Another time to hit up the backlog. These pictures I took on May 8:
It was these last few photos that lead to the Great Jake Sullivan Failure.
Back Frog
Category Archives: Animals
Them Photogs, They Coming Up on Me; I Cut Off the Ladder, And I Told ‘Em,”Bye-Bye”
More alternatives for COLORFUL that the world couldn’t handle on Monday. I’m hoping it can handle them now:
Most of these photos were taken at Boone First United Methodist Church. A few were taken in the campustown area of Ames. The pictures of Naima were taken in the Photography 139 backyard.
Most of these are an incamera special effect that is far from perfect, but often creates interesting results.
You’re welcome world.
03-01-08
The following pictures were in the folder 03-01-08 even though most of them seem to be from July of 2007.
The last picture is of my Grandpa Paris’ 1979 Iowa State football season ticket.
Some of these pictures were taken at the Boone County Fair, some at McHose Park, some behind the Computer Mine.
By adding these photos to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following posts to their original glory:
ISU FOOTBALL
COMPUTER MINE WOODS
I’m not exactly sure where next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will end up yet.
A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Pages 50-51
Pages 50-51 in the PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT are “A record of missed photo opportunities”. I think that the actual intention is to write down missed opportunities, but I translated it to mean times when the only camera I had on me was my phone. Sometimes that resulted in serviceable pictures and sometimes in not so serviceable pictures. Here are the 4 pictures that will be physically adhered into the physical photo journal:
The first 2 pictures were taken at the Computer Mine. One of my favorite aspects of the day job is that our building sits next to a little forest. There is quite the collection of wildlife that comes to our backdoor.
The third picture is from the annual Youth Group Hay Rack Ride.
The final picture was taken at an Iowa State women’s basketball game where we lucked into second row seats.
02-28-08
The following pictures were all found in the folder 02-28-08:
These pictures were all taken with a camera that Nader wanted me to test before he took it with him to London.
By adding these photos to the Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following blog post:
TEST CAMERA
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane is hard to describe. Looks like a bunch of pictures that don’t belong together, but I’ll get it sorted.
Refreshed from Time to Time with the Blood of Patriots and Tyrants
Thought I would share a few cruddy cell phone pictures from my recent trip to Memphis with Russell and Jesse to watch Iowa State’s 21-20 beatdown of Memphis in the Liberty Bowl:
You know you’re in Memphis when you walk into a hotel lobby and there is a musician setting up shop.
Beale Street
Greetings from Memphis!
Beale Street
Supper!
Delicious Chicken and Waffles #wafflelife
I want this Sam Cooke table.
The King
The King’s Final Resting Place
In front of the gates at Graceland
First time in Mississippi.
Amazing Waffle House Experience. Waitress told us that she loved our “Northern Accents”. #wafflelife
We will be sending a very nice letter to Waffle House about this amazing waitress!
Back to Tennessee.
This many people gathered to watch ducks walk from an elevator to a fountain. To John Philip Sousa.
Some college football fanbases don’t have any problems filling a baseball stadium.
The Memphis Redbirds play in a beautiful stadium.
Post pep rally fireworks.
Selfie Time!
Cozy Corner is a big recommend. Their barbecue spaghetti, not so much.
Delicious, delicious ribs!
With the owner. Teenage Cyclone fan for the photobomb!
The National Civil Rights Museum located where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
Watched the Iowa State basketball debacle here. These musicians were solid, but made the night slightly uncomfortable.
More Beale Street.
Apparently Iowa State fans like their Busch Light.
Even More Beale Street.
Admittedly, not my best work. #wafflelife
ISUCFVMB
Sea of Cardinal and Gold
Cyclones!!!
Dig those sweet chrome helmets!
This flyover by a FedEx 747 was both slow and scary.
Weirdest halftime show ever? The Isley Brothers and other stuff.
Victory Formation!
Sing the alma mater!
Victory Selfie!
Jumbotron? Try minitron.
I’ll be strolling into church some Sunday with this jacket.
21-20* Should’ve been 28-20, but refs aren’t perfect.
Leave these guys alone for a moment and they are staring at their phones.
There are plenty of real camera pictures that will be released eventually, but thought I’d get these out early. I didn’t take the real camera into the Liberty Bowl. A myriad of reasons, but in the end, you just need to know that it didn’t work out.
Memphis’ stadium is a little dumpy. It isn’t a complete dump, like where Kansas and Missouri play. But it isn’t nice like where Kansas State or Iowa or of course like Jack Trice.
I have to commend Russell. He survived almost 3 full days with me and Jesse. That isn’t an easy feat for most people. He is horrified that I photograph my food, but he is going to have to learn. That is how Bennetts roll. It is genetic. I swear it!
To surmise, it was a great trip that ended with a Cyclone victory! I’m already making plans for next year’s bowl game trip. Who wants in?
That Last Album Was Heavy, That Last Album Was Gritty, How You Gon’ Match That?
The world wasn’t ready for these LOW PERSPECTIVE pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now. But I can’t hold them back any longer:
Most of these pictures were taken in Memphis. Others were taken in my backyard. One was taken in my kitchen.
You’re welcome world.
2017 – Year in Review
Time for a look back at 2017. While it was a disaster for our country and for the world, it wasn’t so bad for me personally.
Here are the 5 Most popular Photo Galleries on my website:
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – YEAR 4 (96932 VIEWS)
SELFIE PROJECT – 2017 (58566 VIEWS)
2007 – JULY-DECEMBER (30046 VIEWS)
The 5 Most Popular Blog Entries (BASED ON COMMENTS):
YOU CAN CALL IT A COMEBACK (15 COMMENTS).
YOU, YA JUST GET IN THAT HEAD SPACE, YA KNOW (15 COMMENTS)
The 5 Most Popular Photos on my Website (BASED ON VIEWS):
Alisa & I at Winter Jam – 9565 VIEWS
Ground Squirrel – 4349 VIEWS
Me and Naima – 2619 VIEWS
Sidewalk Chalk – 1862 VIEWS
Jesse and I at the Pep Rally Before the Big Men’s Basketball Championship Game – 1800 VIEWS
There were 400 blog posts in 2017. Pretty sure that is a record.
In 2017, I got to see Beale Street, Mount Rushmore, The Civil Rights Museum, and the Badlands. All places I’ve wanted to see for years.
In 2017, I got see Iowa State win a Big 12 Championship in Men’s Basketball and win a bowl game and watch Iowa State beat the #5 team in the country.
In 2017, I got to be President of the Methodist Men, serve on the Administrative Council for my Church and go on a Mission Trip with the Youth Group to Saint Paul.
In 2017, I attended birthday parties, birthday dinners, 4 weddings (I think), and too many funerals. Even though, there weren’t many.
In 2017, I went on vacations to Minnesota, Kansas, South Dakota, and Tennessee.
In 2017, I established a new tradition of The Union Street Movie Theater Movie Night.
In 2017, I didn’t spend enough time with friends and family.
In 2017, I watched too much television and read too few books.
This brings me to my goals for 2017:
1. I’m gonna step my game up and get what’s coming to me. (My standard goal.)
2. I’m going to read at least 20 books in 2018.
I don’t have any new photo projects for 2018. I’m not continuing the Selfie Project. My Instagram account is going to go 100% black and white in 2018. I will finish the Photo Journal Project.
These are the things that I will do in 2018.
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – LOW PERSPECTIVE
A reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is LOW PERSPECTIVE:
LOW PERPSECTIVE!
A LOW PERSPECTIVE image is an image where the point of view is lower than normal. Get down on the ground and look up. Get down on the ground and look straight ahead. Both work.
Happy photo harvesting!
Cinco de Mayo
Hopping back into the backlog I found some pictures I took back on May 5. Some pictures of a beautiful toad that lived in my woodpile for a few weeks and some pictures of gross lilacs.
I was, of course, being facetious when I called lilacs ugly. Those lilacs can be found between my back fence and the alley. I transplanted 3 lilac bushes from my Mom’s lilac patch 3 years ago. Only 1 survived. This was the first year that the surviving bush bloomed. It was very exciting times around the Bennett homestead!