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 pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. The winner gets a trophy. The… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 17
It has been a long time since I bought a new camera. Something like 3 years. I had circled early 2022 as the time to make the move as I am committed to Sony (as it is a family tradition by default)* and their mirrorless system (because it is the… Read More »New New
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. This is the second to last collection I will be sharing. Clematis can be such a difficult flower to grow. I have never even tried.
As many of you know, I was having difficulties with the email subscription service last week. In particular, it wasn’t working with Gmail email accounts. That should be fixed, but another question I get, is how do I prevent the emails from going to “Promotions” instead of my primary Inbox… Read More »WPC – WEEK 338 – HOBBIES
Several months back, I got together with the Baughers to do some family pictures for them. This is the second collection of images from the photo shoot: Next Sunday’s formal photo shoot collection will be another collection from Jayton’s Senior Pictures.
The pictures in the folders 2011-05-22, 2011-05-26, and 2011-05-27 are mostly of irises, a flower that is well-documented to be my least favorite flower. There are also pictures from Elainie’s high school graduation and one picture from the Left Behind Party Funk and I had, but was really hosted by… Read More »2011-05-22, 2011-05-26, and 2011-05-27
Back on Monday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. I once again should thank Elizabeth as she assisted on a few of the photos this month. Here are the pictures from February: February 1 – A is For… February 2 – B is… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – February 2022
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. I usually like to put out a devotional on Ash Wednesday, but time got a way from me as I continue to play catch-up with nearly every aspect of my life. I thought I would share the devotional from the Methodist Bishop in Iowa, Laurie Haller.… Read More »Standing in My Way
I don’t know that I did all that much in February that will made THE SELFIE PROJECT all that interesting. I guess I did spend a week in Pittsburgh, but there was no real free time on that trip, so you might find those selfies disappointing. However, I did manage… Read More »SELFIE PROJECT – FEBRUARY 2022
For a somewhat abstract concept, quite a few people have found HARMONY in their lives somewhere. In fact, it was a record breaking week! As of 10:59 AM on Monday, February 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Linda Bennett – 1 week + Suzie Brannen –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 337 – HARMONY
This Formal Portrait Sunday comes from a photo shoot I did with the Stenslands. It was a pretty brief photo shoot, so I can include this in just one journal entry. Here are some of my favorites from the day: Next Sunday’s formal portrait collection will return to the photo… Read More »The Stenslands – 2021
Here is another collection of flowers from my Mom’s yard. Maybe the second to last collection. These pictures were taken on October 26, 2021. I believe there is only one more collection of these photos left to share.
STILL LIFE has proven to be a moderately successful theme. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, February 21, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Evie Gorshe – 1 week + Joe Duff – 4 weeks + Teresa Kahler – 4 weeks + Tamara Peterson – 4 weeks… Read More »WPC – WEEK 336 – STILL LIFE
The pictures in the folders 2011-05-01, 2011-05-09, and 2011-05-14 are mostly from a Mother’s Day celebration we held at my house. But there are also pictures there from the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT (now known as THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE) and Logan running track. By adding these pictures to the… Read More »2011-05-01, 2011-05-09, and 2011-05-14
I’m back in the Cyclone State from a whirlwind Computer Mine trip to Pittsburgh. I mostly sat on my couch on Friday night petting Naima, not wanting to move, and catching up on THE PEACEMAKER and THE GILDED AGE. I also watched the new TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. That is an… Read More »WPC – WEEK 335 – BELIEVE
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These were taken on September 16, 2021. There still are couple, but not many more flower pictures from my Mom’s yard to share.
About a month back, I finally started my journey on The Tenderloin Trail 2.0. If you don’t know what the Tenderloin Trail 2.0 is, here is some information on it from the Iowa Pork Producers website: Iowans’ favorite pork dish is the breaded pork tenderloin. You can be rewarded for… Read More »Tenderloin Trail 2.0 – Stop #7
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on August 8, 2022. Many of these pictures were taken in a special creative mode, if you think they look “different”. There are only a couple of collections of flower pictures from my Mom’s… Read More »My Eyes Can only See as Far as You
JUNK has not proved to be a fairly popular theme. Heading into the 5th week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, the following streaks were active: + Mike Vest – 1 week + Dawn Krause – 1 week + Joe Duff – 2 weeks + Layla Gorshe –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 334 – JUNK
This year, in addition to THE SELFIE PROJECT, I’ve decided to participate in the popular Instagram Photo of a Day Project run by Fat Mum lim. Each day there is a different photo prompt. I’ve created a separate Instagram account to post these pictures, so if you are Instagram, you… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – January 2022
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on a couple of different days. There are still plenty of flower pictures left to share.