After what was a fairly inactive April, I seemed to be constantly on the move in May. That possibly resulted in an interesting collection of images for THE SELFIE PROJECT. Here are some of my favorites from May: May 1 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7… Read More »SELFIE PROJECT – MAY 2022
I am back from my road trip. I have to say that I saw some of the most beautiful churches I have ever seen. I can’t wait to share them with you in 3-4 months. HISTORY proved to be a deceptively popular theme despite the holiday. Most people still seemed… Read More »WPC – WEEK 350 – HISTORY
At 7 AM on my birthday I loaded up on to a plane and flew to Miami Beach for the annual Computer Mine Convention. It is the biggest convention of the year for Computer Mine customers. They don’t come just to see us, but they come to see our competitors… Read More »CMC – Miami Beach
I am back from Miami Beach! I even brought Kim and Cathie back with me sorta. Not really. At least Kim and I were on the same flight. The short answer was it was a good enough trip that involved long hours in a convention center. I want to thank… Read More »WPC – WEEK 349 – HAT
I have to start this post, as I do every May 18 post by wishing Stephanie Kim a happy birthday. Happy birthday Steph! When this publishes, I should still be in the skies on an airplane heading towards Miami. Or I could be stuck in an Atlanta airport cause I… Read More »The Friendly Skies
A few weeks back Jesse and I went to Woodbury County on our way to Harlan, the most direct route, and harvested the rest of the Woodbury County signs that I needed. Here are some facts about Woodbury County: + The population of Woodbury County is 102,687 making it the… Read More »Town Sign Project: Woodbury County
SLICE OF LIFE got more results than I am expected. You people have impressed me! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 9, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Linda Bennett – 1 week + Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 2 weeks + Angie DeWaard – 3 weeks +… Read More »WPC – WEEK 348 – SLICE OF LIFE
It is Sunday, which means time for Formal Portraits! This time checking back in with the Howard family photo shoot we did back in September at some park in Cedar Falls. Here are some of my favorites: Next Sunday’s formal portraits will check back in with Kyle’s fall photo shoot.
A long, long time ago when I revealed the towns signs of Monroe County I pointed out that the town of Melrose, Iowa had a memorial up in their town park to honor the 1936-37 Melrose Shamrocks boys basketball team. A team that the Des Moines Register honored as the… Read More »Monroe and Mahaska County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
WARNING: THE THEME FOR NEXT WEEK IS THE OTHER WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE THAT DOES HAVE A SECOND RULE. READ THE DIRECTIONS CLOSELY. Square has proven to be a pretty popular theme. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Jen Ensley-Gorshe… Read More »WPC – WEEK 347 – SQUARE
Time to share the third collection of images from the Junck Family Photo Shoot back in 2021. Lots of pictures of Gretchen and Maven hamming it up! Next Sunday’s formal portrait shoot will involve the Howards.
Another month is down for THE SELFIE PROJECT. I feel that April was an okay month. I didn’t probably have as many adventures as I thought I might. But I had a few more than I thought, when I started looking back. Maybe May will have plenty of adventure. We… Read More »Selfie Project – April 2022
I need to start by pointing out that in the chaos that was my morning yesterday I jacked up Dawn’s #INSTAGOOD submission by accidentally posting Sarah’s post twice. So to make amends… This was Sarah’s submission: Sarah Karber This is Dawn’s submission: Dawn Krause This is already fixed on the… Read More »Town Sign Project: Sioux County
#INSTAGOOD proved to be a pretty popular theme. Which is good, because there literally isn’t an easier theme on the Year 9 Calendar. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Angie DeWaard – 1 week + Jesse Howard – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 346 – #INSTAGOOD
This is the final collection of images I took while on a road trip with Michelle to harvest the town signs of Linn and Jones County. Most of these are in Jones County, but the last two are in Linn County. Onslow Wyoming Oxford Junction Morley Martelle Mount Vernon The… Read More »Linn and Jones County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
WARNING: READ THE RULES FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME CARFEULLY. THERE IS ONE CHANGE FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME! LETTERS OR NUMBERS has proven to be a fairly popular theme. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 18, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Evie Gorshe – 1 week… Read More »WPC – WEEK 345 – LETTERS OR NUMBERS
The Saturdays of repairing broken “An Artist’s Notebook” post from the past are gone. At least I think I hope they are. I’m sure there is still work to be done still. There always is work to be done. Therefore, I’m not sure what will occupy Saturdays. It will probably… Read More »Linn and Jones County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
Going to share a couple of tenderloin experiences today. One was from a couple months ago when I went to Freddy’s with Teresa and had their tenderloin, which was a limited time thing. Usually I don’t record (or even eat) fast food tenderloins, but I figured, what the heck. Freddy’s… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Ames Field Work X2
Several months back Vest and I cruised around Decatur County and Wayne County harvesting their town signs. This is the final collection of auxiliary images I took on this trip. All of these pictures were taken in Wayne County. We stopped and ate a Mexican restaurant in Corydon called La… Read More »Decatur and Wayne County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
Orange has proven to be a pretty popular theme. Orange you glad? As of 11:00 AM on Monday, April 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Kim Barker – 1 week + Sara Lockner – 1 week + Becky Parmelee – 1 week + Joe Duff –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 344 – ORANGE
Today is a monumental day. It is the last of our Saturday walks down memory lane. With this last collection of images, I was able to fix all the blogs that had missing pictures due to my constant changing of image gallery hosts. The last entry to be fixed was… Read More »Memory Lane Denouement