Let’s stay together I, I’m I’m so in love with youWhatever you want to doIs all right with me‘Cause you make me feel so brand newAnd I want to spend my life with you Let me say that since, baby, since we’ve been togetherOoh, loving you foreverIs what I needLet… Read More »Let’s Stay Together
Darling you send meI know you send meDarling you send meHonest you do, honest you doHonest you do, whoa You thrill meI know you, you, you thrill meDarling you, you, you, you thrill meHonest you do At first I thought it was infatuationBut wooh, it’s lasted so longNow I find… Read More »You Send Me
NASTY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 9, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Charlie DeWaard – 2 weeks2-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks3-Sarah Karber – 3 weeks4-Sara Lockner –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 544 – NASTY
Mm-mmMm-mm, ohMm-mm Some people live for the fortuneSome people live just for the fameSome people live for the power, yeahSome people live just to play the game Some people think that the physical thingsDefine what’s withinAnd I’ve been there before, but that life’s a boreSo full of the superficial Some… Read More »If I Ain’t Got You
A few weeks back the theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was BLACK & WHITE. I used a picture of Johnny Orr from Hilton Coliseum as my submission, but you are a dang fool if you think that was the only BLACK & WHITE image I took that week. A… Read More »Transcendental Meditation
Add a little sugar, honeysuckle andA great, big expression of happinessBoy, you couldn’t miss with a dozen rosesSuch would astound youThe joy of children laughing around youThese are the makings of youIt is true, the makings of you The righteous way to goLittle one would knowOr believe if I told… Read More »The Makings of You
A few weeks back the theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was BLACK & WHITE. I used a picture of Johnny Orr from Hilton Coliseum as my submission, but you are a dang fool if you think that was the only BLACK & WHITE image I took that week. A… Read More »Seeing You at the Station
She was morningAnd I was nighttimeI one day woke upTo find her lying beside my bedI softly said, “Come take me” For I was lonelyIn need of someoneAs though I’d done someone wrong somewhereBut I don’t know whereI don’t know whereCome lately You are the sun, I am the moonYou… Read More »Play Me
I’ve seen the lightAnd I’ve seen the flameAnd I’ve been this way beforeAnd I’m sure to be this way againFor I’ve been refusedAnd I’ve been regainedAnd I’ve sung my song beforeAnd I’m sure to sing my song again Once againFor I’ve been releasedAnd I’ve been regainedAnd I’ve seen your eyes… Read More »I’ve Been This Way Before
Today we recognize and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day here at Photography 139. At a time where the United States has fallen under the control of a particularly rabidly racist regime that is actively trying to erase the contributions of minorities out of the history books, it is particularly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 540 – CONTRAST
I went to see her just this morningTo see how the child might beShe sat there smokin all my cigarettesAt a table set for threeI could’ve criedI could’ve cried…When she said I don’t love you anymoreI was slain and shown the doorAin’t no room here anymorePlease don’t look to me… Read More »I Don’t Love You Anymore
Now that I’ve revealed all of the 2026 Photography Calendar I’m going to put together a super long post. I’m not joking, this is a SUPER long post. You might want to stretch out your scrolling finger before diving in to this one. Normally I might make this into 2… Read More »Let’s Talk 2026 Calendar!
It has recently been announced that Boone is going to gut their music and arts programs. I don’t know there is necessarily anything that can be done about it other than point out how tragic it is. I’m obviously not a parent of a middle schooler, but I came into… Read More »Would You Love a Creature
Time to reveal the February image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. FEBRUARY – 2026 Technical Details The subject for the February image is a macro image of an ant on top of a peony in my backyard. I probably took hundreds of images of ants on my peonies before… Read More »A Long Goodbye
Back in June I went down to Des Moines with Teresa. The ultimate goal was to hit the Greek Food Fair, but we also went to the Downtown Des Moines Famer’s Market and the Capital Pride Event. It was a pretty fantastic day. Here is the first collection of images… Read More »Des Moining I
Merry Christmas everyone!! I honestly don’t think a better sermon on the meaning of Christmas has ever been given than the one given by Linus in the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. So I’ll just share that again. I will assume everyone in the sound of these words has seen “A… Read More »Merry Christmas!!!! (2025)
I knew a wild woman, she threw a party on her graveShe went there tapping her cane and sipping champagneShe’s a wild womanAnd she makes me feel so tameI can take her in a foot race, but I can’t take her anywhereShe laughs at all the pop starsAnd she doesn’t… Read More »Joni
I wish you all the hap, hap, happiest of Thanksgivings! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! But Thursdays are for flowers. And you might feel blessed that this collection of flowertography images aren’t of peonies. There are strawflowers and clematis in this collection. Let’s get at it: An observant flowertography fan might have noticed… Read More »Thanksgiving Blessings Upon You!
Give me space from the distance, a break in the silenceA face to the surface and open my eyesGive me words with a purpose that hurt us and burn usFor brittling, kindling, tumbleweed lies She pulled my eye and touched me twiceI froze when I felt the connecting of wiresSo… Read More »Anniversary
I don’t remember the timelineJust December and the eastern skylineIt was just my time to goIt wasn’t even a cold nightDisappointed in the northern nightsI always thought there’d be snow 400 people on a broken wheelWhen the plane touched down in a concrete minefieldI guess we all made it out… Read More »A War with Time
One time I went overseasWith a woman I know too deepI live and breathe to hold her inI love to hear her speakWe went to people’s partiesAnd we haunted her old hometownWe rambled into restaurantsTracking her old friends down They all knew the magic numberThe weather, the kids, TVBut this… Read More »A Woman Oversees