Today is a big day for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! COLORFUL inspired Jodie Cue to submit for the first time ever! Welcome aboard Jodie, we know you will do great things! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation. You came to see the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 163 – COLORFUL
A metric ton of people were motivated by ENTERTAINMENT this week. I think this was one of the higher submission weeks in months! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Cathie Raley Carla Stensland Carla Stensland… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 161 – ENTERTAINMENT
Looks like a few people were inspired by the MOUTH theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Andy Sharp Tamara Peterson Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Andy Sharp Kim Barker Cathie Raley Carla Stensland Mike… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 160 – MOUTH
After Baby Got Rack dominated the Iowa State Fair barbecue competition I chose to hang back at the Iowa State Fair and meet up with my Mom and Carla. Here are a few pictures from the Iowa State Fair and that afternoon: I have plenty more pictures from my Iowa… Read More »Some Iowa State Fair
Before we get into the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, here is my plea to help the Boone First United Methodist Church’s Youth Group fund their annual mission trip: Download and print that flyer. Cut it into 4 coupons. Then, come to the Boone Pizza Ranch this Wednesday night and have supper.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 159 – ARCHITECTURE
The pictures in the folder 07-20-08/State Tournament are from when Elainie played in the Little League State Tournament in Albia. Looking through the pictures, I had forgotten that Dawn’s daughter Debra also played on that team. It might be where we rekindled our friendship. Or maybe our friendship began. I’m… Read More »07-20-08/State Tournament
Recently Carla texted me to let me know that there was a collection of egrets hanging out in a field she passes on her way to work. Shortly thereafter, I went out there looking for them. I really only got a couple decent egret pictures, but I did get a… Read More »High-fed; Long-lived; and Sociable and Free
Here we are. Starting a new 52 weeks of themes. I like to think back at all we’ve accomplished. Really puts things in PERSPECTIVE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about anything really. You came to see the submissions: Carla Stensland Tamara Peterson Carla… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 157 – PERSPECTIVE
Participation for CANDID PORTRAIT took the usual holiday drop off, but there were still a few people loyal enough to the cause that made it worth the effort. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Carla… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 155 – CANDID PORTRAIT
First of all, thanks to everybody who voted to determine what pictures I will enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. I have the 6 entries determined and will be ordering them this weekend. Pufferbilly Days is September 7, 8, and 9 this year. You can see the photos at… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 86
The folder named 06-11-08 contained a wide assortment of photos. Pictures of strange culinary delights from Kentucky, flood pictures, merry-go-rounds, and Little League. I believe that at least 2 of the pictures of Alexis were entered into a photo contest here and there. The culinary oddities were brought back from… Read More »06-11-08
I think NIGHT can be one of the tougher themes, but we still had plenty of submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! So without further adieu, I present the NIGHT photos: Andy Sharp Becky… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 149 – NIGHT
If you are having difficulty leaving a comment, just email/text me the numbers. Reminder, you have until Tomorrow at midnight to vote on what pictures I enter at the Boone County Fair Photo Contest. Click on the link below to vote: BOONE COUNTY FAIR PHOTO CONTEST ENTRY SELECTION You must… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 146 – BLACK
There are 3 sets of images to be found in the collection of pictures in the folder 05-12-08. The first set are pictures from a Mother’s Day celebration at my Mom’s house. The second set are a collection of pictures of flowers at my Mom’s house. A Mother’s Day Peony… Read More »05-12-08
Several people decided to play around with the TOY theme for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. However, you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions: Cathie Raley Christopher D. Bennett Micky Augustin Tamara Peterson Kim Barker Andy… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 140 – TOY
So here is the first journal entry. I felt like having as pretentious sounding name as possible for my journal. I have a few goals about this journal. My main goal is just to actually write in it. My second goal is to be as truthful as possible towards my… Read More »Mr. 3000
A good week of submissions for ARCHITECTURE. I have no doubt that my outhouse picture inspired many a person to submit this week. This week, the Photography 139 Empire extended as far east as Chicago. As far north as Roland, Iowa. As far west as the Des Moines Airport. As… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 137 – ARCHITECTURE
This is one of probably 2 entries for An Artist’s Notebook about my Saturday morning last. This is about the later part of my morning, but you must know a little bit about the early morning to understand how this strange turn of events happened. The earliest part of my… Read More »Miller Estate Auction
Time to hit the backlog again. Here are some family pictures we took when Elainie was in town… back in March… 2017. Unfortunately, the weather was terrible that day, so we were trapped inside. Hopefully, next time we do a family portrait, the weather will be more cooperative. +++++++++++++ A… Read More »One of Nature’s Masterpieces
Another big week for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. People didn’t let the weather stop them from harvesting all sorts of SIGNS pictures. This week the Photography 139 empire stretched as far north as downtown Boone, Iowa. As far south and east as Kentucky. As far west as Folsom, California. There… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 135 – SIGNS
A healthy amount of people hit the open road for a ROAD TRIP photo. I think this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE EMPIRE extends as far north as Randall, Iowa. As far south as Arkansas. As far west as West Wendover, Nevada. As far east as Virginia, I’m guessing. But you… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 134 – ROAD TRIP