Happy Birthday Lone Salmon!
Read this like I published it on Friday. Happy Birthday to the other remaining founding member of FNSC! I hope that you went out and completely “rented the moment” on your birthday.
Vacation Journal
Here is a copy of the journal I kept while I was on vacation last week. It covers parts of 10 days and over 1300 miles. While I doubt anybody reads this whole thing, it was an important exercise for me. There are no pictures, but I will post some… Read More »Vacation Journal
Kewer Wedding Delta
Pictures from Monica and Jeff’s reception: There are many more pictures from Monica’s wedding in the Kewer Wedding album: Kewer Wedding It was an honor to do the wedding photography for Jeff and Monica’s big day. I thank them for giving me the privilege.
Kewer Wedding Alpha
I did the photography for the Monica Henning-Jeff Kewerer wedding a couple Sundays back. Here are a few pictures from before the ceremony. More images to come. Next up…. The Ceremony!
Fun with Light
A few weeks ago after FNSC, Dawn and Jay assisted me with my RWPE. Here are a few of the other pictures from that photo session: The poor rope light did not survive the night.
Happy Birthday Sara!!!
Did I mention my weekend was busy! This is unfortunately 1 day late. Happy Birthday Sara! Sorry about being a day late Sara!
Jay Janson
Jay had a million questions about the process before he picked (which was a little strange since he had picked in the past), but once he was on the clock he said it was a tough decision because there were “so many good pictures”. But he arrived at his decision… Read More »Jay Janson
Retired
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” -Abe Lemons Sunday was my Mom’s retirement party. Here are a few pictures: There are more pictures from the party in the Mom’s Retirement Party Album.
Unaffiliated Triad
A collection of unrelated photos and stories… Bill’s Return Bill returned to Boone briefly on Saturday. A few pictures from our time together. At FNSC Willy agreed to attempt to eat ice cream on 100 straight days. At first he balked at attempting such a thing, but the more he… Read More »Unaffiliated Triad
Holy Hollyhocks!
This past Sunday was Hedgegeddon (pronounced Yardegeddon in the Jansonian dialect) and it was a complete and utter disaster. It rained all weekend (or so it seemed) and the rain didn’t stop for Hedgegeddon. In the end Hedgegeddon Round 1 – You Win this Time Mother Nature! was a complete… Read More »Holy Hollyhocks!
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18
My goal for Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18 was to capture a tulip picture. I visited tulips in my Mom’s yard, my Grandma’s yard and in Pella. After taking a lot of pictures, the photo below is the picture that best captures my tulip vision. Amen Here… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18
A Small, Intimate Gathering
I had my, what could theoretically become, annual Birthday Barbecue on Saturday. I would like to thank all of the people that attended and made the evening special: Bardole, Shannon Bennett, Charlotte Cousin, Amy Daniel, Jeffrey Degeneffe, Austin Degeneffe, Melissa Degeneffe, Scott Dill, Colby Dill, Dan Dill, DJ Gorshe, Derrick… Read More »A Small, Intimate Gathering
RWPE #18 – Wild
Here are the submissions for last week’s theme – WILD: Dawn Krause A Dawn Krause B Michael Vest of Waxen Media Christopher D. Bennett Carla Stensland Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey There were a couple of late submissions for FEET. They can be seen on the… Read More »RWPE #18 – Wild
RWPE #15 – Long Exposure
The submissions for this week include the youngest contributor to date. I’m not sure of Scott’s exact age, but I know it is south of double digits. I should really know his age, considering I helped plan the guest list for his birthday party. Dawn Krause Michael Vest Scott Krause… Read More »RWPE #15 – Long Exposure
Home Run Derby: The Next Generation
When me and my chums were in high school, we would spend a few choice nights of the Spring, Summer and Fall in my Mom’s backyard playing Homerun Derby with a big red bat and a plastic baseball. Homerun Derby was a double elimination tournament that consisted of a series… Read More »Home Run Derby: The Next Generation
Wild Goose Chase
Here are a few images from an afternoon I spent on the backroads with Jay. Milton Lott’s Grave Jay Closed Damage A Closer Inspection Two Bridges The New and The Old I know it is but a pipe dream, but I do dream that some day they make the old… Read More »Wild Goose Chase
The Story
“You see the smile that’s on my mouth It’s hiding the words that don’t come out And all of my friends who think that I’m blessed They don’t know my head is a mess. No, they don’t know who I really am And they don’t know what I’ve been through… Read More »The Story
My Great Shame
I cited a FNSC ending in My Great Shame a few journal entries back, but I never indicated what was My Great Shame. A few people already know about My Great Shame because I exposed those people to it. I’m not sure if I exposed them because I wanted them… Read More »My Great Shame
A Clockwork Couch
In the last couple of weeks I have been making huge organizational changes to my basement. However, other parts of the house have also seen wholesale changes. I recently changed out the white table my Aunt Linda gave me for a 10 foot long workbench to act as the entertainment… Read More »A Clockwork Couch
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 8
Beast Obviously this Personal Photo Project was completed well before I trimmed down and became a dirty naked-face. I kind of miss the guy in this picture. Jay actually took the original image. Then I did some photo stuff and made a new image. Photoshop was not used in the… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 8