After Nader and I finished lunch and walking around Monticello we started the meandering trip back home. We headed north and travelled west on US-20. I think my main idea was to visit Cedar Rock State Park – home of a Frank Lloyd Wright house, but these plans were squashed… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Independence
You might have been expecting my last collection of BLACK & WHITE alternates to be published today. But I’m going to hold off on that collection for a week or so for completely superstitious reasons. Therefore today I’m going to release a collection of images from the brief trip I… Read More »DM Arts Festival 2025
Here is a quick reminder! The Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group is having a clothing drive to help stock the free clothing closet at Augustana Lutheran. If you have any clothes that meet the requirements in the flyer to donate, bring them on down! You can donate them… Read More »WPC – WEEK 549 – YUMMY
My food adventures really don’t concentrate on tenderloins enough. I don’t know that will change, but it probably should. This was the most recent tenderloin adventure I’ve had with my OG Tenderloin Buddy. The co-founder of the Tenderloin Appreciation Society. My guy and yours, Scottie D.! But this was a… Read More »Tenderloining: Redfield Field Work
Last Friday I shared the pictures I took on my trip to the Iowa State Fair with the Gorshes while waiting for the dancing to commence. This Friday I’m sharing the pictures of the dancing! Here they are! Still plenty more left to share from my first trip to the… Read More »ISF: 08/07/2025 – Dancing!
Last Wednesday when we left off, Nader and I were still hanging around Budget Travel’s “Coolest Small Town”, Mount Vernon. On this trip we will finish up in Mount Vernon and then head north to Stone City and then to Monticello for lunch. If you are trying to remember what… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Road to Monticello
YELLOW! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 9, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Willy McAlpine – 1 week2-Becky Parmelee – 1 week3-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks4-Sara Lockner –… Read More »WPC – WEEK548 – YELLOW
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 »Cue: Ankeny Field Work
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve kind of suspended wishing people happy birthday from this site for the time being at least. Except one exception. If that birthday is included in the physical copy of the Photography 139 calendar. There are a bunch of birthdays in the digital calendar. But only… Read More »Selfie Project – February 2026
It is time I start sharing pictures I took at the Iowa State Fair last year. I only went to the Iowa State Fair 3 times last year. Once with the O’Gorshes to watch Evie and Layla do their Irish dancing thing. Once with Tall & Meaty for their barbecue… Read More »ISF: 08/07/2025 – Before the Dancing!
After Nader and I bid a fond adieu to Willy and the Houby Festival we headed towards Monticello for lunch. But on the way to Monticello we stopped in Mount Vernon so I could do a little of the old street photography. Here is a collection of images on the… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Mount Vernon
Here is a quick advertisement before we get into ADVERTISING! The Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group is having a clothing drive to help stock the free clothing closet at Augustana Lutheran. If you have any clothes that meet the requirements in the flyer to donate, bring them on… Read More »WPC – WEEK 547 – ADVERTISING
Last year for my annual Birthday Road Trip I went to the Houby Festival in the Czech Village with Nader. We met up with Willy there and checked out what the Houby Festival. Here is the final collection of images from the Houby Festival: While this is the end of… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Houby Festival D
BIGFOOT HUNTING! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 23, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Corey Faust – 1 week2-Brandon Kahler – 1 week3-Sara Lockner – 1 week4-Alexis Stensland… Read More »WPC – WEEK 547 – BIGFOOT HUNTING
Last year for my annual Birthday Road Trip I went to the Houby Festival in the Czech Village with Nader. We met up with Willy there and checked out what the Houby Festival. Here is the second collection of images from the Houby Festival Parade: There is still one more… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Houby Festival C
HUMANS! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 16, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Alexis Stensland – 1 week2-Charlie DeWaard – 3 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 3 weeks4-Sarah Karber –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 545 – HUMANS
We are at the end of the images from work trip to Philadelphia. Day 6 was the final day and I didn’t take many pictures. It is a day that can go on forever because it is a work day, plus a large chunk of it is just waiting for… Read More »Philadelphia Day 6: End of the Trip
Today is Ash Wednesday. Normally I would invite you to attend Ash Wednesday service with me at Boone First United Methodist Church. But unfortunately I will not be able to make it to worship service tonight. However, if you are looking for an Ash Wednesday service to attend, you are… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Houby Festival B
NASTY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 9, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Charlie DeWaard – 2 weeks2-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks3-Sarah Karber – 3 weeks4-Sara Lockner –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 544 – NASTY
It is beyond time I share some pictures of Tall & Meaty competing in the Madrid Labor Day Festival Barbecue Contest. I probably have taken so long to share it because it was fairly uneventful. The guys didn’t place and I didn’t stick around to the end so I had… Read More »Tall & Meaty: Madrid Labor Day 2025
Today is Valentine’s Day. So I need to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day, whether they celebrate it or not! HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!! I hope your Valentine’s Day was either as amazing as you wanted it to be or sucked way less than you thought it would! Today is Valentine’s… Read More »June Road Trip: Dirty Dodge