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
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a NCAA Tournament Pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. And if pride is… Read More »Roundball Oracles Year 19
Last Wednesday my step-grandfather-in-law Shorty Peterson passed away. I include the “step” and “in-law” in front of his name not to indicate a distance, but to illustrate that sometimes titles, whether or correct or not do not indicate what it means to be “family”. Because Shorty and his wife Doris,… Read More »Farewell Shorty
Today is Carla’s birthday, so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday! I hope your birthday is free from fire alarms today and maybe involves some camping or camping planning! +++++++ Today is also Monica’s birthday, so I also need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Beta
Today is Dawn’s birthday, so I must wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dawn! I hope your birthday is filled with plenty of time to sit down and read! +++++++ Today is also Baier’s birthday, so I must with him a happy birthday! Happy birthday Baier! I hope your… Read More »WPC – WEEK 443 – SENTIMENTAL
Today is Nora’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday Nora! I hope your birthday is filled with all the mushrooms you can handle and not filled with all the serious questions that the BARBIE movie makes a person ask! +++++++ Back on Valentine’s Day/Ash… Read More »Cue: Ames Field Work
Today is Laura’s birthday, so I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Laura! I hope your birthday is filled with all the triplet love and some from Nate too, that you can handle! +++++++ As a few of you know, I am old school. I like to… Read More »Postcard Collection 1
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
Today is Andy’s birthday so I have to wish him a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDY! I hope your day is filled with 17 hour old tenderloins! +++++++ It is Lent! During Lent I like to hit a Fish Fry here and there. Which gives me the added benefit of… Read More »Fisher of Men: Boone Field Work
Today is Micky’s birthday so I have to wish him a happy birthday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICKY! I hope your birthday is filled with all the outdoorsman adventures you can handle! +++++++ It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 441 – LEADING LINES
On Super Bowl Sunday I got invited to 2 Super Bowl parties. Which is strange, cause it isn’t all that common for me to get invited to adult parties. I’m big time on the toddler party circuit, but other than that, my party dance card is pretty much empty. So… Read More »Super Bowl Spreads
I fall to pieces Each time I see you again I fall to pieces How can I be just your friend? You want me to act like we’ve never kissed You want me to forget (to forget) Pretend we’ve never met (never met) And I’ve tried and I’ve tried But… Read More »I Fall to Pieces
ORANGE! The favorite color of some. Some even say it is the new black. Some say that whomever said it was the new pink was seriously deranged. But was all these opinions on ORANGE enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out:… Read More »WPC – WEEK 440 – ORANGE
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
Last Sunday I reported that I was out of food adventures to… uhh… report? Then on Saturday one just kind of fell into my lap*. A tenderloin food truck came to Boone. I’m not hitting the tenderloins hard, as they do fly in the face of my eating healthy journey,… Read More »Tenderloining: Boone Food Truck Field Work
RAGBRAI came through Greene County and Boone County and Story County last year. I’m not much of a cyclist (maybe that will change this year, but probably not) but I do enjoy a good photography opportunity and anything that resembles a party. On July 25, the cyclists left Carroll and… Read More »RAGBRAI – Jefferson
EDITOR’S NOTE: It is possible that this will publish late this week. I am getting my taxes done at 11 this morning and when this publishes is dependent on how long that takes. BIG BUCKS! NO WHAMMIES!* CIRCLE! 360 degrees of fury! But is there enough fury in a CIRCLE… Read More »WPC – WEEK 438 – CIRCLE
Here is the balance of images from the quick road trip I took with Jesse up to see Bethany, Nora, and the musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL. Some of these are at that art park. The others are from around the Orpheum. Do you think this was left by Cindee and… Read More »Jagged Little Road Trip II
It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. These are: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE… Read More »WEEK 437 – RULE OF THIRDS
If I said purple You’d say red With your brown hair tumbling Like an unmade bed Then we’d both die laughing At something I said Talking to you I find my point And you lose your sh*t There’s just so much broken That the words can’t fix And the dawn… Read More »Talking to You
Back in August Jesse and I took a road trip up to Minnesota to watch the musical “Jagged Little Pill”. It was a quick trip, but we did get to spend some time with Bethany and Nora. They took us to this fascinating art park. I took a few pictures…… Read More »Jagged Little Road Trip I