Day, I think 45 of working from home. Not sure I’ve discovered any other positives of working from home, this week. But… I finally started working on the basement. I did take some before pictures and I will post them when the project is done. I do know that I’m… Read More »The Baugher Wedding – Three
I need to start by wishing my mother-in-law Colleen a happy birthday. Happy birthday Colleen! I hope your birthday was amazing! All the best people were born in May! Can you imagine being born in a different month? +++++++ This is the final collection of images that were triggered by… Read More »Elainie Homecoming Ch. 10
I need to start out by wishing my brother-in-law the happiest of birthdays! Happy birthday Jason! I almost starting to think that these birthday tributes need to be more than 5 pictures! I hope it was the happiest of birthday Jason! +++++++ It is time to unveil the second collection… Read More »The Baugher Wedding – Two
I should start by saying Happy birthday to Kalista. So, happy birthday Kalista! I hope it is a very happy birthday indeed! +++++++ It is time for the 9th and nearly last installment of pictures that were triggered by Elainie’s homecoming! I do believe that when you are from Iowa… Read More »Elainie Homecoming Ch. 9
I don’t even know how many work days from home it is now. I think it is 40. Who knows any more. But I did discover a new positive this week. That the new positive. I like being able to use my lunch hour to mow. I’m not a big… Read More »The Baugher Wedding – One
We have hit another milestone in the history of “An Artist’s Notebook”. Post #3751. I would normally make these statistical look back at the past type posts on even numbers, but I felt you guys were probably chomping at the bit to see the entries for RULE OF THIRDS. This… Read More »An Artist’s Notebook Post #3751
I need to start this post by pointing out that today is a very important day. Today is Stephanie’s birthday! Happy birthday Stephanie! I hope your birthday is safe and amazing! +++++++ I’m going to be away from computers for much of today, so I won’t be able to reveal… Read More »WEEK 245 THEME REVEAL
Here in the 5th set of pictures triggered into existence by Elainie’s homecoming last September, Elainie makes a reappearance. But there are also quite a few pictures of Alexis, Kupono, and Kanoa. Of course, plenty of Sabas in this collection as well! You’d think that we were halfway through all… Read More »Elainie Homecoming Ch. 5
Another collection of pictures that were triggered by Elainie coming home in September, but don’t include a single picture of Elainie. Here is the fourth collection from that set of photos. Exclusively of Alexis, Kupono, and a very young Kanoa. So many Stensland pictures left in the hopper. So many!!
This post is another in the series of pictures that were triggered by Elainie coming home back in September. However, there are no pictures of Elainie in this collection. All the pictures in this collection are of Alexis, Kupono, and Kanoa. So much kissing! Don’t worry, there are a ton… Read More »Elainie Homecoming Ch. 3
I need to start this post by announcing that the Sharp family is making laundry detergent like crazy and donating it to area food banks like IMPACT and the Toreador Pantry. However, they need more laundry detergent jugs, so they have set up a garbage can at the end of… Read More »Elainie Homecoming Ch. 2
This is a bit of a different walk down memory lane. One of the first things I did when I started working from home was cleaning out what I guess what you would call my spare desk. I didn’t want to dump a bunch of work stuff on my normal… Read More »Chris’ New House 2009
25 days working from home down. No clue how many are left, but I’m guessing it at least 2 more weeks. This week with my extra stay at home time, I mopped my floors. All of them. Not counting the basement. We don’t talk about the basement! I also cleaned… Read More »Elainie Homecoming Ch. 1
I’ve finally got around to sharing pictures of my great-nephew Kanoa. He was born late last August and he is so cute that I wanted to keep all his pictures to myself. But I can’t keep all the cuteness to myself. What is the old saying, “Cuteness held is the… Read More »Free One
I should start today by wising my Aunt Linda a happy birthday! Recently I shared a collection of pictures I took of the old Boone Dump sliding into McHose Park. Aunt Linda sent me a story that I thought I would share, so you would know what kind of people… Read More »Fly Iowa: A New Beginning
Buckle up Nancy, this is going to be a long one! I need to start this post by wishing a very happy birthday to the middle child of the Bennett Sibling Triumvirate. Happy birthday Carla! Here are some pictures of Carla: I hope your birthday had the exact amounts of… Read More »Fly Iowa: The Final Chapter
It was a bittersweet Christmas for the Bennetts. As always, there was much joy when the family gets together, but while the 2019 Christmas will always be known as the first Christmas with Kanoa. It will also be the Christmas when Amanda and Logan announced that they are expecting a… Read More »Walking the Floor Over You
December was a truly busy month. I actually left the state more than one. I visited places like Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. I feel I ended this attempt at THE SELFIE PROJECT fairly strong. Here are some of my favorite pictures from December: December 1 December… Read More »Selfie Project – December
On Christmas Day, my family was sitting around Carla and Jason’s basement digesting a delicious meal, letting DIE HARD play in the background, playing pool, and discussing one of Amanda’s latest real estate projects. It was not going to be a joyous Christmas. About a week before Christmas, my last… Read More »After While Crocodile
Today we will reveal the March and April images from the 2020 Photography 139 Calendar. March image: March The March image was taken at the Harrier Marsh near Ogden. It was taken of the not best maintained gravel road that splits the marsh into two. It is taken from a… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 123
There are a metric buttload of pictures in the folder 2009-07-23. Strangely, most of them were actually taken in December of 2008. I’m not entirely sure what was going on there. I can just state that my organizational system back then wasn’t rock solid like it is now. Mostly because… Read More »2009-07-23