More from my trip to the Iowa Arboretum on July 3, 2016.
We will head back to the Arboretum one more time!
The Old Tree Library Beta
Category Archives: Flowers
The Old Tree Library Alpha
This shows you how deep my backlog goes. These are images I took on July 3. Of 2016.
They were taken at the Iowa Arboretum, which is one of Boone County’s forgotten little gems. I like to go there after they are closed because I can have the whole place to myself. Costs $5 to get in. Which is a steal, I reckon!
I’m not done with the Iowa Arboretum quite yet. The title of this here journal entry might have tipped you off to that fact. I reckon.
A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 8
I’ve been recently commissioned to photograph the flower garden of a relative. While I was over there, I decided to tackle Page 8 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT:
Page 8 – Take an ugly picture of something beautiful.
Next time we look at THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT, we will take a look at sound.
The More You Suffer
These FLOWER pictures didn’t have what it takes to make the cut for the FLOWER theme of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:
No telling what these pictures could accomplish if they only believed in themselves!
But I Really Think It’s Better this Way
These pictured didn’t have what it takes to be included for the theme WATER in the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:
If only these pictures believed in themselves, there is no telling what they might accomplish.
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 95 – FLOWER
There was a virtual outburst of participation this week! FLOWER was a very popular theme!
But you didn’t come here to talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the submissions. Here they be:
Bill Wentworth
Christopher D. Bennett
Angie DeWaard
Cathie Raley 1
Cathie Raley 2
Cathie Raley 3
Carla Stensland 1
Carla Stensland 2
Kim Barker 1
Kim Barker 2
Kim Barker 3
Sarah Karber
Shannon Bardole
Stephanie Kim 1
Stephanie Kim 2
Sara Lockner
Micky Augustin 1
Micky Augustin 2
Mike Vest
A solid week of submissions!
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
SAD!
SAD! What a great theme! I don’t think I need to define SAD. It is an emotional state that almost everybody knows. Especially with the current state of the world. But SAD isn’t only an emotion, it can also be a description of something. Person X’s taste in music is SAD. The fact that they keep making FAST & FURIOUS movies is SAD.
As always, feel free to define the theme as you see fit.
I’m already not SAD anticipating all the different interpretations!
HOUSEKEEPING
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION
1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.
2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.
That is it, them’s the rules.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION
Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.
Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION
Sometimes people send me descriptions of their photos. I’ve never done anything with that information in the past. However, if you send me a description in the future, I will add it to your image in the Weekly Photo Challenge Gallery that houses all the submissions.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 MISSION DIVISION
For those of you that are observant of my schedule, I will be in Saint Paul on a mission trip next Monday. That doesn’t change the schedule of events. The deadline for inclusion of your submission will still be 11 AM on Monday. At 12:01, next week’s theme will be revealed. I won’t have much access to my email until I return to the Cyclone State on Friday, therefore I won’t reveal the submission until I return or until I feel that I have adequately recovered physically, emotionally, and psychologically.
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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very sad Monday!
09-09-07
A young Johnathan Stensland among the photos in the folder 09-09-07:
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will include what I’m sure might have been the wedding of the year in 2007!
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – FLOWER
This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is FLOWER:
FLOWER!
So head to your local greenhouse, flowershop, garden, your flowerbed, or whatever and get close with a FLOWER.
Happy photo harvesting!
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 94 – WATER
Today’s collection of WATER submissions took the usual holiday hit. However, a few stalwarts did manage to get submissions for WATER in by the 11 AM deadline.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submission rates. You came here to see the submissions.
Cathie Raley 1
Cathie Raley 2
Bill Wentworth
Christopher D. Bennett
Mike Vest
Micky Augustin
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
FLOWER!
FLOWER! What a great theme! I don’t think I have to get too in depth with the definition of FLOWER. They are the often pretty things on some plants. So get out into your flower bed or local garden or park or arboretum and take some pictures!
I can’t wait to see the interpretations next week!
HOUSEKEEPING
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION
1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.
2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.
That is it, them’s the rules.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION
Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.
Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION
Sometimes people send me descriptions of their photos. I’ve never done anything with that information in the past. However, if you send me a description in the future, I will add it to your image in the Weekly Photo Challenge Gallery that houses all the submissions.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 MISSION DIVISION
For those of you that are observant of my schedule, I will be in Saint Paul on a mission trip next Monday. That doesn’t change the schedule of events. The deadline for inclusion of your submission will still be 11 AM on Monday. At 12:01, next week’s theme will be revealed. I won’t have much access to my email until I return to the Cyclone State on Friday, therefore I won’t reveal the submission until I return or until I feel that I have adequately recovered physically, emotionally, and psychologically.
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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very flowery Monday!
Then I Wonder How Much I Can Spend
The final NATURE stop I made was to Lake Augstin. Here are those pictures:
Our run in with a snapping turtle reminds me of a story from my childhood.
One day a snapping turtle showed up in the driveway of my first boyhood home. In my mind it was tied down, but I’m not sure how you would do that. I apparently got very close to the turtle because, well turtles, despite being cowards, are awesome. This lead to a generalized freakout by my Mom.
But where did the turtle come from?
My Dad was riding home from work with a co-worker named Buzz Lee when they saw a snapping turtle crossing the road. They stopped. Picked it up and threw it in the trunk of Buzz Lee’s car. Eventually the turtle went to my Great Uncle Harold who cooked him up and we ate him for supper one night. While that turtle ended up as food, he did get his revenge. While in the trunk of Buzz’s car he at a bunch of the wiring to the car’s taillights. Everything had to be replaced.
I salute that turtle for not going down without a fight!