Today’s entry is a collection of some rando portraits from last fall. Some are self-portraits that were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme SELF-PORTRAIT. The others were taken for the Computer Mine holiday card, although I don’t know if any of them were actually used. Have a look at… Read More »Some Portraits
We’re less than 2 months away from the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, so it seems like a good time to share the entry form for this year. You can download a .pdf of the form here: 2025 Pufferbilly Days Entry Form I did make a few small changes this year.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 516 – PEACE
My love, can we go backwardsBack to the days before the going got rough?I know there’s no going back nowI tried to move onBut I got stuck in reverse So go, there’s a world of changesSo many bridges still to get overRubicons still to crossAnd I’ll be picking up the… Read More »Stuck in Reverse
Last time we left off on my trip to the Iowa State Fair on the last day of the Fair with Nader, we were wandering the Agriculture Building. This collection will continue there with pictures of some of the amazingly bizarre art and food competitions in there! It will end… Read More »ISF 08/18/2024: Art
Celia, you’re breaking my heartYou’re shaking my confidence dailyOh, Cecilia, I’m down on my kneesI’m begging you please to come homeCelia, you’re breaking my heartYou’re shaking my confidence dailyOh, Cecilia, I’m down on my kneesI’m begging you please to come homeCome on home Making love in the afternoonWith CeciliaUp in… Read More »Cecilia
How I miss the people we used to beAnd all those things that you brought out in meWe’re both different now and times have changedEven the best of friends can become estrangedWell I am well aware that we can not go back, but I will not stand by and watch… Read More »The People We Used to Be
Time to clean out the backlog a bit. These pictures are from August of last year and never really fit into any previous posts. Some are from Jefferson. The rest are of the South Marion Methodist Church. A friend of mine is the Pastor there and I didn’t even know… Read More »When I’m Not Around
FLOWER! What a great theme! But did enough people get their green thumb going to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sara Lockner – 1 week2-Jesse Howard – 3 weeks3-Monica Jennings – 3 weeks4-Brandon Kahler… Read More »WPC – WEEK 513 – FLOWER
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