Back in May I spied a yellow bird dancing around the branches of my cherry trees inspecting my cherry blossoms. I quickly grabbed the Alpha 77ii and went about the business of photographing the little guy. My neighbor to the east was outside and she tried to strike up a… Read More »Hope is the Thing with Feathers
I slept like a baby. Like an angel. Like a baby angel. I woke up in the morning ready to take on the world. After I got out of the shower I decided to walk the Motel 6 grounds to check out the lay of the land. I carried the… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: Magnolia
There are two types of pictures in the folder called 10-01-08. The first types are pictures taken during the restoration process of the Ames Party Bus. The second type is everybody’s favorite: flowers! Have a looksie! ON a future blog I will rehash the rise and ultimate demise of the… Read More »10-01-08
This collection of pictures come from a trip I had to Dickcissel Park with Naima back in late may. This must have been right before she started her allergy medication because as you will see, one of her eyes is looking pretty rough. Her allergy medicine isn’t cheap, but it… Read More »Dickcissel Park & Naima
Hitting the 2018 backlog. All of the pictures in this post were taken on June 26 in my yard. Except for the clematis. The clematis actually grows on the back fence of Stan and Noreen’s yard. Noreen is brilliant at growing clematis. A flower that is not easy to grow.… Read More »When I Walk with You…
Hitting up the 2018 backlog. Here is a collection of pictures I took on May 5 on a trip to Dickcissel Park with Naima: There are plenty of other pictures of Naima in the 2018 backlog. Plenty more!
Yes Virginia, there was a Photography 139 Calendar this year. However, I didn’t sell them this year. I just made a small run and gave them out to a very few small group of select people. Here are the pictures from the 2019 Photography 139 Calendar: The front cover is… Read More »2019 Photography 139 Calendar
Happy New Year to people who celebrate such things. I like to look at some meaningless statistics every 250 posts and I also look at fairly meaningless year end statistics. Just so happens that I get to combine them today!! Here is both a year in review and a celebration… Read More »Post #3252 – 2018 Year in Review
One of the photo projects I worked on in early 2018 was grabbing miscellaneous pictures for the Boone First United Methodist Church Directory. The person in charge of putting the directory together wanted some pictures of the Bell Choir and some pictures of Doug sermonizing. That is why these pictures… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 1
The images in the folder 09-21-08 run the gamut. There are pictures from Steve’s garden, pictures of my Aunt Linda, pictures of Brandon from his Senior Pictures Photo Shoot, and a picture of the table that became my kitchen table, eventually. The group pictures are from a Majors Family Reunion.… Read More »09-21-08
I took Naima to Dickcissel back in May. Nader joined us on that day. Nader joined Willy as the only person to join Naima on our trips to Dickcissel Park. Most people are afraid of the snakes and the mud. Most people are soft: The last time I published pictures… Read More »Naima and Nader
I still haven’t got back to THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT, so instead of that, enjoy these pictures of Naima riding in a car. Yes, I was driving while I took these pictures. I’m pretty sure that is safe. +++++++ Here is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme… Read More »Naima Car Ride
I was lying when I said I have a ton of pictures of Naima tromping all over Dickcissel Park. Here is yet another collection of them: Don’t worry, there are plenty more Naima pictures in the hopper!!
Back in September I hung out in my backyard and took a few photos. Here are a few of those photos. There are more pictures of the cute little spider still out there for me to share!
A couple months back I was cruising back from Big Creek and I saw an interesting bird sitting on a fence. I pulled over and snapped a few photos. Have a looksie: Hopefully next Friday I’ll be back on track with THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. I guess we’ll see. +++++++… Read More »Word
Back in August I followed a butterfly around my Mom’s yard. Even got a few pictures of the little bugger. Like I said, I got a few pictures.
The pictures in the folder called 08-19-08 are from a trip to the Iowa State Fair. Here are a few of them: There are many more pictures than this from my 2008 trip to the Iowa State Fair. You can check them out by clicking on the link below: 2008… Read More »08-19-08
I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! It is the time of year where we are supposed to count our blessings. I thought I would share a few of my current blessings: I am blessed with a great family! I have plenty of friends that share my love for the… Read More »Blessings – 2018
I spent a lot of time out at Dickcissel Park with Naima this year. I think it has become her favorite place to go, when she leaves the house. The only thing I can say is that she has yet to accept that a trip there is a substitute for… Read More »A Man’s Best Friend is his Dog…
Heads up that next week we will be back on our normal schedule of Monday WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE drops into the foreseeable future. PETS did get a few people revved up and taking pictures. Although not as many as I would’ve thought. Some of you people don’t love your PETS… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 166 – PETS
As the 2018 political season wound down, I found it to be a perfect time to tackle Page 70 and then subsequently Page 71 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 70 – Take a picture of something you hate. There are few things in the world I hate more than… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 70-71