DECORATION! A great theme! Everybody loves to decorate. But did enough people like to decorate enough to make DECORATE a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers… Read More »WPC – WEEK 444 – DECORATION
ROAD TRIP! One of my favorite ways to spend a day. Also one of my favorite themes! But did it inspire enough people to leave their house to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 26,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 442 – ROAD TRIP
TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES! A potential Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest class! But was that enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out: As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 5, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 439 – TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES
Toda is Sheri’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope it is as good of a birthday as is possible! +++++++ BREAKFAST! Some say that is it the most important meal of the day! I don’t know that it is, but was it… Read More »WPC – WEEK 436 – BREAKFAST
Today is Lowell’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOWELL! If you don’t know, Lowell is not Kim and is not the tall guy. It is one of my most profoundest birthday wishes that today is a good day. +++++++ This is one of… Read More »Calendar Favorites
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
This year Logan and Amanda hosted the Bennett Family Thanksgiving. I took a few pictures, but not many, but I thought I would share a few of them. I once again hope all of you had a good to great Thanksgiving!
Today is Johnathan’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday!! I hope your day is filled with all the joy you can handle and I hope you win your battle with the robot vacuum cleaner! +++++++ Come back now, even if you call me out… Read More »Right on Time
It is the last collection of submissions of the month, so it is a good time revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE What skill level photographer can participate? THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award… Read More »WPC – WEEK 406 – ‘SCAPE
Here is another reminder that we are a little more than a month away from the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Flyers should start showing up around town this week. I hope at least a few of you enter. Or you get your kids to enter or your… Read More »WPC – WEEK 405 – FLOWER
Looking at my SELFIE PROJECT pictures from the month of October, I’m not sure I had a very active October. Seems like I barely left my house. I’ll try to be more active in November. Here are some of my favorite selfies from THE SELFIE PROJECT in October: October 1… Read More »Selfie Project – October 2022
A quick heads up. If you were thinking of going to or entering an animal into the Pufferbilly Days Dog and Exotic Animal Show, because of the extreme heat of today it was postponed. It is now tomorrow at noon at the park on 9th and Story. +++++++ I have… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – July 2022
On Thursday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. For June, there was only one prompt. Grateful. Everyday, post a picture of something that makes you grateful. What I decided to do was every day take a picture with somebody that I am grateful… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – June 2022
This Formal Portrait Sunday comes from a photo shoot I did with the Stenslands. It was a pretty brief photo shoot, so I can include this in just one journal entry. Here are some of my favorites from the day: Next Sunday’s formal portrait collection will return to the photo… Read More »The Stenslands – 2021
This year for our family Thanksgiving I wanted to attempt to make root beer. I had Glenn Peterson’s recipe in hand and I also fruitlessly pursued another recipe, but I’m not really sure how different root beer recipes can get. Glenn’s recipe was a little vague on a couple things,… Read More »Sneaky Snake Root Beer
On Wednesday night I completed another successful month of THE SELFIE PROJECT. I don’t know that is was a particularly exciting month, but I think there are some good pictures in the collection. Here are some of my favorites from June: June 1, 2021 June 2, 2021 June 3, 2021… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2021
Here is the final collection of pictures from the Stenslands 2020 family photo shoot: These were the last pictures from 2020 that I had yet to share. I might start taking Sundays back off from “An Artist’s Notebook”, but I will need to take a look at where I stand… Read More »The Stenslands 2020 Gamma
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 want to share some of the words people have share about Mom, starting with her obituary. Carla wrote the obituary and Teresa and I went over it. Obituary for Charlotte Ann Bennett Charlotte Ann Bennett September 26, 1942 – March 24, 2021 Charlotte Ann Bennett, 78, lifelong resident of… Read More »Mom’s Obituary
EDITOR’S NOTE: I WROTE THIS POST BEFORE MY MOM PASSED AWAY, BUT I DON’T HAVE THE HEART TO CHANGE THE TEXT. The grand majority of pictures from the album are from my Mom’s Retirement Party. The other one if from Dickcissel. I haven’t looked at the pictures from the Retirement… Read More »2010-08-01
When we met with the funeral home to plan my Mom’s funeral, they told us to bring them some pictures so that they could put together a video to play in 3 places during her visitation. I asked how many pictures and they said around 35. I asked what if… Read More »Mom Video Pictures