My Mom moved out of my boyhood home 20 years ago. I loved that house and to some degree it will always be home to me. While one can debate whether or not the 20 years that have passed have been kind to me, there is no doubt that it… Read More »Who’s Afraid of Thomas Wolfe?
The images from the folder 11-1-08 are all over the place. They include pictures of Jesse and I exploring the disc golf course in McHose Park to pictures of Shannon before she made a donation to Locks of Love to pictures of my Hoosier before it got fixed up to… Read More »11-01-08
I’m going to publish the pictures from 2 old timey folder today because they are both pretty small. The pictures in the folder 10-28-08 are from a trip I took to Ottumwa with Sara. Jen inherited a house when her Uncle John passed away in Ottumwa. It was nice house… Read More »10-28-08 & 10-30-08
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Rather than my standard picture of an inflatable turkey, thought (with apologies to Lecrae, I’d give thanks for some of the many blessings in my life. Count it up, count it up, count it up. Line ’em up, line ’em up, line ’em up. Blessed with a… Read More »Won’t Take that Credit; I know Where We Get It; Them Blessings Be Comin’ from God Above
As I promised, after two days of having to look at disgusting Coca-Cola products, I would reward you with fuzzy cuteness. If I am nothing, I am a man of my word! Fuzzy Cuteness A week or so back, I was in the backyard with my legendary hunting pooch Naima.… Read More »Fuzzy Cuteness
This is mostly a rehash of the “Save the Date or Don’t” Post from last Saturday. A few updates. In italics. Only a handful of you understand the photo I posted to start this post. But that is okay. You might understand in a few weeks, or you might just… Read More »I Further Celebrate Myself
Thought it would be a good time to share a picture of a flower from my backyard. I don’t post too many photos of my backyard flowers because I don’t want people to get too jealous of my green thumb. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm… Read More »Not Love
Actually, not coming soon. They are already there. Recently my sister Teresa came across a collection of theater seats at the Funky Rooster. She was able to negotiate a sweet deal and after borrowing a truck from the Petersons and getting Derrick to help load them and Willy to help… Read More »Coming Soon…
Here are more painting pictures. YEAH!!! These are from my other sister Carla: Jesse, trying to break my window. Jeff watches on. Anders, painting away! Anders and Ian painting away! Melissa and Scottie D. painting the east side of the house. Anna painting! Teresa cutting some plastic as Willy and… Read More »Painting Vol. III
What lies below are a few pictures my sister Teresa took of the painting. Yep. That is Jesse trying to break my front window. More Jesse trying to break my window. Another angle of Jesse trying to break my window. There may be more action packed painting pictures coming your… Read More »Painting Vol. II
The great national nightmare, or maybe it was just my nightmare, is finally, virtually over. The 2 day house painting party this weekend is over and my house is painted! Just a couple splashes of paint here and there, and hanging a few things up and it is over. So… Read More »Painting!
Saw this spot of purple in my backyard so I figured I better photograph it. After all, somebody once said that “if you don’t notice a spot of purple in nature, it pisses God off.” Okay, that isn’t the exact quote, but I’m not feeling the motivation to look it… Read More »Weed
See this house… It is a sad little house in need of a new paint job… But there is good news, so rejoice! I have bought a bunch of paint and I am throwing a painting party! “What is a painting party?” You may ask. It is a party where… Read More »Work Opportunity!
The cleaned up, organized, and downsized guest bedroom. You may wonder why I didn’t at least tidy up the bed for the “after” pictures. The answer is simple: Christopher D. Bennett doesn’t play, lie, or make beds.
Before & After The Great Office Cleanup of 2014 The good news is that in addition to cleaning the office, I also was able to figure out which cable was bad and fix my home network problems. The sad news is that one of my monitors went kaput, meaning that… Read More »Photo of the Day 0080
Another week down… Day 113: Then and Now Day 114: Change Day 115: Your Mood Today Day 116: Dark Day 117: Welcome Day 118: Depth of Field Day 119: Peaceful The next 7 themes: Day 120: Just for You Day 121: Hair Day 122: Wet Day 123: Treat Day 124:… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 113-119
After years and years of talking about it, I finally removed my carpet from my great room and finished the floor while I was on a vacation. It was a multi-day project that involved several days of just removing furniture and I’m still in the process of putting furniture back… Read More »The Floor
Decoupage Experiment This fits into a crafty version of the Personal Photo Project. Even though almost everybody thinks it is a bad idea, except Michelle and Jesse, I’m really considering decoupaging a photo montage onto a wall or two or three in my house. I’m really considering doing the basement… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #148
I’d like to give a big thanks to my fence crew that over the course of 4 intense work days over the last couple of months built a fence for me. Thanks to: Jason Stensland Jay Janson Andree Jauhari Joshua Kraushaar Derrick Gorshe Scottie D. Here are a few pictures… Read More »Palisade
“DOWN GOES NATURE! DOWN GOES NATURE! DOWN GOES NATURE!” -The voice of Howard Cosell inside my head At exactly 10 PM on July 29. 2010, I popped the top on two bottles of Virgil’s Micro-brewed Root Beer and Dawn and I celebrated the end of Hedgegeddon. We had just dumped… Read More »Megiddo
Small people talk about other people. Average people talk about things. Great people talk about ideas. When I first began my sentence with the Boone Outpost of the Evil Clown Empire, there was a ludicrous sign posted in the crew room that had this observation written on it. I’m not… Read More »The Dumbest Thing Shannon Bardole has Ever Done