This is the final collection of flower pictures I took at the Iowa State Fair in 2021. There are also a few pictures of a monarch butterfly that I also captured, photographically. I’m already looking forward to the 2022 Iowa State Fair. Hope to get there a couple times again.… Read More »Throw It All Away
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. The pink flower is a pink rain lily. It is housed in a metal pot and it is stored in the basement during the winter months. Right now, if you are in my basement bathroom, you can see… Read More »The Easy Part’s Over
The pictures in the folders 2011-04-10, 2011-04-17, and 2011-04-23 are mostly of tulips from a trip I took to Pella back in 2011. But there are also a couple pictures there from Year 2 of the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT. I’m pretty sure that over 10 years later those same… Read More »2011-04-10, 2011-04-17, and 2011-04-23
It is -9 degrees as I sit down to write this entry. I don’t mind the cold too much, but it still makes me long for warm August days and the Iowa State Fair. Standing in the Discovery Garden, photographing flowers. One of my organizational projects of 2021 is to… Read More »Closer to You
Today felt like the right day to start sharing pictures I took of the flowers at the Iowa State Fair. As you know, the Discovery Garden is one of my favorite parts of the Iowa State Fair and I try to spend at least sometime there every year. There are… Read More »What Can I Say
Here is another collection of flower pictures I took in my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on August 18, 2021. There are still a few more flower pictures from my Mom’s yard to share.
Here are some pictures of flowers from my yard that I took back in June. I have more than a few flower pictures left to share from last year. +++++++ This is your reminder that this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is BLACK + WHITE: BLACK + WHITE! What… Read More »Follow
The November image of the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is of some wet phlox from my yard. Tomorrow I will share the final image from the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar. +++++++ Here is another collection of images I took of flowers in my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on… Read More »Comfort of Her Wings
The July image from the 2022 Calendar is a picture of an Easter lily. Tomorrow I will share the August image. +++++++ Last Saturday a few people got together at Teresa’s house to make Christmas treats. I stopped by to take a few pictures. I think next year Johnathan, Logan,… Read More »Christmas Treats – 2021
The April image of the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is a picture of a tulip from my Mom’s yard. It is actually my favorite flower from her yard. Most people are drawn to her alliums, but this pink tulip is my favorite. It is apropos in some ways that I’m… Read More »Distant Drums
The March image for the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is a picture of a geranium dripping with water. This picture was taken in my yard. Tomorrow I will share the April image. +++++++ A few weeks back I prowled through several counties in southwest Iowa harvesting town signs. This is… Read More »Southwest Iowa Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
The February image from the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is a macro image of an allium from my Mom’s yard just starting to bloom. Tomorrow I will share the March image. +++++++ A few weeks back Vest and I loaded up in the car and toured around Decatur County harvesting… Read More »Town Sign Project: Decatur County
Here is another collection of flower pictures from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on July 11, 2021. There are still more flower pictures to come.
Here is a collection of pictures I took in my yard back in September: I’m ready for flowers to come back.
I guess I should start by wishing everybody a Black Friday. Not one of my favorite days. A tribute to consumerism. Or as my boy Tyler Durden might say: Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need, and the… Read More »Late Morning Lullaby
I guess I should start by saying Happy Thanksgiving. I’m not going to count my blessings like I usually do on this entry this year. At least not today. Here is another collection of pictures I took of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on June 24,… Read More »Lovesick Blues
Here is another collection of pictures I took of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on June 20, 2021. There are still more flower pictures to come.
Here is another collection of pictures of my Mom’s flowers. Only this time, it is probably about 60% her flowers and 40% flowers in my yard. These pictures were taken on June 17, 2021. Still many flower pictures left to share.
Here is another collection of flower images from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on June 14, 2021. There are plenty more flower pictures still to come!
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. Alliums. Clematis. Lily. These pictures were taken on June 13, 2021. Still more flower pictures to share.
REMINDER!!! This week and next week are you chance to help mold the next 52 weeks for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. To do that leave suggestions for themes in the COMMENTS section of this here journal entry. There were some good suggestions last week and one truly terrible one. Terrible… Read More »WPC – WEEK 319 – GREEN