We’ve covered all the images I took of RAGBRAI in Winterset. Now it is time to start the images I took while following RAGBRAI briefly through 4 different towns. The first of those towns is Saint Charles. If you’ve ever even heard of Saint Charles, that is because it hosts… Read More »RAGBRAI: Saint Charles
One of the absolute greatest songs of all-time featured in one of the greatest movies of all-time CASABLANCA. If you’ve never seen this movie, what are you even doing! You should check it out as it is pretty relatable to the times we are living in right now. But Thursdays… Read More »As Time Goes By
Need to start today by wishing all of you a Happy Valentine’s Day! Not going to give you a list of anything this year. I was ill prepared for this holiday. Sorry. I’ll try to do better next Valentine’s Day! Last time we left off on Day 3 of my… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Audubon Park
If everybody had your shoulderTo lean their head onto once in a whileThen they’d know what it means to be lovedThey’d never feel alone in their miles They’d wonder why life was so kindWhen they close their eyes at the end of the day And in the darkness there would… Read More »If Everyone Had Someone
After we hit up the foam party we wandered briefly through the animal barns before hitting up the midway for rides and some food. Here are some more pictures from the day: Still one more collection of images from this great day at the Fair to share!
After walking around the French Quarter I eventually ended up on one of the green trolleys and out to the Garden District. The green trolleys in New Orleans are known as the St. Charles Streetcar Line. It is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world. It has been… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Garden District Trolley
Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb I was soft inside There was something going on You do something to me that I can’t explain Hold me closer and I feel no pain Every beat of my… Read More »Islands in the Stream
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
When we left off last Friday we were at the Saint Louis Cathedral. We will start out there and then go out to Jackson Square. Then finish up just walking around the French Quarter. It is a very photogenic part of the city! Here is a little history of Jackson… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Jackson Square
This is the balance of sunflower pictures I took in the sunflower patch near the Harrier Marsh east of Ogden a few miles. Next Thursday’s flowertography session will go back to flowers from my yard!
Not actually using a song title for today’s journal entry for flowers. Almost every flower I photograph on the regular has a set title. Today I’m sharing only sunflower pictures, so I thought it would more apropos to use the name for all of my sunflower pictures. Painted without Instruction.… Read More »Painted without Instruction
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 December image of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: DECEMBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7 IV LENS: Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro APERTURE: f/8 SHUTTER: 1/2000 ISO: 100 DATE: April 13, 2024 This picture of a bird soaring through the sky was taken at the Last Chance Cemetery… Read More »WPC – WEEK 487 – MOTION
Time to share the October image from the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: OCTOBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/3.2 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: July 23, 2024 This dandelion picture was taken in my yard. I take no pride in that… Read More »A Saturday at the Boone County Fair
Time to reveal the August image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: August TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 16mm APERTURE: f/5.6 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/3200 ISO: 160 DATE: July 29, 2024 I took this picture just south of US30. A little east of… Read More »Don’t Be Cruel
Time to reveal the July image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JULY TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 276mm APERTURE: f/14 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/6400 ISO: 160 DATE TAKEN: August 2, 2024 I took this picture on my trip to the Indianola National… Read More »I Don’t Care if it Hurts
It is time to reveal the May image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: May TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/9 EXPOSURE: 1/125 ISO: 800 DATE: August 13, 2024 I took this picture of a bee on a zinnia… Read More »WPC – WEEK 486 – WHEELS
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
He came from somewhere back in her long ago The sentimental fool don’t see Tryin’ hard to recreate What had yet to be created once in her life She musters a smile for his nostalgic tale Never coming near what he wanted to say Only to realize it never really… Read More »What A Fool Believes
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day, you gave it away (You gave it away) This… Read More »Last Christmas
It is Thanksgiving! So I need to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving! I used to use this Thanksgiving entry to list some of the blessings in my life. I fully intended to do that again this year, because it has been 3 years since I have done that.… Read More »Truly