The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. -Saadi This is a quote attributed to the Persian poet Saadi Shirazi. He was a Persian poet that lived in the 13th century. I have tried to find the original context of this quote, but have failed miserably.… Read More »Sorrow and Gladness 2022 – Vol. 3
It looks like there might some more new participants in the pipeline, so probably a good time to review the FAQ: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week? The short answer is, “no”. Some people think that there is a… Read More »WPC – WEEK 363 – CIRCLE
Time to share the second collection of images I took at the State Center Rose Garden back on June 18. It is one of my favorite flower gardens in Iowa. I definitely try to hit it every year. It was part of a full day of photography. I started at… Read More »Sorrow and Gladness 2022 – Vol. 2
By the time this publishes, the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon will be over and hopefully I will be in possession of my entries. I don’t know I had a completely successful Iowa State Fair Photography Contest, but it wasn’t a complete failure. I only got one picture accepted. I… Read More »Kyle – Volume 9
Thursdays are for flowers. Back in June I made a trip to the State Center Rose Garden to do a little flowertography. The lighting wasn’t great and it turned out it was during their Rose Festival, so the timing wasn’t great, but I still think some good work was done.… Read More »Sorrow and Gladness 2022 – Vol. 1
And when you speak the words you know To those who know the words themselves You’re wasted You’re such a classic waste of cool, so afraid to Break the rules in all the wrong places Thursdays are for flowers. Here is a collection of flower pictures I took a bit… Read More »Wasted
A quick heads up. If you were thinking of going to or entering an animal into the Pufferbilly Days Dog and Exotic Animal Show, because of the extreme heat of today it was postponed. It is now tomorrow at noon at the park on 9th and Story. +++++++ I have… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – July 2022
Reminder that tomorrow is the deadline to turn in your entries to the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Important things to note: + Entry Deadline: July 29, 2022 – 5 PM + Turn entries in at the Boone County Chamber of Commerce – 903 Story Street – Boone, Iowa + 3… Read More »My Song
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Entries are to be submitted to the Chamber office by 5 PM. I hope there are plenty of submissions this year! Or at the least, more than there were last year. +++++++ Was WILD a WILDly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 358 – WILD
Once again, I am reminding you that the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is coming up. It is next Friday! So you have 9 days to get your entry together and get it to the Chamber office. By 5 PM. On July 29. Here is a reminder of… Read More »Turpentine
Just a reminder that Pufferbilly Days is right around the corner. About 16 days left to get your pictures entered for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. But before we get into that, I also want to remind you that during Saturday of the Pufferbilly Days is the Pufferbilly Days Pet… Read More »The Story
This is the final collection of images I’m going to share from my work trip to Miami Beach. It begins with more pictures of the Holocaust Memorial and ends with pictures taken around my hotel. The first image shared here is probably my favorite picture I took on this trip.… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 5 – A7II – Dos
Here is your reminder that July 29 is the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Entries need to be turned in to the Chamber by 5 PM that day. It is a Friday. You don’t have to be from Boone or Boone County to enter. Just somebody that enjoys… Read More »The Girl in the Blue Skirt – 2022
It is less than one month until the deadline to turn in your pictures for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. This is my second year running the contest, so I had time to make a few changes this year. But first, I actually had two flyers made for this year’s… Read More »Late Morning Lullaby
Trending back to Day 5 of my Computer Mine trip to Miami Beach. This was the only day I got to do much photography. We actually left the convention center at a decent time. We had an appetizer party hosted by the sales team that I attended, but then I… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 5 – A7II – Uno
“Yes I’ll sit with you and talk, let your eyes relive again. I know my vintage prayers would be very much the same. And Magdalena plays the organ, plays it just for you. Your choral lamp that burns so low, when you are passing through. And the future you’re giving… Read More »60 Years On
About a month ago I finally started buying flowers for my flower pots and urns. I took a few pictures then. But apparently only pictures of a dahlia, some petunias, and a marigold. I’ve probably spent like $200 on flowers this year. So far. I’m terribly far behind on yardwork,… Read More »Tragedy
Where flowers bloom, so does hope. -Lady Bird Johnson Back in early may I bought some geranium hanging flower baskets for my front yard. Here are some pictures I took of the geraniums. I think hanging geranium flower baskets in my front yard is going to become traditional. I like… Read More »So Does Hope – 2022
FLOWER has proven to be a pretty popular theme. I’m always not sure how these things will go because I know more than a few people that just absolutely HATE flower photography or as my forthcoming book will be called, flowertography. Not only do they HATE flower pictures, they in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 351 – FLOWER
On Tuesday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. It was month of random prompts and I think for the most part, there is some good work mixed in with mediocre work. The kind of thing you get with a Photo A Day Challenge.… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – May 2022
Here is the third and final collection of tulip images from Pella I took back at the beginning of May. A garden I would like to visit in the future is the Better Homes and Gardens Test Garden, but it is only open to the public from 12-2 on Fridays.… Read More »Still Laughing – 2022 – Collection 3