Today’s post is actually a mixture of the backlog and new pictures. I never got around to posting pictures from the 2018 Methodist Men Pie Auction. Last Sunday we had the 2019 Methodist Men Pie Auction. The proceeds for both go to support the Youth Group Mission Trip. Between the… Read More »Bake the World a Better Place
I thought I had published every picture I have taken for the Boone Area Humane Society, but while checking out the backlog I realized that was in error. I never published pictures from the Pufferbilly Days Pet Show. Now the subject of this post called in the Pufferbilly Days Dog… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Dog Show
This is the last collection of photos that I believe I’ll ever publish that were taken for the Boone Area Humane Society. Perhaps I shouldn’t say “ever”. But I’m guessing it will be for at the very least, for the foreseeable future. These pictures were taken at the Ericson Public… Read More »Summer Reading Kickoff
I feel it has been too long since I have had a post devoted to Naima. This is an error that I will correct today. These pictures come from an October trip to Dickcissel Park. Naima does enjoy getting in the water at Dickcissel, but she will only go as… Read More »The Driving Force
I didn’t send out any reminders this week for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Only the diehards participated in this week’s theme of 8. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Tamara Peterson Michelle Haupt Andy Sharp… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 182 – 8
While I was preparing to write this entry I went down a rabbit hole on the origins of the term “swan song”. I have heard the term many times, but never really understood what it meant. Apparently there is a belief dating back to ancient Greece that swans stay mostly… Read More »The Proverbial Swan Song
The holiday season definitely hurt the amount of PHOTOJOURNALISM submissions for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker Kim Barker Michelle Haupt Michelle Haupt Christopher D. Bennett But enough… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 171 – PHOTOJOURNALISM
If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life. -Mike Ditka Last Thursday was the annual lighted parade in Boone. I’m sure it has a proper name, but I don’t know what it is. As a member of the Outreach Committee, I was part of the team… Read More »That’s Life
For the last, oh, 15 or so years, my church has hosted a free Thanksgiving dinner. It is open to anybody and it is 100% free. We don’t ask for an “at will donation”. We don’t put out baskets for donations. It is 100% free. I went down there for… Read More »2 Corinthians 9:11
Don’t forget that tomorrow is the Rapid City Mission Trip Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch. 5-9 tomorrow at the Boone Pizza Ranch! +++++++ This is the final collection of 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show photos. Some cat pictures in here, so don’t let the smear campaign claiming I hate cats be… Read More »2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show: The Final Chapter
It is Tuesday, so it is time for even more pictures from the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show: There are still more pictures of the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show on the horizon. Perhaps some from the 2018 Pet Show coming soon as well.
Now that Pufferbilly Days has passed, it seems like an apropos time to hit the 2017 backlog and start releasing photos from the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show. It was my first time at the Pufferbilly Day Pet Show ran by the Boone Area Humane Society. I completely enjoyed the… Read More »2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show I
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
Last Sunday the Methodist Men had our annual Chicken Noodles Brunch. I took a few photos of the event: You may recall that the weather last Sunday was less than idyllic. Loads of snow dropped on the metropolitan Boone area and the temperatures were cold as well. The turnout for… Read More »Cluck Cluck Noodles
A couple Sundays back I met Suzie at the Des Moines Art Center to take in one of Des Moines’ most underappreciated attractions. The Des Moines Art Center is actually one of my favorite art museums that I have ever visited. It’s collection is surprisingly impressive and to top that… Read More »An Afternoon with O’Keeffe, Hopper, Basquiat, and Suzie
The world wasn’t ready for these BLACK & WHITE pictures on Monday. It wasn’t ready on Tuesday. It wasn’t ready on Wednesday. It wasn’t ready on Thursday. I don’t think the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: Some of the pictures were… Read More »200 Dollars Inside of My Bank Account, Woo, I Was Living on That!
Saturday was the annual Home Show in Boone. Kio asked me to come out there and take a couple of photos of the Humane Society’s Booth: One of these pictures might be appearing in your local newspaper this week, if your local newspaper is the Boone News Republican.
A reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is JEALOUSY: JEALOUSY! I consider this theme to be the hardest of this 52 week set. A photo of JEALOUSY would be a picture of somebody expressing JEALOUSY or something that makes you personal JEALOUS(Y). Happy photo harvesting!
A pretty decent amount of people had their creative bell rung by COLORFUL. At least that is what I will tell myself to get to sleep tonight. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: ANDY SHARP… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 124 – COLORFUL
I wanted to start today’s entry into An Artist’s Notebook by thanking Alabama for not sending a serial pedophile to the Senate. Thank you Alabama for not sending a serial pedophile to the Senate. Thank you Alabama for not sending a serial pedophile that thinks that homosexuality should be a… Read More »#Methodists2Houston