A couple months back I cruised around Delaware County harvesting their town signs. It was a good trip. Here are some fun facts about Delaware County: + Population is 17,107 making it the 42nd most populous county in Iowa. Behind Dickinson County and above Crawford County. + The largest town… Read More »Town Sign Project: Delaware County
Was ODD CAMERA ANGLE oddly popular? I guess you will have to scroll down to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Sarah Toot – 1 week (3) + Willy McAlpine – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 359 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
Here is another collection of auxiliary pictures from my road trip to Plymouth and Sioux County to harvest their town signs. Most of these pictures are of the extremely bizarre sculptures in Hospers, Iowa. Here is some information on the sculptures: Frederickus Reinders (1874-1959) who worked as a house painter,… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 2
Here is another reminder that Friday is the deadline to turn in your entries for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Here are the rules: The foam board rule is important, as the heat in the display window is pretty intense. Pictures tend to melt in the heat if they don’t… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 1
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline to enter the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is this Friday at 5 PM. Entries should be turned in to the Boone Chamber of Commerce at 903 Story Street. Photos will be displayed at KWBG at 824 Keeler St. Definitely starting on Friday,… Read More »Town Sign Project: Buchanan County
Here is the last of the auxiliary images from a road trip I made with Teresa to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. Lake Park Rock Rapids Larchwood Tri-State Marker – Where Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota meet. Inwood Hull A word about the tri-state marker. There… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux. – Vol 2
This collection of pictures are the auxiliary images taken when Teresa and I went on a road trip to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. The timing of some of these are off because it is the first trip I took two cameras on and I didn’t… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux – Vol. 1
Back on May 14 I cruised around Chickasaw County harvesting their town signs. It was a good day. Here are some facts about Chickasaw County: + Population is 11,970. Making it the 63rd most populous county. Behind Grundy County and above Lyon County. + The largest town and county seat… Read More »Town Sign Project: Chickasaw County
Time for the final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Osceola County. This trip was cut short in Lyon County while harvesting their town signs due to inclement weather. So many of the signs in this collection were taken in Lyon County and a… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 3
I have big news! Big, big news! I would say news of a comeback, but don’t call it a comeback. I been here for years. Rockin’ my peers. Puttin’ suckers in fear. Makin’ the tears rain down like a monsoon. Listen to the bass go boom. What I’m trying to… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 1
A couple months back I went up to Howard County to harvest their town signs. It was a successful day. Here are some facts about Howard County: + Population is 9,201. Making it the 80th most populous county. Below Emmet County and above Davis County. + The largest town and… Read More »Town Sign Project: Howard County
Last week’s theme represented the 26th theme of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Thought I would share a few of those statistics that I like so much. Although, I don’t think these are as meaningless as the statistics I share during the milestone posts. 6 Month Statistics +… Read More »WPC – WEEK 356 – ROAD TRIP
Back in February I cruised around Cherokee and O’Brien County harvesting their town signs. Here is the final collection of auxiliary images from that trip. Granville Paullina Calumet Sutherland Primghar – Look closely and you will see how Primghar got its name. Sheldon Sanborn Hartley The next time we look… Read More »Cherokee and O’Brien County Aux – Vol. 3
This is the final collection of images I’m going to share from my work trip to Miami Beach. It begins with more pictures of the Holocaust Memorial and ends with pictures taken around my hotel. The first image shared here is probably my favorite picture I took on this trip.… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 5 – A7II – Dos
Back in February I traveled around Cherokee and O’Brien County harvesting their town signs. This is the second collection of auxiliary images from that trip. Quimby Cherokee Aurelia Larrabee Marcus Germantown Granville There is one more collection of images from this trip left to share.
A couple months back I went down to Keokuk County to harvest their town signs before heading to the Renaissance Faire in Des Moines to watch Evie and her Irish dance troupe. It was a good day. Here are some facts about Keokuk County: + Population is 10,163. Making it… Read More »Town Sign Project: Keokuk County
Last Monday was the halfway point in Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The halfway point is a good time to review a few things. Here are some Frequently Asked Questions. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week? The… Read More »WPC – WEEK 355 – ENTERTAINMENT
Back in February I cruised around Cherokee County and O’Brien County harvesting their town signs. This is the first collection of auxiliary images from that trip. Although a good portion of the pictures from this collection were actually taken in Woodbury County. Correctionville Washta Quimby There are still plenty more… Read More »Cherokee and O’Brien County Aux – Vol. 1
A few weeks back after I went down to Pella to photograph some tulips, I went down to Appanoose County to harvest their town signs. It was a good day. Here are some facts about Appanoose County: + Population is 12,462, making it the 60th most populous county in Iowa.… Read More »TOWN SIGN PROJECT: APPANOOSE COUNTY
Back in late January I made a trip out to Jackson County to harvest the balance of their town signs. Here is the second collection of the auxiliary images I took on that trip: Saint Donatus La Motte Zwingle Cedar Rapids Most of the pictures were taken in Saint Donatus.… Read More »Jackson County Aux – Volume 2
A few weeks back I cruised around Floyd County to harvest their town signs. It was a good trip. Here are some facts about Floyd County: + Population is 15,713. Making it the 49th most populous county in Iowa. Behind Clay County and above Page County. + The largest town… Read More »Town Sign Project: Floyd County