The world was not ready for these ROAD TRIP pictures on Monday. It is highly doubtful that the world is ready for these ROAD TRIP pictures now, but I can’t hold them back any longer. This is not an endorsement of Rick Young for Hardin County Supervisor, although he has… Read More »I’m Not Complaining, I’m Just Being Honest, I Promise That I Will Not Beg for Respect, No!
A healthy amount of people hit the open road for a ROAD TRIP photo. I think this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE EMPIRE extends as far north as Randall, Iowa. As far south as Arkansas. As far west as West Wendover, Nevada. As far east as Virginia, I’m guessing. But you… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 134 – ROAD TRIP
A friendly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is ROAD TRIP: ROAD TRIP! What is a ROAD TRIP photo? Anything that involves preparations, supplies, companions, roads, or sites that one might need or see on a ROAD TRIP. I’m hoping for lots of pictures of Funyuns. The ROAD… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – ROAD TRIP
Hitting up the back log, these are pictures I took on my way up to Brushy Creek one July afternoon. Most of these pictures were taken in Dayton. The last few were taken in Burnside.
Dipping back into the back log. These images are from the Caves Road Trip that Jay, Willy, and I went on back in July. On our way to the main course, the Maquoketa Caves State Park, we passed through a virtual ghost town. Scotch Grove. The only things is that… Read More »Nothing Behind Me, Everything Ahead of Me
Hitting up the backlog again. Here are a few more pictures from the Caves Road Trip. These are from Wapsipinicon State Park: These aren’t the caves we headed out to see, but we still hit them hard. Nothing like Bonus Cave Action. There is a legend about how the Wapsipinicon… Read More »Stupid Fleet Foot
Way back in July Willy, Jay, and I went on a road tip to the Maquoketa Caves State Park. These are not pictures of that park, but pictures taken randomly on the trip to and fro the park: I just have to say, my hat is off to the Anamosa… Read More »Manos: The Restaurant of Fate
I went up to Minnesota for the Super Bowl. Well, not really for the Super Bowl, but more for the activities surrounding the Super Bowl. I can’t afford a ticket to the Super Bowl. I work at the Computer Mine, not Goldman Sachs or some other place populated by white… Read More »I Left You by the House of Fun
Still hammering away at that back log. Here are a few pictures from my trip to Algona with Joe. We went to Algona so Joe could pick up a van to server as a distribution center for his cannabis oil business. The trip didn’t work out. We didn’t come home… Read More »Algona is an Anagram for Analog
Getting back to the backlog, here are some pictures on the way home from my trip to South Dakota with my Mom: The stops included DIGNITY OF EARTH & SKY, The Corn Palace, and the Hungry Dog for lunch. I reiterate my love of The Hungry Dog! I didn’t know… Read More »Dignity, Always Dignity
It is over! The Selfie Project is over! But we should have a couple last looks at all that was “accomplished”! Here are my favorite pictures from December: December 2 December 4 December 6 December 7 December 9 December 11 December 12 December 13 December 16 December 17 December 18… Read More »The Selfie Project – Denouement
Thought I would share a few cruddy cell phone pictures from my recent trip to Memphis with Russell and Jesse to watch Iowa State’s 21-20 beatdown of Memphis in the Liberty Bowl: You know you’re in Memphis when you walk into a hotel lobby and there is a musician setting… Read More »Refreshed from Time to Time with the Blood of Patriots and Tyrants
The world wasn’t ready for these LOW PERSPECTIVE pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now. But I can’t hold them back any longer: Most of these pictures were taken in Memphis. Others were taken in my backyard. One was taken in my kitchen. You’re… Read More »That Last Album Was Heavy, That Last Album Was Gritty, How You Gon’ Match That?
Time for a look back at 2017. While it was a disaster for our country and for the world, it wasn’t so bad for me personally. Here are the 5 Most popular Photo Galleries on my website: WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – YEAR 4 (96932 VIEWS) SELFIE PROJECT – 2017 (58566… Read More »2017 – Year in Review
On Saturday, the Tenderloin Appreciation Society hopped in one of Scottie D.’s many vehicles and headed north on 17 to Webster City. Home of the Grid Iron Grill and Sports Lounge. The current reigning Best Tenderloin in Iowa according to the Iowa Pork Producer’s Association. Scott and Porter had their… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Webster City Field Work
Hitting the back log again. These are images I took the day after some young hooligans set fire to the Cedar Bridge near Winterset. I’m not really sure what possessed people to burn down this bridge. While I do agree that the efforts of Robert James Waller are an affront… Read More »The Burned Bridge of Madison County
Here are some photos from the last 2 Iowa State football games I attended. Both ended in controversial defeats for Iowa State. The game against Oklahoma State, the bad call took the tying touchdown away from Iowa State, but I can understand why the bad call was made. There were… Read More »Lost in a Roman Wilderness of Pain
Hitting the backlog again. Going back to May when Mom, Teresa, Logan, and I went to What Cheer, Iowa for a flea market. After we left the flea market we went to Oskaloosa for lunch and then went through Pella on our way back home. Here are pictures from that… Read More »Flowers Heal Me, Tulips Make Me Happy
As me and my friendly neighborhood robocopy scripts make it through the back log, I’ve come across some images from the day I went down to Winterset after some young hooligans burned down one of the famous (or infamous depending on how you feel about “literature”) covered bridges of Madison… Read More »I Ain’t No Hogback Girl!
This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is PORTRAIT: PORTRAIT Here is a good definition of PORTRAIT provide by the good folks at Wikipedia: Portrait photography or portraiture in photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – PORTRAIT
I hope all of you had a marvelous Thanksgiving weekend! I had a particularly great Thanksgiving weekend myself. On Thursday morning I got up and went down to the church (Boone First United Methodist represent!) to take photos of our annual Thanksgiving. This is the second year in a row… Read More »Relationship Goals