Time to start sharing the images from my last trip to the Iowa State Fair. This trip was on the last day of the Fair and I went with Jesse and Nader to pick up my pictures from the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. It was scorching hot on this… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 4 – Alpha
A few weeks back FNSC made another stop on the Catholic Fish Fry Circuit. This time we went north of Ames on County Line Road and hit up the culinary offerings of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. A church that I have often wondered what it looked like on… Read More »Fisher of Men: Rural Story County Field Work
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 NCAA Tournament Pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. And if pride is… Read More »Roundball Oracles Year 19
A couple months back Jesse and I hit the open road and ended up at The Feed Mill Restaurant in Audubon, Iowa. It was the 9th stop (technically 10th – but I’ll cover that) on the Tenderloin Trail 2.0. Leaving me just one stamp short of earning my Tenderloin Trail… Read More »Tenderloin Trail 2.0: Audubon Field Work
Today is Lowell’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOWELL! If you don’t know, Lowell is not Kim and is not the tall guy. It is one of my most profoundest birthday wishes that today is a good day. +++++++ This is one of… Read More »Calendar Favorites
As yesterday closed the book on Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, now seems like a good time to review all that happened. There were 59 different people that submitted photos. Ranging from submitting 1 picture to 124 pictures. There were 2,311 photos submitted. The average week was 31.1… Read More »The Weekly Photo Challenge Year in Review
This is the final collection of images from the road trip to Dysart to see their illusions I took with Nader. This collection starts in Traer, but also goes through the Matchstick Marvels Museum in Gladbrook. Traer Gladbrook Toledo A different town sign. It was a good road trip, even… Read More »Dysart Illusion Road Trip – III
Here is another collection of images from my road trip with Nader to go check out the Dysart illusions: Traer Still one more collection of images from this road trip left to share!
Back in April I loaded up the car with Nader and we drop over to Dysart because I wanted to check out their collection of illusions. It turns out that many of them aren’t in great shape and I think 2 of them are completely gone. At least we went… Read More »Dysart Illusion Road Trip – I
Where the winds of change were blowin’ There lived a God-fearing man He was turning through his Bible When he came up with a plan He painted up a sign And held it high above his head Waved it proudly in the air, and this is what it read You… Read More »Sinners, Saints and Fools
Time to share the final collection of pictures from the road trip I took with Nader after I dropped off my entries at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. This collection starts where the last collection last off. In a park in Manning. They changed their sign… It was a… Read More »Photo Drop-Off Road Trip III
Today is Suzie’s birthday. So I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday Suzie! Suzie is the short one in the picture, in case you didn’t know! I hope you have an amazing birthday! +++++++ Time to share more pictures from the road trip I took with Nader… Read More »PHOTO DROP-OFF ROAD TRIP II
If you or somebody you know is looking for a Thanksgiving Meal, my church is having it’s annual FREE Thanksgiving Meal again this year. Check out the flyer below for information: I should be there for at least part of it. Hope to see some of you there! +++++++ This… Read More »Photo Drop-off Road Trip I
One of the things I like to do before I take my entries for the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon down to enter them is going to the State Center Rose Garden to photograph the roses. This year the due date for the Photography Salon happened to be the same… Read More »State Center Rose Festival
Here is the final collection of images from the birthday road trip I took with Jesse and Nader. On the way back we stopped at The Grotto of the Redemption. Nader had never been to it before, which was no shocker. But this was also Jesse’s first trip there. But… Read More »Birthday Road Trip Denouement
Today is Nader’s birthday so I have to wish him a happy birthday. Happy Birthday Nader!!! I hope your birthday is fantastic! +++++++ Time to finish off the February backlog. This is a collection of images that I took back in February that never made it into previous posts. Some… Read More »Don’t You Think I Loved You Too Much to Think I Deserve Nothing?
I’ve shared all the pictures I took on my Birthday Road Trip with Jesse and Nader from the Orange City Tulip Festival. This collection of images are from the beginning of the trip home. Including stops in Hospers and Emmetsburg among other places. It was a really good trip and… Read More »Birthday Road Trip
As I started looking through these pictures, I realize that I should have published this collection much earlier as the memory has become a bit foggy since the Iowa State Fair, which was 2 months ago. Something to remember for next year. This food adventure is a collection of all… Read More »Iowa State Fair Food Carousel
Here is the final collection of images of my trip to the Orange City Tulip Festival with Jesse and Nader for my birthday road trip. We start this collection where the last collection left off. Jesse shopping in an Orange City market: While this is the final collection of Orange… Read More »Orange City Tulip Festival IV
We begin the third collection of images from the Orange City Tulip Festival where the second collection left off. Jesse, Nader, and I were wandering around the food court area admiring a truck that sold Belgian waffles. But I didn’t have any cause I had just knocked down a fried… Read More »Orange City Tulip Festival III
I’m currently out of drone pictures, so thought I would move up the next post on the Orange City Tulip Festival a couple of days early. We start this collection off where the collection ended. We had just got our poffertjes and had sat down to eat the deliciousness! These… Read More »Orange City Tulip Festival II