On the same day I took those WET pictures I published yesterday I headed down to Ankeny for Elawyn’s 1st birthday party. I know what you are thinking. I can smell it on your breath. You are thinking, “Isn’t Elawyn 2? Hasn’t she already had her 2nd birthday party?” The… Read More »Happy 1st Birthday Elawyn!
REMINDER: NOT YET, BUT SOON IT WILL BE YOUR CHANCE TO SUGGEST THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! YOU CAN DO THAT IN ONE WAY AND ONE WAY ONLY. BY LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE LAST THE WEEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST THAT PUBLISHES IN… Read More »WPC – WEEK 578 – COLORFUL
Recently the Iowa Pork Producers Association released their 5 Finalists for Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin. Here are the Finalists: Unfortunately none of them are super close to me and thanks to the warmongering imbeciles running our country and Iowa, it will cost a pretty penny to even get to… Read More »ISF 2026 Food: Trip 3
I had a very limited Pufferbilly Days experience this year. It was 95% tied to the Photo Contest. The other 5% was meeting Willy and Jesse downtown on Friday night for FNSC. I did next to nothing for Pufferbilly Days on Saturday. Iowa State had an 11 AM home game,… Read More »Art in the Park I
Last Friday we left off with Andy and I walking around the Peace Lines/Wall in Belfast. We walked down Cupar Way. This collection will continue down Cupar Way and then start on the murals that are on Northumberland Street. Have a looksie: Preach! Too bad we’ve destroyed most of the… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Belfast Peace Lines
The book for the 2026 Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is finished. You can check it out by clicking on the links below. One is a version of the book that is easy to view on your computer. The other is a version that is easier to print. Viewable 2026 Pufferbilly… Read More »Backstage of the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest
Time to clear out the backlog again. This is a collection of pictures I took between September and December of last year. They are decent pictures, but never really or never will fit into an “Artist’s Notebook” post. Some are from downtown Boone. Some are from Iowa State basketball. Some… Read More »A Victim of Laughing Chance
SWEET! 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, September 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Mary Green – 1 week2-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week3-Becky Parmelee – 1 week4-Johnathan Stensland –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 577 – SWEET
My second trip to the Iowa State Fair was as support staff for the world famous competitive barbecue team Tall and Meaty. This year was a little bit different because they they didn’t earn their way to the big stage with a win at the Boone County Fair. There are… Read More »ISF 2026 Food: Trip 2
It is the 3rd day of October. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from September. I didn’t travel much in September. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a busy month. At least parts of it. Mostly busy with working on the Pufferbilly Days Photo… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2026
After we left the Titanic Museum our next step before heading back to Dublin was to visit the Peace Walls. If you don’t know what the Peace Walls are, here is some info: The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Belfast Peace Walls
Time for the final collection of images I took on my trip to the 2025 National Balloon Classic with Teresa and Ernie. This is the smallest collection. It covers the drone show that was at the end of the evening. Gaze upon the pictures of the drones: If you have… Read More »2025 National Balloon Classic – Eta
#INSTAGOOD! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! I hope you are interested as I am to see the peak of people’s photography skills this week! Also, there was a good amount of people that sent their submission before… Read More »WPC – WEEK 576 – #INSTAGOOD
I made 3 trips to the Iowa State Fair this year. They were the same traditional trips I seem to make every year. 1 trip to see the O’Gorshes dance. 1 trip to assist a team with the barbecue contest. 1 trip to pick up my photo contest entries. My… Read More »ISF 2026 Food: Trip 1
Pufferbilly Days is over and I can finally exhale. It was a lot of work for me and a ton of work for all the people that volunteered their time to help out. But that is a list for another time. This is a post where I share the winners… Read More »2026 Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Results
Last Friday when we left off Andy and I had boarded the final remaining White Star Line ship in existence. The Nomadic. This collection will be the final collection of images from the area of the Titanic Museum, but very far from the end of the Day 3 images. Very… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Nomadic
Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. Satchel Paige Thursday “An Artist’s Notebook” titles is going to take a turn for about 10 weeks or so. But really Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place in my yard.… Read More »Ain’t No Man Got to Be Common
Last Wednesday I started sharing images of the construction of the new arch in Boone. When we left off, I was still wandering around taking pictures on my lunchbreak. But this collection will end after I came back after work to see the finished product. To my surprise, it wasn’t… Read More »…You’ll Stay
Time for the second to last collection of images I took to Indianola to take in the sights of the 2025 National Balloon Classic with Ernie and Teresa. This collection features a lot of the musical act that performed that night. One more collection of images left to share!
FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME THERE IS A SPECIAL RULE! THAT RULE IS REVEALED IN THE THEME REVEAL SECTION OF THIS POST. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO READ THE SPECIAL RULE! NOISY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 575 – NOISY
We woke up in a hotel in Oklahoma City. It was one of those sweet spot hotels that had free breakfast. We knocked down some tasty vittles and then hit the open road for our final day on Route 66. Here are are the cell phone pictures from the final… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 6 Snaps
