A couple of weeks back Andy and I hit the open road in an attempt to drive half of the Mother Road. Route 66. America’s highway! While I took a ton of pictures with the “real” camera, I’m not ready to show those. Not by a long shot Chet. But… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 1 Snaps
Before I post the final images from Pufferbilly Days last year. Here is a reminder about this year’s Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest: The Annual Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest registration form is now ready for people to download. The process is a little bit different this year. Photographers have to submit… Read More »Art in the Park Photo Contest
After Andy and I left the Giant’s Causeway, we ended up in a nearby village named Bushmills. We wander it’s business district for a bit as we killed time before we went to our next destination. Which was another grueling workout. But more on that in the future. Here are… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Bushmills
Teresa’s family usually hosts a Christmas tradition where they get together a few weeks before Christmas. I went over to it last year to take my BODY PART picture for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Also, to document the event on some level. Here are the pictures I took: This is… Read More »Bring Us a Figgy Pudding
Time to clean out a bit more of the backlog. This is a collection of pictures from late June to early July. These pictures I liked, but they never quite fit into any previous entries. A lot of macro pictures and pictures of a rainbow and of a party. Here… Read More »I Lay My Head on the Railroad Tracks
NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 3, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week*2-Linda Bennett – 1 week*3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week4-Sara… Read More »WPC – WEEK 569 – NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE
A few weeks back Jay, Jesse, Willy, and I headed up to Decorah for a foodie double header. Our first stop was to try the reigning Best Burger in the Cyclone State at Dixie’s Biergarten. We also went to Luna Valley Farm, but I will not be covering that trip… Read More »Burgertime: Decorah Field Work
I have two final collections of pictures from last year’s Pufferbilly Days celebration left to share. The first collection is general Art in the Park images. I spend all day at Art in the Park as I have to watch over the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest photos. But because I… Read More »Art in the Park – 2025
This is the final collection of images I took while Andy and I visited the Giant’s Causeway. But it is far from the final collection of images I took on Day 2 of our trip to Ireland. Here are more pictures: Hey jerk, you are standing in my light… oh… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Leaving the Causeway
It is the 3rd day of August. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from July. I travelled a bit in July. Completely for leisure. And that felt pretty great. Here are the July Selfies: July 1 July 2 July 3 July 4 July 5… Read More »Selfie Project – July 2026
ANXIETY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 27, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Ernie Redd – 1 week*2-Mary Green – 2 weeks3-Jason Baier – 6 weeks4-Monica Jennings –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 568 – ANXIETY
Last Sunday I shared the breakfast meal Carla, Teresa, and I had on our road trip to Clinton to do some troll hunting. Today I’ll share where we went for lunch before turning around and coming back to Boone. We ate at a microbrewery that I saw on “Road Trip… Read More »Big Pizza Pie: Clinton Field Work
Last Friday when we left off, had left the Giant’s Causeway part of the Giant’s Causeway and were starting the trail to The Amphitheatre. This part was a fantastic workout! We definitely got our steps in on this day! And this wasn’t the last trail we would hit up. Here… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Amphitheatre Trail
OLD! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 20, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Mary Green – 1 week2-Jason Baier – 5 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 5 weeks4-Monica Jennings –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 567 – OLD
Last November Sony released a new Macro lens. You can bet dollars to Dutch Oven Bakery donuts that your boy pre-ordered that bad boy. Here are some specs of the new guy: Here are some of the first pictures I took with the new sweetness: I love it so! It… Read More »Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 GM OSS Macro
If things have broken correctly, I am somewhere on the open road right now. Possibly Missouri or Kansas or Oklahoma or maybe even Texas. So I am nowhere near a computer and even if I was, I wouldn’t have the slightest inclination to stop and put together a post of… Read More »Week 568 Theme Reveal
A few Saturdays back Carla, Teresa, and I loaded up in the RAV4 and went to Clinton to do some troll hunting. On the way we stopped for breakfast at the Sunrise Café in Le Grand, Iowa. We decided to stop there because it was on a list of “8… Read More »Breakfast Club: Le Grand Field Work
Can you believe that this is the 6,000th 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 6,000
Last Friday we left off at the beginning of the actual Giant’s Causeway. It dawns on me that maybe people don’t know the story about the Giant’s Causeway. Why is a collection of the most unique looking rocks extending into the Atlantic Ocean called the Giant’s Causeway? Don’t worry I’ll… Read More »Ireland Day 2: More Giant’s Causeway
I took more Halloween related pictures than normal last year. In addition to the Trunk-or-Treat pictures I shared last Tuesday, I also took pictures of the pumpkins painted by the Youth Group, the trick-or-treaters that came to my house, and pictures at Boone’s first ever Halloween Parade. Here is the… Read More »Halloween 2025 – I
WARNING: NEXT MONDAY I WILL HOPEFULLY BE ON THE OPEN ROAD. POSSIBLY IN OKLAHOMA. POSSIBLY IN TEXAS. POSSIBLY IN KANSAS. IT IS HARD TO SAY. SO DON’T EXPECT ANY KIND OF REMINDER. YOU WILL HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN DOG. I WILL BE ON VACATION. IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT… Read More »WPC – WEEK 566 – COMMUNICATION