I had always heard the legend of the Valley Junction Farmer’s Market. Some claimed it was as good or better than the Downtown Des Moines Farmer’s Market. I had never been, so it was on my list of things to visit last year. Jay actually agreed to go and one… Read More »VJ Farmer’s Market: Initial Impressions
Last year Jesse and I went to Indianola to watch the National Balloon Classic. I had only been to it one other time, but it is something I want to try going to on the regular. The rough thing about it is, that the weather has to be perfect for… Read More »National Balloon Classic: Arriving
Time for Day 4 of my food adventure in Austin, Texas. This was the 2nd day of the Computer Mine Conference and is by far the longest day. It involves going to a costume party and having lots awkward small talk. It is an extremely long day, but at least… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 4
Here is the second collection of images from my trip to the Iowa State Fair with Teresa on the 1st Day of the Fair. It involves briefly watching a children’s concert, trying one of the “Best New State Fair Food” finalists, and a trip through the Varied Industry Building to… Read More »ISF: 08/08/2024 – Mermen and Food
The final town I stopped in for the 2024 RAGBRAI was Milo. They had a fun theme of Milo-ritaville. They had all sorts of Jimmy Buffett themed decorations and activities. I’m not a fan of Jimmy Buffett (nobody tell Tim), but it was a fun setup. Here are the pictures:… Read More »RAGBRAI: Milo(ritaville)
The next few food adventures are going to concentrate on the cell phone pictures I took on my recent work trip to Austin. The food pictures in this post are regrettably pretty terrible. I apologize for that a head of time. On the positive though, the food was delicious! Since… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 1
Today is Linda’s birthday so I have to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday Aunt Linda! I hope you make plenty of new great memories today! Last time we checked in with the second day I photographed RAGBRAI we were just leaving Saint Charles. This collection takes place entirely… Read More »RAGBRAI: Saint Marys
NOTE: There is a rule against screen captures. I did allow Suzie’s submission because of it’s sentimental meaning. MUSIC! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices going last week? Keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 10, this was the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 496 – MUSIC
Today is Carla’s birthday. I need to wish her a happy birthday! I hope your birthday is filled with all the crafting you could ever want! Today is also Monica’s birthday. I need to also wish her a happy birthday. I hope your birthday is filled with lots of art!… Read More »New Orleans Day 5: Night Walk Denouement
Today is Dawn’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy Birthday Dawn! I hope your birthday is filled with all the reading time you can handle! Today is also Jason Baier’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday too. Happy birthday Baier!! I… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Denouement
Time to share another collection of images from my trip to the Downtown Farmer’s Market with Jesse. More food. More Music. And art!It truly is one of my favorite places to visit. I need to start getting there more than once a year. I’m going to start that this year!… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Food and Music and Art
Today is Ash Wednesday. Normally, this is when I invite you to come to worship with me at my church’s Ash Wednesday Service. And none of you take me up on the offer, but I’m not bitter about it. I’m not going to invite you this year though because of… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Music and Food
Today is Micky’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday. I hope your birthday is filled with all sorts of outdoorsy activities! Here is the final collection of images from Jesse and I’s trip to Winterset to check out their RAGBRAI activities. When we left off last… Read More »Winterset: Not Quite Brothers
Downtown Des Moines has one of the best Farmer’s Markets in the country. It is massive and while I don’t cook much, I like to eat and I LOVE doing street photography, so I try to make it there at least once a year. Last year I took Jesse with… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Beginnings
Last time we looked at photos from Jesse and I’s trip to Winterset to check out the RAGBRAI festivities, Standing Hampton was rocking the stage. This collection finishes up the Standing Hampton images and starts the images of the headlining band. It was a great night and there is still… Read More »RAGBRAI: STANDING HAMPTON
After Jesse and I got done eating, we wandered around the festivities for a bit. Checking out the sidewalk chalk that greeted the riders as they entered Winterset. Eventually we ended up by the stage listening to the band Standing Hampton. Here are some more pictures: I remember Standing Hampton… Read More »RAGBRAI: Winterset Street Art
I like to try to hit at least one of the towns that RAGBRAI goes through every year. Fortunately for me, this year RAGBRAI was, well not close, but fairly close to me for a couple of days. 1 of the overnight stops was Winterset, which is one of my… Read More »RAGBRAI: Winterset Food Vendors
Here we are. Time to share all the pictures I considered for the 2025 Calendar but did not make the cut for one reason or another. Could be that I decided it wasn’t good enough. Or because a similar picture was chosen over it to be placed in the calendar.… Read More »I Wanna Have Control
Time to reveal the February image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: FEBRUARY TECHICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 FOCAL LENGTH: 68mm APERTURE: f/4.5 EXPOSURE: 1/200 ISO: 100 The February image was taken in New Orleans. It was taken on my second day in New Orleans and… Read More »New Orleans Day 2: French Quarter Walkabout
All of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendars have been distributed or mailed except for one. It is fair game now to start sharing the calendar images. This is the front cover image: FRONT COVER – 2025 Technical Details: CAMERA: SONY 7M4LENS: SIGMA 14-24 f/2.8 DG DN ARTFOCAL LENGTH: 20mmAPERTURE: f/8SHUTTER… Read More »Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Minutes
1. Joy to the world; the Lord is come; Let Earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart prepare him room, And heav’n and nature sing. 2. Joy to the Earth, the Savior reigns; Our mortal songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3.… Read More »Joy to the World!