Unfortunately I’ve been getting inundated with spam comments from bots lately. So I sadly announce that I have had to add captcha to the comment form on “The Artist’s Notebook”. So if you are one of the few that leave comments on the website you will have to go through… Read More »It’s Magic
SOMETHING STUPID! What a great theme! But did enough people make mire themselves in dumb to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week2-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks3-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks4-Brandon… Read More »WPC – WEEK 512 – SOMETHING STUPID
If you could only see the way she loves meThen maybe you would understandWhy I feel this way about our loveAnd what I must doIf you could only see how blue her eyes can be when she saysWhen she says she loves me Well you got your reasonsAnd you got… Read More »If You Could Only See
Well, I followed her to the stationWith a suitcase in my handYeah, I followed her to the stationWith a suitcase in my handWhoa, it’s hard to tell, it’s hard to tellWhen all your love’s in vain When the train come in the stationI looked her in the eyeWell, the train… Read More »Love in Vain
I’m sticking with you‘Cause I’m made out of glueAnything that you might doI’m gonna do too You held up a stage coach in the rainAnd I’m doing the sameSaw you hanging from a treeAnd I made believe it was me I’m sticking with you‘Cause I’m made out of glueAnything that… Read More »I’m Sticking With You
Happy Friday the 13th everyone! A bad day for Templar Knights. A worse day for drugged up oversexed camp counselors. Probably going to be a pretty bad day for me too. But it is also free sandwich day at Jimmy’s Barbecue!! Don’t forget to get yours! Unless you are the… Read More »ISF: 08/13/2024 – Early Afternoon
If I was a flower growing wild and freeAll I’d want is you to be my sweet honey beeAnd if I was a tree growing tall and greenAll I’d want is you to shade me and be my leaves If I was a flower growing wild and freeAll I’d want… Read More »All I Want is You
Bokeh is mostly all grown up now. She still has a lot of puppy in her, but she is mostly grown up. So thought I would share some pictures I took of her last fall. Here are those pictures: Bokeh recently was fixed and she was drugged up for 10… Read More »If It Ain’t Bokeh
I am doll eyes, doll mouth, doll legsI am doll arms, big veins, dog beg Yeah, they really want youThey really want you, they really doYeah, they really want youThey really want you, and I do too I want to be the girl with the most cakeI love him so… Read More »Doll Parts
It’s a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from May. It was a decently busy month. But I never left the state. I mean why would you leave Iowa? We’re second to last in economic growth. 48th in personal income growth. Our education system, which used to… Read More »Selfie Project – May 2025
Here is the second collection of images I took on a trip out to the Iowa Arboretum last fall. Most of these pictures are of the sweet new treehouse they opened up last year. However, there are a few flowertography pictures to kick it off. Here are the pictures: Next… Read More »Iowa Arboretum Treehouse
I recently spent a few bucks on a lens built out of an old disposable camera lens. It really is just the old disposable lens built into a lens cap. It is really cheap lens just meant for fun. The look of old disposable cameras has become popular in some… Read More »Disposable
Not going to use a song for this collection of images. This is the first collection of images I took at the Iowa Arboretum last year. As a card carrying member of the Iowa Arboretum, I really should get out there more often. But it is also gets me free… Read More »Iowa Arboretum Flowers
As you know, I don’t do weddings very often. There is a wide variety of reasons for this and it isn’t just because formal portraiture falls well outside the realm of my passion and because of this, is very far from being a strength. Also, because I don’t know that… Read More »Clevenger Wedding
I’ve never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonightI’ve never seen you shine so bright, mhm-hmmI’ve never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to danceThey’re looking for a little romance, given half a chanceAnd I have never seen that dress you’re wearingOr the highlights in… Read More »The Lady in Red
I got the blues but I don’t mindAll I have to do is get to youand then I feel just fine I’m on a downer, but not all the wayWhen I’m feeling low you do your thingjust so, and then I feel OK You’re so good, the way you giveYou’re… Read More »I Got The…
It is a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images I took in April. It was a fairly busy month. There was the end of the season of Lent. There was also the work trip to Philadelphia. A busier month than most. Here are the April selfie images:… Read More »Selfie Project – April 2025
It’s nice to hear your voice againI’ve waited all day longEven wrote a song for youIt’s strange, the way you make me feelWith just a word or twoI’d like to do the same for you It’s nice to hear you say “hello”And “how are things with you?I love you”But very… Read More »Bless the Telephone
You don’t know how you move meDeconstruct me and consume meI’m all used up, I’m out of luck I am star struckBy something in your eyesThat is keeping my hope alive But I’m sick of myself when I look at youSomething is beautiful and trueIn a world that’s ugly and… Read More »Sick of Myself
Today is Maundy Thursday and on high holy days, I like to include a devotional in these posts. The “Jesus Blog” has to do some Jesusing every now and again. Wesley Men Lenten & Easter Devotionals 2025 Holy Thursday – April 17, 2025 Gospel Lectionary John 13:1-17, 31b-35 New International… Read More »Love Like This
Let me step outside myselfWill you try to hold my hand?What if I told youWhen the smoke clearsYou’re the only one who can?I know I’ve tried youDefied and denied youThrown punches in the airClosed my eyes and count to tenPraying you’d still be standing there Hang in there, darling, won’t… Read More »Someone to Belong To