Not actually using a song title for today’s journal entry for flowers. Almost every flower I photograph on the regular has a set title. Today I’m sharing only sunflower pictures, so I thought it would more apropos to use the name for all of my sunflower pictures. Painted without Instruction.… Read More »Painted without Instruction
Time to reveal the March image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: MARCH TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: 14-24 Sigma f/2.8 DG DN Art FOCAL LENGTH: 24mm APERTURE: f/8 EXPOSUER: 1/800 ISO: 400 DATE: June 12, 2024 I took this picture because I wanted a Bokeh picture to enter… Read More »Sweet 22: The Beginning
Time again to clear up some of the backlog. This is a collection of images from February, March, and April that just never found a home in a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Some were take as theme reveal images for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. One was a test picture… Read More »You’re so Effing Special
On that road trip I took back in November, after I left Nevada, I ended up in Winterset. I started my trip by tooling around Winterset City Park. The only City Park I’ve ever seen that rivals McHose Park for excellence. I started by hitting up Clark Tower and then… Read More »Winterset City Park
Yum Yum, Yum Yum Yum Yum, Yum Yum Yum Yum, breakfast burrito Yum Yum, breakfast burrito Yum Yum, breakfast burrito Yum Yum, breakfast burrito Breakfast burrito, you’re hot and you’re yummy You fill up my tummy with hugs Breakfast burrito, you’re easy to eat When I’m driving a car or… Read More »Yum Yum Breakfast Burrito
I can’t fight this feeling any longer And yet I’m still afraid to let it flow What started out as friendship has grown stronger I only wish I had the strength to let it show I tell myself that I can’t hold out forever I said there is no reason… Read More »Can’t Fight this Feeling
I turned my back You were gone in a flash Like you always do You’ve always gone off Somewhere else And when the phone rang And I thought it was you And I sprung like a kid Who just got out of school But it’s almost Always never you Never… Read More »When I’m Alone
Time to clear out more of the proverbial backlog. These are a collection of pictures that I took back in August of 2023 but never fit any other “An Artist’s Notebook” posts. But are good enough that I think the world should see them. Some were taken on a trip… Read More »I’m Selfish, I Know, I Can’t Let You Go
Today is Nate’s birthday, so I have to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Nate! I hope you birthday is as peaceful as a birthday can be with triplets running around! +++++++ I’ve seen the people As they walk down the street Smiling and looking so free As I… Read More »Never Enough
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Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart? Does your memory stray to a bright summer day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare? Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture… Read More »Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Time to share a collection of images I took for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme ORANGE. They are pretty much all from the same photo session where I cut an orange in half and then slapped some clock hands on it. I really went in on that one idea.… Read More »You’ve Moved On, Found Someone New
I fall to pieces Each time I see you again I fall to pieces How can I be just your friend? You want me to act like we’ve never kissed You want me to forget (to forget) Pretend we’ve never met (never met) And I’ve tried and I’ve tried But… Read More »I Fall to Pieces
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 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
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
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
“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
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
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