Here are some pictures from my vacation. In particular, they day I spent with Mom.
More pictures to come…
Some Vacation Pictures
Category Archives: Flowers
RWPE #41 – Dry
Here are this week’s submissions for DRY:
Christopher D. Bennett
Mike Vest
Shannon Bardole
Dawn Krause
Dawn’s poetry submission:
Dry
The wind blows through the Sahara of my mind
I’m reaching out but now your love’s gone blind
It took so long to reach my heart’s turning point
Now it lies in your hands not to disappointMy garden is ready now to grow and bloom
The weeds have died and my heart has made room
Please don’t say your love is withered and dry
Let’s tend our flowers and let our love grow high
So I’ve been to the treehouse where the Random Theme Generator or RTG as his friends call him where he spends his sabbaticals. I put a coin in the slot. Pulled the handle. RTG spit out the following excellent theme for this week:
SHADOWS
I’m very excited for this theme. I think there should be many good exceptions. After all, everybody has a shadow.
Personal Photo Project of the Week #39
Inferiority Complex
Here are more pictures from the day that I spent with a hibiscus, the Inferiority Complex alternates.
RWPE #40 – Odd Camera Angle
Last week’s theme ODD CAMERA ANGLE worked up the creative juices of more people than I was expecting. That makes me even more pumped for next week!
Shannon Bardole
Mike Vest
Julie Johnson
Dawn Krause
Christopher D. Bennett
Dawn’s poetry submission:
Odd Angle
You may say that I’m a cynic
that I should visit a clinic
or maybe that I judge too much
but sadly life has made it suchMaybe I’m a little jaded
Personality has faded
But it’s what’s hidden deep inside
that I can’t continue to hidePerhaps I’m more aware these days
overly cautious with my ways
To watch a world falling apart
It’s time now for a brand new start
Only 12 weeks left in this humble experiment. Only 12 Themes left. It is probably time to consider whether or not this little project will return for another 52 weeks. Leave your feedback on this quandary in the comments section of this entry.
If you are pro RWPE Year 2, feel free to also leave suggestions for possible Themes for next year.
I’ve been out to the woods where the log cabin that protects the Random Theme Generator is protected from the elements. I adjusted its solar panels. It caught a glimpse of the sunlight, powered on and spit out the following theme for this week:
DRY
An interesting theme. I hope this is a theme that continues to fire the imaginations of those that entered in the past and those that wish to enter for the first time in the future.
State Fair Trip 2 – Collection 2
Here are a few more pictures of my trip to the State Fair.
Last year I had only 1 goal and that was to see The Blue Band. Instead of getting to see The Blue Band I was nearly killed on a midway ride and spent the rest of the night trying not to vomit up my innards. This year I was able to see The Blue Band.
Nader’s First Turkey Leg
A Happy State Fair Memory
The DNR Building – One of my favorite buildings.
I would consider putting a pond in my yard, just so I could have water lilies.
Nader wanted his picture taken with the Story County flag.
Personal Photo Project of the Week #31 Beta
More pictures from The Girl in the Blue Skirt Part 2
Personal Photo Project of the Week #31 Alpha
I’m breaking these pictures up into two groups to try to maximize their appreciation.
The Girl in the Blue Skirt Part 2
Alternates:
More lilies tomorrow.
State Fair Koan
I went to the State Fair with Sara on Sunday night with the mistaken belief that we would go see Vanilla Ice and Tone Loc in concert.
We were going to be ironic, not because we thought this would be good, but in the end, the joke was on us. The crowd was so large, that we instead just ate more delicious State Fair food and then ate some more delicious State Fair Food.
Some pictures:
Sara thought this lamb looked like Jupiter.
This ride almost killed me last year.
What is the State Fair Koan?
Look at the picture below:
Try to answer this impossible question:
What is prettier: Sara and I or our art?
Contaminationville
I wasnt able to get out and about to see much of the flooding of Ames yesterday, but here are a few pictures from the flooding near the Computer Mine:
Maybe next flood I will have a chance to prowl around and take more photos. Hopefully that flood isn’t in two days.
Orphaned Flowers
Here is a collection of flower pictures that didn’t quite fit into earlier or future postings.
