Here is the final collection of images of my trip to the Orange City Tulip Festival with Jesse and Nader for my birthday road trip. We start this collection where the last collection left off. Jesse shopping in an Orange City market: While this is the final collection of Orange… Read More »Orange City Tulip Festival IV
When the fire inside that burns so bright Begins to grow faded It can be hard to see the ground on which you stand Though you may not be afraid of walkin’ in the darkness You will feel like a stranger in this land When the hope that you hold… Read More »This Time Tomorrow
We begin the third collection of images from the Orange City Tulip Festival where the second collection left off. Jesse, Nader, and I were wandering around the food court area admiring a truck that sold Belgian waffles. But I didn’t have any cause I had just knocked down a fried… Read More »Orange City Tulip Festival III
They build wooden houses on frozen ponds In the summertime when the water’s gone Diagonal lines in their rolled-out lawns And the sage always smells so pretty But nobody cares where the birds have gone When the rain comes down on Babylon The stonemason’s phone rings all day long And… Read More »You and Me on the Rock
Seems like a good time to hit the backlog again. I took these pictures around my yard back on January 8 after a frost had made everything into a bit of a winter wonderland. It seemed like it was a good time to go out and take some pictures. Actually… Read More »I Just Want Myself Back
Today is Johnathan’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday!! I hope your day is filled with all the joy you can handle and I hope you win your battle with the robot vacuum cleaner! +++++++ Come back now, even if you call me out… Read More »Right on Time
We’ve come to the end of the black & white week. Time to share the black & white pictures I took last Sunday. Some of these pictures are from wandering around my yard. Some are from the Howard Family Photo Shoot. Some are from the Octagon Art Festival. This might… Read More »Now I Don’t Want Your Sympathy
I took a ton of pictures on Saturday that are alternates for the BLACK & WHITE theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. So buckle up, this is going to be a long post. Even though most of these images can be broken into two different events. 1. Trip to Jester… Read More »But You Broke Much More Than That
Today is Elizabeth’s birthday, so I have to wish her a happy birthday! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you can handle! Filled with breakfast burritos without hashbrowns and/or Happy Joe’s Pizza! +++++++ Today I’m going to share a collection of images I took last Friday for last… Read More »I’d Say You Broke My Heart
“Waiter, send this to the table, the party of one” The only other lonely soul in this place And so you’re finishing up your coffee, but then where you’re gonna run? Where’d you get that look on your face? You should always let the sun go down on your anger… Read More »Party of One
This collection of alternate images for last week’s theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE will include pictures I took on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Most of them I took on my lunch break from the computer mine on Wednesday. I went to downtown Ames to talk to Derrick… Read More »About Someone Who Loved You More
I told you that BLACK & WHITE was my favorite theme and I wasn’t joking. I took a ton of BLACK & WHITE pictures for last week’s theme and every day (well almost every day) this week I’m going to share another collection of alternates. This first collection consists of… Read More »But God, You Couldn’t Have Cared Less
I love the songs I hated when I was young Because they take me back where I come from When every broken heart seemed like the end When everyone was someone different then But I can’t be alone in a crowded room Where my thoughts, they run like water down… Read More »Harder to Forgive
I haven’t seen my father in some time But his face is always staring back at me His heavy hands hang at the ends of my arms And my colors change like the sea But I don’t worry much about time lost I’m not gunning for the dreams I couldn’t… Read More »Most of All
He wasn’t really known for breaking the rules When he arrived in the second year of my high school He wasn’t so much of a twist of fate As a short turn up from a Southern state He was born with a sweet tooth he couldn’t beat Always trying to… Read More »Sugartooth
To all of us who toil on the frontlines in the mines of America, I wish us a happy Labor Day! If you don’t know why we celebrate Labor Day, it is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. What kind of social and economic achievements?… Read More »WPC – WEEK 416 – NATURE
One, two, three, four… Out in the middle of nowhere With nothing much else to do Oh, the night brought us together And I lent my heart to you Maybe you were running way from something Without so much as a plan Not a living soul to guide you Jesus… Read More »Fulton County Jane Doe
If I don’t owe you a favor, you don’t know me I don’t believe we’ve ever even met If there’s a God in heaven you can show me Then I guess I should admit I lost the bet There are moments I could hold you forever There are moments that… Read More »Whatever You Do
When this publishes I will be in possession of my Iowa State Fair Photo Contest entries. So at this time, I can lift the blackout on what pictures I entered and what picture was accepted for display. I assume that everybody honored my social media blackout of my picture. And… Read More »Iowa State Fair Power Rankings
Today is Teresa’s birthday. So Happy birthday Teresa! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ Welcome to the end of being alone inside your mind You tethered to another, and you’re worried all the time You always knew the melody, but you never… Read More »The Mother
I run a lot of miles of life and crime And mountain climbs and quittin’ times Packing that load of lyin’ rhymes And tired jokes and wooden dimes I’ve been everybody’s friend, everybody’s friend I could lose my house, I could steal a car I could serve two masters, living… Read More »Hold Out Your Hand