The following images are from the folder titled 03-12-08:
By restoring this pictures to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following blog post to its original glory:
These pictures were taken one night with Jay, Baier, and Dre.
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve Shimmer and Destiny.
The world wasn’t ready for these OLD/ELDERLY 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 at a Methodist Church. Either in Boone or Stratford.
You’re welcome world!
Hitting up the backlog again. Here are a few more pictures from the Caves Road Trip. These are from Wapsipinicon State Park:
These aren’t the caves we headed out to see, but we still hit them hard. Nothing like Bonus Cave Action.
There is a legend about how the Wapsipinicon River got is name. It goes a little something like this (according to the Buchanan County Historical Society):
A beautiful Indian maiden named Wapsi who once lived in a village near present-day Quasqueton. In a neighboring village lived Pinicon, son of an Indian chief and the ardent lover of the gentle Wapsi. On the eve of their wedding day, the two lovers were canoeing near Wapsi’s village when the jealous Fleet Foot, a former suitor of the Indian girl, drove an arrow into Pinicon’s heart. As wapsi sprang to the aid of Pinicon the canoe overturned and the two lovers sank beneath the water of the swiftly flowing river. In commemoration of this tragic event the sorrowing Indians combined the names of the two lovers and called the stream Wapsipinicon.
While it is a great story and reminds one of the story of the Swinging Bridge in Columbus Junction. Unfortunately, it probably isn’t true. The Wapsipinicon is most likely named for the wild artichokes that grow on its banks.
While artichokes aren’t romantic, even though there is such a thing as artichoke hearts, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that Brandi Carlile’s new album came out last Friday:
A love song was playing on the radio
It made me kind of sad because it made me think of you
And I wonder how you’re doing but I wish I didn’t care
Because I gave you all I had and got the worst of you
If you haven’t picked it up, you aren’t doing the way you listen to music right.
The world wasn’t ready for these STILL LIFE pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready now. But I can’t hold them back any longer:
You’re welcome world!
Despite the nicer weather, participation rates for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE haven’t rebounded. Might be time to consider retiring it at the end of this 52 week run. Maybe everybody gave up the Weekly Photo Challenge for Lent?
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the submissions:
Christopher D. Bennett
Kim Barker
Linda Bennett
Tamara Peterson
Andy Sharp
While the submission be little in number, they be strong in heart!
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
OLD/ELDERLY what a great theme! This picture doesn’t have to be of an old person, but it can be. OLD is a relative term. For example. The kids in the youth group think I’m OLD. Practically ancient. On the other hand the retirement age people from my church think of me as some wet behind the ears punk kid. FIND something or somebody (but I don’t know I would say that to their face) that you think is OLD and take a photo or two.
As always, I’m excited to see your interpretations!
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION
1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.
2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge due date. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.
That is it, them’s the rules.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION
Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.
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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very old Monday!
I went to the Women’s March a few weeks back. I couldn’t stay for very long because I had 1 PM tickets for the Iowa State Cyclones beatdown of the #8 Texas Tech Red Raiders. So I showed up early hoping other people would show up early.
On my walk to the assembly grounds I snapped a few photos of the Capitol and of some of the statues on the Capitol grounds:
WARNING! THERE BE BOOBS BELOW!
There was a small group of children that had their jaws drop when they saw the Soldier’s and Sailors’ Monument. They were apparently shocked by its depiction of Iowa as mother. Offering nourishment to her children. Their parents hurried them along.
Now is probably a good time to share a few more photos from my trip to South Dakota with my Mom. These pictures are from the Iron Mountain Road:
If you ever visit the Black Hills, I would strongly recommend the Iron Mountain Road. You travel through 3 tunnels that all face Mount Rushmore. It is a particularly scenic route if you are going from Mount Rushmore to Custer State Park.
Still hammering away at that back log. Here are a few pictures from my trip to Algona with Joe.
We went to Algona so Joe could pick up a van to server as a distribution center for his cannabis oil business. The trip didn’t work out. We didn’t come home with the van. However, I got to meet Joe’s dad, which was a fascinating experience. Plus we swung through West Bend to see the Grotto of the Redemption. Then to cap it off, we supped at Tom Thumb’s in Fort Dodge.
All in all, it was a great day at sea!
Every once in a while, a photographer gets to take important pictures. It is rare, but it does happen. I was given such an honor recently when Amber contacted me to take family pictures of her family before Christmas because her Grandpa was being put in hospice care.
Here are a few pictures from that day:
As of this writing Amber’s Grandpa is still at home under hospice care. The family hopes to keep him at home as long as possible. It was great getting to meet Amber’s grandparents. I can see why she turned out to be such an incredible human being.
Dipping into the backlog again. These pictures were taken on June 4.
The majority of these pictures were taken at McHose Park. The other two were taken in my Grandma’s backyard.
