I guess I should start by wishing everybody a Black Friday. Not one of my favorite days. A tribute to consumerism. Or as my boy Tyler Durden might say: Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need, and the… Read More »Late Morning Lullaby
As I’ve indicated before, the 2011 folders are a disaster. These images cover most of the March 2011 folders. These are mostly pictures that were taken for the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT (now called THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE), but a few were taken for a PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT. By adding… Read More »March Misc.
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on June 10, 2021. There are still more flower pictures to come.
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. There is also a picture of some baby robins from a nest that was built in a hanging basket from her front porch. These pictures were taken on June 8. There are plenty more flower pictures still to… Read More »Someone Loves You Honey
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These were taken on May 26, 2021. The last picture is of a robin’s nest that was built in a hanging flower basket on my Mom’s front porch.
I didn’t take many pictures in the month of December in 2010, so I decided to just do the entire month and combine all the folders into one mega sized post. There are pictures in here from a family portrait fundraiser (that was not a huge success) for the youth… Read More »12December2010
This Saturday from 8-12 we are going to have the final sale at my Mom’s house. There is still lots of glassware and collectibles for sale. A few tools. Many decorations. Maybe some furniture. Some other stuff will be added this week as well I’m sure. The address is 111… Read More »Painted Without Instruction – 2021
On the last day of the Iowa State Fair, Jesse and I went down there and spent several hours down there before picking up my pictures from the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I barely made it in to the Cultural Center to get my photos because they started closing… Read More »Last Day of the Fair
Well over a year ago my Mom paid for a brick to honor her Dad for his military service that was to be placed around the Boone County Freedom Rock. I believe that she ended up splitting that cost with her brothers and sisters. Then she purchased a brick to… Read More »Amazing Love
Back in early May I went down to Jester Park because I had heard reports that some baby bison were wandering around down there. It turned out that they were there, but they never really got near enough to the fence for me to get a decent picture of them.… Read More »A Coat Borrowed from James Dean
On the first day of the Iowa State Fair I attended it with Jen, Layla, and Evie. Evie was performing with her Irish Dance Team. We wandered around the Fair for several hours before and after watching Evie perform. Here on some of the pictures from the day: I also… Read More »First Day of the Fair
We are having some kind of sale at my Mom’s garage tonight and tomorrow morning. The address is 111 South Benton Street. The sale tonight will start at 4 and end when people stop showing up. Tomorrow it will start at 7 and end when people stop showing up. Probably… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Pet Show – 2021
Shortly after I published the town signs of Lucas County I received a letter in the mail. I don’t get much mail from anybody other that the two State Farm agents in Ames that think by constantly sending me junk mail I’m somehow going to sign up for their terrible… Read More »Lucas County Auxiliary Images
The folder 2010-10-25 includes pictures of a vacation I took to Minnesota. It is mostly pictures of a trip I took to the sculpture garden in Minneapolis with Becca, but it also includes pictures of Bethany and an old beau. I will be sharing the sculpture garden pictures and not… Read More »2010-10-25
A few weeks back was the Boone County Fair. I didn’t spend much time there, but even with what little time I was there, it felt good to be back. Last year was the first time I didn’t at least make a brief appearance at the Boone County Fair, probably… Read More »Boone County Fair 2021
Here is Part 3 of the brief third marriage of my Grandma Bennett. This article is in particularly bad shape, so there is some guessing with what it says. Handschin, Formerly of Boone, Dies After Being Shot, Sioux city. A (man) shot by a jealous woman at Sioux City the… Read More »Tama County Auxiliary Images – 1
There were hardly any pictures in the folder 2010-09-29 so I decided to combine it with 2010-09-30. This collection includes a picture of a buckeye. I really wish I remember why I took this buckeye picture. I never shared it on this here blog. Buckeyes have a deeper family connection… Read More »2010-09-29 & 2010-09-30
On Wednesday night I completed another successful month of THE SELFIE PROJECT. I don’t know that is was a particularly exciting month, but I think there are some good pictures in the collection. Here are some of my favorites from June: June 1, 2021 June 2, 2021 June 3, 2021… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2021
Here is another collection of flower pictures I took in my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on April 10, 2021. There is also a picture of Mocha looking out Mom’s living room window and a picture of a Tin Man sculpture that my Grandpa Paris made. Many more flower… Read More »Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger
The folders 2010-09-06, 2010-09-11, and 2010-09-13 were all fairly small, so I decided to combine them into one post. Two of the folders include images that were taken for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, which back then was known as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT. The other pictures are of Dawn’s… Read More »2010-09-06, 2010-09-11, and 2010-09-13
There is a wide collection of images in the folder 2010-09-06. Some are of Jen and Derrick when she was pregnant with Evie. The others are from a Labor Day cookout I hosted at my house for the family. Also, some pictures of a toad I found in my backyard.… Read More »2010-09-06