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WPC – WEEK 319 – GREEN

October 25, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett

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 because it was overly specific about a certain species of animal and not because of my alleged feelings towards that specific species of animal.

GREEN is a pretty gosh dang easy theme, so hopefully there are lots of submissions.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submission rates. You came to see the submissions:

Bill Wentworth

Christopher D. Bennett

Joe Duff

Tamara Peterson

Michelle Haupt

Angie DeWaard

Teresa Kahler

Andy Sharp

Logan Kahler

Teresa Kahler

Micky Augustin

Elizabeth Nordeen

Kio Dettman

Shannon Bardole-Foley

Jen Ensley-Gorshe

Mike Vest

But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:

HERO

HERO! What a great theme for Year 8 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

But what is a HERO photo? A HERO photo is a picture of somebody that is considered a HERO. Might be a personal HERO of yours. Don’t everybody ask to take my picture at once. Once at a time… Or it can be a picture of a fictional character. It can be somebody you know in everyday life or like in the theme reveal image it can be somebody you have never met. This week is Halloween. I bet you will see all sorts of people out and about dressed like HEROes. That is a happy coincidence, though. The order of the themes were selected randomly last November.

While considering your HERO image, consider the following quote:

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
– George Bernard Shaw

Good luck capturing your HERO!

RULES

The picture has to be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge.

You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing our idea of HERO in this place that that records many of my personal idols next Monday.

Flowers, Macro, Naima, Nature

Happy Birthday to Me.

October 24, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett

I took this collection of flower pictures on my birthday. It wasn’t my birthday recently, but I’m sure you know when my birthday was without Facebook telling you.

These flowers and the dog were all found in my yard.

Animals, Flowers, Macro, Mom

Someone Loves You Honey

October 14, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett

Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. There is also a picture of some baby robins from a nest that was built in a hanging basket from her front porch. These pictures were taken on June 8.

There are plenty more flower pictures still to share.

Angie, Black & White, Formal Portrait, Macro

2011-01-29

October 2, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

The pictures in the folder 2011-01-29 are of Alice when she turned 6 months old.

By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entry to its original glory:

Alice at Six

The next time we take a stroll down memory lane it will involve Derrick and Jen.

Flowers, Macro, Mom

I’ll Be Leaving Alone

September 30, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett

Here is another collection of pictures I took of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on May 30, 2021.

More flower pictures to share. Plenty more.

Art, Carla, Flowers, Macro, Road Trip

New Hartford Flower Garden

September 29, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

Several weeks back Carla and I cruised around Butler County harvesting their town signs. One of my favorite places we stopped was this cool garden/park in New Hartford. Of course, I took many flower pictures:

I have many more pictures to share from Butler County.

Animals, Flowers, Macro, Mom

She’s Just An Old Love Turned Memory

September 23, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These were taken on May 26, 2021.

The last picture is of a robin’s nest that was built in a hanging flower basket on my Mom’s front porch.

Flowers, Macro, Mom

Hope You’re Feelin’ Me (Like I’m Feelin’ You)

September 16, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

Here is another collection of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These were taken on May 23, 2021.

Hope You're Feelin' Me (Like I'm Feelin' You)

I still have more flower pictures to share.

Elainie, Flowers, Football, Iowa State, Logan, Macro, Mom

Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town

September 9, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett

On Tuesday when I opened up the Twitters looking for any new Iowa State or Big 12 expansion news, I saw this post from Nick Bassett that made me smile so big:

For those of you that don’t follow sports, College GameDay is a pregame show on ESPN on Saturday mornings for college football. It is a huge deal when they come to your town and they are in Ames for Iowa State’s game this Saturday. It is awesome that they are interviewing Nick.

If you don’t know Nick, you are missing out. He did Speech stuff with Logan in high school and Elainie used to go out to his place for their bonfires. He is a great guy that sits a section from me at the Iowa State games. The Des Moines Register recently ran a story on him. You can read it by clicking on the link below:

Inspired by Iowa State coach Matt Campbell, Cyclones fan to return to Jack Trice Stadium after having legs amputated

I will share just a small chunk of the story:

Bassett was given about an hour to mull over the biggest decision of his life: Whether to amputate his legs or keep them and risk further infections. Both of Bassett’s legs had sores caused by poor circulation. If Bassett opted against amputation, he’d have to go through skin grafts and operations. After discussing the options, his doctor left the room and told him he’d be back in an hour.

Bassett didn’t need that long.

Bassett called his parents and told them to come to the hospital. He was going to have his legs amputated. His doctor scheduled an operation to remove them just above the knee for later in the week.

After making the decision, Bassett logged on his Twitter account and announced it, along with a plan for the future to followers.

He wrote that there was “no clear line on recovery but my goal is to be healthy enough to watch” Campbell and the Iowa State football team at Jack Trice Stadium this fall.

He ended it with this: “Two words keep racing through my mind…”I Will.”

Once again, here is the picture I took of Nick at the game on Saturday:

College GameDay is on ESPN from 8 AM to 11 AM, in case you want to watch.

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This Saturday from 8-12 we are going to have the final sale at my Mom’s house. There is still lots of glassware and collectibles for sale. A few tools. Many decorations. Maybe some furniture. Some other stuff will be added this week as well I’m sure. The address is 111 South Benton Street. The sale is in the garage and in the garage only. The garage is on the alley. The alley is a dead end, so don’t come down the alley and try to park. I’ll let you know if any of the details change.

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Here is another collection of pictures of flowers from my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on May 16, 2021.

Many more flower pictures to share. Many more!

Animals, Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Mom, Teresa

Painted Without Instruction – 2021

September 7, 2021 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

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On the Saturday of Pufferbilly Days, Teresa and I went out to Rinehart’s for breakfast. At that time their sunflower patch was in its final throes. We still drove out there and I took a few pictures of it. Here are some of those pictures:

I wish I would have cracked out Rodan139, but it being Pufferbilly Days, there were some time constraints. I did crack out the Lensbaby Velvet 85. Any time I get to crack that out in a flower patch is a great day.