First Act
“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” Pablo Picasso Some more pictures from my walk around a half block of downtown Boone. I might have to spend some more time in the seedy back alleys of Boone, Iowa in the future.
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RWPE #28 – Calm
Last week’s submissions for CALM: Carla Stensland Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest The Random Generator has been randomizing and randomizing and finally it has generated the theme for this week: DEPTH OF FIELD This is a slightly more technical theme than most of the themes. Here is a… Read More »RWPE #28 – Calm
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 26 Alpha
This week’s project was to photograph State Center’s Rose Garden. I might have gotten slightly carried away. The Best Place to Seek God A few more pictures from the “The Best Place to Seek God” Sessions: More to come in the days that follow.
RWPE #27 – Communication
The submissions for last week’s theme COMMUNICATION are in: Justin Whitaker of American Buddhist Perspective Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett The Random Generator has been fired up and it has spit out this week’s theme: CALM I would think that would… Read More »RWPE #27 – Communication
The Dumbest Thing Shannon Bardole has Ever Done
Small people talk about other people. Average people talk about things. Great people talk about ideas. When I first began my sentence with the Boone Outpost of the Evil Clown Empire, there was a ludicrous sign posted in the crew room that had this observation written on it. I’m not… Read More »The Dumbest Thing Shannon Bardole has Ever Done
Welcome to Beaver, Iowa
For reasons that are slightly inexplicable to me, I ended up in Beaver, Iowa yesterday morning. I’ve always felt that Beaver is a town that looks like it “walked” out of a horror movie. For this reason I once (years and years ago) took a series of pictures called “The… Read More »Welcome to Beaver, Iowa
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 24 Beta
The rest of the pictures from the “The Girl in the Blue Skirt Photo Sessions”:
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 24 Alpha
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 24 was to take pictures of daisies. I went in to this project wondering if I could take a better daisy picture than “The Solace of Ordinary Humanity”, but I made the attempt. I will split the daisy pictures into two separate posts… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 24 Alpha
The Incidental Gardener Files
I am thinking of adding a weekly segment to this journal where lesser gardeners can ask me questions about how I became such a super badass gardener and I would sprinkle my nuggets of wisdom on them. If you have any questions, leave them in the Comments section of this… Read More »The Incidental Gardener Files
RWPE #25 – Still Life
The submissions for last week’s theme – STILL LIFE: Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest Becky Perkovich A Becky Perkovich B Dawn’s Weekly Poem: Still Life In this still lifeNo one to understandIn this still lifeNo one to hold your hand In this still lifeWe walk the road aloneIn… Read More »RWPE #25 – Still Life
Flame On
A couple weekends ago I made a trip to State Center with Teresa and Mom so I could photograph their rose garden. As is frequently the case, they got bored and left me behind so they could go to a gas station. When they came back they told me that… Read More »Flame On
RWPE #24 – Colorful
COLORFUL did light the imaginations of several people. Here are this week’s submissions: Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier Debra Krause Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Justin Whitaker of American Buddhist Perspective Mike Vest of Waxen Media Dawn’s Poem Colorful Brighter thoughts fill the… Read More »RWPE #24 – Colorful
RWPE #23 – Strong
Apparently STRONG doesn’t get many people’s creative blood boiling. Only 3 submissions this week. Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause We ripped the ripcord on the Random Generator and it sputtered, then it fired it up and then it spit out this week’s theme: COLORFUL Hopefully this theme will… Read More »RWPE #23 – Strong
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 21
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 21 was to take pictures at the Iowa State greenhouse. Where it Got Its Life Other pictures from this photo session: It is a beautiful facility and I recommend anybody that is on the Iowa State Campus during the day to check it… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 21
Euphony
I had Nate and Bethany staying with me this weekend. I let Nate choose my submission for RWPE and to be real honest, he actually picked my least favorite picture from the session. Regardless, I thought I would share a few more pictures from last week’s RWPE featuring a white… Read More »Euphony
RWPE #21 – Harmony
With the big holiday weekend there weren’t many submissions for last week’s theme – HARMONY. In fact, there were only two. Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest The Random Generator has spoken. The theme for this week is: Painting with Light This one is kind of tricky and involves… Read More »RWPE #21 – Harmony
Reiman Gardens
I spent a good portion of Sunday wandering Reiman Garens with Mom, Grandma, Teresa and Logan. Don’t believe me? Here is photographic evidence: I learned plenty about gnomes. I might just have to invest in a gnome someday, but the gigantic toad in the Reiman Gardens gift shop might be… Read More »Reiman Gardens
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18
My goal for Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18 was to capture a tulip picture. I visited tulips in my Mom’s yard, my Grandma’s yard and in Pella. After taking a lot of pictures, the photo below is the picture that best captures my tulip vision. Amen Here… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 18
Walk in the Park
A couple of weeks ago I went to Brookside to burn off a lunch hour. Here are a few of those photos: I need to get out of the mine more often.