In yesterday’s post I revealed the images I entered in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Today I thought I would give flowers to the consistent THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE contributors that also had pictures displayed. It was a great showing by this group! Angie got a major award. Nathanial… Read More »WPC – WEEK 466 – SCIENCE
By the time this publishes, I will be in possession of my entries to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. So it is safe to reveal what pictures got entered and what picture got shown the door. Which picture was told “You’re no good. Get outta here kid. You got… Read More »Food Truckin’: Winery Field Work
Just a reminder, the we are now one month and one day from the deadline to enter your pictures for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Here are the rules and entry form: Click on the link below to download the entry form: Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Entry Form I hope… Read More »WPC – WEEK 465 – PURPLE
If you are at the State Fair on Tuesday morning swing down to the Grand Concourse. Logan will be competing in the Barbecue Contest. He completely dominated the Boone County Fair competition to earn a berth at the Iowa State Fair. He won Turkey, Pork, and Beef. His Turkey took… Read More »Tall & Meaty – Boone County Fair – 2024
I made it down to the State Fair briefly last night to see what 3 of my pictures made it. And I came home with the photo book: So if you are going to go to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon, here are your clues to what 3 pictures… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 1 Beta
Today is going to be a long one, so buckle up and get your popcorn ready! Today is Jay’s birthday, so I need to start by wishing him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Jay! I hope your birthday is magical in the nothingness you attempt to do! +++++++ It is… Read More »WPC – WEEK 460 – BLACK & WHITE
Today seems like a good day to share the rest of the pictures from my day at the Iowa State Fair with Jen, Evie, and Layla. We saw some big chunks of the Fair and ate some great food and made some great art! Here are some of my favorites:… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 1 – Beta
A couple weeks back Logan and Nathanial’s barbecue team Tall & Meaty competed in a barbecue contest in Guthrie Center. It was there second contest they have entered as a team. They also entered the Pufferbilly Days Barbecue Contest. This was the first year of the Guthrie Center contest. It… Read More »Tall & Meaty – Guthrie Center BBQ Competition
When this publishes I will be in possession of my Iowa State Fair Photo Contest entries. So at this time, I can lift the blackout on what pictures I entered and what picture was accepted for display. I assume that everybody honored my social media blackout of my picture. And… Read More »Iowa State Fair Power Rankings
I know I might have written that I was finally going to start sharing pictures from the Color the Wind Festival today, but instead I’m going to do a recap of the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest before it gets too long in the tooth. First, I should announce to those… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Recap
I run a lot of miles of life and crime And mountain climbs and quittin’ times Packing that load of lyin’ rhymes And tired jokes and wooden dimes I’ve been everybody’s friend, everybody’s friend I could lose my house, I could steal a car I could serve two masters, living… Read More »Hold Out Your Hand
This weekend is Pufferbilly Days. So all the work the me and so many others have put into the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is now on display and will also be on display tomorrow at Art in the Park. I will get into all the people that helped and the… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest – 2023
I announced a few weeks back that Baby Got Rack was not competing this year at this year’s Boone County Fair barbecue contest. However, that didn’t mean that there wasn’t plenty of people in the Photography 139 orbit competing to root for. For starters, Logan entered and competed in his… Read More »Baby Got Rack Jr. – Boone County Fair
Today is Dahlia’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dahlia! Enjoy life without spreadsheets and emails and meetings and call centers and bills and jobs as long as you possibly can! +++++++ This is your reminder that if you are interested in entering the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 410 – GUILTY PLEASURE
There is one week left to enter the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Monica created this sweet social media artwork to post: Here is the link to the Entry Form: Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Entry Form Thanks again Monica! I hope at least a few of you decide to enter! +++++++… Read More »The Windy City: Day 5
Just a reminder that the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is coming up, but there is still time to enter: Thanks to Monica for making the sweet graphic for social media posts! ++++++ For rules and the entry form, go here: Time to share a second collection of… Read More »Des Moines & Louisa County Aux. – Vol. 2
Feels like a good time to announce that I did get a picture in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I also got an Award of some kind: I assume the Award isn’t as good as the award I got last year when I got 1st Place in the Iowa… Read More »WPC – WEEK 408 – TIME
I mailed out a postcard to the entrants of last years Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest last week. I hear they still haven’t arrived in people’s mailboxes. Thought I would share the postcard here, since many of you entered last year or have kids or grandkids that entered. Or hopefully many… Read More »WPC – WEEK 401 – HAPPY
Before we get into the submissions for this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE I want to say that I’m starting to work on the 2023 Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. There are a couple of changes from last year in the photo classes. I split NATURE into ANIMALS and PLANTS. The… Read More »WPC – WEEK 395 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
This is the final collection of images from Pufferbilly Days. This collection is the behind the scenes pictures from the Photo Contest. Which for the most part went well, but there are already ideas being explored to streamline some of the process. By streamline the process, I mean find ways… Read More »Pufferbilly Day 2022 – Photo Contest
On the Saturday afternoon of Pufferbilly Days I wandered around downtown for a bit. I watched the 1st Annual Mullet and Moustache Contest. I tried to watch the Spike Driving Contest, but the weather was so blazing hot, none of the people that signed up to compete showed up to… Read More »Pufferbilly Days – Saturday Afternoon