As the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest polling was drawing closer, I felt that I should go out and take one more picture for the Hidden Boone County Treasures. I knew I wanted to take a picture of the Mill Creek Stone Bridge. It is located near what was once The… Read More »Mill Creek Stone Bridge
REMINDER It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my photos to enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Once again, I am going to leave it up to a popular vote. The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest allows you to enter… Read More »06-14-08
I was involved in 2 contests at the Boone County Fair this year. Now that the fair is in the past and I’ve had adequate time for reflection, I think it is a good time to share the results from the contests I entered. First, the Open Class Photography Contest.… Read More »Boone County Fair 2018 Results
Naima turned 7 today! Here are some of my favorite pictures of her over the years: I hope Naima had a happy birthday! We will do some of her favorite things any way. Sleeping. Going to the park. Eating.
A reminder that this week’s theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is HANDS. HANDS! A HANDS photo is any photo that involves HANDS. I would say that everybody has HANDS, but everybody doesn’t. However, I can bet that everybody knows somebody that has HANDS. This project is easy peasy. Happy… Read More »In 10 Minutes, I Still Couldn’t Explain What’s Inside my Brain, Don’t Mess with It!
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? -Oscar Wilde Before we get into the meat of today’s blog, we need to start with… Happy 4th of July! I hope you had an continue to have an enjoyable 4th of July! +++++++ Time to hit up… Read More »Freedom and Flowers
It is time to select my photos for the Boone County Fair Photo Contest and you get to help select the pictures that go. I have placed 50 images in a SmugMug Photo Gallery. I would like you to go to that Photo Gallery and vote for up to 5… Read More »Boone County Fair Photo Contest Entry Selection Process
This is the final collection of photos from my trip to Mount Rushmore with my Mom. Here are a few final facts about Mount Rushmore from the Wikipedia: The Sculptor’s Studio – a display of unique plaster models and tools related to the sculpting – was built in 1939 under… Read More »The Mount Rushmore of Presidents Vol. 3
Time to check in on more pictures from my trip to Mount Rushmore with my Mom. One of the debate topics that occasionally rises is who is the next President to go on Mount Rushmore. Say that Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln were the 4 greatest Presidents… Read More »The Mount Rushmore of Presidents Vol. 2
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
It is time to crack into the final spot I hit in South Dakota with my Mom last year. Mount Rushmore. People (particularly bored sports talk show hosts) are always trying to make comparisons in the sports world to Mount Rushmore. Who would be on the Mount Rushmore of Iowa… Read More »The Mount Rushmore of Presidents Vol. 1
This is the final collection of pictures from Custer State Park in South Dakota. In fact, I’ve almost come to the end of the pictures from my trip to South Dakota with my Mom. The only ones left to curate and edit are the pictures from Mount Rushmore. Even though… Read More »Custer State Park Vol. 3
While it is true that Photography 139 doesn’t take holidays, it is also true that Photography 139, okay me, can try to rush stuff together and throw it all together because while they will still post on say Memorial Day, they don’t have all that much time. This lead me… Read More »I’m Feeling It; You Don’t Like It Then Deal with It; And if God Ain’t Real; Real Isn’t
Today is as good as any to check into the back log and post some more pictures from my trip to Custer State Park with my Mom. I wouldn’t say that Custer State Park was a disappointment, but it didn’t quite live up to the hype. I do feel however… Read More »Custer State Park Vol. 2
Custer State Park was one of the most hyped up Black Hills location that my Mom and I were told to visit. Some people even indicated that it might be the best part of the trip. The reason: Buffalo! Repeatedly, I was told that when we went to Custer State… Read More »Custer State Park Vol. 1
The world wasn’t ready for these alternate TOY images on Monday. Most of these pictures are taken in the Photography 139 Backyard Studio where photography was often disturbed by 2 raucous dogs that had a whole yard to play in, but seemed to want to only play right on top… Read More »You Know I’ll Leave ‘Em Changing; ‘Cause You Know I’m Real with It; Don’t Care if You Feeling It!
The final set of pictures from my brief sojourn through the Badlands with my Mom: That is it. That is the last of the Badlands pictures. Still have plenty of pictures from my trip to South Dakota to publish though. I’ll get through them all, some day. +++++++++++++++ Actually that… Read More »Badlands Vol. 5
A few more pictures of the Badlands from my quick trip through their with my Mom: One last set of pictures from the Badlands sitting in the hopper!
More pictures of my brief trip through the Badlands with my Mom: More pictures from the Badlands in the coming days!
Time to hit the backlog again. More pictures from my trip through the Badlands with my Mom: More from this trip coming your way at some point in the near future!
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