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
I hope all of you had a marvelous Thanksgiving weekend! I had a particularly great Thanksgiving weekend myself. On Thursday morning I got up and went down to the church (Boone First United Methodist represent!) to take photos of our annual Thanksgiving. This is the second year in a row… Read More »Relationship Goals
Here is a collection of photos from 3 Methodist events. The Event Formerly Known as the Methodist Men Steak Fry, Safe Trick-or-Treat Night at the Eastern Star Home, and Consecration Sunday Brunch. One of the bizarre things about the world of social media is that bizarre things happen. I posted… Read More »A Methodist Trio
Thanks to everybody that braved the cold temperatures on Sunday to attend Scott Degeneffe’s “Meat” and Greet and he continues to pursue election to the office of City Councilman for Boone Ward 5. Here are a few photos from the event: The event was a huge success! Attracting people as… Read More »First You “Meat” and then You Greet
A month or so back, my church (Boone First United Methodist Church, represent!) had their annual-ish summer is over kickoff party. So it doesn’t really have a name. But a bunch of Methodists get together at Herman Park and throw down some food and have a good time. Here are… Read More »Ain’t No Party Like a Methodist Party!
Kio recently invited me to take some photos in the National Pet Memorial Day ceremony put on by the Boone Area Humane Society. I actually found the ceremony way more powerful than I expected it to be. I think anybody that has an animal immensely improve the quality of their… Read More »National Pet Memorial Day