Retired
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” -Abe Lemons Sunday was my Mom’s retirement party. Here are a few pictures: There are more pictures from the party in the Mom’s Retirement Party Album.
In This Old Purple Town
“This song is about a man that tells the truth about things that didn’t happen. It seems to be a male thing.” -Glen Hansard – Introducing “Lies” at First Avenue – July 25, 2010 Most of this comes from an email that I wrote about my weekend in Minnesota. Sara… Read More »In This Old Purple Town
RWPE #30 – Reflections
There were numerous submissions for last week’s theme REFLECTIONS. I know that more than a few of these weren’t actually taken last week, but I will let it slide this time… So without further adieu, REFLECTIONS: Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the JourneyI consider Friday to be a… Read More »RWPE #30 – Reflections
Megiddo
“DOWN GOES NATURE! DOWN GOES NATURE! DOWN GOES NATURE!” -The voice of Howard Cosell inside my head At exactly 10 PM on July 29. 2010, I popped the top on two bottles of Virgil’s Micro-brewed Root Beer and Dawn and I celebrated the end of Hedgegeddon. We had just dumped… Read More »Megiddo
Cleanup
Here are some pictures from a couple of celebrations that I attended a long while ago, but never quite found the time to post: Johnathan’s Graduation Open House Shannon Birthday Campout
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 27
2/6 This is a 6 (in reality a 7 part project but shhhh….. both of you that know the endgame) part project. In case you have forgotten: Part 1 More pictures from The 2/6 Photo Session: > Part 3/6 is scheduled to be published on September 17. I am headed… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 27
Slice of Life Vol. 7
Written on the slide: “Ice Fisherman on Don Williams Lake in Boone Co. Ice fisherman is Lawrence Bunda of Moorland, Iowa. Winter Contest – Picture Mag. – Des Moines Register” >
RWPE #28 – Calm
Last week’s submissions for CALM: Carla Stensland Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest The Random Generator has been randomizing and randomizing and finally it has generated the theme for this week: DEPTH OF FIELD This is a slightly more technical theme than most of the themes. Here is a… Read More »RWPE #28 – Calm
Slice of Life Vol. 6
I normally do not comment on the pictures for this project because I honestly don’t know a ton about them and frequently I’m not even sure who is even in the pictures. However, I will break with this tradition this week because for the first time in this project I… Read More »Slice of Life Vol. 6
3(Happy Birthday!)
Happy Birthday Logan! Happy Birthday Derrick! This Journal Entry also marks a milestone for Derrick. He has become the 4th person to reach triple digits in Journal Entries about them. However, I promised 3 Happy Birthdays…. Happy Birthday Jill!
Welcome to Beaver, Iowa
For reasons that are slightly inexplicable to me, I ended up in Beaver, Iowa yesterday morning. I’ve always felt that Beaver is a town that looks like it “walked” out of a horror movie. For this reason I once (years and years ago) took a series of pictures called “The… Read More »Welcome to Beaver, Iowa
Post No. 850
Every 100 or so posts, I like to make a list of the most popular pictures on this blog. Here is the list of the 10 most popular photos in the Artistic Gallery. 1. Outburst of the Soul 2. Self-Portrait 3. Jen Relaxing Between Sets 4. Grizzly McAlpine 5. Rebecca… Read More »Post No. 850
The Incidental Gardener Files
I am thinking of adding a weekly segment to this journal where lesser gardeners can ask me questions about how I became such a super badass gardener and I would sprinkle my nuggets of wisdom on them. If you have any questions, leave them in the Comments section of this… Read More »The Incidental Gardener Files
Memory is Private Literature
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” -William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar) With all due respect to Shakespeare, this line from Julius Caesar has always bothered me. It has always bothered me because I don’t think that it is true. In fact,… Read More »Memory is Private Literature
Flame On
A couple weekends ago I made a trip to State Center with Teresa and Mom so I could photograph their rose garden. As is frequently the case, they got bored and left me behind so they could go to a gas station. When they came back they told me that… Read More »Flame On
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 22
Not Sent for Slumber I took the Not Sent for Slumber photos on a very beautiful Spring night after eating at Jeff’s Pizza with Shannon. It was also the same night Teresa and I found out the lineup for Stephens’ 2010-11 season. The lineup ended up being mostly disappointing, with… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 22