I did return to THE SELFIE PROJECT in May. I’m not sure I travelled many places, but I did manage to leave Boone a couple of times. Here are some of my favorites from May: May 1, 2021 May 2, 2021 May 3, 2021 May 4, 2021 May 6, 2021… Read More »Selfie Project – May 2021
Despite the busy holiday weekend, a handful of stalwart photographers managed to submit an image for UP IN THE AIR. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen Micky Augustin Kio Dettman Kio Dettman Kio… Read More »WPC – WEEK 298 – UP IN THE AIR
The pictures in the folder 2010-09-05 are of Shannon after she got a new haircut and of a turtle that was briefly in my custody in 2010. I don’t remember the exact details of the turtle, but it came from Dawn and then eventually was adopted by somebody else, but… Read More »2010-09-05
Once again, there was a healthy amount of submissions for GOVERNMENT. Apparently many of you decided that GOVERNMENT wasn’t all that bad. Or at least better than anarchy. But you didn’t come her to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions. Andy… Read More »WPC – WEEK 297 – GOVERNMENT
There weren’t many pictures in the folders 2010-08-25, 2010-08-26, and 2010-08-30 so I combined them with the folder 2010-08-29. Most of the pictures are from a baby shower Sara and I (she really did all the work) for Jen and Derrick when Jen was preggers with Evie. There are also… Read More »2010-08-25, 2010-08-26, 2010-08-29, and 2010-08-30
Today I want to share alternates for Week 295 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The theme was FACE. I took all these pictures I took on a trip to the Des Moines Art Center with Suzie and her friend Michelle. It was the first “public” thing I’ve done since my… Read More »Such a Pretty Show
Once again, there was a healthy amount of submissions for LIGHT. Apparently many of you did see the LIGHT. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Elizabeth Nordeen Elizabeth Nordeen Kio Dettman… Read More »WPC – WEEK 296 – LIGHT
The folder 2010-08-23 is absolutely stuffed to the gills. There are so many images in there I almost considered breaking it up into a couple posts, but decided against it. There are pictures in there from a trip to the Iowa State Fair and pictures of Jen and Derrick when… Read More »2010-08-23
There was a decent amount of submissions for FACE this week. Apparently lots of you know a FACE or two that you like. 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 Kio Dettman… Read More »WPC – WEEK 295 – FACE
There aren’t many images in the folders 2010-08-13 and 2010-08-14 so I decided to combine them with the folder 2010-08-16 that contains many pictures from a trip I took to the Iowa State Fair. There are also pictures of Jesse and two of his progeny and of a moonflower. By… Read More »2010-08-13, 2010-08-14, & 2010-08-16
Here is another small collection of some of the first images I took with the Lensbaby Velvet 85 back in January: I’m still going to go into some detail about what makes the Lensbaby Velvet 85 such a special unique lens at some point. Just not today. +++++++ This is… Read More »More of that Velvet 85
There was a decent amount of submissions for TRAVEL. It looks like several people left their house this weekend and had TRAVEL adventures. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Micky Augustin Elizabeth Nordeen Jodie Cue… Read More »WPC – WEEK 294 – TRAVEL
There was a decent amount of submissions for HANDS. Including, what I believe to be the first ever submission by Amy Peterson. Very excited to have Amy as a future contributor and I expect big things from here in the future. But you didn’t come here to listen to me… Read More »WPC – WEEK 293 – HANDS
Here is the final collection of images from the 2002 photo shoot with the Degeneffe Boys: I look forward to the 2021 Degeneffe Boys Photo Shoot. +++++++ This is your reminder that this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is HANDS: HANDS A HANDS image is pretty simple. It is… Read More »Austin & Porter 2020 C
There was amount of submissions this week for SHADOWS. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Linda Bennett Linda Bennett Linda Bennett Kio Dettman Tamara Peterson Tamara Peterson Kio Dettman Christopher D. Bennett Kio Dettman Micky… Read More »WPC – WEEK 292 – SHADOWS
EDITOR’S NOTE: I WROTE THIS POST BEFORE MY MOM PASSED AWAY, BUT I DON’T HAVE THE HEART TO CHANGE THE TEXT. The grand majority of pictures from the album are from my Mom’s Retirement Party. The other one if from Dickcissel. I haven’t looked at the pictures from the Retirement… Read More »2010-08-01
There were two themes for last week, so might as well just get at them. First up is SLICE OF LIFE: JOE DUFF TAMARA PETERSON KIO DETTMAN CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT Kim Barker The second theme was DRINKS: Bill Wentworth Christopher D. Bennett Kio Dettman Angie DeWaard Angie DeWaard Kim Barker… Read More »WEEK 290 – SLICE OF LIFE AND WEEK 291 – DRINKS
Combining two folder as one folder only has a couple images in it. Most of the pictures from these folders are from an event know as Hedgegeddon. That was when I took out the hedge that surrounded my backyard. It was truly the battle of battles, but eventually with the… Read More »2010-07-29 & 2010-07-30
Congratulations to Micky on winning this years Roundball Oracles Basketball Pool. His name has not been etched on the list of immortals: PAST ROUNDBALL ORACLE CHAMPIONS 2021 – Micky Augustin 2020 – Tournament Cancelled 2019 – Becky Parmelee 2018 – Paul Golden 2017 – Paul Golden 2016 – Michelle Haupt… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 16
For those of you that haven’t heard, my Mom passed away about 10 days ago. Because of that, I have not been in a state to reveal the submissions for LOVE on time or reveal the new theme for last week. Because of that, I don’t know how steady my… Read More »WPC – WEEK 289 – LOVE
The pictures in the folder 2010-07-26 are from a road trip I took to Minnesota with Sara. It was frankly one the best road trips of my life. I got to hang out with some of my favorite people in the world. I got to see my favorite band in… Read More »2010-07-26