VIOLET. Purple. Lavender. I got submission sent under all those headings. But did I get a lot of them? Was VIOLET a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 3, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 369 – VIOLET
Usually on these Flower Thursdays, if the is more than one type of flower in the pictures, I take the blog title from a Brandi Carlile song title. Then I include some of the lyrics from the song. I point this out because I don’t really point this out. I… Read More »Fist City
Another month done in the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. I have to confess that I spent some time on the struggle bus this month. I don’t know if I lost some steam or if I just want feeling some of the themes. Being sick for a few… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – September 2022
I don’t mind If my heart don’t beat and The sun don’t shine They’ll get theirs You’ll get yours and I’ll get mine It used to be that everything was easy Now it’s lost and nobody believes me Am I losing heart Have I frozen it, oh yeah Am I… Read More »Losing Heart
Noontime wind can you blow For me one more time And take me on back to the start Where the midnight moon shines so bright Nearly pulled us up to Heaven By the strings of our heart Thursday is for flowers and this Thursday I showcase some flowers from my… Read More »Josephine
Have you ever wandered lonely through the woods? And everything there feels just as it should You’re part of the life there You’re part of something good If you’ve ever wandered lonely through the woods Thursday is for flowers and this Thursday showcases a fairly diverse collection of flowers. All… Read More »Have You Ever
Thursdays are for flowers and this collection is a collection of gazania (African daisies) from the flower pots of my yard. I might have gone overboard photographing them this year because I didn’t have any in 2021. Just kidding! There is no going overboard in the world of flowertography! I’m… Read More »The Girl in the Blue Skirt 2022 – Vol. 2
Another Pufferbilly Days event that I photographed was the Pufferbilly Days Dog Show. Technically, it is a pet show, but the only pets that show up are dogs. I mean, it is pretty obvious why nobody enters a cat, but I would think that somebody would enter a guinea pig… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Dog Show
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