TED Hey, Coach, you know how to barbecue? ALICE No. TED It’s great. Yeah, I don’t mean just tossing a burger on a grill. I mean real barbecue, you know? Low and slow, lots of smoke. Kind of cooking that makes your neighbor poke his head over the fence. [chuckles]… Read More »You’re Gonna Be Proud Of
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature. -Rachel Carson Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place on my birthday. My birthday was on a Monday this year, so I took it off to have a 3 day weekend. I didn’t have any grand plans.… Read More »The Repeated Refrains of Nature
Oh, just a friendly? Just a friendly? Women don’t get friendlies, Roy. We either succeed or we fail. That is it. -Keeley Jones Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place in my yard on May 17. It focuses on daisies and portulaca. Next Thursday’s flowertography session will leave… Read More »Women Don’t Get Friendlies
Time to clear out the backlog again. This is a collection of pictures I took between September and December of last year. They are decent pictures, but never really or never will fit into an “Artist’s Notebook” post. Some are from downtown Boone. Some are from Iowa State basketball. Some… Read More »A Victim of Laughing Chance
SWEET! 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, September 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Mary Green – 1 week2-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week3-Becky Parmelee – 1 week4-Johnathan Stensland –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 577 – SWEET
Strong women stand up for themselves. Stronger women stand up for others. -Leslie Higgins But Thursdays are for flowers! This flowertography session took place in my yard. Next Thursday’s flowertography session will also take place in my yard!
Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. Satchel Paige Thursday “An Artist’s Notebook” titles is going to take a turn for about 10 weeks or so. But really Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place in my yard.… Read More »Ain’t No Man Got to Be Common
FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME THERE IS A SPECIAL RULE! THAT RULE IS REVEALED IN THE THEME REVEAL SECTION OF THIS POST. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO READ THE SPECIAL RULE! NOISY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 575 – NOISY
Bye-bye loveBye-bye happinessHello lonelinessI think I’m gonna cryBye-bye loveBye-bye sweet caressHello emptinessI feel like I could dieBye-bye my love, goodbye There goes my baby with someone newShe sure looks happy, I sure am blueShe was my baby ’til he stepped inGoodbye to romance that might’ve been Bye-bye loveBye-bye happinessHello lonelinessI… Read More »Bye, Bye Love
f I needed you, would you come to me?Would you come to me and ease my pain?If you needed me, I would come to youI’d swim the seas for to ease your pain Well, in the night forlorn, oh, the morning’s bornAnd the morning shines with the lights of loveAnd… Read More »If I Needed You
Here you come againJust when I’ve begun to get myself togetherYou waltz right in the door, just like you’ve done beforeAnd wrap my heart ’round your little finger Here you come againJust when I’m about to make it work without youYou look into my eyes and lie those pretty liesAnd… Read More »Here You Come Again
PARK! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! I can’t wait to see how many different parks are represented! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 24, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sara Lockner – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 572 – PARK
Love is like a butterfly (love is like a butterfly)As soft and gentle as a sighThe multicolored moods of love are like its satin wingsLove makes your heart feel strange insideIt flutters like soft wings in flightLove is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing (love is like) I… Read More »Love is Like a Butterfly
I wanna sit you down and talkI wanna pull back the veilsAnd find out what it is I’ve done wrongI wanna tear these curtains downI want you to meet me somewhereTonight in this old tourist townAnd we’ll go Low rising‘Cause we’ve gotta come upWe’ve gotta come upLow rising‘Cause there’s no… Read More »Low Rising
I’m workin’ on the high hopeAnd if it all works out, you might just see meOr hear from me in a while I’m gonna make it across this tight ropeAnd I’m comin’ for my prizeNo more I’ll be waitin’ ’roundWhile life just passes by Maybe when our hearts realignMaybe when… Read More »High Hope
Time to clean out a bit more of the backlog. This is a collection of pictures from late June to early July. These pictures I liked, but they never quite fit into any previous entries. A lot of macro pictures and pictures of a rainbow and of a party. Here… Read More »I Lay My Head on the Railroad Tracks
If we’re gonna make itCross this river aliveYou need to think like a boatAnd go with the tideAnd I known where you’ve beenHas really left you in doubtOf ever finding a harbourOf figuring this out And you’re gonna need, all the help you can getSo lift up your arms now,… Read More »The Song of Good Hope
Last February I made a trip into Reiman Gardens to see another stinky flower. This one named “Smelly Roll” is not as large as “Stink Floyd”. But it still had a pretty terrible odor. I also ducked into the butterfly garden and took a couple of pictures of some beautiful… Read More »Somebody Save Me
Last November Sony released a new Macro lens. You can bet dollars to Dutch Oven Bakery donuts that your boy pre-ordered that bad boy. Here are some specs of the new guy: Here are some of the first pictures I took with the new sweetness: I love it so! It… Read More »Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 GM OSS Macro
Thursdays are for flowers. This Thursday’s flowertography session in the rest of the daisy pictures I took for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme CONTRAST. Here are the remains: Next Thursday’s flowertography session will involve a flower know for not smelling so good.
Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography collection took place in my basement. These images were taken for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme of CONTRAST. These pictures are good me thinks. Some of them might even be great, but there can only be one Immortal, there can be only one… Read More »No One’s Gonna Love You
