Happy Veterans Day! Today, we pause to honor the brave men and women who have served our nation with courage, integrity, and unwavering commitment. Veterans Day is a time to reflect on the sacrifices made by those who stood ready to protect our freedoms — and to recognize the families… Read More »Some 35 Firsts
The first day of October! No better day to share THE SELFIE PROJECT images from September. I freely confessed that I struggled with the project this month. Often forgetting to take my selfie until the last minute. I was insanely busy for parts of September, but I didn’t really go… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2025
Last Saturday was the annual Pufferbilly Days Parade. I was able to participate this year with Boone First United Methodist Church. I snapped a few pictures of the process. Have a looksie: Something I just noticed in the pictures. Whomever picked out the white flower to put in the stack… Read More »Parading with Boone FUMC
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
This collection of images will finish up all the Christmas pictures I took last year. These are the ones I took at Candlelight Service at Boone First United. As I have well-documented, this is my favorite church service of the year. Every year. Here are the pictures: I’m already looking… Read More »Candlelight Service Last
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
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
Back in early June, the Methodist Men held our annual Pie Auction. This year was a little smaller and it was a little earlier than normal, but it still raised almost $2,000 for youth ministry in our church. Here are some pictures (mostly taken by Teresa) of the event: Something… Read More »Methodist Men Pie Auction – 2025
It’s a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from May. It was a decently busy month. But I never left the state. I mean why would you leave Iowa? We’re second to last in economic growth. 48th in personal income growth. Our education system, which used to… Read More »Selfie Project – May 2025
LOVE! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices in motion? Keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 4, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week2-Jesse Howard – 7 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 13 weeks4-Monica Jennings… Read More »WPC – WEEK 500 – LOVE
It undeniably sucks when an SEC team wins anything. But it is even worse when college basketball season ends in such a manner. Now everything is super sad. I try to describe being a sports fan like this to people that aren’t a sports fan: Watching your favorite team is… Read More »Roundball Oracles Year 20 Final Standings
It is time to reveal the June image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JUNE TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: SIGMA 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 395mm (but image is cropped) APERTURE: f/11 SHUTTER: 1/160 ISO: 800 DATE TAKEN: April 8, 2024 I drove in a caravan with… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 11 in Review
Time to reveal the April image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: APRIL TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/8 EXPSOURE: 1/125 ISO: 640 DATE: April 13, 2024 I took this picture a couple of weeks before the Pella Tulip… Read More »Cue: Kansas City Field Work
Time to reveal the January image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JANUARY Technical Details CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Tamron 17-28 f/2.8 FOCAL LENGTH: 24 mm APERTURE: f/2.8 EXPOSURE: 1/30 ISO: 160 DATE TAKEN: December 27, 2023 This picture was taken in Memphis, Tennessee on Jesse and I’s trip to… Read More »Your Song
Last Sunday was the kid’s Christmas Pageant at Boone First United Methodist Church. As always, they did a wonderful job and I snapped a few pictures. Here are some of my favorites: Everybody involved did a fantastic job! It brightened what ended up being a pretty terrific day!
Time to share some pictures from the actual Thanksgiving Community meal served by the Boone First United Methodist Church. All in all the album of pictures from my time (me not pictured) helping with the meal has 563 images in it. I probably could have taken more, but I left… Read More »Community Thanksgiving 2024
REMINDER: THIS IS ONE OF TWO WEEKS WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE A SUGGESTION FOR THE THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY LEAVING A COMMENT ON THIS ENTRY ON THE WEBSITE. NO OTHER WAY. DON’T EMAIL THEM TO ME. DON’T TEXT THEM TO ME. LEAVE… Read More »WPC – WEEK 476 – GLASS
Day 3 of the Liberty Bowl Road Trip was the day of the actual Liberty Bowl. A game that didn’t go very well. I didn’t take very many pictures as most of the day was spent at the game. Afterwards, was in no mood to take pictures. Before the game… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 3 & 4
PARK! What a great theme! But did enough people get in gear to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 16, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses): 1-Sabas Hernandez –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 471 – PARK
MUSIC! A great theme! But did enough people hear it to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! Am I silently judging anybody’s taste in MUSIC? You don’t have to scroll down. I am. I definitely in. On a sad note, I learned… Read More »WPC – WEEK 470 – MUSIC