ROAD TRIP! What a great theme! But did enough people hit the open road like it to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 17, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Mary Green – 1 week2-Brandon Kahler – 1 week3-Sara Lockner – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 519 – ROAD TRIP
WARNING: I’M LEAVING FOR IRELAND TODAY AND I WON’T BE BACK NEXT MONDAY. I DON’T KNOW IF I WILL EVEN HAVE CELL SERVICE IN IRELAND, SO DON’T EXPECT ANY KIND OF REMINDER FROM ME THIS WEEK. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN! THINGS! What a great theme! But did enough people… Read More »WPC – WEEK 518 – THINGS
By the time this post publishes I will already have picked up my entries for the 2025 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. So now it is a good time to share them. Selected for Display – Class 16 – Things & Still Life Selected for Display – Class 18 –… Read More »Baklaving It: Des Moines Field Work
Time to clean up some backlog. This is a collection of images that I like to one degree or another, but never really fit into previous post. All of these pictures were taken in October. Have a looksie: It always feels good to clean out a little bit of the… Read More »You’re So Effing Special
PAINTING! What a great theme! But did enough people like it to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 3, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Michelle Haupt – 1 week2-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week3-Jesse Howard – 1 week4-Monica Jennings – 1 week5-Sara… Read More »WPC – WEEK 517 – PAINTING
A couple months back Teresa and I went to Pleasantville to try the new reigning Best Burger in Iowa. Halftime Bar & Grill. Here is some information from the Iowa Beef website: On the square in Pleasantville, Iowa, family, community, and Iowa’s best burger intersect at Halftime Bar & Grill.… Read More »Burgertime: Pleasantville Field Work
Today’s entry is a collection of some rando portraits from last fall. Some are self-portraits that were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme SELF-PORTRAIT. The others were taken for the Computer Mine holiday card, although I don’t know if any of them were actually used. Have a look at… Read More »Some Portraits
Time for another collection of pictures of Bokeh. This collection of pictures was taken back in December. It is mostly of her playing with a ball. Here they are: She loves her ball!
We’re less than 2 months away from the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, so it seems like a good time to share the entry form for this year. You can download a .pdf of the form here: 2025 Pufferbilly Days Entry Form I did make a few small changes this year.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 516 – PEACE
This food adventure is a little bit different. This isn’t an adventure where I went and ate hopefully delicious food. This one, in fact, wasn’t even a full food adventure. The pictures here are from the recent Boone County Fair Barbecue Contest. Logan’s barbecue team Tall & Meaty competed. This… Read More »Tall & Meaty: BCF 2025
The 2nd day of August! No better day to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from July. In July, I actually managed to leave the state of Iowa! Twice! I am planning to leave the country in August, so I am doing some travelling these days. I think July was… Read More »Selfie Project – July 2025
Back in October I took not one, but two road trips to try some tenderloins. First I went to Manning to try the Best Tenderloin in Iowa for 2023. Then I went to Dunlap to try the Best Tenderloin in Iowa for 2024. But I also poked around each town… Read More »Tenderloining Auxiliary Images
SILHOUETTE! What a great theme! But did enough people lurk in the shadows to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 21, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Adam Gordon – 2 weeks2-Mary Green – 2 weeks3-Sara Lockner – 3 weeks4-Jesse Howard –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 515 – SILHOUETTE
Everybody loves Bokeh pictures! Here is a collection of pictures that were alternates for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme ANIMAL. They were all taken in my backyard. Here is the collection: It is always a joy to share pictures of Bokeh!
Last Thursday I walked the Boone County Fair Parade with my church. I took a bunch of pictures of our float and some of the other parade participants. Here are the pictures: Parades! Boring to watch. But fun to be in!
FLOWER! What a great theme! But did enough people get their green thumb going to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Adam Gordon – 1 week2-Mary Green – 1 week3-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks4-Jesse Howard… Read More »WPC – WEEK 515 – WORDS
FLOWER! What a great theme! But did enough people get their green thumb going to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sara Lockner – 1 week2-Jesse Howard – 3 weeks3-Monica Jennings – 3 weeks4-Brandon Kahler… Read More »WPC – WEEK 513 – FLOWER
As you know, I collect postcards that people send me from around the country. I don’t get many of them, but I get a few a year. Thought I would share some of more recent postcards I’ve received most recently. Here is that collection: From Harrison From the Gorshes From… Read More »Postcards I Collect
Want to see a collection of pictures from my Christmas last year? Good. Here is that collection: I hope when you had your Christmas, like 7 months ago, it was a pretty great one!
SOMETHING STUPID! What a great theme! But did enough people make mire themselves in dumb to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week2-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks3-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks4-Brandon… Read More »WPC – WEEK 512 – SOMETHING STUPID
First day of July! No better day than to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from June. From the images it looks like it might have been a pretty lazy month. I definitely didn’t leave the state again, it almost appears that I barely left Boone. But I did take… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2025