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
Punch Myself in the Face
I had decided to shave all the way down to a dirty naked face last weekend. It had been over 3 years since my chin had tasted air and felt the rays of sunlight. My chin was dreadfully dry and desperately in the need of some moisturizing. Lots and lots… Read More »Punch Myself in the Face
Regression
I haven’t been as active blogging lately. There are several reasons for this absence. I have been spending most of my free time organizing the basement. When I completed this project I moved on to the upstairs. I am on the verge of being quite downsized. Hopefully this project will… Read More »Regression
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 7
Shattered Dreams My mom came over to my house a couple of days after I made this image and was horrified to find broken mirror all over my dining room table. She asked how the mirror got broken. “I hit it with a hammer. Well actually Jay hit it with… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 7
A Phenomenal Week
Those with good memories will remember a few months back when I wrote a series of blogs about groups that I am in that have matching shirts. The keenly observant will recall that I said there were 5 such groups, but I only posted blogs about 4 such groups. I… Read More »A Phenomenal Week
Number 750
This is entry number 750 in this online journal. I’d like to take a little bit of time to archive some data. It is one of my peculiar imbecilities that I love meaningless statistics. Therefore, consider these statistics: Every journal entry falls into at least one of sixteen categories. This… Read More »Number 750
Proust Questionnaire Number Ten
Proust Quote: “Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.” Confessions Question: Your idea of happiness Confidences Question: My dream of happiness. Proust’s Answer: I am afraid it be not great enough, I dare not speak it, I am afraid of destroying it by speaking it. That… Read More »Proust Questionnaire Number Ten
Happy Birthday Jesse!
Today is the anniversary of the birth of Jesse Lee (Lex) Howard. Here is but a poor sampling of pictures of the times we have shared in recent years. After beating that net! In Clinton, Iowa on The Road Trip – 2006 With the World’s Largest Cheeto Jesse’s Picture on… Read More »Happy Birthday Jesse!