Time for another collection of images from when Teresa and I made a road trip to Henry County & Jefferson County to harvest their town signs. Many of the pictures in this collection were actually taken in Van Buren County. Mount Pleasant Salem Hillsboro Stockport Fairfield There is still one… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 3
I should start this entry by hoping everybody had a good Memorial Day! I know, I shared that exact same picture on Saturday. But I like it and it seems to fit Memorial Day. I’d like to take this little piece of this website to share the poem “In Flanders… Read More »WPC – WEEK 402 – PARK
Time for another collection of images from my road trip to harvest the town signs of Henry and Jefferson County I took with Teresa. The majority of these pictures were taken in Mount Pleasant. We met up with Doug and Jodie for lunch in Mount Pleasant. Afterwards, Doug went back… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 2
I mailed out a postcard to the entrants of last years Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest last week. I hear they still haven’t arrived in people’s mailboxes. Thought I would share the postcard here, since many of you entered last year or have kids or grandkids that entered. Or hopefully many… Read More »WPC – WEEK 401 – HAPPY
I need to start out by thanking everyone that wished me a happy birthday. I believe this is a comprehensive list of everybody that wished me a happy birthday. + Kim and also thank you for buying me birthday Buffalo Chicken tots and the card. + Ron, Clevenger, Jordan, and… Read More »The Windy City: Day 1B
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
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
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
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
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
BLUE! A great theme! Everybody loves the color BLUE. But did a bunch of people love it enough to submit a photo? You will have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 27, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers… Read More »WPC – WEEK 394 – BLUE
Almost all of my food posts are about tenderloins. But I confess that I haven’t been tenderloining much lately. Would you believe I haven’t had a fried tenderloin this entire year? I’ve had two grilled tenderloins. One from Nite Hawk Bar & Grill in Slater and one from the Colorado… Read More »BurgerTime: Huxley Field Work
EDITOR’S NOTE: MY WORK SCHEDULE HAS TEMPORARILY CHANGED DUE TO EXTREME SHORT STAFFING AT THE COMPUTER MINE. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PUBLISHING OF THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST MIGHT GET MOVED BACK AT LEAST 30 MINUTES UNTIL THE STAFFING SHORTAGE HAS PASSED. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. It is the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 393 – COMPETITION
About the time this publishes Iowa’s (yes there is another university in the Cyclone State) women’s basketball team will be tipping off against Louisville for a chance to play in the first Final Four for any Iowa university since 1993. In that year, the Iowa women’s basketball team made it… Read More »Methodist Grillin’
PUPRLE! An important color in my life, but did it inspire a ton of submissions? You will have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): 1-Mindi Terrell – 4 weeks… Read More »WPC – WEEK 392 – PURPLE