I spent a good portion of Sunday wandering Reiman Garens with Mom, Grandma, Teresa and Logan. Don’t believe me? Here is photographic evidence: I learned plenty about gnomes. I might just have to invest in a gnome someday, but the gigantic toad in the Reiman Gardens gift shop might be… Read More »Reiman Gardens
My goal for Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18 was to capture a tulip picture. I visited tulips in my Mom’s yard, my Grandma’s yard and in Pella. After taking a lot of pictures, the photo below is the picture that best captures my tulip vision. Amen Here… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18
I had my, what could theoretically become, annual Birthday Barbecue on Saturday. I would like to thank all of the people that attended and made the evening special: Bardole, Shannon Bennett, Charlotte Cousin, Amy Daniel, Jeffrey Degeneffe, Austin Degeneffe, Melissa Degeneffe, Scott Dill, Colby Dill, Dan Dill, DJ Gorshe, Derrick… Read More »A Small, Intimate Gathering
I broke Day 9 into two post because of the large amount of pictures, if you recall. You are about to see the rest of those pictures. After all the flowers were planted, we all went our separate ways to wash up. Then the family reunited at the Stensland home… Read More »Vacation Day 9B – Mother’s Day Early
I’m going to split my final day of vacation into two posts due to what could be a large amount of photos. After church on Sunday I went with my Mom to Northwest Greenhouse to get new flowers for the yard. I prefer perennials because I don’t really want to… Read More »Vacation Day 9A – Some Color
I woke up on Saturday morning and decided today was a good day to do yard work. I don’t normally reward myself because just being me is quite its own reward, but I knew that I wanted to work up an extremely healthy appetite for the night’s dining. I was… Read More »Vacation Day 8 – The Cinema
Thursday was my Mom’s last day showing up on the job. She isn’t “officially” retired yet, because she has to file some paperwork, but she doesn’t have to get up and go to work ever again. Yesterday, I took a tour around my Mom’s work history. Here is the photographic… Read More »Happy Mother’s Day, Slacker
“I have never known birds of different species to flock together. The very concept is unimaginable. Why, if that happened, we wouldn’t stand a chance! How could we possibly hope to fight them? ” – The Birds I spent a good portion of my first day of vacation working on… Read More »Vacation Day 1 – The Birds
This has been a week where I have unexpectedly walked down family history lane. That continued this morning when I went over to assist in the installation of my Mom’s new fridge. She showed me a newspaper clipping from the February 6 edition of the Boone News Republican. The clipping… Read More »Family History Week
Shakespeare warned of the Ides of March. I don’t know what he was so worked up about. Carla was born on the Ides of March. Happy Birthday Carla! It is also Monica’s birthday. Happy Birthday Monica! Seems strange to me that so many people would choose to be born in… Read More »Happy Ides of March
Shattered Dreams My mom came over to my house a couple of days after I made this image and was horrified to find broken mirror all over my dining room table. She asked how the mirror got broken. “I hit it with a hammer. Well actually Jay hit it with… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 7
Hearts Beat High with Joy When I took this picture I went down quite the long journey of family history in family Bibles. One of the most important things I discovered was that I was born special. The Bible in the picture belonged to my Grandma Bennett. My birth announcement… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 6
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ I did have a couple of late submissions for RWPE. Here are a couple of bonus FRAMING pictures. Julie Johnson Michael Vest I had an amazing weekend. I would just like to share… Read More »Amazing Weekend
I think I’ve only shared these pictures with one person, but some of these are framed and going on my wall. I thought I would share them with people who might not make it to my house in the foreseeable future. There are more pictures going on the wall, but… Read More »25 Years
On Sunday I descended into the depths of Missouri and Kansas on Sunday to watch Alexis compete in competitive cheerleading. I had spoken with our Associate Pastor Andrea about good barbecue joints in Kansas City and she recommended Jack Stack for ribs and Oklahoma Joe’s for sandwiches. I looked into… Read More »Be Aggressive!
When I posted the picture below, I promised more information on Alligator Shirt Day. Jill on the day that Alligator Shirt Day was invented. The truth is that it isn’t much of a story. A couple of years ago my mom went to Florida to visit some family. Of all… Read More »Alligator Shirt Day
Rarely when I publish pictures do I explain the thought process, the technical information or the inspiration. If somebody is confused by a picture or intrigued by a picture I want them to come to their own conclusions. I feel by telling people too much about a picture, it cheapens… Read More »Coltrane’s 1st Wife’s Middle Name
I was on vacation last week. I had a few mini-adventures. Here are some pictures from one of those mini-adventures. If you have specific questions about certain pictures, I am willing to answer direct questions. But the answer will be in 5 words or less.
My mom doesn’t own a computer or even know how to use one, so I had to bring her over to the Honest Abe office to have her look over the pictures for her to pick one. “Pardon and Sanctify Me” I actually thought that she would pick this one.… Read More »Charlotte Bennett (Mom)
I spent most of my waking hours at the State Fair this weekend. I’ve posted some pictures of the experience in the Snapshots Gallery. Follow the link to have a gander (although there literally are no ganders in the album): Iowa State Fair Admittedly, this album is heavy on pictures… Read More »The State Fair
On Mother’s Day, I hosted the first family event at the new house. I learned the following things. 1. My mom, despite literally knowing me my entire life, will takes something out of my fridge and eat it without looking at the expiration date. 2. If you ask Elainie to… Read More »Mother’s Day