Way back in August, Teresa joined me on a road trip to harvest the town signs of Henry County and Jefferson County. It was a good trip where met up with Doug and Jodie for lunch. We also saw the campus of the now closed Iowa Wesleyan. However, the first… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 1
A couple Saturdays back Logan and I photographed and videographed this year’s motorcycle ride fundraiser. They contacted me and wanted me to get a drone picture of them as they rode across the Mile Long Bridge. I contacted Logan to assist. If you don’t know what Sleeping Angels is, here… Read More »Rodan139: Sleeping Angels I
RUINS! One of my favorite themes and one of my favorite things to photograph. But was it a popular theme or did it leave many streaks in RUINS? This is the 400th THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post since rebooting THE RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT. (504th all-time) I hope it was… Read More »WPC – WEEK 400 – RUINS
I’m going to cover my recent work trip to Chicago in a different format than I covered my work trip to Las Vegas. I’m going to mix the camera images with the cell phone pictures. I’m also going to try to tell the story mostly through the pictures. Rather than… Read More »The Windy City: Day 1A
Since my trip to Chicago I know I have missed celebrating a few birthdays on this website, but the bleeding stops today. Happy birthday to my awesome sister-in-law and fellow Brandi Carlile fan Becca! I hope you have a birthday that is as tremendous as you are! Lots of Brandi… Read More »Muscatine County Aux. – Vol. 5
SCHOOL! It isn’t much fun, but it is the best shot at social mobility, so it has to exist. But did SCHOOL get people excited enough to take a picture and submit it? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 1, this… Read More »WPC – WEEK 399 – SCHOOL
A few weeks back Brandon and I tried to go to Flight in Huxley after church. However, when we got there it was closed for a private event. (Flight did just win Best Burger in Iowa, in case you didn’t see.) So we ended up going to Claxon’s Smokehouse &… Read More »Tenderloining: Altoona Field Work
Back on Easter I took the drone up for a quick flight in Teresa’s neighborhood to take my submission for ODD CAMERA ANGLE for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here are some of the other pictures I took, but didn’t use: The house that was burnt down yesterday is in the… Read More »Rodan139: Easter
ROAD TRIP! What a great theme and an even better way to spend a day or two. Nothing calls to me like the open road. But did it call to many other people? Or did people stay firmly entrenched on their couches? You will have to keep scrolling to find… Read More »WPC – WEEK 398 – ROAD TRIP
Back in February, after church, Teresa and I met Sheri down in Ankeny at Naughtea for lunch. Naughtea specializes in serving a variety of bubble teas and Korean hot dogs. I had no clue what a Korean hot dog was, but I was more than game to find out. You… Read More »Hot Dog! – Ankeny Field Work
It is the last collection of submissions of the month, so it is a good time revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE What skill level photographer can participate? THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award… Read More »WPC – WEEK 397 – FRIENDS
Between church and watching a community theater play a few weeks back Carla, Teresa, and Humble Narrator went to the only other Iowa Best Burger Finalist that is in my natural grazing area. We went to Ben’s Burgers in Ankeny. To be honest, I don’t really consider Ankeny to be… Read More »BurgerTime: Ankeny Field Work
Seems like a good time to clean up the July backlog. This collection of images was taken in July of last year, but never really found a spot in a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Some pictures are of a storm. Some are from the Boone County Fair. Some are… Read More »The Next Second You Were Gone
Day 4 of my trip to Las Vegas was the 2nd Day of the CCM. It was a busy day and I barely touched my camera. I spent pretty much the entire day at the conference center. I got to leave for the day at a pretty normal time and… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 4 and Day 5A
Found myself today I took my cross up and walked away With amazing grace and an open eye Even though I’m born to lose my way Tomorrow comes on a hurricane And the weight of the world’s been on your mind No-one sees it coming And no-one walks when they… Read More »In the Morrow
SCENES FROM YOUR COUCH. Possibly the easiest theme ever. But did it get the creative juices flowing for many people? You will have to keep scrolling too find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 10, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):… Read More »WPC – WEEK 396 – SCENES FROM YOUR COUCH
I’m hoping somebody out there is enjoying these Sunday food adventure posts as much as I enjoyed eating this food. Still finding my footing a little bit on the format, but that is okay. Today’s post is about a tenderloin I knocked down in Oskaloosa back in December on a… Read More »Tenderloining: Oskaloosa Field Work
After the party was over, Lowell and I waited around for what must have been hours for these people to leave so we could go back to the conference center to setup computers for the following day’s CMC. I think we finally got into the conference center, set up the… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 3C
Before we get into the submissions for this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE I want to say that I’m starting to work on the 2023 Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. There are a couple of changes from last year in the photo classes. I split NATURE into ANIMALS and PLANTS. The… Read More »WPC – WEEK 395 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
Today is Good Friday. I wish those who celebrate, a good Good Friday. Matthew 27:32-56 32-34 Along the way they came on a man from Cyrene named Simon and made him carry Jesus’ cross. Arriving at Golgotha, the place they call “Skull Hill,” they offered him a mild painkiller (a… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 3B
I need to start the day off by wishing Andree a happy birthday. Happy birthday Andree! I hope your birthday is filled with joy, or at least as much joy as one can feel when they are in Houston, Texas. +++++++ Yesterday was the end of the college basketball season,… Read More »Rodan139: Pilot Mound State Forest