There is quite the collection of images in the folder called 10-13-08. I can’t possibly include all of them in this here entry, so I’ll just have to pick out a few that I like the most. The pictures range from Gyro Day at the Computer Mine to the Ames… Read More »10-13-08
While I was preparing to write this entry I went down a rabbit hole on the origins of the term “swan song”. I have heard the term many times, but never really understood what it meant. Apparently there is a belief dating back to ancient Greece that swans stay mostly… Read More »The Proverbial Swan Song
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
The images in the folder 09-23-08 are a little bit all over the place. There are pictures from a Little White Lye Soap sales event. Pictures from Alexis reveling in athletic glory. Plus a sticker given to me by Janice. Finally a strange sculpture that I think is uniquely Midwestern.… Read More »09-23-08
At this point on our stroll down memory lane, rather than go through full folders, I’m taking a a bit out of a folder at a time, because some of these folders have hundreds and hundreds of images. These images are from a “tubing” trip down the Des Moines River… Read More »Little White Lye Soap and Boone County Sea Dogs
This is the final collection of 2016 images to publish. I mean I could publish the images I took for the Computer Mine Holiday Card, but nobody wants to see that. We’re almost to the end of Sunday blogs. Once I get through all of the 2017 images, I will… Read More »Thunderdesdamona
Here is another collection of Desdamona leather goods: There is one more collection of Desdamona photos, and the the 2016 backlog will be complete. (Holds for applause)
Hitting the 2016 backlog with more pictures from the Desdamona photo shoot: More Desdamona pictures next Sunday!
More pictures from the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show. The show is dominated by dogs. If my memory serves correctly, there are 2 dog categories. Best Trick and Best Tail Wag. I feel that there is one more category, but I can’t place it. Maybe it is best overall. There… Read More »2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show Part 2
This month’s Union Street Theater Club’s Movie Night will be next Sunday. The B Movie is THE WRAITH. The feature presentation is THE HITCHER. Since the theme of the night is southwestern, the snack will be chili. The projector rolls at 6 PM. October’s double feature has yet to be… Read More »Dr. Desdamona
I was going to go through quite a bit of older photos before I published photos of Shannon extracting honey from a few weeks back. Then, Satruday’s episode of SVENGOOLIE featured the bee movie TERROR OUT OF THE SKY, the sequel to the bee movie THE SAVAGE BEES. I was… Read More »What Do You Call a Wasp?
The images in the folder call 07-05-08 involved a long day of Jaycee activities I engaged in on July 4, 2008. I began the day helping out at a special Ames on the Half Shell event involving the Burnin’ Sensations and The Nadas. Then I went and helped setup and… Read More »07-05-08
REMINDER It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my photos to enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Once again, I am going to leave it up to a popular vote. The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest allows you to enter… Read More »06-14-08
There is a lot going on in the pictures from the folder 06-10-08! There is a sunset. There is FNSC. There is the first official outing of The Tenderloin Appreciation Society. There are pictures of the Ames Party Bus. Let’s get to it! The first tenderloining experience was at the… Read More »06-10-08
There are 3 sets of images to be found in the collection of pictures in the folder 05-12-08. The first set are pictures from a Mother’s Day celebration at my Mom’s house. The second set are a collection of pictures of flowers at my Mom’s house. A Mother’s Day Peony… Read More »05-12-08
The images in this blog are from the folder 05-03-08: By adding these images to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following historical An Artist’s Notebook entry to its original glory: CARDINAL GYMNASTICS ACADEMY The pictures of Alexis doing gymnastics was at her gymnastics recital,… Read More »05-03-08
So here is the first journal entry. I felt like having as pretentious sounding name as possible for my journal. I have a few goals about this journal. My main goal is just to actually write in it. My second goal is to be as truthful as possible towards my… Read More »Mr. 3000
The following images (and this collection is all over the place) came from the folder 04-30-08: Karen One of the bitter parts of this collection is that Karen has passed away since this picture was taken. Many of these pictures were taken during Olivia’s Stitching Time. A sewing circle that… Read More »04-30-08
The following images are from the folders 04-22-08, 04-25-08, and 04-26-08: By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery I was able to restore these historic An Artist’s Notebook entries to their original glory: LITTLE WHITE LYE PRODUCT ENDORSEMENT PART 3 AMES JAYCEES SANDBOX FILL The soap pictures were… Read More »04-22-08, 04-25-08, 04-26-08
The following images are from the folder 04-19-08: By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following classic An Artist’s Notebook entries to their original glory: LITTLE WHITE LYE BONUS SPRING GAME If you want to check out more pictures from Iowa… Read More »04-19-08
The following pictures were located int he folder 04-13-08: By adding these images to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following classic An Artist’s Notebook journal entries to their original glory: SHAVE AND A HARICUT VEISHEA LWL PHOTO SHOOT The majority of these pictures were taken… Read More »04-13-08