I’m on vacation this week. While I don’t have grand plans for today, it is set aside for errands. If you are reading this, it has taken long enough that I haven’t had time to cobble together this post. Just cause I’m busy do stuff that isn’t incredibly fun, doesn’t… Read More »WEEK 362 – THEME REVEAL
Today is a monumental day. It is the last of our Saturday walks down memory lane. With this last collection of images, I was able to fix all the blogs that had missing pictures due to my constant changing of image gallery hosts. The last entry to be fixed was… Read More »Memory Lane Denouement
A few weeks back the Triplets and Jonah had a birthday party at the KOA near Adel. I wasn’t able to make the party because it was schedule for the same time as the Iowa State-Oklahoma State football game that I was scheduled to attend. But I did have time… Read More »Triplet + Jonah Birthday Party
The pictures in the folder 2010-07-26 are from a road trip I took to Minnesota with Sara. It was frankly one the best road trips of my life. I got to hang out with some of my favorite people in the world. I got to see my favorite band in… Read More »2010-07-26
Let’s face it. 2020 has been a terrible year. I could spend hours and hours polishing this turd, but a turd is still a turd. I basically only see 2 other people on a regular basis right now. Willy and I haven’t held a Friday Night Supper Club since March… Read More »Blessings 2020
I need to start the day by wishing a very happy birthday to Bethany. So… happy birthday Bethany!!! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ I thought this would be the last collection of pictures from the Boone Black Lives Matter event, but… Read More »Black Lives Matter – Boone – Three
I need to start this post by wishing the happiest of birthdays to my bro Nate. Happy birthday Nate! Truth is, I just hope Nate gets a good nap on his birthday! +++++++ The pictures in the folder 2009-11-23 are from a trip I made with the family to Kansas… Read More »2009-11-23
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
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 buy wishing all mothers out there a very happy Mother’s Day. Take this picture of a Mother’s Day Peony as my way of saying thanks for all that you mothers do! My Mom’s Mother Day wasn’t typical. Teresa bought some Pizza Ranch chicken and… Read More »Senior Sunday – Taylan – Volume 4
The third and final collection of pictures from the Miller Triplets birthday party. I know, I’m sad about it too. Who knows when I’ll be able to get adorable triplet pictures again. Hold on to these times my friends. It could be a long time before I see any of… Read More »Baby Triforce 1st Birthday Party – Gamma
You want even more pictures of the triplets first birthday party? Guess what. You came to the right location! The one thing about having triplets is that there is almost enough babies to go around to all the grandparents and aunts and uncles. Almost. One more collection of Baby Triforce… Read More »Baby Triforce 1st Birthday Party – Beta
Back in October I went down to Nate and Laura’s in Manhattan to celebrate the triplets birthday party. Did I take pictures? Boy did I! Many more pictures from the party still to come!!
This is the final collection of pictures from my trip to the Minnesota State Fair with Bethany, Becca, Jonah, and Shawn. These are the cruddy cell phone pictures. One thing that I found disappointing when I went back and looked at these is that I didn’t take pictures of my… Read More »Minnesota State Fair – Pixel Pictures
Here is the final collection of Minnesota State Fair pictures that came from a real camera. This highlight being pictures of Becca and Jonah going down the giant slide. A secondary highlight is the extremely creepy statue right next to the giant slide. The final place we visited before calling… Read More »Minnesota State Fair #3
In this second collection of pictures from my trip to the Minnesota State Fair with Bethany, Becca, Jonah, and Shawn, I reveal a picture of the All You Can Drink Milk Stand. It is a good half mile, at least from the famous cookie place. There are also a couple… Read More »Minnesota State Fair #2
14 work days of working from home in the books. I think the last time I indicated that I was starting to get a system going. Now I can say that I’m starting to get comfortable working from home. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I’ll pumped when… Read More »Minnesota State Fair #1
I need to start today’s post by wishing my niece Nora a very happy birthday! Nora is like 4 years old now. How did she get so old! Here are some Nora pictures: I hope Nora has a very happy birthday! +++++++ I still have quite a few pictures to… Read More »Baby Animals and Cows
Happy Thanksgiving! Every year on Thanksgiving I like to think about my many, many blessings. I know, real original. You should feel free to try it sometime. But make sure you let everybody know that I invented gratitude. I am thankful for my family, no matter how family is defined:… Read More »Gratitudo
Once gain, hitting up that sweet, sweet 2018 backlog. Back in September I went to see and ride Thomas the Tank with Bethany, Nora, and Bethany’s friend Harvey and her kids. I frequently go down to the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad when Thomas is in town, but this was my… Read More »Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
Now seems like a good time to check-in with my favorite pictures from my August SELFIE PROJECT pictures. It would seem that I had a successful month of August. I met Vice-President Joe Biden. I competed in a barbecue contest at the Iowa State Fair. I also competed in a… Read More »Selfie Project – August