Tomorrow is the Final Four. Thought it would be a good time to check-in on the Roundball Oracles. With 3 games left to go in the NCAA tournament this is the Top 3: 1. Becky Parmelee – 231 Points 2. Carla Stensland – 229 Points 3. Angie DeWaard – 224… Read More »Selfie Project – March 2022
SHADOW seems to be a pretty popular theme. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, March 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Harrison Gorshe – 1 week + Monica Henning – 1 week + Logan Kahler – 1 week + Stephanie Kim – 1 week + Becky… Read More »WPC – WEEK 341 – SHADOW
The theme of GOVERNMENT was not nearly as popular as HOBBIES. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, March 14, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Becky Parmelee – 1 week + Kim Barker – 1 week + Monica Henning – 1 week + Evie Gorshe – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 339 – GOVERNMENT
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. The winner gets a trophy. The… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 17
As many of you know, I was having difficulties with the email subscription service last week. In particular, it wasn’t working with Gmail email accounts. That should be fixed, but another question I get, is how do I prevent the emails from going to “Promotions” instead of my primary Inbox… Read More »WPC – WEEK 338 – HOBBIES
For a somewhat abstract concept, quite a few people have found HARMONY in their lives somewhere. In fact, it was a record breaking week! As of 10:59 AM on Monday, February 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Linda Bennett – 1 week + Suzie Brannen –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 337 – HARMONY
I’m back in the Cyclone State from a whirlwind Computer Mine trip to Pittsburgh. I mostly sat on my couch on Friday night petting Naima, not wanting to move, and catching up on THE PEACEMAKER and THE GILDED AGE. I also watched the new TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. That is an… Read More »WPC – WEEK 335 – BELIEVE
I lost the Howard account in 2020, but they did come back to me in 2021. We took a road trip up to Cedar Falls and did their annual family photo shoot on in a park which name now escapes me. Here is the first collection of images from the… Read More »The Howards 2021 – Volume 1
I don’t usually run THE SELFIE PROJECT in back to back years, but since I took a break from it for a bit in 2021, I decided to make an exception and bring it back in 2022. Before getting into my favorite images from January of 2022, I want to… Read More »Selfie Project – January 2022
#LOVE has proven to be a popular theme. Which is good, I’m glad so many people have #LOVE in their lives. Heading into the 4th week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: + Logan Kahler – 1 week + Layla Gorshe – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 333 – #LOVE
So far TRIANGLE has been a fairly popular theme. In fact, it was a record setting theme! More on that later. Heading into the third week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: * Mike Vest – 1 week * Michelle Haupt – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 332 – TRIANGLE
It appears that ROCK was a fairly popular theme. There were a decent amount of submissions. Heading in to the second week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, these were the current streaks: * Micky Augustin – 1 week * Linda Bennett – 1 week * Monica Henning… Read More »WPC – WEEK 331 – ROCK
As we are about to kickoff the 9th Year of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (birthed into this world kicking and screaming as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT) I thought we could look at what we accomplished as a community in Year 8. + There were 866 total submissions by 35… Read More »WPC – WEEK 330 – BLACK + WHITE
This is the final collection of New York City images. The catch here is that I’m not the one that took these pictures. My cousin Sarah took these. It appears I did something stupid and shrank many of these pictures, so I don’t have many of them in full resolution… Read More »NYC – Eight
The October image for the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is of an abandoned farmhouse in rural Benton County. Tomorrow I will share the November image from the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar. +++++++ Way back on Monday I screwed a couple things up on THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. First, I incorrectly… Read More »Southwest Iowa Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
The August image of the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is a drone shot of the High Trestle Trail Bridge: Tomorrow I will share the September image from the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar. +++++++ HOLIDAYS proved to be fairly popular theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk… Read More »WPC – WEEK 328 – HOLIDAYS
I should start by wishing everybody a Merry Christmas, so Merry Christmas! The June image in the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is of an old grain elevator (or something similar) in Pioneer, Iowa. Tomorrow I will share the July image from the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar. +++++++ This is yet… Read More »NYC – Six
The January image for the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is an image I took for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. It is of a corn crib (methinks) that was blown askew by the derecho. It is slightly east of Boone on US-30. Tomorrow I will reveal the February image. +++++++ Thus… Read More »WPC – 327 – CANDID PORTRAIT
Here is another collection of images from my trip to New York City with Jesse. It wasn’t exactly to visit my cousin Sarah, but that was really the highlight of the trip. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An… Read More »NYC – Five
Here is another collection of images from my trip to New York City I took with Jesse. This collection is a bit more random. Some are taken on Liberty Island. The rest are kind of random. I hope if you ever make it to New York City, you have as… Read More »NYC – Four
Here is the balance of images from my road trip with Jesse to harvest the town signs of Cerro Gordo and Worth County: Mason City Rock Falls Plymouth Grafton Legend has it this place has great chicken! Bolan Kensett Northwood Manly I love the part about the town of Bolan… Read More »Cerro Gordo and Worth County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2