Angie a happy birthday: I don’t know I’ve seen Angie in person in years, so that is a picture of her pitching Little White Lye Soap. I hope your birthday has all the mirth that you desire! +++++++ I had a good Christmas.… Read More »Christmas 2022
I need to start today by wishing my sister Teresa’s best friend and also a good friend of all of our family, Sheri a happy birthday! Happy birthday Sheri! That is a picture of Sheri graduating high school taken by my Dad. I hope your birthday is/was as awesome as… Read More »Allamakee County Aux – Vol. 4
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is a holiday that celebrates the the great civil rights leader. If you have never had a chance to visit the Civil Rights Museum that is near where he was assassinated in Memphis, I highly recommend it. I won’t wish you a… Read More »WPC – WEEK 383 – REFLECTION
Today is Lowell’s birthday… so… happy birthday Lowell! Ironic that this picture was taken on my birthday? Either way, I hope your birthday has adequate amounts of happiness! +++++++ I count this trip a bit as auxiliary images for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. In fact I went camping with Carla… Read More »Marble Beach
One of my unwritten (spoiler: they are all unwritten) goals for 2023 it to bring back the wishing of happy birthdays to the important people in my life. So happy birthday Tim! If I don’t wish you a birthday of happiness on this website, it is because I forgot, or… Read More »Just for You to Say You’re Not the Compliment Type
It is the first day of 2023. I’m not really a “resolutions” person. Pastor Adam was on vacation today so we had a substitute seromizer in church this morning. He gave an impassioned, longwinded sermon on resolve. It took more than a bit of my resolve to stay awake during… Read More »Hello 2023.
Happy New Year to those of you sheeple that follow the Gregorian Calendar. I for one, moved to Unix time years ago. So if I have a birthday party this year (Sara wants me to have one, but I doubt it happens) the invites will list the time of the… Read More »Goodbye 2022.
It is time for me to reveal the November image of the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: November The November image is a picture of the Tin Man sculpture in Stanley, Iowa. In retrospect, it does feel a little strange that I chose to process this image in black and white… Read More »Computer Mine Holiday Party