Full intellectual honest, I hate flippie floppies and don’t own a pair. The worst “shoes” ever designed by, I don’t know, the devil! I could write for hours about how they are terrible. They are so terrible, I don’t even like to see other people wearing them. However, that shouldn’t… Read More »I Got My Swim Trunks and My Flippie Floppies
Happy Friday the 13th to those who celebrate! I celebrate by going to Jimmy’s for their free sandwich Friday the 13th special. I’ll see you there. This is a good time to share more pictures from my camping trip with Carla and Jason. I actually had to cut the camping… Read More »On a Boat Like Leo
Back in early December Carla, Teresa, and I went to Pella to experience their Krestmarkt. A Krestmarkt is a Dutch open air Christmas Market. It was pretty dang cold that day. If we would have went the day before the temperature was in the 50s. I think it was in… Read More »Krestmarkt!
Today is Lowell’s birthday… so… happy birthday Lowell! Ironic that this picture was taken on my birthday? Either way, I hope your birthday has adequate amounts of happiness! +++++++ I count this trip a bit as auxiliary images for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. In fact I went camping with Carla… Read More »Marble Beach
It is time to begin the 10th year of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! I’m pumped! Are you pumped? Of course you are pumped? The theme is clearly called TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES, but I had a few people enter under a completely different theme PLANES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES. I decided… Read More »WPC – WEEK 382 – TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES
One of my unwritten (spoiler: they are all unwritten) goals for 2023 it to bring back the wishing of happy birthdays to the important people in my life. So happy birthday Tim! If I don’t wish you a birthday of happiness on this website, it is because I forgot, or… Read More »Just for You to Say You’re Not the Compliment Type
Today seems like a good day to share the rest of the pictures that I considered for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar, but did not use. Just because I rejected these images this year, doesn’t mean that one of them couldn’t show up in a future calendar. +++++++ This is… Read More »Tried So Hard to Be Everything that You Liked
Time to share the December images from THE SELFIE PROJECT. I don’t know I did a tremendous lot in December, but I think there are a few good pictures in there. Here are my favorite December images: December 1 December 3 December 5 December 6 December 8 December 10 December… Read More »Selfie Project – December 2022
Thought I would take a quick look back at Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here are a few quick stats: + 44 different participants + 1811 photos submitted + Least popular theme for participation was ROCK with 16 participants + Most popular theme for participation was SELF-PORTRAIT with… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 9 Review
The last theme of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! Going into Year 10 I am going to make one change. I am making the Kio Dettman Suggestion the Kio Dettman Rule. In Year 10 there will be a limit of 3 submissions per participant. This could go lower… Read More »WPC – WEEK 381 – BODY PART
It is the first day of 2023. I’m not really a “resolutions” person. Pastor Adam was on vacation today so we had a substitute seromizer in church this morning. He gave an impassioned, longwinded sermon on resolve. It took more than a bit of my resolve to stay awake during… Read More »Hello 2023.
Happy New Year to those of you sheeple that follow the Gregorian Calendar. I for one, moved to Unix time years ago. So if I have a birthday party this year (Sara wants me to have one, but I doubt it happens) the invites will list the time of the… Read More »Goodbye 2022.
It is time for me to reveal the November image of the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: November The November image is a picture of the Tin Man sculpture in Stanley, Iowa. In retrospect, it does feel a little strange that I chose to process this image in black and white… Read More »Computer Mine Holiday Party
Time to reveal the September image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: September The September image is a macro image of a gazania. This picture was taken in my yard. I put this picture in September because that is the birthday month of my Mom and she taught me the… Read More »Fayette & Winneshiek County Aux – Vol. 3
It is time to reveal the August image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: August This picture is of the only fire watch tower in the state of Iowa. It is located in the Yellow River State Forest in northeast Iowa. It is only accessible via forest road. So if… Read More »I Know that You Loved Before
It is time to reveal the July image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: July This picture was taken just west of I-35 on Highway 3. I pulled over on my way home from a TOWN SIGN PROJECT harvesting trip to take tis picture. A sunset in a break in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 380 – EXPLORE
I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas. This little picture is my way of saying Merry Christmas to all of you: Merry Christmas! I would like to share a Christmas Devotional with you: Merry Christmas By Rev. Ronald Carlson Jr. Dean of the Cabinet and District Superintendent of Riverview Park… Read More »Westhaven Christmas
Time to reveal the April image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: April This image of a statue of Jesus crucified on the cross was taken in a cemetery near Stuble, Iowa. It was an image that when I took it that I knew was going to be processed into… Read More »World Food Fair Festival
Today I reveal the March image for the 2023 Photography Calendar. March I took this picture of this American Gothic barn near Mount Vernon, Iowa on a TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trip with Michelle on November 14, 2021. Here is a picture of us standing in front of it: Here… Read More »Caroline
It is that time of year. You know what time. The time where I start to reveal the images for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar! The following image is the picture that graces the cover: Front Cover I took the picture of this mural in a back alley in the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 379 – WATER
I’m putting off Formal Portrait Sunday for at least another week. The people that were supposed to be featured today recently broke up, so I’m not sure if I should still post the pictures. I’ve decided just to think on it and we will see what happens next week. Or… Read More »‘Cause I Thought You’d Like Me More