Happy Labor Day! A day to pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of American works and the millionaires and billionaires that exploit them. COLORFUL could prove to be a very popular theme. Despite it being a holiday today, I have a good feeling about the participation rates for COLORFUL.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 364 – COLORFUL
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Entries are to be submitted to the Chamber office by 5 PM. I hope there are plenty of submissions this year! Or at the least, more than there were last year. +++++++ Was WILD a WILDly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 358 – WILD
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
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
Year 17 of the Roundball Oracles has come to an end. On Monday night, Kansas used a flaw in the court that injured North Carolina’s best player to help them overcome the Tar Heels in the last minute of the game. It was an otherwise great game and it is… Read More »Fall Apart Again
Tomorrow is the Final Four. Thought it would be a good time to check-in on the Roundball Oracles. With 3 games left to go in the NCAA tournament this is the Top 3: 1. Becky Parmelee – 231 Points 2. Carla Stensland – 229 Points 3. Angie DeWaard – 224… Read More »Selfie Project – March 2022
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 pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. The winner gets a trophy. The… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 17
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
I’m not going to get into a big thing today about submissions. If you haven’t heard, my family experienced a medical emergency over the weekend. Please keep us in your prayers. I wasn’t sure I was going to post anything today, but I decided to and this way you can… Read More »WPC – WEEK 288 – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to those of you that celebrate. I don’t. I’m mostly of Scottish and Welsh stock, so I’ve been trained by the English to hate the Irish and I do. I do hate the Irish. At least I hate the Notre Dame Fighitn’ Irish. They can straight… Read More »Pride. Integrity. Guts.
Another big week for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Double digits for the 17th week in a row. Double digits easy. Easier than walking a Thunderbird. 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… Read More »WPC – WEEK 228 – COUNTRY
I would be remiss if I didn’t open today without wishing everybody a Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Today, I want to share some of his words following the end of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Often our movement has been referred to as a boycott movement. The word boycott,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 227 – TEXTURE
FOOD was another very popular theme. We have reached 16 straight weeks of double digit submissions! Someday I’m going to have to have a look and see what is the record for the most submissions for one week. I don’t think today is that record, but there were a healthy… Read More »WPC – WEEK 226 – FOOD
Happy Thanksgiving! Every year on Thanksgiving I like to think about my many, many blessings. I know, real original. You should feel free to try it sometime. But make sure you let everybody know that I invented gratitude. I am thankful for my family, no matter how family is defined:… Read More »Gratitudo
Hey! Guess what! It is fundraiser season! The first fundraiser for the 2020 Mission Trip is tomorrow night at Pizza Ranch! You’ll get a chance to support some of these amazing kids: You’ll notice something is a little different about the promo card this year. This is no longer the… Read More »Pizza Ranch Mission Trip Fundraiser!
Seems like a good to share my favorite pictures from THE SELFIE PROJECT from June. I don’t know that my June was super active, but at least I actually left the state for the first time since early April. June 1 June 2 June 6 June 7 June 8 June… Read More »Selfie Project – June
A couple weekends back up I went to Minnesota to check out the Final Four festivities and check-in with a few people I hadn’t seen for a long time. On Sunday morning I hit a donut shop with Becca and Shawn. Then I went to Minnehaha Falls to kill sometime… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 90
6 days ago another college basketball season sadly came to an end. While it was one of the most exciting tournaments in history, it was bittersweet as the Cyclones were eliminated in the 1st Round. Now anybody that watched Iowa State’s mercurial season knew that there was a good chance… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 15 Final Results
There were a decent number of submissions for ABSTRACT this week. Several of them came with a question mark attached, “is this ABSTRACT?” I always give the same response to such inquiries. It only matters if you think it is ABSTRACT. But you didn’t come here to listen to me… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 173 – ABSTRACT
Today is a big day for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! COLORFUL inspired Jodie Cue to submit for the first time ever! Welcome aboard Jodie, we know you will do great things! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation. You came to see the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 163 – COLORFUL