I know it is also Valentine’s Day, but Ash Wednesday is the more important holiday. So Happy Ash Wednesday! If you don’t know what Ash Wednesday is, it is the day that Christians post selfies that look something like this: File Photo If the Selfie Project was still ongoing, I’m… Read More »Happy Ash Wednesday!
The old WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE seems to still be suffering from a case of the winter blues. Hopefully participation rates will rebound in the next few weeks as the weather gets warmer again. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 126 – SMALL TOWN
The pictures from the folder called 03-08-08 were taken at an Inebriated Saints concert: As far as I know, The Inebriated Saints no longer exist. But I could be wrong about such things. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following… Read More »03-08-08
Finally finding some spare time to get the submissions for last week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE published. The theme was JEALOUSY: Tamara Peterson Kim Barker Kim Barker Christopher D. Bennett But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 125 – JEALOUSY
The following pictures are from the folder called 03-07-08: By adding these images to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following blog to its original glory: SCREWED UP PRIORITIES Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve a band that I’m 95% sure doesn’t exist any… Read More »03-07-08
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
The following pictures were in the folder 03-01-08 even though most of them seem to be from July of 2007. The last picture is of my Grandpa Paris’ 1979 Iowa State football season ticket. Some of these pictures were taken at the Boone County Fair, some at McHose Park, some… Read More »03-01-08
Still hammering away at that back log. Here are a few pictures from my trip to Algona with Joe. We went to Algona so Joe could pick up a van to server as a distribution center for his cannabis oil business. The trip didn’t work out. We didn’t come home… Read More »Algona is an Anagram for Analog
As you become aged, you get invited to less and less parties. I think I was invited to 3 toddler birthday parties and 1 anniversary party last year. I think that was it. My entire social calendar for 2017. The anniversary party was for the parents of Sara and Steven… Read More »Happy Anniversary Juncks!
On Monday the world wasn’t ready for these FOOD pictures. I’m not sure the world is ready for them yet, but I can’t hold them back any longer: Most of the FOOD pictures were taken at the concession stand at dear old Boone High School. I worked a shift there… Read More »Y’all Better Watch It, Take A Look at Where the Clock Is, It’s My Time!
There was a healthy participation rate this week for FOOD, but I have to confess that I thought it would be even more popular. After all, every single person that is reading these words ate FOOD last week. Perhaps were still in the Seasonal Photography Depression Window. But thanks to… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 123 – FOOD
The following pictures were all found in the folder 02-28-08: These pictures were all taken with a camera that Nader wanted me to test before he took it with him to London. By adding these photos to the Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following blog post: TEST… Read More »02-28-08
I usually start this blog post with a statement on how participation rates went this week, but this week I’m going to start the week differently. A recent subscriber and often contributor to the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Tamara Peterson’s husband Glenn recently got a tough diagnosis and they have a… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge – Week 122 – High Perspective
Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I think that is as apropos a time as any to share some pictures from my recent trip to the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis: I have a well known love of history, but at the same time, I’m not really a museum… Read More »Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of the Coming of the Lord
The images in today’s post came from the folder 02-10-08/lwl. They are from a photo shoot for Shannon’s Little White Lye Soap company. These are how I would edit them today, if I still had the contract: A reminder that you can buy your own Little White Lye Soap at… Read More »02-10-08/LWL
A few months back I went to the Freedom Flight Sendoff and snapped a few pictures. Here are a few of them: I went to the Freedom Flight Sendoff to see Jesse’s Dad, but I was surprised when Derrick’s Dad got up and gave an impromptu speech about the sacrifice… Read More »Freedom Flight Sendoff
A few months back Jen sent me a text message out of the blue suggesting that I should try to recreate (update) old postcards. It seems like a perfect fit for me, since I might be the last person on the world who really loves postcards and even occasionally sends… Read More »The Postcard Recreation Project – Teddy Roosevelt
There was another slight uptick in participation this rates for RUINS in this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot abut participation rates. You came to see the submissions: KIM BARKER KIM BARKER TAMARA PETERSON CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT CARLA STENSLAND CARLA STENSLAND… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 121 – RUINS
In early December I made a trip down to Des Moines with Anders to see THE DISASTER ARTIST. Before the movie we supped at the Jordan Creek Zombie Burger. I took the following picture for Page 29 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Imagine you’re Elvis. What was your final photograph?… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 29
The following pictures were in the folder 2-10-08: The tin was made by Sara. It was product from her Etsy store. You may have noticed some of her tins around my house as decorations. The painted fish bowl was a Christmas present from Becca. It was one of my favorite… Read More »2-10-08