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2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show: The Final Chapter

Don’t forget that tomorrow is the Rapid City Mission Trip Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch.


Mission Trip Card

5-9 tomorrow at the Boone Pizza Ranch!

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This is the final collection of 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show photos.

Some cat pictures in here, so don’t let the smear campaign claiming I hate cats be put on notice!


Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Show - 2017

Eventually, I will publish the pictures from the 2018 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show. Eventually.

07-20-08/State Tournament

The pictures in the folder 07-20-08/State Tournament are from when Elainie played in the Little League State Tournament in Albia.

Looking through the pictures, I had forgotten that Dawn’s daughter Debra also played on that team. It might be where we rekindled our friendship. Or maybe our friendship began. I’m not sure we were exactly friends in high school. That was a long time ago.

Boone won their first game against Grand View. Which was an event to rejoice. Grand View Little League is hard to describe. I think the best way I can put it is this way:

You know those movies about summer camp, where there is a rival camp across the lake filled with the worst people you can think of in the context of summer camp. Grand View Little League is that rival camp across the lake. Filled with the worst kind of Little League parents you can imagine.

Boone then lost in the championship. To somebody that wasn’t Grand View.

Here are some, but definitely not all of the pictures:


State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

State Tournament - Albia

07-20-08

07-20-08

07-20-08

Albia Rose

Albia Rose

Albia Rose

It is weird what can get ingrained into you from the past that you hold onto for no real reason. Grand View Little League’s Major Boys team made it to the Little League World Series just this past summer. Even though I haven’t had an interaction with that league in over 10 years and probably nobody that is affiliated with that league is still affiliated with the team that was in the World Series, I still found myself rooting against them. I usually root for almost anything that represents the great Cyclone State, but I found myself rooting against our representative in the Little League World Series.

Next time I shave maybe I’ll try to purge myself of this prejudice.

There are many more pictures from my trip to Albia. You can check them out by clicking on the link below:

Boone Little League – 2008

By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” post to its original glory:

Albia, Iowa

Depending on ambition and free time levels, next week’s walk down memory lane will involve my first mission trip, a farewell of sorts to the Miller farm, and spandex.

07-20-08

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 one of my favorite bands that played Ames on the Half Shell. To be honest, Ames on the Half Shell was a collection of nondescript classic rock cover bands. 1 band was just about indistinguishable from the next. Which worked for the target audience of Ames on the Half Shell. They just want to get a good buzz and listen to music that doesn’t challenge them.

There were a few exceptions, but they were pretty rare.

Kountertop did fit into the mold of classic rock cover band, but they at least had some style. Plus, they were skilled musicians.

The softball pictures are from a game between Boone and Madrid. It was a battle of some Bennett family friends. The Howards from Boone and the Madduxes from Madrid.

The Boone County Fair pictures were taken with Becky and some of her family. You should be warned that there are some bunny pictures in there. If you don’t like bunny pictures, turn back now!


07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

07-20-08 - Kountertop

Iowa Games - 2008

Iowa Games - 2008

Iowa Games - 2008

Iowa Games - 2008

Iowa Games - 2008

Iowa Games - 2008

Boone vs. Madrid - 2008

Boone vs. Madrid - 2008

Boone vs. Madrid - 2008

Boone vs. Madrid - 2008

Boone vs. Madrid - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

Boone County Fair - 2008

By adding these photos to THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 PHOTO GALLERY, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entries to their original glory:

FRIDAY WITH KOUNTERTOP

IMAGES FROM A SATURDAY

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve even more softball, pictures from my first mission trip, and possibly a trip to the Miller farm.

I Want My Mummies

Seemed like a good time to share some of my pictures from the Iowa State Fair this year.

I made two trips to the Fair. 1 with Baby Got Rack. The other on the last day of the Fair with Jesse and Nader to pick up my 2 photos that were displayed at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Russell even met up with us briefly.

Fortune smiled upon me with the scheduling of events at the Iowa State Fair. One of my favorite bands was playing on one of the free stages and the date happily coincided with the last day of the Fair, so I didn’t have to make a special trip to see Here Come the Mummies.

If you haven’t heard of Here Come the Mummies they are a funk group where everybody in the band dresses like a mummy. You can see how they appeal to my particular set of tastes.

Legend has it that the Nashville based band is filled with Grammy award winning artists that dress like mummies to conceal their identity; for fear of the band members violating their current record contracts.

I don’t know if this is true, but their high level of musicianship would make a pretty strong case for it being true. I don’t know too many other rock/funk concerts where you would see a badass flute duel and it would make 100% total sense.

Before I go on first dates, I like to send my date a copy of PANTS to listen to. It is the easiest way to insure that there is no second date. Also why my Tinder profile is so unpopular.*

Here are some pictures from an awesome (but one of the wettest I’ve ever experienced from the standpoint of water) rainy night with Here Come the Mummies:


Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

Here Come the Mummies

We didn’t stick around for the concert as long as I had hoped. Hopefully Here Come the Mummies comes back to Iowa in 2019 so I can have the full experience.

*This is all a lie. I don’t go on dates. My Tinder profile is very popular.

07-07-08 & 07-12-08

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 my hand at again.

I remember Saucy Jack being the worst band to play Ames on the Half Shell the times I attended Ames on the Half Shell. They were booked every year because they had a connection with somebody who maybe was once a Jacyees. They were kind of a poor man’s Hairball, only without the limited musicianship. Also, without the theatrics.


07-07-08

07-07-08

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07-07-08

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

07-12-08 - Saucy Jack

By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following “An Artist’s Notebook” entries to their original gallery:

Night Visions

Saucy Jack

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve lots of softball, among other things.

2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show I

Now that Pufferbilly Days has passed, it seems like an apropos time to hit the 2017 backlog and start releasing photos from the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show.

It was my first time at the Pufferbilly Day Pet Show ran by the Boone Area Humane Society.

I completely enjoyed the experience. Here are some pictures from the Pet Show:


Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

Pufferbilly Days Pet Contest - 2017

More pictures from the 2017 Pet Show still in the hopper!