Here is the final collection of images of my trip to the Orange City Tulip Festival with Jesse and Nader for my birthday road trip.
We start this collection where the last collection left off. Jesse shopping in an Orange City market:
While this is the final collection of Orange City Tulip Festival images, it isn’t the end of the road trip images. More to come!
This is the fifth and final collection of images I took on my trip to Scott County to harvest their town signs for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT.
But I want to start by discussing Georges Seurat. I’m not a huge fan of Georges Seurat, which isn’t to say that I don’t like him. But my favorite painter is Van Gogh and I’m not sure their styles could be any different. However, I still like Seurat and I think you should too.
Here is a little information on him from the Wiki:
Georges Pierre Seurat 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough surface.
Seurat’s artistic personality combined qualities that are usually thought of as opposed and incompatible: on the one hand, his extreme and delicate sensibility, on the other, a passion for logical abstraction and an almost mathematical precision of mind. His large-scale work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1886) altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-Impressionism, and is one of the icons of late 19th-century painting.
Why am I bringing him up and pointing out his contributions to the history of art?
Check out this final collection to find out:
Walcott
Iowa City
Newhall – I tried to buy some meat here, but I got kicked out because I’m not an elitist. Just a simple working class no-collar joe. It was really eye-opening for anybody that thinks I’m an elitist.
The statue version of Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” is one of the coolest things I didn’t know existed that I stumbled across on this journey to get to know Iowa better. It is one of the things I want to go back and photograph again. I just absolutely love it!
The next time we hit the dusty trail to finish up the auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT we will visit Davis County.
We begin the third collection of images from the Orange City Tulip Festival where the second collection left off. Jesse, Nader, and I were wandering around the food court area admiring a truck that sold Belgian waffles. But I didn’t have any cause I had just knocked down a fried almond patty and it was like I was living in a whole new world.
Seriously? Who is surrounding by so much amazing food and then eats at Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut is so terrible we recently burned the Boone one down to the ground just to send a message to any other subpar pizza joint that is thinking of coming to Boone. Sleep with one eye open Pizza Ranch!
Only one more collection of images from the Orange City Tulip Festival left to share. But so many more pictures from this road trip left to share! We’re just starting to get warmed up!
Time for another collection of images from my trip to Scott County to harvest their town signs for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. This collection was taken entirely in Davenport.
Here is the fourth collection:
Still one more collection of images from Scott County left to share. Then it will be off to the last county from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT.
I’m currently out of drone pictures, so thought I would move up the next post on the Orange City Tulip Festival a couple of days early.
We start this collection off where the collection ended. We had just got our poffertjes and had sat down to eat the deliciousness!
These buckets of water are throughout the parade route. Little kids clean the road before the Orange Festival Royalty walk through. I hope to get pictures of that next year.
Fried Almond Patties are a game changer!
The world needs more conveyor belts.
Still a couple more collections of images from this trip left to share!
Back in May I loaded the car up with Jesse and Nader and went on my annual birthday road trip. This time the main goal was to hit the Orange City Tulip Festival to check it out. We didn’t hit much of it. We left before the parade started, but we caught plenty of the sites and sounds.
Here is the first collection of images:
There are still plenty more pictures left to share from this Orange City Tulip Festival adventure.
Time to share another collection of images from my trip to Scott County to harvest their town signs. Most of these pictures are also taken in Le Claire and this collection ends in Davenport. It includes a brief stop I made at Antique Archaeology. The store made famous by the show American Pickers. It is a cool store and definitely worth the trip, but I think the downtown area of Le Claire is also worth the trip as well.
The collection starts where Volume 2 ended. With a great blue heron on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Pleasant Valley
Davenport
This is actually in Illinois.
Back in Davenport.
Still plenty of pictures from this road trip left to share.
Back in early May Teresa, Carla, and I loaded up in the car and trucked to What Cheer for one of their flea markets. It is one of (maybe the) the largest flea markets in Iowa. I’ve never been to a bigger one. They hold it 3 times a year and it takes up the entirety of the Keokuk County Fairgrounds.
We got there on Sunday, so some of the vendors were tearing down or had already left, so we didn’t get to see the flea market in all of its majesty, but that is okay. There still is one more this year from October 6 through October 7.
Here are some pictures from the day:
Do you call it Walking Taco or Taco in a Bag? Think carefully. There is only one right answer.
I want this in my yard so bad!
The only thing I came home with, besides a bunch of memories and photos is and Iowa State squirrel feeder. Unfortunately I’m currently out of corn because the ground squirrels (I assume) found my bag of corn and broke into it and ate all the corn. Leaving me nothing but a bag of cobs.
If you are interested in more information of the What Cheer Flea Market, you can visit their website here:
5 stars. Would recommend.
Next Friday I will share pictures from a trip to the Orange City Tulip Festival I made with Nader and Jesse.
Time to share another collection of images taken while harvesting the town signs of Scott County. Every single last one of these pictures was taken in Le Claire. Le Claire is probably the best town in Scott County. If you like artsy stuff and antiques, it is a definite must visit. Not just because it is the home of Antique Archaeology, the store made famous by the show American Pickers. But that part is pretty cool too.
If you are wondering, the bird I took like 100 pictures of is a Great Blue Heron.
Still a ton of pictures from Scott County left to share!
SKY! A great theme, but was it the limit for the amount of people that would participate this week? You will have to keep scrolling to find out:
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 4, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week
2-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
3-Susanna Funk – 2 weeks
4-Scott Degeneffe – 3 weeks
5-Sabas Hernandez – 4 weeks
6-Willy McAlpine – 4 weeks
7-Mary Green – 6 weeks (2)
8-Sara Lockner – 6 weeks
9-Mike Vest – 10 weeks
10-Sheri Fakhouri – 13 weeks
11-Monica Jennings – 14 weeks (2)
12-Logan Kahler – 14 weeks
13-Nathanial Brown – 15 weeks
14-Jesse Howard – 15 weeks
15-Tamara Peterson – 18 weeks
16-Alexis Stensland – 23 weeks
17-Mindi Terrell – 30 weeks (3)
18-Brandon Kahler – 54 weeks
19-Linda Bennett – 59 weeks
20-Sarah Toot – 60 weeks
21-Angie DeWaard – 64 weeks
22-Dawn Krause – 68 weeks
23-Kim Barker – 74 weeks
24-Joe Duff – 75 weeks
25-Teresa Kahler – 86 weeks (2)
26-Carla Stensland – 86 weeks
27-Micky Augustin – 88 weeks
28-Andy Sharp – 89 weeks
29-Bill Wentworth – 90 weeks
30-Cathie Morton – 94 weeks
31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 95 weeks
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 97 weeks (2)
33-Kio Dettman – 99 weeks (2)
Heading into this week, this is the current map of states where submissions have come from:
Getting pretty full!
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Joe Duff (Texas)
Joe Duff (Texas)
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 91 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone County, Iowa) – 100 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone County, Iowa)
Kio Dettman (Boone County, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Boone County, Iowa) – 60 weeks
Linda Bennett (Boone, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Boone, Iowa)
Mary Green (Cleveland, Ohio) – 7 weeks
Mary Green (Cleveland, Ohio)
Mary Green (Cleveland, Ohio)
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 19 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 24 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa)
Alexis Stensland (Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Vienna, Austria) – 69 weeks
Dawn Krause (Munich, Germany)
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 65 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa)
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) 14 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 4 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)
Monica Jennings (Oskaloosa, Iowa) – 15 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa) – 31 weeks
Mindi Terrell (West Des Moines, Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 96 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Britt, Iowa) – 16 weeks
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 89 weeks
Susanna Funk (Iowa) – 3 weeks
Susanna Funk (Iowa)
Ernie Redd (Kentucky) – 1 week
Kim Barker (Estes Park, Colorado) – 75 weeks
Kim Barker (Estes Park, Colorado)
Willy McAlpine (Sahagun, Spain) – 5 weeks
Amy Peterson (Washington D.C.) – 1 week
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 87 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Christopher D. Bennett (Spencer, Iowa)
Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa) – 16 weeks
Logan Kahler (Stratford, Iowa) – 15 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 90 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 95 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 55 weeks
Carla Stensland (Lake Okoboji, Iowa) – 87 weeks
Carla Stensland (Clay County Fair – Spencer, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Arnold’s Park, Iowa)
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Des Moines, Iowa) – 98 weeks
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 61 weeks
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)
Becky Parmelee (Arkansas) – 1 week
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 5 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 11 weeks
35 participants! That is a great week! Thanks to Ernie’s first ever submission, we get to add Kentucky to the submission map!!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Arkansas
+ Austria
+ Colorado
+ Germany
+ Iowa
+ Nebraska
+ Ohio
+ Pennsylvania
+ Spain
+ Texas
+ Washington D.C.
Here is the current calendar year list for states:
+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming
37 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 70% of the way there!
The current states missing are:
+ Alabama
+ Alaska
+ Connecticut
+ Delaware
+ Hawaii
+ Indiana
+ Maine
+ Massachusetts
+ Mississippi
+ New Mexico
+ Rhode Island
+ Virginia
+ West Virginia
The Outside of the United States map is currently:
+ Alto del Perdon – Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico (General)
+ Isla Mujeres, Mexico
+ Riviera Maya, Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Ontario, Canada
+ Vallunareju Norte – Peru
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
+ Puenta de la Reina, Spain
+ St. John pied de port, France
+ Vienna, Austria
+ Munich, Germany
I took my picture about 140 miles from my front door, but still in Iowa. I continue not to contribute.
The big… huge… gargantuan milestone reached this week is Kio is the first person to ever hit the Triple Digit Club! WooHoo!!
But it wasn’t all good news. Sara’s streak ends at 6 and Suzie couldn’t build her streak to 2.
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
BLACK & WHITE! If you know me at all, you know that this is my absolutely favorite theme!
What is a BLACK & WHTIE image? Bro! It is a BLACK & WHITE picture. Period. End of story.
But just a reminder. BLACK & WHITE photography is all about tones and textures. Remember that and you will do great.
While thinking on possible subjects for your BLACK & WHITE submission, meditate on the following quote and I no doubt you will take a great picture:
To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.
-Andri Cauldwell
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
The picture has to be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.
You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.
That is it. Thems the rules!
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of BLACK & WHITE in this place that behind the scenes is all monochrome I should next Monday.
