Last Tuesday I indicated that my computer was dying and was to the point that I could barely even do any kind of photo editing. The good news is that I have replaced my old broken down computer with a new goodness. The bad news is that because of AI… Read More »2025 National Balloon Classic – Beta
It is time to start showing pictures from the 2025 National Balloon Classic in Indianola. Normally, this would normally start with a larger collection of images, but my computer is on the struggle bus and will probably need to be replaced in the nearish future, so you get what you… Read More »2025 National Balloon Classic – Alpha
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
It is the 1st day of July. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from June. I travelled a bit in June. Completely for leisure. And that felt pretty great. Here are the June Selfies: June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2026
It has been almost a year since I shared any of the postcards that I have gotten in the mail from the people. As you know, I collect postcards that people send me from their travels. And admittedly, I have done a very, very poor job of keeping up with… Read More »Postcards I Collect II
Today is Memorial Day. The day we honor and mourn the military personnel that died while serving in the Armed Forces. Iowa Veterans Cemetery – Van Meter, Iowa Even now, from the peace and calm of a spring day in America’s heartland, we can imagine what it must have been… Read More »WPC – WEEK 558 – ABANDONED
It is the 7th day of April. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from March. I didn’t travel a ton in March. But I did watch a ton of basketball in my basement. Well… it was exciting to me. Here are the March selfies:… Read More »Selfie Project – March 2026
The second day of September! No better day to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from August. I managed to leave the state of Iowa in August. In fact August was an incredibly busy month. A month that I don’t think I will duplicate any time soon. I got to… Read More »Selfie Project – August 2025
As you know, I collect postcards that people send me from around the country. I don’t get many of them, but I get a few a year. Thought I would share some of more recent postcards I’ve received most recently. Here is that collection: From Harrison From the Gorshes From… Read More »Postcards I Collect
As yesterday closed the book on Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, now seems like a good time to review all that happened. There were 59 different people that submitted photos. Ranging from submitting 1 picture to 124 pictures. There were 2,311 photos submitted. The average week was 31.1… Read More »The Weekly Photo Challenge Year in Review
SKY! A great theme, but was it the limit for the amount of people that would participate this week? You will have to keep scrolling to find out: As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 4, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): 1-Suzie… Read More »WPC – WEEK 418 – SKY
There is a wide collection of images in the folder 2010-09-06. Some are of Jen and Derrick when she was pregnant with Evie. The others are from a Labor Day cookout I hosted at my house for the family. Also, some pictures of a toad I found in my backyard.… Read More »2010-09-06
I need to start today by wishing my eldest sister Teresa a happy birthday. Happy birthday Teresa! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ Can you believe it? 46 straight weeks of double digit submissions! I thought for sure the derecho would maybe… Read More »WPC – WEEK 257 – MACRO
How many weeks of lockdown it has been has me really thinking about vacation. I have a ton of places I want to go, but I know none of them are smart. Instead, I’ve started curating the pictures from the Camping World Bowl Road Trip. Spoiler: there isn’t many of… Read More »Camping World Bowl Road Trip Days 1 & 2
There are a ton of photos in the folder 2009-08-24. Most of them are from my trips to the Iowa State Fair in 2009. However, there is also a good chunk of them that are pictures of Teresa and Ernie. This is already going to be a long post, so… Read More »2009-08-24
The pictures in the folders 2009-08-15, 2009-08-20, and include pictures from an anniversary dinner for Shorty and Doris and pictures from that time I actually tilled up part of my backyard and planted a garden. The picture of Jill that is edited in a couple different ways is her with… Read More »2009-08-15 & 2009-08-20 & 2009-08-21
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
There are a wide variety of pictures in the folder 2009-05-29. They range from pictures of socks that Shannon made to Ernie trimming trees to baby worst birds to invites to my housewarming party to pictures Sara took at my housewarming party. The guy in the picture with me and… Read More »2009-05-29
Another Throwback Thursday. Throwing it back to pictures I took at the 2006 Iowa State Fair. These picture never appeared in “An Artist’s Notebook”. I uploaded them now because I am going through some nearly pre-Photography 139 photos and trying to get a grasp of a semblance of an organizational… Read More »Iowa State Fair – 2006
The folder 08-04-08 is filled with images of Teresa and I’s trip home from Kentucky. On the way back we stopped in Springfield, Illinois. Springfield is noted for being home of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. It also home of the Springfield Old Capitol Building where both Abraham Lincoln and… Read More »08-04-08
The pictures in the folder 08-03-08 is from the third day of my vacation in Kentucky with Teresa. On that day, we went to a Southern Baptist Church service. We spent 3 hours at the church service, before we snuck out the back. I’m not sure how much long it… Read More »08-03-08