Heads up that next week we will be back on our normal schedule of Monday WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE drops into the foreseeable future. PETS did get a few people revved up and taking pictures. Although not as many as I would’ve thought. Some of you people don’t love your PETS… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 166 – PETS
The folder 08-04-08 is filled with images of Teresa and I’s trip home from Kentucky. On the way back we stopped in Springfield, Illinois. Springfield is noted for being home of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. It also home of the Springfield Old Capitol Building where both Abraham Lincoln and… Read More »08-04-08
The pictures in the folder 08-03-08 is from the third day of my vacation in Kentucky with Teresa. On that day, we went to a Southern Baptist Church service. We spent 3 hours at the church service, before we snuck out the back. I’m not sure how much long it… Read More »08-03-08
Pictures from the folder 08-02-08 are from my second day of a Kentucky vacation to visit Ernie with Teresa. On Day 2 we visit a tobacco farm, a gravity pull hill, Newsom’s, and Lambert’s. Plus we also visited a PostSecret display in Paducah. I think everybody knows how much I… Read More »08-02-08
The pictures in the folder 08-01-08 are from a trip I made to Kentucky with Teresa to visit Ernie. On the way down we stopped in Metropolis. Visited an illegal immigrant friend of mine. He’s a good chap. Maybe you’ve heard of him: I highly endorse going to Metropolis. It… Read More »08-01-08
It is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is COMPETITION. A great theme! One of the best ever! But what is a COMPETITION photo? It is a picture that shows any kind of COMPETITION. COMPETITION can be between teams or individuals or with the self. A… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 52
Before anything, I want to ask for your prayers for the Herrick family. Today we put to rest Earl Herrick. He was my Dad’s best friend, so we are close to the family. I would like to share the poem that the pastor read at the graveside service. You may… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 96
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? -Oscar Wilde Before we get into the meat of today’s blog, we need to start with… Happy 4th of July! I hope you had an continue to have an enjoyable 4th of July! +++++++ Time to hit up… Read More »Freedom and Flowers
There are 3 sets of images to be found in the collection of pictures in the folder 05-12-08. The first set are pictures from a Mother’s Day celebration at my Mom’s house. The second set are a collection of pictures of flowers at my Mom’s house. A Mother’s Day Peony… Read More »05-12-08
The final set of pictures from my brief sojourn through the Badlands with my Mom: That is it. That is the last of the Badlands pictures. Still have plenty of pictures from my trip to South Dakota to publish though. I’ll get through them all, some day. +++++++++++++++ Actually that… Read More »Badlands Vol. 5
So here is the first journal entry. I felt like having as pretentious sounding name as possible for my journal. I have a few goals about this journal. My main goal is just to actually write in it. My second goal is to be as truthful as possible towards my… Read More »Mr. 3000
Every day is a good day to start a post with a quote from Malcolm X. Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. I start with this quote because yesterday, Logan graduated from the finest university in all the… Read More »Tomorrow Belongs to the People Who Prepare for it Today
The following images (and this collection is all over the place) came from the folder 04-30-08: Karen One of the bitter parts of this collection is that Karen has passed away since this picture was taken. Many of these pictures were taken during Olivia’s Stitching Time. A sewing circle that… Read More »04-30-08
On Friday and Saturday of last week I did a little bit of Town Sign harvesting. The full story will follow the new signs, but I’ll just say that I on both trips I made some (by my standards) pretty cool discoveries. Elkhart, Iowa Huxley, Iowa Cooper, Iowa Jamaica, Iowa… Read More »The Town Sign Project: Vol 5
Time to hit the backlog again. Here are some family pictures we took when Elainie was in town… back in March… 2017. Unfortunately, the weather was terrible that day, so we were trapped inside. Hopefully, next time we do a family portrait, the weather will be more cooperative. +++++++++++++ A… Read More »One of Nature’s Masterpieces
Another big week for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. People didn’t let the weather stop them from harvesting all sorts of SIGNS pictures. This week the Photography 139 empire stretched as far north as downtown Boone, Iowa. As far south and east as Kentucky. As far west as Folsom, California. There… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 135 – SIGNS
Here are a few Easter pictures from both the Rise of the Son Service and the breakfast that followed: Photo credit for the majority of these photos go to Jaxon. I’m still waiting for the day he submits a photo for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
These are the pictures from the folder 03-25-08: By restoring these photos to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following classic blog entries to their former glory: MY HAPPY EASTER THURSDAY NIGHT WITH KOUNTERTOP (PT.1) A NEW GIG RELAY FOR LIFE The picture of me… Read More »03-25-08
On Saturday night Iowa State had their annual Play4Kay game. As part of the festivities that had a banquet for cancer survivors. After the banquet, they had honored cancer survivors on center court and then they helped line the tunnel and gave the players high fives during player introductions. My… Read More »Play4Kay
More alternatives for COLORFUL that the world couldn’t handle on Monday. I’m hoping it can handle them now: Most of these photos were taken at Boone First United Methodist Church. A few were taken in the campustown area of Ames. The pictures of Naima were taken in the Photography 139… Read More »Them Photogs, They Coming Up on Me; I Cut Off the Ladder, And I Told ‘Em,”Bye-Bye”
It is over! The Selfie Project is over! But we should have a couple last looks at all that was “accomplished”! Here are my favorite pictures from December: December 2 December 4 December 6 December 7 December 9 December 11 December 12 December 13 December 16 December 17 December 18… Read More »The Selfie Project – Denouement
