Back on June 23 I took a little jaunt out to the High Trestle Trail Bridge. If you are going to go out there, it would be tragic if you didn’t take a picture or three. So I took a few. Here are some of those pictures: It has been… Read More »High Trestle Trailin’ It!
One, two, three, four Well, I hope that I don’t fall in love with you ‘Cause falling in love just makes me blue Well, the music plays and you display your heart for me to see I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me And… Read More »I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You
Time to share the rest of the images that were rejected for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. Some of these are similar to ones included in the calendar. They come from a wide range of projects. From auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT to alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »2024 Photography 139 Calendar Rejects: The Ending
Time to share the final image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. The December image. It is an image of an abandoned (methinks) church I found in northeast Iowa on a THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trip: DECEMBER I chose this image for December because I usually like to either… Read More »2024 Photography 139 Calendar Rejects: The Beginning
It is time to share the November image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture of the redbud trees in Red Haw State Park. NOVEMBER I chose this picture for November because it had purple in it. TECHINICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4 DATE: April 29, 2023… Read More »And They’ll Think that I am So Exciting
Time to share the September image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of grass taken at Ledges. SEPTEMBER I selected this picture for September because it suggests fall. CAMERA DETALS CAMERA: SONY ILCE-7M4 DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2023 – 5:08 PM LENS: 17-28mm f/2.8 FOCAL LENGTH: 20mm… Read More »To Find You
Time to share the June image of the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of mums I took at Iowa State University. JUNE I chose this picture for June because I like to use a black and white image for June. TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M2 DATE: September… Read More »Goodbye 2023
Time to share the April image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of tulips taken in Pella: APRIL I chose this tulips picture for April cause April is really the beginning of flowertography season. And tulips are really the first flowers of the year that I… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day – IV
Time to share the March image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was taken in Chicago while I was there for a work trip for the Computer Mine: March I took this image of Chicago’s The Bean after having a meal of Chicago Style Pizza with Kim and Lowell… Read More »Lost Stars
Time to share the February image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of a strawflower bulb that was taken in my yard: FEBRUARY This image was placed in February as February houses Valentines Day and I like to think that flowertography is considered romantic. TECHNICAL DETAILS:… Read More »Minnesota Independence Day Road Trip – Day 2
I don’t know you, but I want you All the more for that Words fall through me and always fool me And I can’t react And games that never amount To more than they’re meant Will play themselves out Falling slowly, eyes that know me And I can’t go back… Read More »Falling Slowly
Bring my flowers now, while I’m livin’ I won’t need your love when I’m gone Don’t spend time, tears, or money on my old breathless body If your heart is in them flowers, bring ’em on All the miles cast a long shadow I’d take a couple back if I… Read More »Bring My Flowers Now
I know you’re leavin’ me I know I’m not your home You want a movie dancer You want blood from a stone But I’m on to you And you will pour your heart into Any shimmering fad Throwin’ good after bad People get addicted to The rush, the chase, the… Read More »Throwing Good After Bad
Where the winds of change were blowin’ There lived a God-fearing man He was turning through his Bible When he came up with a plan He painted up a sign And held it high above his head Waved it proudly in the air, and this is what it read You… Read More »Sinners, Saints and Fools
Stay gentle, keep the eyes of a child Don’t harden your heart or your hands Know to find joy in the darkness is wise Although they will think you don’t understand Don’t let the world make you callous Be ready to laugh No one’s forgotten about us There is light… Read More »Stay Gentle
“Don’t go borrowing trouble” That’s what you used to say But we don’t keep in touch The way we used to nowadays Your eyes are not as bright As I remember them to be The light inside’s grown dim And that’s hard for me to see The creases on your… Read More »When You’re Wrong
Your mama is a werewolf With long sharp teeth I’m up all night When the world should sleep I curse the darkness When it’s killing time I got a river of fear Running through my mind When the moon shines through Those parting clouds I hear the cold And I… Read More »Mama Werewolf
This is the second to last collection of auxiliary images from trips I made to harvest signs for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. I made this trip with Teresa. This collection starts where the last collection left off. Just outside of Bloomfield. The Dutchman’s Store is located in Cantril and I… Read More »Davis County Aux. – Vol. 3
It’s a game Baby, it’s just a game And nobody loses When you learn to love the one Who finally wins sometimes You’ll be wrong ‘Cause sometimes, we get it wrong But nobody leaves here alive And nothin’ holy comes from bein’ right So don’t hold your breath like that… Read More »Letter to the Past
I have worn the jester’s bells and I have vanished with the fools I have worshiped at the altar of the puppet master’s rules I have held my tongue too many scenes before the final act With my children in the cheap seats and a zipper on my back Thanks… Read More »Broken Horses
Time to start sharing the final collection of auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. The final county I harvested town signs from was Davis County. Teresa went on the final THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trip. There are only 4 incorporated towns in Davis County, so there were stops… Read More »Davis County Aux. – Vol. 1