Heads up that next week we will be back on our normal schedule of Monday WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE drops into the foreseeable future. PETS did get a few people revved up and taking pictures. Although not as many as I would’ve thought. Some of you people don’t love your PETS… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 166 – PETS
At this point on our stroll down memory lane, rather than go through full folders, I’m taking a a bit out of a folder at a time, because some of these folders have hundreds and hundreds of images. These images are from a “tubing” trip down the Des Moines River… Read More »Little White Lye Soap and Boone County Sea Dogs
A metric ton of people were motivated by ENTERTAINMENT this week. I think this was one of the higher submission weeks in months! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Cathie Raley Carla Stensland Carla Stensland… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 161 – ENTERTAINMENT
Before we get into the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, here is my plea to help the Boone First United Methodist Church’s Youth Group fund their annual mission trip: Download and print that flyer. Cut it into 4 coupons. Then, come to the Boone Pizza Ranch this Wednesday night and have supper.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 159 – ARCHITECTURE
There are so many images in the folder called 07-20-08 that I’m going to split the next 2 folders into 3 posts, most likely. The images in this post are from Ames on the Half Shell with Kountertop, the Iowa Games, some softball, and the Boone County Fair. Kountertop was… Read More »07-20-08
Going to put two folders of images out there on this post. The folders 07-07-08 and 07-12-08 contain pictures of light painting of flowers and from Saucy Jack’s night at Ames on the Half Shell. I haven’t really done much light painting lately. It is something I need to try… Read More »07-07-08 & 07-12-08
I was going to go through quite a bit of older photos before I published photos of Shannon extracting honey from a few weeks back. Then, Satruday’s episode of SVENGOOLIE featured the bee movie TERROR OUT OF THE SKY, the sequel to the bee movie THE SAVAGE BEES. I was… Read More »What Do You Call a Wasp?
The images in the folder call 07-05-08 involved a long day of Jaycee activities I engaged in on July 4, 2008. I began the day helping out at a special Ames on the Half Shell event involving the Burnin’ Sensations and The Nadas. Then I went and helped setup and… Read More »07-05-08
ANIMAL seemed to really bring out the creative impulses of a lot of people. Plenty of ANIMAL submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates! You came to see the submissions! Kim Barker Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Shannon Bardole-Foley Tamara Peterson Michelle… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 153 – ANIMAL
A reminder that today is the last day of the Iowa State Fair. If you are going, you should make your way to the Cultural Building to see the pictures that I had accepted for display. They will come down at approximately 8 PM. Also, I will be at the… Read More »Baby Got Rack Takes the Iowa State Fair
There is quite the eclectic collection of pictures in the folder 06-28-08. There are pictures from Ames on the Half Shell. The Box Brothers are the band. There are pictures of the WHO Tractor Ride. There are pictures of the Iowa State Fairgrounds. And finally, there is a picture of… Read More »06-28-08
Don’t forget that tomorrow, Baby Got Rack will be competing at the Iowa State Fair Barbecue Competition. We can be found on the grand concourse somewhere. Also, I have 2 pictures on display at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon in the Cultural Building. Both are worth supporting, at least… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 152 – FEAR
There is a bit of variety in the folders 06-22-08 & 06-23-08. There are pictures of Elainie playing softball. There are pictures of an Ames on the Half Shell concert. Vivace I believe. There are pictures of Scottie D. and I tenderloining. Have a look: By adding these pictures to… Read More »06-22-08 & 06-23-08
REMINDER NOTE: IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED YET, VOTE!!! THERE IS A 3 WAY TIE IN 2 CATEGORIES. IN 2 OTHER CATEGORIES, 1 VOTE SEPARATES 1ST AND 2ND. 2 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE. It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 151 – TREE
REMINDER It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my photos to enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Once again, I am going to leave it up to a popular vote. The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest allows you to enter… Read More »06-14-08
FEET! Almost everybody has them! There was a decent amount of submissions for has to be one of the easier themes in this set of 52 themes. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! So without… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 150 – FEET
Here is your reminder that you should get up on your FEET and take your WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE PHOTO, the theme this week is FEET: FEET! A reminder that a FEET picture is any photo that involves FEET! Happy photo harvesting! +++++++ A few weeks back I got together with… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 115
Pretty much all of the images from the folder 06-07-08 are from Ames on the Half Shell’s Family Night. I believe the name of the band was Murphy’s Law. There are plenty of images of people that weren’t Jaycees in this collection: The picture of the pie was a rhubarb… Read More »06-07-08
Happy Friday the 13th! You know what is funny about today? Nothing. Except for your reminder of this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. HUMOR! HUMOR! HUMOR! What is a HUMOR photo? It is a photo of something that is funny or of somebody reacting to something that is funny. Happy photo… Read More »I’ve Invested a lot of Me Inside these Lines, I’m Just Protecting ‘Em
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? -Oscar Wilde Before we get into the meat of today’s blog, we need to start with… Happy 4th of July! I hope you had an continue to have an enjoyable 4th of July! +++++++ Time to hit up… Read More »Freedom and Flowers
If you are having difficulty leaving a comment, just email/text me the numbers. Reminder, you have until Tomorrow at midnight to vote on what pictures I enter at the Boone County Fair Photo Contest. Click on the link below to vote: BOONE COUNTY FAIR PHOTO CONTEST ENTRY SELECTION You must… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 146 – BLACK